South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 41 - Department of Game, Fish And Parks › Article 41:06 - Hunting seasons and methods › Chapter 41:06:13 - Spring wild turkey hunting season › Section 41:06:13:02 - Open units - Exceptions

Current through Register Vol. 51, page 10, July 15, 2024
The following is a description of the open spring turkey hunting units:
(1) Unit BST-BH1: excluding Custer State Park, Wind Cave National Park, Mount Rushmore National Memorial, and Jewel Cave National Monument, that portion of Lawrence County south of Interstate 90; that portion of Meade County west and south of Interstate 90; those portions of Pennington and Custer Counties west of State Highway 79; that portion of Fall River County north and west of a line beginning at the junction of the South Dakota-Wyoming border and U.S. Highway 18, then east along U.S. Highway 18 to its junction with the Cheyenne River. then east along the Cheyenne River to its junction with State Highway 79; then north along State Highway 79 to its junction with the Custer County line;
(2) Unit PST-01A: Minnehaha County;
(3) Unit PST-02A: that portion of Pennington County east of the Cheyenne River;
(4) Unit PST-06A: Brookings County;
(5) Unit PST-07A: Yankton County;
(6) Unit PST-08A: Davison and Hanson Counties; Unit PST-08A is open beginning on the third Saturday of April through the Friday before the second Saturday of May;
(7) Unit PST-08B: Davison and Hanson Counties; Unit PST-08B is open beginning on the second Saturday of May through May 31;
(8) Unit PST-11A: Bennett County;
(9) Unit PST-12A: Bon Homme County;
(10) Unit PST-13A: Brule and Buffalo Counties;
(11) Unit PST-15A: Butte County and that portion of Lawrence County north of Interstate 90;
(12) Unit PST-16A: Campbell and Walworth Counties;
(13) Unit PST-17A: Charles Mix County;
(14) Unit PST-18A: Aurora and Douglas Counties;
(15) Unit PST-19A: Clay County;
(16) Unit PST-20A: Corson County;
(17) Unit PST-21A: that portion of Custer County east of State Highway 79 and that portion of Pennington County south of Interstate 90 between State Highway 79 and the Cheyenne River;
(18) Unit PST-22A: Day and Codington Counties;
(19) Unit PST-23A: Deuel County;
(20) Unit PST-24A: Dewey and Ziebach Counties;
(21) Unit PST-27A: that portion of Fall River County not included in Unit BST-BH1;
(22) Unit PST-29A: Grant County;
(23) Unit PST-30A: Gregory County;
(24) Unit PST-31A: Haakon County;
(25) Unit PST-32A: Hamlin and Clark Counties;
(26) Unit PST-35A: Harding County;
(27) Unit PST-36A: Hughes County;
(28) Unit PST-37A: Hutchinson County;
(29) Unit PST-39A: Jackson County;
(30) Unit PST-40A: Beadle, Hand, and Jerauld Counties;
(31) Unit PST-41A: Jones County;
(32) Unit PST-44A: Lincoln County; Unit PST-44A is open beginning on the third Saturday of April through the Friday before the second Saturday of May;
(33) Unit PST-44B: Lincoln County; Unit PST-44B is open beginning on second Saturday of May through May 31;
(34) Unit PST-45A: Lyman County;
(35) Unit PST-48A: Marshall County and Roberts County;
(36) Unit PST-49A: those portions of Meade County not included in Units BST-BH1 and PST-53A, and that portion of Pennington County north of Interstate 90, west of the Cheyenne River;
(37) Unit PST-50A: Mellette County;
(38) Unit PST-52A: Moody County;
(39) Unit PST-53A: Perkins County and that portion of Meade County north of U.S. Highway 212;
(40) Unit PST-56A: Sanborn County;
(41) Unit PST-58A: Stanley County;
(42) Unit PST-58B: that portion of Stanley County located at the Oahe Downstream Recreation Area to include the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Land which is east and southeast of Powerhouse Road. This unit is bordered by the Missouri River to the east and the emergency spillway canal to the south. Unit PST-58B-is open beginning on the second Saturday of April through April 30, but only to licensed persons who use a wheelchair;
(43) Unit PST-60A: Tripp County;
(44) Unit PST-61A: Turner County;
(45) Unit PST-62A: Union County;
(46) Unit PST-65A: Oglala Lakota County;
(47) Unit PST-67A: Todd County; and
(48) Unit AST-ST1: statewide for archery turkey, except in Custer State Park and south of state Highway 34 in Lake County.
Excluding that portion of Fall River County within Unit PST-27A, licensees in prairie units that utilize the Cheyenne or White Rivers as unit boundaries may hunt within one mile of either side of the river boundary, as well as in the remainder of the unit for which the license is issued.
General Authority:
SDCL  41-2-18(2)(17).
Law Implemented:
SDCL  41-2-18,  41-11-5.