South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 41 - Department of Game, Fish And Parks › Article 41:06 - Hunting seasons and methods › Chapter 41:06:16 - Waterfowl hunting seasons › Section 41:06:16:11 - Maximum number of nonresident waterfowl licenses - Open units - Dates - License restrictions

Current through Register Vol. 51, page 10, July 15, 2024
The maximum number of nonresident waterfowl licenses to be issued by lottery is four thousand and two hundred special nonresident waterfowl licenses, two thousand early fall Canada goose temporary nonresident licenses, two thousand and one hundred fall three-day temporary nonresident waterfowl licenses, one hundred nonresident youth waterfowl licenses, and ten thousand spring snow goose temporary nonresident licenses divided for administrative purposes as follows:
(1) Unit NRW-00A: the counties of Union, Clay, Yankton, Bon Homme, and Charles Mix. No more than two hundred and fifty special nonresident waterfowl licenses may be issued;
(2) Unit NRW-00B: all open counties not in Units NRW-00A or NRW-11A. No more than three thousand, nine hundred and twenty-five special nonresident waterfowl licenses may be issued;
(3) Unit NRW-00C: those counties as described in §
									41:06:50:02. No more than two thousand early fall Canada goose temporary nonresident waterfowl licenses may be issued;
(4) Unit NRW-11A: Bennett County. No more than twenty-five special nonresident waterfowl licenses may be issued. The season in this unit is open for sixty-five consecutive days beginning on the third Saturday of October and during any period that Bennett County is open in January as described in subdivision 41:06:16:07(3);
(5) Unit NRW-00X: the counties of Potter, Stanley, Sully, Hughes, and Lyman. No more than seven hundred and fifty fall three-day temporary nonresident waterfowl licenses may be issued. The licenses issued pursuant to this subdivision are valid only on private property;
(6) Unit NRW-OOV: the counties of Brown, Campbell, Edmunds, Faulk, McPherson, and Walworth. No more than five hundred and fifty fall three-day temporary nonresident waterfowl licenses may be issued. The licenses issued pursuant to this subdivision are valid only on private property;
(7) Unit NRW-00Y: the counties of Spink, Marshall, Roberts, Day, Grant, Clark, Codington, Deuel, and Hamlin. No more than five hundred three-day temporary nonresident waterfowl licenses may be issued;
(8) Unit NRW-OOZ: statewide except the counties in Units NRW-OOA, NRW-11A, NRW-OOV, NRW-OOX and NRW-OOY. No more than three hundred fall three-day temporary nonresident waterfowl licenses may be issued. The licenses issued pursuant to this subdivision are valid only on private property;
(9) Unit NRW-ST1: statewide. No more than ten thousand spring snow goose temporary nonresident licenses may be issued. The licenses issued pursuant to this subdivision are valid only during a Conservation Order;
(10) Unit NYW-YW1: statewide. No more than one hundred nonresident youth waterfowl licenses may be issued for the youth waterfowl season established in Chapter 41:06:49. A nonresident youth may also hunt during the youth waterfowl season with a valid waterfowl hunting license as provided for in this section.
Licenses issued under this section are valid only in the unit for which they are issued. Licenses for Unit NRW-11A include two tags for Canada geese. Each tag is valid for taking one Canada goose consistent with the provisions of §
										41:06:16:09. Each goose shall be tagged immediately upon retrieval.
General Authority:
SDCL  41-2-18(2)(10)(17),  41-6-18.2,  41-6-18.4,  41-11-5.
Law Implemented:
SDCL  41-2-18(2)(10)(17),  41-6-18.2,  41-6-18.4,  41-11-5.
Eligibility requirements and restrictions -- youth waterfowl hunting season, §
											41:06:49:04.