South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 41 - Department of Game, Fish And Parks › Article 41:03 - Parks and public lands › Chapter 41:03:01 - Uses of parks and public lands › Section 41:03:01:16 - Restrictions on use of firearms, air guns, crossbows, and bows in the state park system - Exceptions

Current through Register Vol. 51, page 10, July 15, 2024
Uncased firearms, air guns, crossbows, and bows are prohibited in the state park system with the following exceptions:
(1) Uncased firearms, air guns, crossbows, and bows are permitted on designated rifle and archery ranges year-round and may be transported or carried uncased to and from ranges and boat ramps from designated parking areas;
(2) A firearm, air gun, crossbow, or bow legally transported in a motor vehicle, trailer camper, or boat, pursuant to state law, is considered cased for purposes of this section;
(3) Hunters licensed for the special Custer State Park hunting seasons may have uncased firearms, crossbows, and bows in Custer State Park during the season for which they are licensed;
(4) From September first through May thirty-first, uncased firearms, air guns, crossbows and bows are authorized for licensed hunters in all lakeside use areas, Shadehill Recreation Area, that portion of Oahe Downstream Recreation Area west of State Highway 1806, and any portion of a state park or recreation area that is designated open to hunting;
(5) From October first through April thirtieth, uncased firearms, air guns, crossbows, and bows are authorized for licensed hunters in the state park system during established hunting seasons with the following restrictions:
(a) Uncased firearms, air guns, crossbows, and bows are prohibited year-round in all established campgrounds, designated day-use areas, and at Beaver Creek Nature Area, Lake Herman State Park, Spring Creek Recreation Area, Spirit Mound Historic Prairie, that portion of Bear Butte State Park east of State Highway 79, that portion of Oahe Downstream Recreation Area east of State Highway 1806 except for a hunter who possesses a valid deer license for Unit WRD-58D as described in chapter 41:06:20 or a valid turkey license for Unit PST-58B as described in chapter 41:06:13, and Adams Homestead and Nature Preserve and Good Earth State Park, except for a resident hunter who possesses a valid archery deer license and an access permit, as described in chapter 41:06:22, or except for a resident hunter or a mentored hunter who possesses a valid archery spring turkey license and an access permit, as described in chapter 41:06:13;
(b) Only bows and crossbows are permitted in Big Sioux Recreation Area, the Forest Drive Unit of Richmond Lake Recreation Area, Palisades State Park, LaFramboise Island Nature Area, Chief White Crane Recreation Area, Clay County Recreation Area, Revheim Bay Recreation Area, and the mouth of Spearfish Canyon;
(c) Only shotguns using shot shells, crossbows, and bows are permitted in West Whit-lock Recreation Area, West Pickerel Recreation Area, Mina Recreation Area, Okobojo Recreation Area, Farm Island Recreation Area, Angostura Recreation Area, Cow Creek State Recreation Area, Oakwood Lakes State Park, Newton Hills State Park, Rocky Point Recreation Area, Lake Poinsett Recreation Area, and the portions of North Point State Recreation Area that are situated to the west of 381st Avenue and north of 297th Street, west of 382nd Avenue and north of 297th Street and west of Prairie Dog Bay; and
(d) A person who possesses a valid turkey license for Unit PST-48A, as described in chapter 41:06:13, is permitted to have an uncased shotgun using shotshells, a crossbow, a bow, or a muzzleloading shotgun within the boundary of Sica Hollow State Park from the second Saturday of April through May thirty-first; and