S.D. Admin. R. 41:06:01:15 - Elk application requirements
The following requirements and restrictions apply to all applications for license for the Black Hills elk season, the archery elk hunting season, and the prairie elk hunting season:
(1) Only a resident of the state may apply
for a license;
(2) Except for a
qualifying landowner-operator applicant, and except as provided in ยง
41:06:01:09, a person who received
an elk hunting license in this season in the first lottery drawing or the
second drawing using preference points in any of the nine preceding years may
not apply for a license under this chapter for the next nine years;
and
(3) Fifty percent of the
licenses are available to persons who qualify for landowner-operator preference
under the provisions of SDCL
41-6-21.
A minimum of 240 acres of land within an elk unit which has had at least 500
days of elk use since the last day of the previous application period is
required to qualify. An elk use day is any day an elk feeds or waters on
private land. For purposes of elk preference eligibility, members of the
qualifying landowner-operator's family including grandparents, parents, spouse,
children, children's spouse, or grandchildren who live on the ranch or in the
closest community and have an active role in the ranch operation also qualify.
Only one qualifying applicant per ranch unit per year may apply for a
landowner-operator preference elk license in the first draw only. A ranch unit
is described as all private property owned and leased for agricultural purposes
by written agreement by an individual qualifying landowner in the state. A
ranch unit may not be subdivided for the purpose of qualifying for more than
one landowner-operator preference.
Notes
General Authority: SDCL 41-2-18(12)(13), 41-6-21.
Law Implemented: SDCL 41-2-18(12)(13), 41-6-21
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