S.D. Admin. R. 41:06:02:03 - Hunting license fees

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Hunting license fees are as follows:

(1) Resident predator/varmint license, six dollars;

(2) Resident small game license:

(a) Eighteen years of age and older, thirty dollars; and

(b) Under eighteen years of age, five dollars;

(3) Resident one-day small game license, fifteen dollars;

(4) Resident combination license, fifty-four dollars;

(5) Senior combination license, sixty-five years of age and older, thirty-seven dollars;

(6) Resident furbearer license, thirty-one dollars;

(7) Nonresident furbearer license, three hundred twenty-five dollars;

(8) Resident spring one-tag wild turkey license, twenty-two dollars;

(9) Resident spring two-tag wild turkey license, thirty-four dollars;

(10) Resident fall one-tag wild turkey license, fourteen dollars;

(11) Resident fall two-tag wild turkey license, nineteen dollars;

(12) Resident deer or antelope one-tag license, thirty-nine dollars;

(13) Resident deer or antelope two-tag license, fifty-four dollars;

(14) Resident antelope three-tag license, fifty-four dollars;

(15) Landowner-on-own-land elk, deer, or antelope license, one-half the fee of the elk, deer, or antelope license that has been applied for;

(16) Resident one-tag antlerless deer or doe-fawn antelope license, eighteen dollars;

(17) Resident two-tag antlerless deer or doe-fawn antelope license, thirty dollars;

(18) Resident three-tag any deer and two any antlerless deer license, fifty-four dollars;

(19) Resident three-tag three any antlerless deer license, thirty dollars;

(20) Resident three-tag any whitetail and two antlerless whitetail deer license, fifty-four dollars;

(21) Resident three-tag three antlerless whitetail deer license, thirty dollars;

(22) Resident three-tag doe-fawn antelope license, thirty dollars;

(23) Resident elk license:

(a) Any elk or bull elk, one hundred eighty-nine dollars; and

(b) Antlerless elk, one hundred twenty-one dollars;

(24) Resident landowner depredation elk, one-half the fee of the elk license that has been applied for;

(25) Resident mountain goat license, two hundred ninety-four dollars;

(26) Resident bighorn sheep license, two hundred ninety-four dollars;

(27) Canada goose special unit permit, fifteen dollars;

(28) Nonresident small game license:

(a) Eighteen years of age and older, one hundred thirty-six dollars; and

(b) Under eighteen years of age, ten dollars;

(29) Special nonresident waterfowl license, one hundred thirty-nine dollars;

(30) Fall three-consecutive days temporary nonresident waterfowl license, one hundred dollars;

(31) Spring snow goose temporary nonresident license:

(a) Eighteen years of age and older, fifty-five dollars; and

(b) Under eighteen years of age, fifteen dollars;

(32) Early fall Canada goose temporary nonresident license, forty-five dollars;

(33) Nonresident youth waterfowl season hunting license under eighteen years of age, five dollars;

(34) Nonresident spring one-tag wild turkey license, one hundred fifteen dollars;

(35) Nonresident spring two-tag wild turkey license, one hundred forty-five dollars;

(36) Nonresident fall one-tag wild turkey license, one hundred dollars;

(37) Nonresident fall two-tag wild turkey license, one hundred twenty-five dollars;

(38) Nonresident deer or antelope one-tag license, three hundred sixty-nine dollars;

(39) Nonresident deer or antelope two-tag license, four hundred nineteen dollars;

(40) Nonresident antelope three-tag license, four hundred nineteen dollars;

(41) Nonresident one-tag antlerless deer or doe-fawn antelope license, ninety-four dollars;

(42) Nonresident two-tag antlerless deer or doe-fawn antelope license, one hundred forty-four dollars;

(43) Nonresident three-tag doe-fawn antelope license, one hundred forty-four dollars;

(44) Nonresident three-tag any deer and two any antlerless deer license, four hundred nineteen dollars;

(45) Nonresident three-tag three any antlerless deer license, one hundred forty-four dollars;

(46) Nonresident three-tag any whitetail and two antlerless whitetail deer license, four hundred nineteen dollars;

(47) Nonresident three-tag three antlerless whitetail deer license, one hundred forty-four dollars;

(48) Nonresident predator license, forty-six dollars;

(49) Custer State Park elk license:

(a) Custer State Park rifle any elk license, three hundred dollars;

(b) Custer State Park early archery elk license, three hundred dollars;

(d) Custer State Park special antlerless elk license, two hundred dollars;

(50) Custer State Park deer license:

(a) Custer State Park any deer license, one hundred fifty dollars;

(b) Custer State Park one-tag any whitetail deer license, one hundred fifty dollars; and

(51) Custer State Park bison license:

(a) Custer State Park trophy bull bison license, six thousand five hundred dollars;

(b) Custer State Park nontrophy bull bison license, three thousand two hundred fifty dollars; and

(52) Custer State Park bighorn sheep license, five hundred dollars;

(53) Custer State Park coyote license, ten dollars;

(54) Custer State Park antelope license:

(a) Custer State Park any antelope license, one hundred fifty dollars; and

(b) Custer State Park doe-fawn license, twenty-five dollars;

(55) Nonrefundable application fee:

(a) Archery and rifle elk, ten dollars;

(b) Mountain goat, ten dollars;

(d) Resident hunt for habitat, ten dollars; and

(e) Nonresident hunt for habitat, twenty dollars;

(56) Resident special any deer, any whitetail deer, or any antelope license, one hundred ninety-four dollars;

(57) Nonresident special any deer, any whitetail deer, or any antelope license, six hundred forty-four dollars;

(58) Youth deer license:

(a) Resident, five dollars; and

(b) Nonresident, ten dollars;

(59) Tundra swan permit:

(a) Resident, fifteen dollars; and

(b) Nonresident, thirty-four dollars;

(60) Migratory bird certification permit, five dollars;

(61) Nonresident shooting preserve license:

(a) One-day, forty-four dollars;

(b) Five-consecutive days, ninety dollars; and

(62) Mountain lion license, twenty-four dollars;

(63) Mentored youth deer, antelope, or turkey license:

(a) Resident, five dollars; and

(b) Nonresident, ten dollars;

(64) Resident apprentice hunter deer license, five dollars; and

(65) Any unit, other than elk, bighorn sheep, or mountain goat, for which no licenses have been allocated for the purpose of acquiring a preference point or any unit for which a preference point is awarded for an unsuccessful application for license:

(a) Resident, five dollars; and

(b) Nonresident, twenty dollars.

Notes

S.D. Admin. R. 41:06:02:03

SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 2 SDR 10, effective 8/7/1975; 2 SDR 36, effective 11/12/1975; 3 SDR 13, effective 8/25/1976; 6 SDR 80, effective 2/14/1980; 7 SDR 48, effective 11/25/1980; 8 SDR 15, effective 8/19/1981; 8 SDR 31, effective 9/30/1981; 9 SDR 108, effective 2/20/1983; 10 SDR 76, 10 SDR 102, effective 7/1/1984; 10 SDR 148, effective 7/11/1984; 11 SDR 80, effective 12/16/1984; 12 SDR 14, effective 8/6/1985; 12 SDR 22, effective 8/21/1985; 12 SDR 186, effective 5/28/1986; 13 SDR 9, effective 8/3/1986; 13 SDR 159, effective 5/5/1987; fees transferred from §§ 41:06:02:01.01, 41:06:07:05, 41:06:16:08, and 41:08:01:10, 14 SDR 4, effective 7/22/1987; 14 SDR 40, effective 9/23/1987; 14 SDR 57, effective 10/21/1987; 15 SDR 24, effective 8/14/1988; 15 SDR 50, effective 10/6/1988; 15 SDR 162, effective 5/4/1989; 15 SDR 210, effective 7/10/1989; 17 SDR 12, effective 7/31/1990; 17 SDR 23, effective 8/16/1990; 17 SDR 34, effective 9/6/1990, and January 1, 1991; 18 SDR 223, effective 7/13/1992; 19 SDR 207, effective 7/14/1993, and January 1, 1994; 20 SDR 204, effective 6/7/1994; 21 SDR 148, effective 3/6/1995; 21 SDR 207, effective 6/5/1995; 22 SDR 172, effective 6/11/1996; 23 SDR 38, effective 9/26/1996; 23 SDR 197, effective 5/27/1997; 24 SDR 156, effective 5/17/1998; 25 SDR 193, effective 7/19/1998; 25 SDR 43, adopted September 28, 1998, effective 1/1/1999; 26 SDR 162, effective 6/14/2000; 27 SDR 111, effective 5/8/2001; 27 SDR 126, effective 6/6/2001; 28 SDR 150, effective 5/7/2002; 28 SDR 178, effective 7/1/2002; 29 SDR 160, effective 6/3/2003; 30 SDR 21, effective 8/25/2003; 31 SDR 89, effective 12/12/2004; 31 SDR 165, effective 5/10/2005; 31 SDR 191, effective 6/7/2005; 32 SDR 45, effective 9/20/2005; 32 SDR 203, effective 6/5/2006; 33 SDR 1, effective 7/18/2006; 33 SDR 212, adopted May 15, 2007, effective 1/1/2008; 34 SDR 67, effective 9/10/2007; 34 SDR 297, effective 6/4/2008; 35 SDR 47, effective 9/8/2008; 36 SDR 21, effective 8/18/2009; 36 SDR 39, effective 9/23/2009; 37 SDR 112, effective 12/8/2010; 37 SDR 215, effective 5/31/2011; 38 SDR 8, effective 8/3/2011; 38 SDR 101, effective 12/5/2011; 39 SDR 100, effective 12/3/2012; 39 SDR 204, effective 6/11/2013; 40 SDR 113, effective 12/16/2013; 41 SDR 107, effective 1/5/2015; 42 SDR14, effective 8/10/2015; 43 SDR 17, effective 8/7/2017; 44 SDR 184, effective 6/25/2018; 45 SDR 153, effective 6/24/2019; 47 SDR 027, effective 9/15/2020; 47 SDR 038, effective 10/6/2020; 47 SDR 137, effective 6/29/2021; 48 SDR 014, effective 8/22/2021; 48 SDR 132, effective 7/5/2022; 51 SDR 013, effective 8/14/2024; 51 SDR 053, effective 11/1/2024

General Authority: SDCL 41-6-10, 41-6-18.4, 41-6-19.6, 41-6-19.9, 41-6-84, 41-17-1.1(9).

Law Implemented: SDCL 41-6-10, 41-6-10.1, 41-6-18.4, 41-6-19.1, 41-6-19.6, 41-6-19.9, 41-6-84, 41-17-1.1.

The amended version of this section by 51 SDR 140, effective 6/30/2025 is not yet available.

Application procedure for licenses issued for a reduced fee based on total disability and other qualifications, § 41:09:12:06.

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