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 41:06:16:09.01 - Tundra swan season established - Open units - Shooting hours

The tundra swan hunting season is open from the Saturday closest to October 1 through the end of the light goose hunting season as established in § 41:06:16:07 in the counties of McPherson, Edmunds, Campbell, Walworth, Potter, Faulk, Spink, Beadle, Kingsbury, Brookings, Brown, Marshall, Day, Clark, Codington, Sully, Hughes, Hyde, Hand, Hamlin, Roberts, Grant, Buffalo, Jerauld, Sanborn, Miner, Lake, Moody, Brule, Aurora, Davison, Hanson, McCook, Minnehaha, and Deuel. No more than 1,300 permits may be issued with one tag per permit. No more than 200 of the available permits may be issued to nonresidents. Shooting hours for tundra swans are the same as for duck hunting.

A person may not hunt tundra swans unless the person has been issued a special permit with a tag. The tag is valid for the taking of one tundra swan. Each swan must be tagged immediately upon retrieval.

Land occupant preference is not applicable to this season. If permits remain unsold after the first lottery drawing, only those residents and nonresidents who do not have a permit may apply in the second lottery drawing for and receive one permit from any respective remaining resident and nonresident permits. If any resident and nonresident permits remain unsold after the second lottery drawing, all permits shall be combined and any resident or nonresident may receive a permit. No person may receive more than two permits.

General Authority: SDCL 41-2-18(2)(10)(17).

Law Implemented: SDCL 41-2-18(2)(10)(17).

Duck hunting season established, § 41:06:16:01. High Plains duck hunting season, § 41:06:16:02. Low Plains duck hunting season, § 41:06:16:02.01.