Maximum number of cartridges in self-loading firearm used to hunt big game--Violation as misdemeanor

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SD Code › Title 41 › Chapter 8 › Section 41-8-11

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No self - loading or auto - loading firearm that holds more than six cartridges may be used to hunt, pursue, shoot at, shoot, kill, or wound any of the big game animals of this state. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

Source: SDC 1939, § 25.0708 as enacted by SL 1945, ch 100; SL 1949, ch 99; SL 1953, ch 112; SL 1991, ch 337, § 42.

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