Automatic weapon prohibited in hunting game--Violation as misdemeanor
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SD Code › Title 41 › Chapter 8 › Section 41-8-12
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No firearm that is capable of being operated as a full automatic may be used to hunt, shoot, shoot at, wound, kill, or pursue any of the big game or small 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, § 43; SL 1993, ch 314, § 3.
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