Buckshot prohibited in hunting big game--Minimum weight of slug--Violation as misdemeanor

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SD Code › Title 41 › Chapter 8 › Section 41-8-13

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No buckshot may be used, and no single ball or rifled slug weighing less than one - half ounce may be used in hunting big game animals. 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, § 44.

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