Hunting or possession of big game prohibited except as expressly provided--Violation
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SD Code › Title 41 › Chapter 8 › Section 41-8-2
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Except as otherwise expressly provided, no person may pursue, hunt, take, possess, shoot at, kill, wound, or capture any big game animal within the limits of this state at any time. A violation of this section is subject to § 41-8-18 .
Source: SDC 1939, § 25.0701; SL 1941, ch 119; SL 1949, ch 98; SL 1953, ch 111; SL 1959, ch 121; SL 1967, ch 89, § 1; SL 1977, ch 190, § 555; SL 1980, ch 285, § 1; SL 1991, ch 337, § 38.
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