SOUTH DAKOTA HUNTING AND TRAPPING HANDBOOK 2019 second century habitat program Working Lands Program The focus of the program is to provide a working lands habitat alternative to cropping marginal land. Participants agree to establish grass and forbs on cropland for 5 years and in return receive free seed and a one-time payment of $150 per acre at the beginning of the contract. No haying or grazing is allowed until after August 1 of the second growing season. Between August 1 and March 1, haying is allowed every two years or on 1/2 of the enrolled acres each year; grazing is allowed annually. Frequently Asked Questions 1. Who administers the agreements for the Second Century Habitat working lands program? Participants who enroll in this habitat program will be executing an agreement with the Second Century Habitat Fund, which is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to wildlife habitat. Incentive payments will be provided to participating landowners from the Second Century Habitat Fund. 2. How many acres can be enrolled? Minimum size of an individual planting must be 10 acres. The maximum acres each participant can enroll in the program is 160 acres. 3. What acres are eligible to be enrolled in the program? The focus of this program is to enroll marginal cropland such as saline and moist soils, field edges, other less productive soil types or areas producers want to manage as wildlife habitat. 4. How do participants receive the free seed? Upon execution of the agreement, seed will be shipped directly to participating producers at no cost. Seed mixes will consist of grasses and forbs that provide good ground nesting bird habitat and forage for livestock. OUTH DAKOTA 5. Will the land be open to public hunting access? S No. Hunting access to land in the Second Century Habitat Program will be by landowner permission only and it will not be shown in the Public Hunting Atlas. If the participant would like to allow public hunting access, they can contact SD Game, Fish & Parks and place it in the Walk-In Area or the Controlled Hunting Access Program. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS Game, Fish PROGRAM AND OTHERS, VISIT OUR & Parks WEBSITE: gfp.sd.gov/habitat-approaches contact us 2019 contents GENERAL LICENSE INFORMATION BIG GAME GENERAL INFORMATION: 605.223.7660 License Requirements .................................... 7 Big Game Seasons ....................................... 33 TTY: 605.223.7684, EMAIL: [email protected] General License Information ........................... 8 Big Game Regulations .................................. 34 Resident License Information ........................ 10 LAWS AND REGULATIONS Nonresident License Information .................. 14 Hunting Public Road Rights-of-Way .............. 38 SMALL GAME General Laws ................................................ 39 Aberdeen: 605.626.2391 Pierre: 605.773.3387 Ring-Necked Pheasant ................................. 16 Non-toxic Shot Table ..................................... 48 5850 E. U.S. Hwy 12 523 E. Capitol Ave. Youth Ring-Necked Pheasant ....................... 16 OTHER RESOURCES Resident-Only Ring-Necked Pheasant ......... 16 Chamberlain: 605.734.4530 Rapid City: 605.394.2391 Chronic Wasting Disease ........................ 49, 50 Prairie Chicken and Sharp-Tailed Grouse ..... 17 S.D. Sportsmen Against Hunger ................... 50 1550 E. King Ave. 4130 Adventure Trail Gray Partridge and Chukar ........................... 17 Plague in Wildlife ........................................... 50 Quail .............................................................. 17 Ft. Pierre: 605.223.7700 Sioux Falls: 605.362.2700 Public Hunting Areas ..................................... 51 WATERFOWL State Game Refuges ..................................... 52 20641 SD Hwy 1806 4500 S. Oxbow Ave. Duck .............................................................. 18 Maps for Hunters ........................................... 53 Canada Goose .............................................. 19 Huron: 605.353.7145 Watertown: 605.882.5200 DUCK IDENTIFICATION ......................... 54 Youth Waterfowl ............................................ 20 895 3rd Street SW 400 West Kemp White-Fronted Goose .................................... 20 MENTORED AND YOUTH HUNTING .... 60 Mobridge: 605.845.7814 Webster: 605.345.3381 Light Goose ................................................... 20 SUNRISE/SUNSET SCHEDULE ............ 69 Federal Laws for Migratory Game Birds ....... 22 SEASON DATES TABLE ........................ 70 Britton Casey Dowler 605.881.3775 909 Lake Front Drive 603 E. 8th Ave. Transporting, Shipping and Storage ............. 26 Webster Austin Norton 605.881.2177 Sisseton Dean Shultz 605.881.3773 OTHER SEASONS Webster Michael Undlin 605.237.3275 Other Seasons .............................................. 28 Aberdeen Tim McCurdy* 605.380.4572 Kristi Noem, Governor Kelly Hepler, GFP Secretary Furbearer Seasons ....................................... 29 Clear Lake Adam Behnke 605.881.3780 Scott Simpson, Parks Division Director Tony Leif, Wildlife Division Director Furbearer Regulations .................................. 30 Watertown Kyle Lenzner 605.881.3777 Estelline Dan Sternhagen 605.881.0018 GAME, FISH AND PARKS COMMISSIONERS facebook.com/sdgfp @SDGameFishParks @SDGameFishParks Milbank Blake Swanson 605.881.3779 Clark Zach Thomsen 605.881.2260 Gary Jensen, Chair, Rapid City Jon Locken, Bath Milbank Jamie Pekelder* 605.881.3778 Scott Phillips, Vice Chair, New Underwood Mary Anne Boyd, Yankton Plankinton Lynn Geuke 605.220.6943 Russell Olson, Wentworth Travis Bies, Fairburn Huron Trevor Johnson 605.941.4552 Howard Evan Meyer 605.553.4299 Doug Sharp, Watertown Robert Whitmyre, Webster Mitchell Andy Petersen 605.770.0340 Help keep our sloughs, lakes and reservoirs healthy Salem Matt Talbert 605.360.0491 The South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks’ mission is to provide sustainable outdoor Sioux Falls Jeremy Roe* 605.940.3519 recreational opportunities through responsible management of our state’s parks, fisheries and wildlife by checking your boats, blinds and decoys for aquatic invasive species (AIS) after every hunt. Brookings Jeff Grendler 605.360.0509 by fostering partnerships, cultivating stewardship and safely connecting people with the outdoors. Humboldt Jared Hill 605.941.0181 Positions current at time of publication. Sioux Falls Chris Kuntz 605.350.1669 Madison Cody Symens 605.480.3364 Boat plugs must be removed and left out from the Lake Preston Shane VanBockern 605.360.0514 180,000 copies of this document were printed by Midstates Printing at a rate of 16 cents per copy. Printed on 30 time you pull your boat out of the water and trailers Flandreau Chad Williams 605.530.7085 percent PCW recycled paper. Sioux Falls Jeremy Rakowicz* 605.941.0074 South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks receives Federal financial assistance from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. and blinds must be free of visible weeds. Under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1975, Title IX of the Education Yankton Dan Altman 605.941.4549 Amendments of 1972, the U.S. Department of the Interior and its bureaus prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, Tyndall Todd Crownover 605.360.0497 color, national origin, age, disability, or sex (in educational programs). If you believe that you have been discriminated Olivet Brian Humphrey 605.941.4735 against in any program, activity or facility, or if you desire further information please write to: The U.S. Fish and Wild- Stay educated, stay informed and help current and Elk Point Tony Stokely 605.356.9491 Canton Josh VandenBosch 605.940.0222 life Service, Office for Diversity and Civil Rights Programs-External Programs, 4040 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 130, future generations slow the spread of AIS in our Yankton Sam Schelhaas* 605.941.4540 Arlington, VA 22203. great state. You can also visit SDLEASTWANTED.COM at any time to learn more about what you can do! SOUTH DAKOTA Southeast – Marty Pennock, Sioux Falls (605.201.3001) Northeast – Kraig Haase, Watertown (605.881.3774) Game, Fish Cover Photo by Keith Anderson & Parks 4 2019 South Dakota Hunting Handbook gfp.sd.gov | 605.223.7660 5 GOOSE (pg. 19) Game Species Resident Nonresident • Modified the season length and changed the daily bag limit from 2 to 3 for the white-fronted goose season. Ring-Necked Pheasant, Grouse, One of the following: One of the following: Gray Partridge, Chukar, Quail, - Small Game License - Nonresident Small Game License Cottontail Rabbit, Tree Squirrel, - 1-Day Small Game License - Nonresident Youth Small Game DUCK (pg. 18) Mourning Dove u, - Any combination License License • Decreased the pintail daily bag limit from 2 to 1. u u - Youth Small Game License Snipe , Sandhill Crane Mourning Dove, Snipe and Sandhill Mourning Dove, Snipe and Sandhill Crane also require State Migratory MOURNING DOVE (pg. 28) Crane also require State Migratory Bird Certification • Removed the restriction to hunt mourning doves within 50 yards of a public road. Mourning dove hunting is Bird Certification still prohibited within road rights-of-way. *NOTE: State Migratory Bird Certification alone does not entitle SANDHILL CRANE (pg. 28) nonresidents to hunt migratory waterfowl. • Adjusted the unit boundary open to hunting. Waterfowl (includes Ducks, One of the following: - State Nonresident Waterfowl TURKEY (pg. 34, 35 & 37) Geese u, Coot u, - Small Game License License (fall licenses by application - 1-Day Small Game License only) • Closed archery