If a resident owns or leases, for agricultural purposes, the minimum acreage necessary to qualify for landowner preference, in accordance with rules promulgated by the Game, Fish and Parks Commission and if the resident has not, pursuant to § 41-6-19, received a big game license that permits the harvest of a buck during the west river deer season, east river deer season, Black Hills deer season, or firearm antelope season set by the commission in accordance with § 41-2-18, the resident may obtain a landowner-on-own-land license. The commission shall promulgate rules, in accordance with chapter 1-26, to establish the types of big game animals that are eligible to harvest with a landowner-on-own-land license. The license entitles the resident to hunt on land owned or leased by the resident within any unit, for the specified hunting season.

If a member of the resident’s immediate family is qualified to obtain a license under this section and if the member has not, pursuant to § 41-6-19, received a big game license that permits the harvest of a buck during the west river deer season, east river deer season, Black Hills deer season, or firearm antelope season set by the commission in accordance with § 41-2-18, the member may obtain a landowner-on-own-land license. The license entitles the member to hunt on land owned or leased by the resident within any unit, for the specified hunting season.

Upon receipt of the application prescribed by the Department of Game, Fish and Parks, and payment of the applicable fee, the department shall issue a landowner-on-own-land license that restricts the holder to the taking of the big game animals, as designated on the license, from land owned or leased by the resident.

The commission shall promulgate rules, in accordance with chapter 1-26, to establish fees for licenses issued under this section.

For purposes of this section, an immediate family member means the resident’s spouse or a child who resides with the resident.

Source: SL 1981, ch 297, § 1; SL 1988, ch 333; SL 1991, ch 339; SL 1995, ch 236; SL 1998, ch 256, § 1; SL 1999, ch 212, § 1; SL 2006, ch 216, § 1; SL 2018, ch 251, § 1; SL 2020, ch 183, § 1; SL 2021, ch 185, § 1.