Except as provided in this section, it is a Class 2 misdemeanor for a nonresident to hunt, take, or kill species defined as a predator/varmint in § 41-1-1 without a nonresident predator/varmint license or in violation of the conditions of the license or the rules of the Game, Fish and Parks Commission.

A nonresident predator/varmint license allows a nonresident to take or kill species defined as a predator/varmint in § 41-1-1, except by means of aerial hunting or as prohibited by statute or rule.

However, if a nonresident possesses a nonresident small game license, a nonresident waterfowl license, a nonresident big game license, a nonresident shooting preserve license while on a licensed shooting preserve, or a nonresident turkey license as provided in § 41-6-17, 41-6-18.1, 41-6-20, or 41-6-28, the nonresident need not acquire the nonresident predator/varmint license as provided in this section to hunt the species enumerated by this section in the manner and places permitted. A nonresident small game license, a nonresident waterfowl license, a nonresident big game license, or a nonresident turkey license is valid for hunting those animals permitted by the nonresident predator/varmint license from date of purchase until the end of the license year as provided by rules promulgated by the Game, Fish and Parks Commission pursuant to chapter 1-26. However, a nonresident shooting preserve license is valid for hunting species defined as a predator/varmint in § 41-1-1 on a licensed shooting preserve during the shooting preserve season.

Source: SDC 1939, § 25.0302 as added by SL 1965, ch 109, § 2; SL 1971, ch 235; SL 1973, ch 268, § 4; SL 1976, ch 258, § 7; SL 1978, ch 296; SL 1981, ch 298; SL 1984, ch 29, § 5T; SL 1984, ch 273, § 55; SL 1990, ch 332, § 9; SL 1991, ch 337, § 23; SL 1993, ch 310; SL 1998, ch 252, § 16; SL 2002, ch 193, § 2; SL 2004, ch 264, § 1; SL 2007, ch 238, § 2; SL 2021, ch 186, § 1.