South Dakota § 41-11-4 Hunting, transportation, sale or possession of game birds prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor.

South Dakota Statutes

§ 41-11-4 — Hunting, transportation, sale or possession of game birds prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor.

South Dakota § 41-11-4

Title 41GAME, FISH, PARKS AND FORESTRY

Ch. 41-10PROTECTION OF BIRDS AND SMALL GAME

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Bluebook

S.D. Codified Laws § 41-11-4 (2026).

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Except as provided in § 41-11-5 , no person may hunt, take, kill, ship, convey, or cause to be shipped or transported by common or private carrier to any person, either within or without the state, buy, barter, expose for sale, sell to anyone, have in possession or under control at any time, any snipe, prairie chicken or pinnated grouse, white - breasted or sharp - tailed grouse, partridge, or ruffed grouse, sage grouse, Hungarian partridge, Chukar partridge, Chinese ring - necked or English pheasant, wild turkey, upland plover, golden plover, crow, mourning dove, quail, wild duck of any variety, wild geese of any variety, brant, or any variety of aquatic fowl, or any part thereof. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

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Except as provided in § 41-11-5 , no person may hunt, take, kill, ship, convey, or cause to be shipped or transported by common or private carrier to any person, either within or without the state, buy, barter, expose for sale, sell to anyone, have in possession or under control at any time, any snipe, prairie chicken or pinnated grouse, white - breasted or sharp - tailed grouse, partridge, or ruffed grouse, sage grouse, Hungarian partridge, Chukar partridge, Chinese ring - necked or English pheasant, wild turkey, upland plover, golden plover, crow, mourning dove, quail, wild duck of any variety, wild geese of any variety, brant, or any variety of aquatic fowl, or any part thereof. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

Legislative History

SDC 1939, § 25.0501; SL 1941, ch 110; SL 1943, ch 95; SL 1949, ch 95; SL 1951, ch 122; SL 1953, ch 109; SL 1959, ch 117, § 2; SL 1981, ch 301, § 1; SL 1991, ch 337, § 72.