State Game, Fish, Parks Gives Hunting Reminders
State Game, Fish, Parks Gives Hunting Reminders
As big game seasons continue to open up across the state, officials with the South Dakota Game, Fish a few important reminders regarding big game licenses and transporting the harvested animals.
• The big game license is the white strip on the top, this is not a transportation tag, and the big game tag is the red/blue/green /yellow/pink portion on the bottom which is affixed to the animal
• Hunters transporting big game must have the tagged leg/antler with the meat, along with the head or attached sex organs, unless the head is dropped off at a CWD check station and has the corresponding tag
• Hunters who have tags for any deer/elk/antelope do not need to take that animals head or attached sex organs for transport. Antlerless tag holders must make sure they have either the head or the attached sex organs.
• It is illegal to transport any part of a big game animal from the field without the animal properly tagged or without a transportation permit
• If a person other than the licensee transports big game animal parts, including boned out meat, the tagged leg or a transportation permit must accompany the items transported
• Some common transportation violations conservation officers encounter are transporting the head/antlers without a tag, transporting boned out meat without a tag and not having the head or appropriate sex organs for transportation
• Conservation officers will be conducting road checks this fall to ensure that hunters are staying within their limits, transporting game and fish in a legal manner
Officials wish the hunters good luck, but remind them to be safe, and have a fantastic hunting season.
