41-8-37. Hunting from motor vehicle prohibited--Exceptions--Promulgation of rules--Misdemeanor.
No person, who is in or on a motor vehicle, may discharge a firearm or bow and arrow at any wild animals except coyotes, jackrabbits, rodents, skunks, badgers, raccoons, and foxes.
Licensed hunters who are paraplegics or otherwise physically unable to walk with or without crutches, braces, or other mechanical support or who are otherwise considered to be limited or impaired in their ability to walk, and who have been issued a disabled hunter permit by the department, may shoot in fields, woods, or from public roads from a stationary motor vehicle while hunting game animals or game birds in accordance with the conditions of the permit and rules promulgated by the Game, Fish and Parks Commission. The commission shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 to establish the definition of disabled hunter; the eligibility criteria, application, and approval procedures for issuance of a disabled hunter permit; the duration of a permit; and the extent of the permitted shooting activities.
A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.
Source: SDC 1939, §25.0412 as added by SL 1941, ch 109; SL 1943, ch 94; SL 1947, ch 111; SL 1953, ch 105; SL 1969, ch 100; SL 1974, ch 277; SL 1977, ch 190, §567; SL 1991, ch 337, §60; SL 1998, ch 260, §1; SL 2003, ch 224, §1.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 41 - Game, Fish, Parks and Forestry
Chapter 08 - Hunting And Trapping Seasons And Methods
Section 41-8-6 - License required to hunt big game--Violation.
Section 41-8-7 - Each violation of big game hunting restrictions as separate offense.
Section 41-8-10 - Minimum caliber of muzzle loading big game ammunition--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 41-8-12 - Automatic weapon prohibited in hunting game--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 41-8-15 - Dogs prohibited in hunting big game--Exceptions--Violation.
Section 41-8-16 - Use of salt to attract big game prohibited.
Section 41-8-19 - Trapping of fur-bearing animals prohibited--Exceptions--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 41-8-20 - Open seasons on fur-bearing animals.
Section 41-8-23 - Killing of mink, muskrats, and beavers causing damage.
Section 41-8-24.1 - Shooting of muskrats under certain conditions.
Section 41-8-25 - Maximum number of traps--Disturbance of muskrat houses--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 41-8-26 - Counties in which muskrat restrictions not applicable.
Section 41-8-28 - Trap robbing or injury as misdemeanor.
Section 41-8-31 - Hunting methods restricted--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 41-8-31.1 - Use of crossbow for hunting big game during firearm season.
Section 41-8-36 - Use of motorboats in hunting prohibited--Exceptions--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 41-8-39 - Use of aircraft in hunting prohibited--Exception--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 41-8-39.2 - Contracts with aerial hunters of foxes and coyotes.
Section 41-8-41 - Wearing of fluorescent orange by certain hunters--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 41-8-42 - Prairie dog shooting season open year-round.
Section 41-8-43 - Limit of small game taken by hunting party--Exceptions.