Sd pheasant hunting licenses

South Dakota Pheasant Hunting License. Great Faces. Great Places. Explore Western SD. Explore Central SD. Eastern Region The eastern region is home to the largest city in the state and provides visitors with a true "prairie" experience. Explore Eastern SD. Whether you live here or are here for the hunt, you will never forget that South Dakota is where you hunt the greatest land, live the greatest traditions, and make the greatest memories. Since , the tradition of pheasant hunting has brought friends and families together.

Every fall, opening weekend brings unprecedented enthusiasm, excitement, and activity to cities and rural communities across the state. Public lands, statewide, which include the following: U.

Forest Service National Grasslands, U. Bureau of Reclamation land, State School and Public Lands, State parks unless prohibited — refer to hunting and trapping handbook , recreation areas, and lakeside use areas, GFP managed or leased property otherwise open to public hunting, including Game Production Areas open during the regular pheasant season, GFP managed and leased property designated as Walk-in Areas and land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program CREP.

Hunting on public road rights of way is limited to those contiguous to and a part of public hunting lands open for hunting. Find everything you need to plan your pheasant hunt in our Ringneck Outlook! Pheasant Hunt the Greatest in South Dakota With rolling hills and endless prairies, South Dakota is home to the best pheasant hunting in the country. Traditional Pheasant Season. Daily Limit: 3 rooster pheasants Possession Limit: 15 rooster pheasants, taken according to the daily limit.

The limit accrues at the rate of 3 birds a day, and 15 birds may not be possessed until after the fifth day of hunting. Shooting Hours: 10 a. Central Time, to sunset all season. Nursing homes applying for this license should send a request on their company letterhead to the Licensing Office, SD Hwy , Ft. Pierre, SD The letter must contain the Nursing Home state-issued license number for the facility and the number of beds in the facility.

The license only applies to permanent residents of the nursing home. It does not apply to staff or employees of the nursing home. Nonresident Hunting and Trapping Licenses. Nonresident youth, under age 18, should purchase the less expensive Youth Small Game license, which includes 2 5-day periods of general small game hunting in addition to the shooting preserve privileges above. State migratory bird certification is included. License Privileges this license allows: Fee Nonresident Annual Fishing Nonresident fishing, taking frogs or turtles within the legal daily and possession limits.

Residents age 18 or older to hunt pheasant, grouse, partridge, quail, cottontail rabbit, and tree squirrel for a one-day period and take only one daily limit per species. Migratory birds that require this certification for hunting include ducks, geese, tundra swan, Sandhill crane, mourning dove, snipe, and coot.