Photo Credit: Game Fish and Parks
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) – As big game season approach South Dakota Game Fish and Parks have some reminders to hunters.
Below you will find the list of reminders they posted on Facebook.
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A few reminders about tagging and transportation:
• The big game license is the white strip on the top, this is not a transportation tag, and the big game tag, which is required for transportation, 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 and buck only 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.
Good luck, be safe, and we hope you have a fantastic hunting season!
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