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General & Furbearer Licenses

South Dakota offers a variety of general hunting license options for both Resident and NonResident hunters.  The information below is from SDGFP for 2011-12 hunting seasons.

SD General Hunting Lisense

License Privileges Allowed With Fee
Resident Combination
(Small game + Fishing)                                                    

Residents, 19 or over, to fish (including taking frogs and turtles) and hunt small game including pheasant, grouse, partridge, quail, cottontail rabbit, and tree squirrel. You may also hunt all species which may be taken with the Predator/Varmint License, including coyote, red and gray fox, skunk, raccoon, badger, prairie dog, ground squirrel (gopher), crow, jackrabbit, porcupine and marmot. This license does not include furbearer (trapping) privileges.

Resident youth, age 16 to 18, must buy the Junior Combination License.

$51
Resident Small Game

Residents age 19 or older to hunt pheasant, grouse, partridge, quail, cottontail rabbit, and tree squirrel. You may also hunt all species allowed with a Predator/Varmint License including coyote, red and gray fox, skunk, raccoon, badger, prairie dog, ground squirrel (gopher), crow, jackrabbit, porcupine and marmot.

Resident youth, age 16 to 18, must buy the Junior Combination License

 

$31
Resident Youth
Small Game
(ages 12-15)                                                   
Resident youth under age 16 to hunt Pheasant, Grouse, Partridge, Quail, Cottontail Rabbit, Squirrel, Waterfowl, Opossum, Mink, Weasel, Beaver, Muskrat, Bobcat, Coyote, Fox, Skunk, Racoon, Badger, Prairie Dog, Ground Squirrel, Crow, Jackrabbit, Gopher, Porcupine, Marmot, and anything on a shooting preserve. No license is required for youth under 16 to hunt Predator/Varmints or trap Furbearers.
 
$7
Resident 1-Day Small Game                                                    Residents age 16 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. In addition, this license allows you to hunt all species which may be taken with the Predator/Varmint License, including coyote, red and gray fox, skunk, raccoon, badger, prairie dog, ground squirrel (gopher), crow, jackrabbit, porcupine and marmot for the entire license year.
 
$12
Resident Junior     Combination
(Ages 16-18)                                                  
Resident youth age 16 to 18 to hunt Pheasant, Grouse, Partridge, Quail, Cottontail Rabbit, Squirrel, Waterfowl, Coyote, Fox, Skunk, Raccoon, Badger, Prairie Dog, Ground Squirrel, Crow, Jackrabbit, Gopher, Porcupine, Marmot, AND fish, take frogs or turtles AND hunt anything on a shooting preserve for which the preserve is licensed.

Since the Junior Combination License cost the same or less than annual small game and annual fishing license by themselves, we have made the Junior Combination the ONLY choice for juniors, with the exception of daily small game and fishing licenses, and the predator/varmint license.
 
$27
Resident Furbearer                                                    Trapping coyote, red and gray fox, skunk, raccoon, badger, bobcat, opossum, mink, weasel, beaver and muskrat. This license is also required to hunt bobcat, opossum, mink, weasel, beaver and muskrat. Muskrat may only be shot in specific areas - please consult the current SD Hunting Handbook. This license includes the privileges of the Predator/Varmint License.

No license is required for youth under 16 to hunt Predator/Varmints or trap Furbearers.
 
$27

Resident Predator/Varmint                                                 

Hunting (but not trapping) coyote, red fox, grey fox, skunk, prairie dog, jackrabbit, gopher, ground squirrel, crow, porcupine, marmot. No license is required for youth under 16 to exercise these privileges.
 
$7

Nonresident
Small Game
(10-days, 2 5-day periods)                                                 

Nonresident hunting of Pheasant, Grouse, Gray Partridge, Quail, Sandhill Crane, Cottontail, Squirrel. You may also hunt all species allowed with a Predator/Varmint License including Coyote, Red and Gray Fox, Skunk, Prairie Dog, Ground Squirrel (gopher), Crow, Jackrabbit, Porcupine and Marmot. This license includes the privileges of the Predator/Varmint License and the Shooting Preserve License.
 
$114

Nonresident Youth Small Game
(ages 12-15)                                                 

Nonresidents under age 16 to hunt Pheasant, Grouse, Gray Partridge, Quail, Sandhill Crane, Cottontail, Squirrel AND Coyote, Red Fox, Grey Fox, Skunk, Prairie Dog, Jackrabbit, Gopher, Ground Squirrel, Crow, Porcupine, Marmot. This license includes the privileges of the Predator/Varmint License and the Shooting Preserve License.
 
$27

Nonresident Predator/Varmint                                                
Nonresident hunting (but not trapping) of coyote, red fox, grey fox, skunk, prairie dog, jackrabbit, gopher, ground squirrel, crow, porcupine, marmot.
 
$37

Nonresident Shooting Preserve, One Day                                                 

Allows nonresident to hunt on any licensed hunting preserve and take only the small game for which that preserve is licensed. You may also hunt all species allowed with a Predator/Varmint License including coyote, red and gray fox, skunk, prairie dog, ground squirrel (gopher), crow, jackrabbit, porcupine and marmot, but only on a shooting preserve during the period that this license is valid.

Nonresident youth, under age 16, 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.
 
$37

Nonresident Shooting Preserve, Five-Day                                                

Same as above, 5-day period.

Nonresident youth, under age 16, 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.
 
$67

Nonresident Shooting Preserve, Season-Long                                                

Same as above, entire shooting preserve season.

Nonresident youth, under age 16, 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.+
 
$87

Nonresident Furbearer                                                

This license allows nonresidents to trap according to nonresident season requirements.

*Application required. Apply by mail only.
 
$250

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