41-6-12. Resident and nonresident licenses and preference points--Minimum age.
Any person who is a resident of this state, as defined by this title, qualifies as a resident for securing a resident hunting or fishing license or preference point. A person who is not a resident of this state, as defined by this title, shall secure an applicable nonresident hunting and fishing license or preference point. No person under the age of twelve years may be granted a hunting license. A person who is ten years of age or older may be granted a hunting preference point. A person who is eleven years of age and who will become twelve years of age during the period of September first to December thirty-first, inclusive, may be granted a hunting license or preference point and may be allowed to hunt beginning September first.
Source: SDC 1939, §25.0301 as added by SL 1959, ch 109, §1; SL 1961, ch 116, §1; SL 1968, ch 99, §1; SL 1979, ch 278, §3; SL 1990, ch 332, §4; SL 1992, ch 296, §1; SL 1998, ch 252, §9; SL 2007, ch 241, §3; SL 2018, ch 250, §1.