CHAPTER 220

(SB 27)

Mountain lions classified as big game.

         ENTITLED, An Act to  classify mountain lions as big game and to allow the use of dogs in hunting mountain lions.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:

     Section  1.  That subdivision (4) of § 41-1-1 be amended to read as follows:

             (4)      "Big game," all cloven-hoofed wild animals , mountain lion, and wild turkey. The term includes facsimiles of big game used for law enforcement purposes;

     Section  2.  That § 41-8-15 be amended to read as follows:

     41-8-15.   No Except in the hunting of mountain lions during established hunting seasons, no dog may be used in hunting of big game animals. A violation of this section is subject to §   41-8-18.

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     Signed February 10, 2003.

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