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2008 Season Dates

Deer Survey

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Big game shooting hours are 1/2 hour before sunrise to 1/2 hour after sunset

Archery Deer

 

Season

Tags

Limit

Price

NR

Sept 20 - Dec 31

30

Any WT & Any Doe (double tag) $10 application fee

$150

NR

Sept 20 - Dec 31

20

Any Deer & Any Doe (double tag) $10 application fee

$250

RS

Sept 20 - Dec 31

30

Any WT & Any Doe (double tag) $10 application fee

$100

RS

Sept 20 - Dec 31

20

Any Deer & Any Doe (double tag) $10 application fee

$150

TM

Sept 20 - Dec 31

75

Any Buck & Any Doe (double tag)

$ 20

ATM

Sept 20 - Dec 31

 

Any WT & Any Doe (double tag) $10 application fee

$45

ATM

Sept 20 - Dec 31

 

Any Deer & Any Doe (double tag) $10 application fee

$65

Muzzleloader Deer-Any Deer

Season and Information

Tags

Limits & Application Fees

Price

NR

Oct. 4 - Oct. 19

50

Any Deer & Any WT Doe (no split season) $10 application fee

$350

RS

Oct. 4 - Oct. 19

25

Any Deer & Any WT Doe (no split season) $10 application fee

$200

ATM

Oct. 4 - Oct. 19

 

Any Deer & Any WT Doe (no split season) $10 application fee

$100

TM

Oct. 4 - Oct. 19 /split/ Dec. 13 - Dec. 25

150

Any Deer & Any Doe (double tag) (available 30 days before season)

$20

Muzzleloader Deer-Any Whitetail Deer

Season and Information

Tags

Limits & Application Fees

Price

NR

Oct. 4 - Oct. 19 /split/ Dec. 13-Dec.25

125

Any WT & Any WT Doe (double tag) $10 application fee

$300

RS

Oct. 4 - Oct. 19 /split/ Dec. 13-Dec.25

75

Any WT & Any WT Doe (double tag) $10 application fee

$150

ATM

Oct. 4 - Oct. 19 /split/ Dec. 13-Dec.25

 

Any WT & Any WT Doe (double tag) $10 application fee

$80

 

 

 

 

 

Rifle Deer

 

Season

Tags

Limit

Price

NR

Nov 8 - 23

150
100

Any WT
WT Doe
$10 Non-Refundable Application Fee

$400
$ 50

RS

Nov 8 - 23

75
75

Any WT
WT Doe
$10 Non-Refundable Application Fee

$200
$ 50

TM

Nov 1 - 23

400
200

Any Deer & Any WT Doe
Any Doe & Any WT Doe

$25

$10

ATM

Nov 8 - 23

 

Any WT
WT Doe & Any WT Doe (double Tag)

$ 75
$  25

Special Mule Deer

 

Season

Tags

Limit

Price

NM

Nov 1 - Nov 23

30

$10 Application Fee

$500.00

YOUTH Deer

Season and Information

Tags

Limits & Application Fees

Price

MuzzleLoader-Youth Season

TM

Sept. 27 - Oct. 19

50

Any Buck & Any Antlerless  (available 30 days before season)

$20

Rifle Deer- Youth Season

TM

Oct. 27 - Nov. 23

50

Any Deer Any Anterless (available 30 days before season)

$20

Big Game Rules and Regulations

A. BIG GAME TAGGING - The locking seal issued with each big game permit shall be attached securely around one leg between the hoof and knee joint.

B. GENERAL - No big game animal shall be hunted or harvested by any other method than is prescribed by this Code.

c. BAITING - It shall be unlawful to use bait of any kind to attract big game animals while hunting or to hunt or take big game over bait.

D. EVIDENCE OF SEX - After harvesting a big game animal evidence of sex must be left attached to the carcass.  Suitable evidence of sex shall include scrotum, udder, head, or identifiable potions of reproductive organs.

E. SILENCING - It shall be unlawful to use any mechanism to silence, muffle, or minimize the report of any firearm while hunting big game.

F. HUNTING FOR ANOTHER - No person shall hire another person to hunt big game for him nor shall any person hunt big game for another with or without any form of compensation.

G. DISTURBING WILDLIFE PROHIBITED - No person shall scare, chase, harass, disperse, call or otherwise disturb any wildlife by means other than by legal hunting methods and in the ordinary course of hunting.

H. ACCOMPANIMENT PROHIBITED - No big game permittee, while hunting in the field during any big game season shall be accompanied by any non-licensee or non-permittee carrying any firearm or bow and arrow.  A "non-licensee" or "non-permittee" is a person not having a big game license for the same season.

I. MINIMUM CALIBER OF BIG GAME AMMUNITION - It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt any big game animal with a firearm which discharges a projectile of a diameter less than 22/100 of an inch.  The cartridge must contain a soft point or expanding bullet.

J. MINIMUM LENGTH OF BIG GAME AMMUNITION - It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt any big game animal with a cartridge less than two inches in length, except with large caliber handguns.

K. LARGE CALIBER HANDGUNS - It shall be unlawful to hunt any species of wildlife on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation with a handgun, except that big game may be hunted with handguns of .41 and .44 caliber using factory loaded ammunition with expanding bullets and with at least a 4 inch barrel.  All other calibers of handguns shall be illegal for hunting of big game.

L. MINIMUM CALIBER OF MUZZLELOADING BIG GAME AMMUNITION - It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt big game with any muzzle loading rifle which discharges a projectile of a diameter less than 42/100 of an inch.

M. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF CARTRIDGES IN SELF-LOADING FIREARMS USED TO HUNT BIG GAME - No self-loading firearm that holds more than six cartridges may be used to hunt any big game animal.

N. BUCKSHOT PROHIBITED IN HUNTING BIG GAME - No buckshot may be used, and no single call or rifled slug weighing less than 1/2 ounce may be used in hunting big game animals.

O. DOGS PROHIBITED IN HUNTING BIG GAME - No dog shall be used in the hunting of big game animals.

P. USE OF SALT TO ATTRACT BIG GAME PROHIBITED - No person shall place any salt or salt lick or construct a blind or stand at or near any salt lick for the purpose of hunting big game animals.

Q. USE OF ARTIFICIAL LIGHT IN HUNTING BIG GAME PROHIBITED - It shall be unlawful to use any artificial light in taking or attempting to take big game animals, or to use artificial light in big game areas while in possession of a firearm or bow and arrow.

R. UNLAWFUL TAKING, POSSESSION, SALE OR TRANSPORTATION OF GAME BIRDS, ANIMALS, OR FISH - Any person who takes, catches, kills, or has in his possession with intent to sell; sells, or causes to be conveyed; has in his possession with intent to ship or convey to any point, either within or without this Reservation, any game birds, animals, or fish or parts thereof, in violation of any law of this Tribe or any legally prescribed pertinent regulations of the Department of Natural Resources, or any common carrier or agent or agents thereof who aids or abets any person in shipping such game animals of fish, or has the same in his possession with intent to ship or convey to any point either within or without this Reservation contrary to law, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

S. ARCHERY EQUIPMENT RESTRICTIONS - No person hunting with bow and arrow shall use or possess explosive points, poisonous points, barbed points, or cross bows.

T. MINIMUM SIZE OF BOW AND ARROW - Big game permittees hunting with bow and arrow shall be equipped with a bow of not less than forty pounds pull at twenty-eight inches of draw or at peak of draw, capable of shooting an arrow one hundred twenty-five yards.  the cutting edge of the arrowhead must be of steel and not be less than 7/8 inches wide and not less than 1 1/2 inches long. The shaft of the arrow must be at least 24 inches long.  Broadheads must be of reasonable sharpness (razor sharp).  Each cutting blade of the broadhead must be of one place, and all Broadheads with spiral shaped cutting surfaces are prohibited.

U. ARCHERS PROHIBITED FROM POSSESSING FIREARMS - No person licensed in a season restricted to archery only shall possess any firearm in the field while hunting with bow and arrow.

V. TAGGING REQUIREMENTS FOR BIG GAME - No big game animal taken on this Reservation shall be transported unless the tag bearing the licensee/permittee's number for that season, has been securely attached at the time the big game animal is brought into any hunting camp, dwelling, farmyard, or other place or abode of any kind occupied overnight or in he event such big game animal is brought out to a road or trail, then before the same is placed upon or in a vehicle of any kind.  All tagging instructions printed on the tag must be followed.