{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-41-6-81","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 41-6-81","heading":"Hunter mentoring program--License--Requirements--Promulgation of rules.","body":"A mentored youth hunting license may be issued to a child under the age of sixteen. The child must be accompanied by a hunting mentor. A hunting mentor may be the child's parent or guardian or any other competent adult who has the consent of the child's parent or guardian.\nThe hunting mentor shall be unarmed, except as otherwise provided in this section, and shall have successfully completed a hunter safety or hunter education course that meets the requirements of chapter 41-7.\nA child who hunts pursuant to this section must be under the immediate physical control, direct supervision, and responsibility of a hunting mentor, at the time the child discharges a firearm or operates a bow and arrow in the act of hunting.\nA hunting mentor may accompany no more than one mentored child at any one time.\nNothing in this section prohibits the hunting mentor from carrying a concealed pistol or other legally possessed handgun.\nThe Game, Fish and Parks Commission shall promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, to establish criteria and conditions governing the mentored youth hunting license and the hunter mentoring program established in this section.","path":["TITLE 41. GAME, FISH, PARKS AND FORESTRY","CHAPTER 41-6. GAME AND FISH LICENSES AND PERMITS"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/41-6-81","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:57Z","sha256":"5caecbd0f54a932dcc22f399a8bd3f9a4147e1c88357afc5cc70d9165d4d5455","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-41-6-80","next":"us-sd/sdcl-41-6-82"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}