Nonresident Waterfowl Licenses

Goal: To pass legislation that would replace the current politically driven method of establishing the number of nonresident waterfowl licenses Objective #1: To develop a science-based or otherwise objective criteria to replace the current method of determining the...

History of Legislative Action Related to Nonresident Waterfowl Licenses* 1947 to 1969 – Nonresidents were prohibited from hunting waterfowl in South Dakota 1970 to 1997 – Lots of Legislative and Commission actions were undertaken during this time period.     The...

For Immediate Release April 13, 2017 GF&P Proposal Could Add 1,500 Nonresident Waterfowl Hunting Licenses in Eastern South Dakota Counties The South Dakota Game Fish and Parks Commission turned its back on resident waterfowl hunters and threw their support behind...

For Immediate Release February 30, 2017 State Waterfowlers Ask GF&P to Cut Nonresident Licenses Two organizations representing state waterfowl hunters, the South Dakota Wildlife Federation and the South Dakota Waterfowl Association, are asking the Game Fish and...

Guest Editorial October 25, 2016 The South Dakota GF&P Commission loses nonresident waterfowl battle The South Dakota Game Fish and Parks Commission is in an impossible position regarding nonresident waterfowl licenses. While our organizations have a deep respect...

October 7, 2016 GF&P commission told it can’t act on waterfowl license cancellation Dick Neill, an attorney for the Department of Game Fish and Parks, told the commission that it didn’t have the authority to cancel and rescind the new three-day nonresident...

For Immediate Release October 3, 2016 Organizations Seek to Cancel Nonresident Waterfowl Licenses The state’s two largest waterfowl organizations have petitioned the Game Fish and Parks Commission to invalidate and rescind all nonresident three-day licenses issued...