2011 South Dakota Mountain Lion Season Set

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The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission has approved rules that will allow hunters to harvest up to 50 mountain lions in the 2011 hunting season. The season will let hunters harvest five mountain lions of either sex in Custer State Park.

Both the statewide season and Custer State Park season will run from Jan. 1 - March 31, 2011.

The statewide season will have a harvest limit of 45 mountain lions. The season will end early if the 45-lion limit is met or if a limit of 30 female mountain lions is met. An unlimited number of statewide mountain lion licenses will be available at a fee of $25.

Ten licenses will available for the Custer State Park season and will be issued through a lottery license drawing. The season will end when the harvest limit of five mountain lions is met. The lion license fee for the Custer State Park season is $155.

Although resident hunters will be able to hold both the statewide mountain lion license and the Custer State Park license, a hunter may only harvest one mountain lion in a season. A mountain lion harvested within any of the mountain lion seasons must be presented to a Game Fish and Parks official within 24 hours.

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