Commission Finalizes Several Spring Hunting Seasons

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The state Game, Fish and Parks Commission has finalized several spring hunting seasons.

This year's spring light goose conservation order runs Feb. 15 through May 4, beginning the day after the regular dark goose season closes. The spring light goose conservation order is a statewide season with no daily or possession limits.

The commission also finalized the 2016 spring turkey hunting seasons. They are: Archery, April 2-May 22; Black Hills and prairie units, April 9- May 22; split-season early prairie units, April 9-30; Split-season late prairie units and Black Hills late season, May 1-22 and Custer State Park, April 9-May 22.

Access permits are valid from April 2-30.

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