ARSD 41:09:06:21. Taking or acquisition of raptors -- Trapping requirements

No person may take or attempt to take any raptor without first acquiring a raptor collecting permit issued by the department. A permittee shall have the raptor collecting permit in immediate possession while taking or attempting to take any raptor. Each nonresident applicant shall provide a copy of any federal and home state falconry permit prior to being issued a raptor collecting permit. The fee for a nonresident raptor collecting permit is $200. No permittee may take, purchase, receive, or otherwise acquire or sell, barter, transfer, or otherwise dispose of any raptor unless the permittee submits a copy of the Migratory Bird Acquisition and Disposition Report to the department within ten calendar days after the transaction. Wild raptors may not be sold, purchased, traded or bartered. Wild raptors may only be transferred. No more than two wild raptors may be taken in any twelve month period. The trapping of passage raptors is permitted only from August 1 through March 31. Raptors that are marked and have subsequently escaped may be retrapped at any time. Only a resident general or master falconry permittee may take an eyas or fledging bird from a nest or aerie. At least one eyas must be left in the nest or aerie. An eyas may be taken only from May 1 through July 31. The permittee shall allow a department representative to observe the permittee's attempt to take an eyas if so requested by the department. The taking of a wild raptor or the transfer of a raptor to or from a falconry permit must be reported to the state within ten days. The Migratory Bird Acquisition and Disposition Report must be used to submit the reports.