John Kanta Quotes (2 Quotes)

If a hunter harvests a lion in the Black Hills unit, he or she has 24 hours to bring the lion to the Rapid City GFP Office for inspection. The second unit is the prairie unit that comprises the remainder of South Dakota outside the Black Hills unit. Any person who harvests a mountain lion within the prairie unit must contact a conservation officer, state trapper or other GFP representative within 24 hours of harvest and arrange for inspection and pelt tagging.

Big game biologists have specific information - age, sex, weight, length, etc. - to be collected from each and every carcass so a department official will be available around the clock during this season.