If a nonresident owns, for agricultural purposes, at least six hundred forty contiguous acres west of the Missouri River, if the nonresident is an owner-operator of the land, and if the nonresident has not, pursuant to § 41-6-20, received a big game license that permits the harvest of a buck during the west river deer season or firearm antelope season set by the commission in accordance with § 41-2-18, the nonresident may obtain a landowner-on-own-land license. The commission shall promulgate rules, in accordance with chapter 1-26, to establish the types of big game animals that are eligible to harvest with a landowner-on-own-land license. The license entitles the nonresident to hunt on land owned by the nonresident within any unit, for the specified hunting season.

If a nonresident owns, for agricultural purposes, at least one hundred sixty contiguous acres east of the Missouri River, is an owner-operator of the land, and has not, pursuant to § 41-6-20, received a big game license that permits the harvest of a buck during the east river deer season or firearm antelope season set by the commission in accordance with § 41-2-18, the nonresident may obtain a landowner-on-own-land license. The license entitles the nonresident to hunt on land owned by the nonresident, within any unit, for the specified hunting season.

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If a member of the nonresident’s immediate family is qualified to obtain a license under this section and if the member has not, pursuant to § 41-6-20, received a big game license that permits the harvest of a buck during the west river deer season, east river deer season, or firearm antelope season set by the commission in accordance with § 41-2-18, the member may obtain a landowner-on-own-land license. The license entitles the member to hunt on land owned by the nonresident within any unit, as described in §§ 41-6-19.3 and 41-6-19.8, and this section, for the specified hunting season.

Upon receipt of the application prescribed by the Department of Game, Fish and Parks, and payment of the applicable fee, the department shall issue a landowner-on-own-land license that restricts the holder to the taking of the big game animals, as designated on the license, from land owned by the nonresident.

The nonresident landowner-on-own-land licenses for east river deer season may not exceed two hundred and fifty licenses annually and shall be allocated by lottery.

The commission shall promulgate rules, in accordance with chapter 1-26, to establish fees for licenses issued under this section.

For purposes of this section, an immediate family member means the nonresident’s spouse or a child who resides with the nonresident.

Source: SL 1981, ch 297, § 2; SL 2006, ch 216, § 2; SL 2020, ch 183, § 2; SL 2021, ch 185, § 2.