08/26/2025
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🚨 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭 🚨 Submit a comment to South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks by August 31! Trophy hunters are pushing to expand where they can hunt mountain lions with dogs in our state.
Hound hunting is a cruel & unsporting practice where packs dogs chase an animal until it’s too exhausted to run, allowing a hunter to shoot it at close range. When dogs catch them before a hunter arrives, lions can be mauled, kittens killed & dogs seriously injured. It is inhumane & not considered “fair chase” by most hunters.
𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐃𝐆𝐅𝐏 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞. Expanding these practices makes survival even harder for South Dakota’s already vulnerable wildlife. The vast majority of South Dakotans 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 hound hunting, and we’re tired of being ignored!
𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟑𝟏:
1. Go to gfp.sd.gov/forms/positions and enter your information.
2. Under "Position Comment," select "Mountain Lion Season"
3. Choose "𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲"
4. In the comments, clearly state your opposition to hound hunting in South Dakota, and to any expansion of mountain lion hunting in our state. If you’ve submitted comments for previous meetings, please mention that in your comments.
Even if you’ve submitted a comment in the past, please comment again so that Commissioners will see it before they vote in this meeting. If you’re able to attend the Rapid City meeting in person on September 4/5, a large group will show Commission, the media & the public that the majority of South Dakotans care about preserving wildlife in our state.
More details in the post comments, 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱! Public lands belong to ALL of us, not just a small group of special interest trophy hunters.
