PIERRE The 2025 licenses are currently available for purchase. This includes combination, fishing, small game, furbearer, and other 2025 licenses as well. As a reminder, 2025 park entrance licenses have also been for sale, too.
New for 2025, the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission finalized a fee adjustment at its October meeting. These fees are now in effect, and will automatically be updated when you purchase your license(s).
Some of the adjustments include:
- Establish nonresident park entrance licenses and set fee at $60 single and $90 double
- Increase resident park entrance licenses by $4 to $40 single and $60 double
- Increase resident boat license fees by $5 for under 19-foot motorized, $10 19-foot and over motorized, and $3 for non-motorized
- Increase nonresident fishing licenses by $13
- Increase resident fishing licenses by $3
- Increase nonresident small-game licenses by $21
- Increase resident combination licenses by $5
The park fees were last adjusted in 2019 and the hunting and fishing license fees have not been adjusted since 2014. How is this money to be used?
Throughout this time, inflation and the cost of doing business has forced GFP to bring a fee package in order to maintain the quality and quantity of outdoor recreational opportunities our customers are accustomed to.
The fee package will allow the department to continue habitat and access initiatives, infrastructure maintenance and repair, provide excellent customer service, and continue to expand operational excellence.
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