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Senate approves bill broadening permitted calibers for nighttime predator control
Summary
The South Dakota Senate passed Senate Bill 78 to allow an expanded range of bullet diameters for taking certain animals during night hunting, following debate focusing on modern optics and humane dispatch; Game, Fish and Parks reported no objection.
Pierre — The South Dakota Senate on final consideration passed Senate Bill 78, which authorizes a change in permitted bullet diameters for the nighttime taking of certain animals, after legislators debated technological changes in optics and cartridge performance.
Senator Kevin Jensen, who spoke for the bill, told colleagues that changes in night-vision and thermal-imaging technology and newer cartridges such as the "300 blackout" make the previous…
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