GFP does not license hunting or fishing guides. No person, acting as a hunting guide, may guide any hunting activity on state-owned or managed lands, including:
- Game Production Areas
- State Parks and Recreation Areas
- Lakeside Use Areas
- Federal land leased or under agreement to South Dakota
- Land posted as a Game Production Area and managed for wildlife purposes
- Waterfowl Production Areas
- Federal Refuges
- Private land leased or under agreement to GFP for the purpose of providing public access
- Highways or other public rights-of-way within this state. However, the hunting guide or employees of a hunting guide may guide a hunting activity on the road right-of-way immediately adjacent to property owned or leased by the hunting guide.