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Mendenhall said her decision doesn’t violate a so-called end game law for pandemic restrictions, but its sponsor disagreed.

Authorities said Davis, who has an extensive history of game law violations in New Mexico, admitted to killing the deer.

They don’t abide by any laws, and game laws are no different for them,” he said.

“It creates quite a quagmire in existing game law,” Smathers said.

As more people attempt to break state game laws and as all crime rises in South Dakota, state officials need to seriously think about boosting the number of conservation officers here.