SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (SDNW) — No neighboring state is as liberal as South Dakota when it comes to allowing loaded guns in moving vehicles and engaging in so-called road hunting. Some states allow hunting in the road right-of-way, or loaded guns in vehicles, but not both.

Despite accidents in which hunters have been killed or maimed, it remains legal in South Dakota to drive with a loaded firearm and hunt pheasants and small game from the roadside or ditch, and even shoot at birds flying across highways. Interstates are off limits, and hunters cannot fire within 660 feet of most buildings or livestock, and generally not from inside a vehicle.

State game wardens and hunter safety teachers have safety concerns about carrying loaded guns in vehicles or shooting across travel lanes.