That's fairly typical of most states I've checked with, with some variation as to residency time etc.

The bottom line is if you have a SD driver's license and the date of issue is more than 90 days prior, then you have de-facto established your residency requirements. As for the motor vehicle issues, you can claim you don't have your own vehicle but will be riding with others, which waives that requirement. As for other state residencies, I've yet to have any agency check on my state resident status once they've seen my state issued drivers license.

There is a bit of deceit perhaps in the process I described, but if I go to the trouble of getting a drivers license in a certain state, and that is the predominant means by which states are verifying residency, then I believe I am within the spirit of their rules. Unless I give them great cause to think otherwise, I don't see where there's a big problem. If it's good enough for invaders from another country to get state funding for welfare and services free of charge, then it ought to be good enough for an average joe like me to go hunt pheasant on my cousin's ranch.

Keep in mind as well that some residency requirements may be changing for some states starting around May 11, 2008, as that is when the REAL ID Act takes effect (unless that specific state has been granted an extension to December 31, 2009). The REAL ID Act may be bolstering some states’ residency and due diligence requirements to comply with the federal standards.

Good point, we will have to look into that...