Turn In Poachers (TIPs)   1-888-OVERBAG (683-7224)

Welcome to South Dakota's Turn In Poachers (TIPs) website. I'm sure you'll find TIPs as valuable as the thousands of other users who make the program a great success. TIPs plays an important role in helping stop poachers by the mere fact that everyone can report a violation.  It is as easy as one phone call, and it may be the biggest call you ever make!

TIPs began in 1984 in the Black Hills after two elk were poached. Sportsmen became upset and offered a reward. It was so successful that it went statewide in 1985. It now has a new hotline number 1-888-OVERBAG (683-7224). You can also submit an online report on a violation.

Your support helps make cases like two poachers with 110 walleyes, a poacher with 59 walleyes, three poachers who killed 6 deer and left them, three poachers who killed an elk and two poachers with 120 pheasants. These all started with one call either to the local officer or directly to TIPs. Anyone can call and report violations and WILL REMAIN COMPLETELY ANONYMOUS. Rewards of up to $300 for big game and $100 for fish and small game. Higher rewards may be paid in extreme cases.

Sincerely,
Shon Eide
TIPs COORDINATOR

**CASES MADE FROM YOUR CALLS**

(Click on link to access TIPs case)

1.   Poachers are a Threatened Species
2.   68 Pheasant Violators Arrested
3.   Fish Poachers Sentenced
4.   Pheasant Poachers Caught
5.   Walleye Poacher Apprehended
6.   Poachers Get Nabbed
7.   Toilet TIP Flushes Illegal Angler
8.   Size of Reporter Underestimated
9.   Agencies Work Together on TIPs Calls
10.  West River Deer Case - 1996
11.  Walleye Angler Nabbed
12.  Two Trout Poachers Pay $21,500
13.  478 Perch Seized
14.  Fraud Licenses Have High Cost
15.  85 Pheasants Yield Big Fines
16.  Fish in the Freezer at Home Count Too!
17.  Seven Deer Left to Rot
18.  Poacher Says He's an "Expert Fisherman"
19.  Poacher Likes to Fish
20.  South Dakota's Most Arrested Man for Fishing
21.  TIPs Call Nabs Three on Missouri River
22.  Deer Poacher Arrested
23.  Walleye Overbag-52 Seized
24.  Spot the Hidden Walleyes
25.  Four Poachers Talk Turkey
26.  329 Trout Over the Limit
27.  Elk and Deer For Easter
 

28. This space reserved for your next call that makes a TIPs case. One call is all it takes, you will remain completely anonymous and be entitled to a reward. It may be the biggest call you ever make - call now 1-888-OVERBAG (683-7224) or click here to submit an anonymous report online.