South Dakota Deer MZD-ST1-01 — MZD-ST1, Type 01
Muzzleloader Deer: ST101 - ANY DEER · Statewide (muzzleloader, excludes Custer State Park)
- What you may take
- Muzzleloader Deer: ST101 - ANY DEER
- Weapon
- Muzzleloader
- Season (2025)
- Dec 1 – Jan 1, 2026
- Resident tags (2025)
- 1,000
- for 3,949 first-choice applicants
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South Dakota draws this hunt for residents only — there are no nonresident results to show. The numbers below are the resident draw.
No longer drawn — the last draw was 2025
South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks held its 2026 deer draw without MZD-ST1-01. The odds, costs and history below are that record, not an offer.
Odds by point level — 2025 draw
Prior-draw probability for a first-choice resident applicant. 1,000 tags, 3,949 first-choice applicants. Source: GoOutdoors South Dakota Draw... · EventID=230279.
| Points | Your chance | Applicants | Drawn |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0% | 1,039 | 0 |
| 1 | 0% | 793 | 0 |
| 2 | 19% | 677 | 127 |
| 3 | 40% | 516 | 205 |
| 4 | 57% | 423 | 240 |
| 5 | 77% | 217 | 168 |
| 6 | 89% | 140 | 124 |
| 7 | 91% | 75 | 68 |
| 8 | 97% | 35 | 34 |
| 9 | 100% | 14 | 14 |
| 10 | 100% | 10 | 10 |
| 11 | 100% | 5 | 5 |
| 12 | 100% | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | 100% | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | 100% | 1 | 1 |
Preference points, computed from published point-level pools. A dash means South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks did not publish a count for that level. How we compute these.
What it costs (2025 resident fees)
Not applying this year? A point-only purchase costs $5 (Sep 15 – Dec 15, expected) and adds a point for next year's draw.
Next application window: opens May 27, closes Jun 23, 2027 (expected) · results ~July 2. Last cycle's schedule rolled forward — confirm when the agency publishes.
Point creep & years to draw
Insufficient history (0 of 3 draws) — a creep trend needs at least three draw years with a published drew-out level.
Seasons (2025)
How this tag has hunted
Across every license type in MZD-ST1, South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks counted 700 white-tailed deer taken in 2025. Full MZD-ST1 profile: maps, public land, five years of harvest →
South Dakota's figures are Game, Fish and Parks post-season survey estimates, expanded from mandatory hunter reporting by the response rate — not a count of animals checked in. Source: Deer Harvest (Hunting/Harvest_Maps MapServer, layer 5) — per-unit post-season harvest, 2023-2025
Year by year
The standard draw for residents, one row per year.
| Year | Tags | Applicants | Applicants per tag | Points needed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,000 | 3,949 | 3.9 | — | GoOutdoors South Dakota Draw... · EventID=230279 |
| 2024 | 1,000 | 4,169 | 4.2 | — | GoOutdoors South Dakota Draw... · EventID=229195 |
| 2023 | 1,000 | 4,281 | 4.3 | — | GoOutdoors South Dakota Draw... · EventID=227869 |
| 2022 | 1,000 | 4,432 | 4.4 | — | GoOutdoors South Dakota Draw... · EventID=227145 |
Other licenses valid in MZD-ST1
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How to read these numbers
Every percentage on this page is a prior-draw probability: the chance an applicant with that many points would have drawn in the draw year shown, computed from the agency's published results. It is not a forecast — quotas, applicant numbers, and point creep change every year. Where a state does not publish a number, we show a dash, never a zero. Under five tags the percentage is flagged: one applicant either way swings it. Fees show the fee year used. Read the methodology for the engine details.
Not an application service
Draw rules, quotas, fees and deadlines are set by each agency and change by commission action. Check the agency's site and apply there; we don't take applications.