South Dakota Deer RFD-SL1-01 — RFD-SL1, Type 01
Refuge Deer: SL101 - ANY DEER · Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge (muzzleloader, Nov 14-18)
- What you may take
- Refuge Deer: SL101 - ANY DEER
- Weapon
- Muzzleloader
- Where
- RFD-SL1 — Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge (muzzleloader, Nov 14-18)
- 100% public of 20,863 acres
- Season (2026)
- Nov 14–18, 2026
- Nonresident tags (2026)
- 2
- for 31 first-choice applicants
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Odds by point level — 2026 draw
Prior-draw probability for a first-choice nonresident applicant. 2 tags, 31 first-choice applicants. Source: GoOutdoors South Dakota Draw... · EventID=247323.
| Points | Your chance | Applicants | Drawn |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0% | 6 | 0 |
| 1 | 0% | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | 0% | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | 0% | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | 25% | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | 25% | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | 33% | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | 33% | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | 100% | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 100% | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 100% | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 100% | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 100% | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 100% | 1 | 0 |
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 (2026 nonresident fees)
Not applying this year? A point-only purchase costs $20 (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 (2026)
How this tag has hunted
Across every license type in RFD-SL1, South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks counted 12 white-tailed deer taken in 2025. Full RFD-SL1 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
As a lower choice
Drawn at this choice ÷ applicants listing it at this choice, as published. Points do not help a lower choice.
No tags are drawn at random for lower choices. Points do not help a lower choice.
Year by year
The standard draw for nonresidents, one row per year. South Dakota runs a second, random pass after the points pass; it is shown beside the year it belongs to.
| Year | Tags | Applicants | Applicants per tag | Points needed | Random pass | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | — | — | GoOutdoors South Dakota Draw... · EventID=247323 |
| 2025 | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | — | — | GoOutdoors South Dakota Draw... · EventID=230476 |
| 2024 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | — | — | GoOutdoors South Dakota Draw... · EventID=229531 |
| 2023 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | — | — | GoOutdoors South Dakota Draw... · EventID=227663 |
| 2022 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | — | 0 tagsfrom 0 applications | GoOutdoors South Dakota Draw... · EventID=226912 |
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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.