South Dakota Deer · ERD-38A Hyde County
South Dakota ERD-38A covers 553,907 acres and lies 25 miles west of Miller and 43 miles east of Pierre. 5% of it is public land. In 2025, hunters took 175 white-tailed deer here (sum of published weapon rows); hunter counts not published.
0 licenses · NR capped at 8%
first choice, NR
not published
4% State
553,907 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in ERD-38A
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file. Not in the table, with no result: ERD-38A-01, ERD-38A-11.
Harvest
White-tailed Deer
| Year | Deer |
|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | 175 |
| 2024 (summed) | 171 |
| 2023 (summed) | 169 |
Mule Deer
| Year | Deer |
|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | 0 |
| 2024 (summed) | 0 |
| 2023 (summed) | 0 |
2025 split: firearm 175 (100%)
What South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks publishes after each season, for everyone who hunted the area: harvest statistics, not draw odds. South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks publishes no whole-unit line for 2025; a year's total is the sum of published weapon rows, added only where the lines do not overlap. Hunter counts not published for 2025. 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: SD GFP 2023-2025 Deer Harvest.
The Ground
| Private | 526,758 ac | 95% |
| State trust land | 21,963 ac | 4% |
| Other public | 3,379 ac | <1% |
| State land | 1,805 ac | <1% |
Source: SD GFP 2026 Hunt Unit Deer.
Next Door
- ERD-59B SULLY COUNTY, east of US 83 6% public
- ERD-33A Hand County 2% public
- ERD-36A HUGHES COUNTY, excluding Farm Island Recreation Area, LaFramboise Island 3% public
- WRD-45C LYMAN and STANLEY counties 0% public
- ERD-14A BUFFALO COUNTY, excluding the Pease Game Production Area within Unit 13L 2% public
- ERD-28A Faulk County 3% public
▸ Sources 2
- SD GFP 2023-2025 Deer Harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- SD GFP 2026 Hunt Unit Deer boundary, land ownership, area description, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
About These Numbers
Under five tags a percentage carries a *, because one applicant either way swings it. A dash means the agency did not publish the number, and a date marked expected is last cycle's schedule rolled forward.
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