South Dakota Deer · ERD-54A Potter County
South Dakota ERD-54A covers 574,610 acres and lies 40 miles south-east of Mobridge and 51 miles north of Pierre. 5% of it is public land. In 2025, hunters took 224 white-tailed deer here (sum of published weapon rows); hunter counts not published.
0 licenses · NR capped at 8%
first choice, NR
not published
5% State
574,610 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in ERD-54A
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-54A-01, ERD-54A-11.
Harvest
White-tailed Deer
| Year | Deer |
|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | 224 |
| 2024 (summed) | 210 |
| 2023 (summed) | 236 |
Mule Deer
| Year | Deer |
|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | 7 |
| 2024 (summed) | 13 |
| 2023 (summed) | 16 |
2025 split: firearm 224 (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 | 545,910 ac | 95% |
| State trust land | 21,384 ac | 4% |
| State land | 5,674 ac | <1% |
| Other public | 1,641 ac | <1% |
Source: SD GFP 2026 Hunt Unit Deer.
▸ 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. How we compute these.
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