South Dakota Deer · ERD-59A SULLY COUNTY, west of US 83
South Dakota ERD-59A covers 376,394 acres and lies 24 miles north of Pierre and 47 miles south-east of Eagle Butte. 5% of it is public land. In 2025, hunters took 64 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
376,394 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in ERD-59A
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-59A-01, ERD-59A-11.
Harvest
White-tailed Deer
| Year | Deer |
|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | 64 |
| 2024 (summed) | 110 |
| 2023 (summed) | 108 |
Mule Deer
| Year | Deer |
|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | 43 |
| 2024 (summed) | 43 |
| 2023 (summed) | 48 |
2025 split: firearm 64 (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 | 358,828 ac | 95% |
| State land | 13,268 ac | 4% |
| Other public | 2,392 ac | <1% |
| State trust land | 1,905 ac | <1% |
Source: SD GFP 2026 Hunt Unit Deer.
Next Door
- ERD-36A HUGHES COUNTY, excluding Farm Island Recreation Area, LaFramboise Island 3% public
- ERD-59B SULLY COUNTY, east of US 83 6% public
- ERD-54A Potter County 5% public
- WRD-58A STANLEY COUNTY, except those areas in 45C and 45D 6% public
- WRD-58D Stanley County 6% public
- WRD-45D LYMAN, STANLEY, and JONES counties all public land and private land 49% 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. How we compute these.
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