South Dakota Deer · RFD-SL3 Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge (historical sub-hunt, not current)
In 2024, hunters took 7 white-tailed deer here (sum of published weapon rows); hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, RFD-SL3-01, put up 2 nonresident tags in the 2024 draw for 20 first-choice applicants.
No more draws here. The last one was 2024.
South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks held its 2026 deer draw without RFD-SL3. No current hunt code lists this unit; the South Dakota deer hunts on offer are drawn elsewhere. The odds, costs and harvest below are that history, kept for the record.
1 license
first choice, NR
not published
South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks does not publish a mapped boundary for RFD-SL3, so there is no map to draw. The agency describes it as “Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge (historical sub-hunt, not current)”.
Every License in RFD-SL3
The last draw held in RFD-SL3 was 2024. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RFD-SL3-01 | Refuge Deer: SL301 - Any Deer | 0% (small sample) | — |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2024 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file.
Draw results: SD GFP 2024 GoOutdoors draw statistics, retrieved Sep 1, 2026.
If you draw (2024 nonresident fees): $25 ($25 to apply). Open May 27 – Jun 23, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
White-tailed Deer
| Year | Deer |
|---|---|
| 2024 (summed) | 7 |
| 2023 (summed) | 10 |
Mule Deer
| Year | Deer |
|---|---|
| 2024 (summed) | 0 |
| 2023 (summed) | 0 |
2024 split: firearm 7 (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 2024; a year's total is the sum of published weapon rows, added only where the lines do not overlap. Hunter counts not published for 2024. 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.
▸ Sources 4
- SD GFP 2024 GoOutdoors draw statistics draw results, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- SD GFP 2024 Deer Applications booklet fees, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- SD GFP 2023-2025 Deer Harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- SD GFP 2026 Deer Unit Descriptions area description, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
About These Numbers
Odds are from the 2024 draw, the latest on file, computed from South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks' published results. They are what happened in that draw, not a forecast. 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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Prior-draw odds from South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks' results, not a forecast · All South Dakota deer hunts