South Dakota Deer — WRD-15A17P
Butte County (Unit 15A antlerless quota license)
No more draws here — the last one was 2022
South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks held its 2026 deer draw without WRD-15A17P. 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.
South Dakota WRD-15A17P covers 1,307,427 acres and lies 27 miles north-east of Belle Fourche and 36 miles north of Sturgis. 17% of it is public land, mostly other public land (12%) and state trust land (6%). Its biggest hunt, WRD-15A17P, put up 45 nonresident tags in the 2022 draw for 28 first-choice applicants.
Your chance of drawing here
The last draw held in WRD-15A17P was 2022. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record — nothing is on offer here for 2026.
Chances are from the 2022 draw (the last one held here) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.
Simple view Odds at every point level-
100% Undersubscribed 100% as 2nd choice
| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | As 2nd choice | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WRD-15A17P ↗ West River Deer: 15A17P - 3 ANTLERLESS WHITETAIL DEER | 100% Undersubscribed | 100% | — | 45 / 28 undersubscribed | Nov 12–27, 2022 |
What these columns mean
- Your odds —
- the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2022 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year.
- The badge —
- plain language for that number. Likely draw 75% or better · Real chance 40%+ · Long shot 15%+ · Point builder below that, so you are applying mainly to bank a point · Undersubscribed means fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
- As 2nd choice —
- South Dakota lets you name more than one hunt on the application. Miss on your first choice and you go into the pot for whatever tags are left, alongside everyone else's second choices. Points never help a lower choice, so this number is the same whatever you have banked. It is usually worth naming a hunt that goes undersubscribed.
- Points needed —
- the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2022 draw, and how that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold.
- Tags / applicants —
- tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them. Under five tags the percentage is flagged, because one applicant either way swings it.
What it costs to apply (2022 nonresident fees)
| License | Up front | Gone if you miss | If you draw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Per application | $25 | $25 | $25 |
Application window: opens May 27, closes Jun 23, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
The country
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Who owns the ground
- Private 1,079,231 ac · 83%
- Other public 150,579 ac · 12%
- State trust land 72,144 ac · 6%
- State land 5,472 ac · 0%
Nearby areas
- WRD-15A — BUTTE COUNTY except that portion included in 15B
- WRD-15B — BUTTE COUNTY south of US 212 and west of SD 79
- WRD-15B17P — Butte/Lawrence County (Unit 15B antlerless quota license)
- WRD-35L — HARDING COUNTY, restricted to Custer National Forest Service
- WRD-49A — MEADE COUNTY, east of I-90, south of US 212
- WRD-35A — HARDING COUNTY, west of US 85 excluding those portions of the Custer National Fo