South Dakota Deer · WRD-15A17P Butte County (Unit 15A antlerless quota license)
South Dakota WRD-15A17P spans 1,307,427 acres, centered 27 miles north-east of Belle Fourche. 17% of it is public land, mostly other public land (12%) and state trust land (6%). Its most applied-for hunt, WRD-15A17P, put up 45 nonresident tags in the 2022 draw for 28 first-choice applicants.
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.
1 license
first choice, NR
not published
12% Other public
1,307,427 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Best Bets at 0 Points
Ranked by your odds times how often that license type's hunters filled their tag. Nonresident, first choice, 2022 draw; licenses with at least 10 tags that anyone can buy.
Every License in WRD-15A17P
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.
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WRD-15A17P | West River Deer: 15A17P - 3 Antlerless Whitetail Deer | 100% | — |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2022 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file.
Draw results: SD GFP 2022 GoOutdoors draw statistics, retrieved Sep 1, 2026.
If you draw (2022 nonresident fees): $25 ($25 to apply). Open May 27 – Jun 23, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
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 | <1% |
Source: SD GFP 2026 Hunt Unit Deer.
Next Door
- WRD-15A BUTTE COUNTY except that portion included in 15B 17% public
- WRD-15B BUTTE COUNTY south of US 212 and west of SD 79 1% public
- WRD-15B17P Butte/Lawrence County (Unit 15B antlerless quota license) 1% public
- WRD-35L HARDING COUNTY, restricted to Custer National Forest Service 98% public
- WRD-49A MEADE COUNTY, east of I-90, south of US 212 4% public
- WRD-35A HARDING COUNTY, west of US 85 excluding those portions of the Custer National Fo 18% public
▸ Sources 3
- SD GFP 2022 GoOutdoors draw statistics draw results, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- SD GFP 2022 Deer Applications booklet fees, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- SD GFP 2026 Hunt Unit Deer boundary, land ownership, area description, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
About These Numbers
Odds are from the 2022 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. How we compute these.
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