South Dakota Deer · WRD-35L HARDING COUNTY, restricted to Custer National Forest Service
South Dakota WRD-35L covers 72,771 acres and lies 21 miles south-east of Buffalo and 60 miles north-east of Belle Fourche. 98% of it is public land, mostly other public land (98%). In 2025, hunters took 40 mule deer here (sum of published weapon rows); hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, WRD-35L-01, put up 6 nonresident tags in the 2026 draw for 293 first-choice applicants.
2 licenses
first choice, NR
not published
98% Other public
72,771 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in WRD-35L
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WRD-35L-01 | West River Deer: 35L01 - Any Deer | 0% | — | |
| WRD-35L-11 | West River Deer: 35L11 - Any Whitetail Deer | 0% (small sample) | — |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2026 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file.
Draw results: SD GFP 2026 GoOutdoors draw statistics, retrieved Sep 1, 2026.
If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): $25 ($25 to apply). Open May 27 – Jun 23, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
Mule Deer
| Year | Deer |
|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | 40 |
| 2024 (summed) | 63 |
| 2023 (summed) | 72 |
White-tailed Deer
| Year | Deer |
|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | 29 |
| 2024 (summed) | 15 |
| 2023 (summed) | 9 |
2025 split: firearm 40 (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
| Other public | 71,523 ac | 98% |
| Private | 1,145 ac | 2% |
| State trust land | 103 ac | <1% |
| State land | 0 ac | <1% |
Source: SD GFP 2026 Hunt Unit Deer.
Next Door
- WRD-35C HARDING COUNTY, east of US 85 excluding those portions of the Custer National Fo 17% public
- WRD-15A17P Butte County (Unit 15A antlerless quota license) 17% public
- WRD-15A BUTTE COUNTY except that portion included in 15B 17% public
- WRD-35A HARDING COUNTY, west of US 85 excluding those portions of the Custer National Fo 18% public
- WRD-53C PERKINS COUNTY, south of SD 20 and MEADE COUNTY, north of US 212 5% public
- WRD-53A PERKINS COUNTY, north of SD 20 18% public
▸ Sources 5
- SD GFP 2026 GoOutdoors draw statistics draw results, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- SD GFP 2025 Deer Applications booklet fees, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- SD GFP 2026 GFP FAQ fees, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- 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
Odds are from the 2026 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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