South Dakota Deer · WRD-39A JACKSON COUNTY, north of the White River
South Dakota WRD-39A covers 515,779 acres and lies 61 miles north-west of Mission and 72 miles south-west of Pierre. 24% of it is public land, mostly other public land (23%) and state trust land (1%). In 2025, hunters took 92 white-tailed deer here (sum of published weapon rows); hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, WRD-39A-01, put up 14 nonresident tags in the 2026 draw for 82 first-choice applicants.
3 licenses
first choice, NR
not published
23% Other public
515,779 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 in 2025. Nonresident, first choice, 2026 draw; licenses with at least 10 tags that anyone can buy.
None of these licenses drew anyone at your points in 2026: see the table below for the cut on each.
Every License in WRD-39A
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WRD-39A-01 | West River Deer: 39A01 - Any Deer | 0% | — | |
| WRD-39A-11 | West River Deer: 39A11 - Any Whitetail Deer | 0% (small sample) | — | |
| WRD-39A-13P | West River Deer: 39A13P - Antlerless Whitetail Deer | 100% (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. Not in the table, with no 2026 result: WRD-39A-13.
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
White-tailed Deer
| Year | Deer |
|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | 92 |
| 2024 (summed) | 125 |
| 2023 (summed) | 114 |
Mule Deer
| Year | Deer |
|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | 82 |
| 2024 (summed) | 87 |
| 2023 (summed) | 61 |
2025 split: firearm 92 (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 | 391,072 ac | 76% |
| Other public | 120,440 ac | 23% |
| State trust land | 4,266 ac | <1% |
| State land | 0 ac | <1% |
Source: SD GFP 2026 Hunt Unit Deer.
Next Door
- WRD-39B JACKSON COUNTY, south of the White River
- WRD-31A Haakon County 1% public
- WRD-11A BENNETT COUNTY, north of US 18 0% public
- RFD-LC1 Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge (muzzleloader, Oct 21-27) 100% public
- RFD-LC2 Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge (muzzleloader, Nov 25-Dec 1) 100% public
- WRD-11B BENNETT COUNTY, south of US 18, excluding Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge 4% 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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