South Dakota Deer — WRD-45C
LYMAN and STANLEY counties
South Dakota WRD-45C covers 245,024 acres and lies 30 miles north-west of Chamberlain. 0% of it is public land. In 2025, hunters took 11 white-tailed deer here. The 2026 draw put up 4 nonresident tags here for 2 first-choice applicants.
Your chance of drawing here
Every deer license type on offer in WRD-45C, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.
Chances are from the 2026 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.
Simple view Odds at every point level-
0% Undersubscribed
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100% Undersubscribed
| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WRD-45C-01 ↗ West River Deer: 45C01 - ANY DEER | 0% Undersubscribed | — | 4 / 2 undersubscribed | Nov 14–29, 2026 |
| WRD-45C-13 ↗ West River Deer: 45C13 - ANTLERLESS WHITETAIL DEER | 100% Undersubscribed | — | 3 / 1 undersubscribed | Nov 14–29, 2026 |
What these columns mean
- Your odds —
- the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2026 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.
- Points needed —
- the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2026 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 we print counts instead of a percentage, because one applicant either way swings it.
What it costs to apply (2026 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.
Other licenses valid in WRD-45C
Not in the table above because they had no result in the 2026 draw.
The country
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Who owns the ground
- Private 244,994 ac · 100%
- Other public 29 ac · 0%
- State land 0 ac · 0%
- State trust land 0 ac · 0%
Nearby areas
- WRD-45A — LYMAN COUNTY, west of SD 47 and south of southern boundary of the Lower Brule In
- ERD-36A — HUGHES COUNTY, excluding Farm Island Recreation Area, LaFramboise Island
- WRD-45B — LYMAN COUNTY, east of SD 47 and south of the southern boundary of the Lower Brul
- WRD-45D — LYMAN, STANLEY, and JONES counties all public land and private land
- ERD-38A — Hyde County
- ERD-13L — BRULE COUNTY, limited to portions of the Brule Bottom Game Production Area and C
How the hunting has gone
What South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks publishes for this area after each season — harvest statistics for everyone who hunted it, not draw odds and not a forecast. South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks publishes these per hunt rather than per unit; the rows below add its own figures together, since a hunter holds one tag for the species in a season. 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.
White-tailed Deer
| Season | Harvest |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 |
| 2024 | 17 |
| 2023 | 16 |
Mule Deer
| Season | Harvest |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 |
| 2024 | 12 |
| 2023 | 8 |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Firearm 15 · 100%
Harvest: Deer Harvest (Hunting/Harvest_Maps MapServer, layer 5) — per-unit post-season harvest, 2023-2025