South Dakota Deer · WRD-65A Oglala Lakota County
South Dakota WRD-65A spans 1,343,512 acres, centered 46 miles east of Hot Springs. 10% of it is public land, mostly other public land (10%). In 2025, hunters took 23 white-tailed deer here (sum of published weapon rows); hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, WRD-65A-02, put up 6 nonresident tags in the 2026 draw for 10 first-choice applicants.
1 license
first choice, NR
not published
10% Other public
1,343,512 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in WRD-65A
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WRD-65A-02 | West River Deer: 65A02 - Any Buck Deer | 20% | — |
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-65A-01.
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) | 23 |
| 2024 (summed) | 27 |
| 2023 (summed) | 33 |
Mule Deer
| Year | Deer |
|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | 14 |
| 2024 (summed) | 27 |
| 2023 (summed) | 7 |
2025 split: firearm 23 (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 | 1,210,486 ac | 90% |
| Other public | 133,026 ac | 10% |
| State land | 0 ac | <1% |
| State trust land | 0 ac | <1% |
Source: SD GFP 2026 Hunt Unit Deer.
Next Door
- WRD-02C PENNINGTON COUNTY south of I-90 and east of the Cheyenne River 60% public
- WRD-21A CUSTER COUNTY east of SD 79 14% public
- WRD-11A BENNETT COUNTY, north of US 18 0% public
- WRD-21B Portions of CUSTER and PENNINGTON counties 1% public
- WRD-02A PENNINGTON and MEADE counties 9% public
- WRD-39B JACKSON COUNTY, south of the White River
▸ 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.
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