South Dakota Deer WRD-49A-13 — WRD-49A, Type 13
West River Deer: 49A13 - ANTLERLESS WHITETAIL DEER · MEADE COUNTY, east of I-90, south of US 212
- What you may take
- West River Deer: 49A13 - ANTLERLESS WHITETAIL DEER
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Seasons (2026)
- Nov 14–29, 2026 · Dec 12–20, 2026
- Nonresident tags (2026)
- 22
- for 2 first-choice applicants
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Odds by point level — 2026 draw
Undersubscribed: 2 first-choice applicants for 12 tags in 2026, so every first-choice applicant drew and 10 tags went to the leftover draw — the 100% reflects low demand, not a great tag. A code like this can flip the year demand catches up.
Prior-draw probability for a first-choice nonresident applicant. 12 tags, 2 first-choice applicants. Source: GoOutdoors South Dakota Draw... · EventID=234585.
| Points | Your chance | Applicants | Drawn |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 100% | 2 | 2 |
| 1–10 | 100% same chance at every one of these levels | — | — |
Preference points, computed from published point-level pools. A dash means South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks did not publish a count for that level. How we compute these.
What it costs (2026 nonresident fees)
Everyone who applied in 2026 drew this tag, so the cost is the $125 you pay the year you draw.
Not applying this year? A point-only purchase costs $20 (Sep 15 – Dec 15, expected) and adds a point for next year's draw.
Next application window: opens May 27, closes Jun 23, 2027 (expected) · results ~July 2. Last cycle's schedule rolled forward — confirm when the agency publishes.
Point creep & years to draw
Insufficient history (0 of 3 draws) — a creep trend needs at least three draw years with a published drew-out level.
Seasons (2026)
How this tag has hunted
Across every license type in WRD-49A, South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks counted 443 white-tailed deer taken in 2025. Full WRD-49A profile: maps, public land, five years of harvest →
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: Deer Harvest (Hunting/Harvest_Maps MapServer, layer 5) — per-unit post-season harvest, 2023-2025
Year by year
The standard draw for nonresidents, one row per year. South Dakota runs a second, random pass after the points pass; it is shown beside the year it belongs to.
| Year | Tags | Applicants | Applicants per tag | Points needed | Random pass | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22 | 2 | 0.1 | — | 10 tagsfrom 16 applications | GoOutdoors South Dakota Draw... · EventID=234585 |
| 2025 | 20 | 4 | 0.2 | — | 8 tagsfrom 10 applications | GoOutdoors South Dakota Draw... · EventID=230553 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3 | 0.4 | — | 2 tagsfrom 7 applications | GoOutdoors South Dakota Draw... · EventID=229397 |
| 2023 | 7 | 4 | 0.6 | — | 1 tagfrom 11 applications | GoOutdoors South Dakota Draw... · EventID=227732 |
Other licenses valid in WRD-49A
Legal cartridges for deer in South Dakota
From the South Dakota hunting laws rules on file for a rifle. "Depends" means the rule turns on your specific load — check the state page.
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How to read these numbers
Every percentage on this page is a prior-draw probability: the chance an applicant with that many points would have drawn in the draw year shown, computed from the agency's published results. It is not a forecast — quotas, applicant numbers, and point creep change every year. Where a state does not publish a number, we show a dash, never a zero. Under five tags the percentage is flagged: one applicant either way swings it. Fees show the fee year used. Read the methodology for the engine details.
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Draw rules, quotas, fees and deadlines are set by each agency and change by commission action. Check the agency's site and apply there; we don't take applications.