South Dakota Deer Hunting by County

South Dakotareports its deer harvest by management unit rather than by county, so county-level harvest totals aren't available here. Public land and terrain are still broken out by county below.

See South Dakota season dates or the South Dakota wildlife agency for unit-level harvest data.

Statewide Harvest
South Dakota deer harvest, 2024–25
51,405
Total deer
24,853
Bucks
26,552
Antlerless

South Dakota publishes deer harvest by unit, not by county, so these are statewide totals — not a county figure. Source: South Dakota GFP.

Updated August 2026

Lawrence County61%
Custer County52%
Pennington County45%
Fall River County30%
Harding County22%
Butte County18%
Perkins County13%
Jackson County12%
McPherson County9%
Lyman County8%
Stanley County8%
Marshall County7%
Meade County7%
Bennett County6%
Brown County6%
Day County5%
Hyde County5%
Codington County5%
Edmunds County5%
Hamlin County5%
Lake County5%
Potter County5%
Kingsbury County4%
Walworth County4%
Jones County4%
Corson County4%
Sully County4%
Brookings County3%
Clark County3%
Douglas County3%
Faulk County3%
Campbell County3%
Charles Mix County3%
Grant County3%
Deuel County3%
Minnehaha County3%
Aurora County3%
McCook County3%
Beadle County2%
Roberts County2%
Hand County2%
Miner County2%
Moody County2%
Bon Homme County2%
Hughes County2%
Jerauld County2%
Brule County2%
Haakon County2%
Mellette County2%
Gregory County1%
Yankton County1%
Spink County1%
Ziebach County1%
Lincoln County1%
Union County1%
Hanson County1%
Sanborn County1%
Turner County1%
Buffalo County1%
Dewey County1%
Tripp County1%
Hutchinson County1%
Clay County1%
Davison County0%
Oglala Lakota County0%
Todd County0%

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