HuntingRulebook

South Dakota · Deer · 2026-27

This is what is open somewhere in South Dakota today. A pin adds the half this cannot answer: legal light at your coordinates, the county your stand is in, and whether your own tags cover the day.

Transcribed from the published 2026-27 South Dakota digest. Where this app and the digest disagree, the digest is the law. Read the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks digest.

South Dakota deer seasons, 2026-27

South Dakota’s 2026-27 deer seasons run September 1, 2026 to January 1, 2027, and what is open on a given day depends on the county your stand is in. Drop a pin above and this app reads the county off it, then answers the rest from there — the dates, the legal arms, the bag limits and the shooting hours, transcribed page by page from the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks digest. It is a planning aid, not the law: check the digest before you hunt.

Every screen for South Dakota

  • Today in South Dakota — Whether the season is open at your pin this morning, what you may take, and the legal light either end of the day.
  • Map in South Dakota — Drop a pin and see the unit, the public land and the property lines under it.
  • Weather in South Dakota — Wind, temperature and the scent cone over your ground, hour by hour, for the days you can still choose between.
  • Calendar in South Dakota — Every day your tags are good for in your unit, from opening day to the end of the season.
  • Rut in South Dakota — When the rut runs where you hunt, and which week is worth taking off.
  • Rules in South Dakota — The legal arms, bag limits, antler restrictions and shooting hours that apply at your pin.
  • Tags in South Dakota — The licences and permits you hold — what turns the published season into your season.

The other states

Every state — the app opens on whichever one your own pin falls in.