HuntingRulebook

South Dakota · Deer · 2026-27

Weather needs a spot

Wind, temperature and the scent cone are a forecast for somewhere. Drop a pin and this fills in for that exact spot, hour by hour.

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.