My dad and I are looking into hunting the black hills nat. forest in south dakota for deer. It would be a do it yourself hunt. I was wondering what the drawing odds were for drawing a deer tag in the south dakota black hills region? Is there a good success rate for killing a deer? What is a good part of the forest to hunt? we dont care too much if we get whitetails or muleys, we just want to get away from the midwest for a while. thank you
SD has really cut back on the amount of tags they offer to nonresidents in the past years. I would recommend applying and building PP's so you can draw in the future. I think you can draw a tag within 2 years if you apply this year, if it's not too late. The Black Hills are beautiful and pretty easy to hunt. I have taken both whitetails and mulies there in the past. With the new tag regulations I have definitely noticied an inprovement in the deer herd and the size of the bucks. Good luck.
Contact SD Game Fish and Parks. They have a webb site. It gives all the deadlines and info. Deer Population is pretty high in the Black Hills. It is mostly Whitetail. I like the Deerfield, Moon and Custer area. You may see some fine elk as well.
bow tags for SD is easy, just send in and you get the tag. you could get a black hills tag or the entire state tag. and as far as seeing some deer, well you should see 50-100 deer a day. some of the fields will have 100 deer on just one field.
sorry to here you didn't get your moose tag car. i hope you get wy. tags. good luck
Thanks for the replies. Not sure if my dad can get off work for a bow hunt. He can get off anytime in november and we are thinking about hunting region a wyoming since there are better odds to draw a tag, even though we would be in a leftover draw
24/7 the south dakota bow hunt opens oct.1and goes through dec. 31 for bucks, the jan1-31 for does. if you want to hunt south dakota. as far as a region A in wyoming, thats the area i live in. there is a very good chance that there will be left over tags. and you could even buy a non-resident doe pronghorn tag OTC for $29.00 for the same area. good luck to ya
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