I use to hunt around the Sturgis area, I am not sure if there is any public land or anything. There are a lot of deer, some good size ones to too, its not uncommon to run into 150"+ deer. I would go through a guide though, they have some of the best tracts of land there and will put you on some deer. The guides names are Bob Parson, and Dan Hefner (I think thats his last name) operate Oyster Mtn. Outfitters, they put me on a lot of deer, I harvested 2 130"+ in 2 yrs. They offer bowhunting and rifle hunting as well asturkey hunting. I thought they were reasonably priced too. They have like 3000acres or something like that.