well again, SD is a great state, spent a lot of time in the state from hunting to ATV riding to riding snowmobile's,,
to just traveling thru the state visiting different area's!
so, pending WHAT part of SD , there is a huge difference in terrain, as well as ownership as to population of residents in an area!
hunting quality again changes as to how land is managed or NOT
just asking how is SD< is not going to net you very much accurate information
due to pending WHAT part of SD you in, things will change
Once again, maybe GO There and see area's your thinking about in person,a s that is the honest way to get REAL experience in an area!
GO talk to actuality residents in them area's
most will have straight forward likes and dislikes if your social enough to talk to them and ask for there opinions!
over my travels there I made several decent friends I am still in touch with today!
If I just went off words on a screen, I may never have gone many of the places I did there too, , and can tell you for a FACT< hunting places where some said game was rich and or wasn't, based on info off a forum
was NOT very accurate, from my experience either
I hunted many places , many said things were poor, only to find that wasn't correct at all
and vice versa!
game in area's can fluctuate from yr to yr, pending weather, and other factors
same as hunting pressure
some yrs can be heavy and others yrs low!
so again, before anyone makes a call to MOVE to a new state/area, I highly suggest GOING there, spend a week there, suck up the costs and learn about the area before making a huge commitment as in BUYING a house or land or moving, it will be Money well spent!
saving you a lot of hardship of finding out what/where you moved too is what you want over a Blind guess based on words from strangers off some web site or??
and I have rented MANY homes in SD over the yrs(typically on a few hundred to thousand acres)
and the prices were always VERY good! when you make the effort to find them that is and not just take the easy picks that are NOT so cheap
example, last house I rented there was under 700 bucks a for a 7 night stay on a few thousand acres(like 5,000 acres) I hunted off of!
as I said many times , the more effort you put into things the better the deals can be and experiences you get in return!