US state

South Dakota (SD)

Jurisdiction shell is ready; add agency, species, unit, deadline, and application data as research comes in.

Known for Mule deer

South Dakota big-game backdrop

South Dakota is known for prairie mule deer and whitetail.

Generated wildlife art is used as atmosphere only; official tag, season, and unit decisions stay tied to agency data below.

Agency source

1

high confidence

Opportunities

0

researched nonresident paths

Applications

0

public research mode

Unit map

Manual

ArcGIS REST metadata / token-gated MapServer

Unit Map / Units

GIS polygon layers render here when imported. Colorado now uses official CPW GMU boundaries; other states fall back to seeded unit cards until their KML/GeoJSON/shapefile layers are converted.

map placeholder
No units seeded yet for SD. The page is ready for a GIS/SVG boundary layer and unit records when imported.

Agency portals

Official agency, license/application, regulations, draw odds, and harvest stats.

South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks
US Midwest/South
high

GFP site links purchase/apply and past drawing results to Go Outdoors South Dakota; GFP harvest reports/surveys page includes deer and other species reports.

Official agency links are public. Private account tracking is available separately when saved application data exists.

Deadlines

Application, draw, reporting, and point purchase reminders.

No deadlines seeded yet.

Unit boundary source

Official map/GIS source for the future clickable unit-level map.

manual source
SDGFP Hunt Unit ArcGIS services (public metadata; token-gated REST)
South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks
deer unit
elk unit
antelope unit
bighorn sheep unit
mountain goat unit
mountain lion unit
turkey unit
waterfowl zone

Format: ArcGIS REST metadata / token-gated MapServer

Conversion: Found public item metadata for Hunt Unit Deer (3fc40e83...), Hunt Unit Elk (c0fca3...), Hunt Unit Antelope/Sheep/Goat/Lion (e540e...), Hunt Unit Turkey (53b9c9...), Waterfowl (6ab691...), and FeatureServer items for Elk/Turkey (6ef212...). Underlying REST endpoints returned 499 Token Required or 403 via utility proxy on 2026-05-12.

License/source notes: Official South Dakota GFP ArcGIS Online items were found, but direct REST access to the source/utility services returned token/permission errors during this pass; do not ingest until GFP exposes query/download access or grants permission.

Open boundary source

Species available

Starter list for this jurisdiction.

No species data yet.

Applications

State/province-specific plans, submitted applications, draw status, and spend.

No applications yet.