PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) Commission made changes to the licenses available for the West River and Black Hills Deer Hunting Seasons at their May meeting.
The commission increased the number of licenses available for the 2021 and 2022 West River Deer Hunting Seasons.
The West River season will have: 11,453 single tag, 8,970 double tag, and 864 triple tag resident licenses and 920 single tag, 718 double tag and 64 triple tag licenses available for nonresidents.
The West River Deer Season will be:
- November 13-28, 2021 (All units excluding Gregory County):
- November 6-9 and November 22-28, 2021 (Unit 30A-Gregory County):
- November 13-28, 2021 (Unit 30B-Gregory County):
- December 11-19, 2021 Antlerless deer tags only.
The commission decreased the number of “any whitetail” licenses to 3,000 for residents and 240 for nonresidents for the Black Hills Deer Hunting Season. Additionally, the number of “antlerless whitetail” licenses decreased to 300 resident and 24 nonresident licenses.
Black Hills “any deer” licenses will be 200 for resident and 16 for nonresidents.
The Black Hills Deer Hunting Season is Nov. 1-30.
The Commission also set 25 “any whitetail” and 50 “antlerless whitetail” licenses for the Custer State Park Deer Hunting Season.
Meanwhile,
PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission (GFP) changed the way deer and elk hunters must dispose of carcass remains for the management of chronic wasting disease (CWD).
All hunters transporting a deer or elk from the county of harvest, must dispose of all carcass remains in a garbage container or at a permitted landfill. This applies statewide regardless of CWD status in the respective county. For taxidermists and game processors, all carcass remains need to be disposed of in the same way regardless of harvest location.
“This is a big change for hunters ,” said GFP Terrestrial Section Chief, John Kanta. “We will be working hard to get the word out and to make sure our hunters know why this important.”
“We all need to do our part to protect our deer and elk herds and make sure that carcasses are disposed of properly.”
