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South Dakota Unit 31A:deer draw odds & harvest

6 hunt codes for deer. 2026: 75 to 600 tags, 13 to 858 applicants per hunt.

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Hardest draw in Unit 31A2026 draw
31A18
100 tags, 137 applied, 27% drew.

44th hardest of 316 South Dakota deer draws in 2026.

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Deer hunt codes
6
West river deer · wrd
Tags · 2026
1,025
across 5 hunts
Applicants · 2026
186
0.2 per tag
Harvest success 3-yr
35–84%
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Deer huntsin Unit 31A

Whole-hunt draw results: applicants, tags and the share that drew.
Hunt codeWhat it isDraw result · 2026TagsSuccess 3-yr
31A01west river deer · November 14-29, 2026Haakon2 of 30 drew60064–67%
31A03Pwest river deer · November 14-29, 2026Haakon3 of 4 drew10060%
31A08west river deer · November 14-29, 2026Haakon6 of 9 drew7577–84%
31A11wrdHAAKON CO.16 of 81 drew10046–63%
31A18west river deer · November 14-29, 2026Haakon8 of 97 drew10058%
31A19west river deer · November 14-29, 2026Haakon46 of 46 drew15035–51%

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Source: SDGFP