SD deer results up

[T Bone]

Hopefully my honey hole still has a few whitetail in it. Going with my long time bud from Idaho who has never tagged a whitetail.

Good luck to all.

 

[sluggo6850]

I got turned down on first choice of any deer, but drew double whitetail. now I just hope there are a few still alive

 

[Sandhiller]

No luck for Blackhills tag but still got my archery tag

 

[cornfed]

I hear numbers are way down but hope to get my first mule deer.

 

[mtmiller]

Pulled my tags.

 

[1_pointer]

Pulled points...

I now have 7 for West River and 4 for Black Hills. One of these years I'm gonna have to bite the bullet and cash them...

 

[Oak]

Pulled points...

I now have 7 for West River and 4 for Black Hills. One of these years I'm gonna have to bite the bullet and cash them...

Sounds familiar. One of these years...

 

[Flatrock]

Points for me too. Is anyone else still buying antelope points even though non residents can't apply in the first drawing anymore? I bought them with the hope that that will change in a few years when the population comes back.

Also, is SD a straight up preference point system? I know it says preference points in the regulations but when I look at the draw odds, it doesn't show how many points it takes to draw tags. I can still get an idea looking at tags drawn versus apps but I was just curious about that...

 

[1_pointer]

Sounds familiar. One of these years...

Maybe we should start a support group. Random Point Accumulators Anonymous.

 

[LopeHunter]

Maybe we should start a support group. Random Point Accumulators Anonymous.

Each year I get a brief panic attack when the updated Wyoming points recap is released.

The max pool and max - 1 pools will see shrinkage which is mostly due to successful tag applications. Happy days for those folks that drew.

Then you notice a few folks did not draw tags but fell out of Max and Max-1. After years and years of applying each year.

Only a few ways to not get a point and none of them are good...death, incapacitation, wildlife violation, incarceration...

Hunt while you can...

 

[MNHunter]

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Also, is SD a straight up preference point system? I know it says preference points in the regulations but when I look at the draw odds, it doesn't show how many points it takes to draw tags. I can still get an idea looking at tags drawn versus apps but I was just curious about that...

No, its a misnomer. They call them preference points but they are more like bonus points. I learned this when I called and spoke to the gentleman who runs the draw a couple years ago. Also, BTW, unlike other states that operate under a true or modified bonus points system, in SD you cannot draw a tag as a NR with 0 points UNLESS the hunt is undersubscribed and this isn't going to happen.

 

[birddog32]

preference points here

 

[wyoming556]

What does a NR tag in SD cost?

Tried searching on the website and didn't have any luck. Going to be doing a job up at LaCreek NWR and thinking about getting an archery tag.

Thanks in advance.

 

[warmer]

NR archery any deer tag is $286. You can have both an east river and west river, $286 each, or 1 statewide $286. Single antlerless $56, double antlerless $81

 

[warmer]

http://gfp.sd.gov/hunting/licenses/limited/forms/Deer.pdf

 

[wyoming556]

Thank you.