Public Hunting Atlas now available

The South Dakota Public Hunting Atlas is now available online and will be availabe at your local authorized license dealer soon. The atlas contains maps and information on our Walk-In Areas, Game Production Areas, Waterfowl Production Areas, some School and Public Lands and Bureau of Land Management lands. The atlas can also be downloaded on to a handheld GPS unit or personal computer.

You can also find any changes that may have occurred in the Atlas since the time of publication here.

The 2018 Hunting and Trapping Handbook will be available online on Aug.20. The handbook has season dates, laws and every other bit of information for every hunting season.

There are several ways to get these books.

Hunters can search for the SDGFP Outdoors App at the i-Tunes store or Google Play and get the current handbook, atlas and receive atlas updates direct from their smartphone while they are in the field.

You can pick up each of these publications at any authorized license dealer across the state. For this listing, please click here. We will have them at the GFP booth at the South Dakota State Fair too!

We hope you have a great 2018 hunting season.  Don't forget to share your hunting memories with us on social media, using #SDintheField.

SD Antelope opens August 18th

The 2018 South Dakota archery antelope hunting season begins on Saturday, Aug. 18 and runs through Sept. 28, and then will resume from Oct. 15-31.

To purchase your archery antelope tag, click here.