Harvest Reports and Surveys
The South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks has conducted harvest surveys since 1948 to estimate harvest data. There have been changes to the structure and style of these surveys, but for the past twenty years the form and content of the surveys has remained consistent.
Harvest surveys are an important part of wildlife management in South Dakota. The information obtained by completing these harvest surveys is the link between what happened during the hunting season this year and how next year’s hunting season will be determined.
Surveys are mailed at the end of each hunting season to a random sample of hunters usually using both emails and paper questionnaires. Approximately 10-14 days after mailing, a reminder or a new survey is mailed to all those who did not respond to the first mailing. The fact that someone was unsuccessful in their hunt is as important as their success. Unsuccessful hunters represent a cross-section of all hunters and we need to know that information. It is as important that hunters provide information on whether or not they even hunted.
If you have received a harvest survey card in the mail, please select the appropriate season below to complete the survey online. If you do not complete the survey online, you still have the option of returning your survey through the mail.
Antelope |
Reports |
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Archery | Report |
Custer State Park | Report |
Firearms | Report |
Mentored Youth | Report |
Landowner | |
Special | Report |
Deer |
Reports |
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Statewide Summary | Report |
Archery | Report |
Black Hills | Report |
Custer State Park | Report |
East River | Report |
Landowner Antlerless | Report |
Mentored | Report |
Youth | Report |
Muzzleloader | Report |
National Wildlife Refuge | Report |
West River | Report |
Apprentice Antlerless | Report |
Elk |
Reports |
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Statewide Summary | Report |
Furbearer |
Reports |
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2021 | Report |
2020 | Report |
2019 | Report |
2018 | Report |
2017 | Report |
2016 | Report |
2015 | Report |
2014 | Report |
2013 | Report |
Turkey |
Reports |
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Fall | Black Hills | Report |
Fall | Mentored Youth | Report |
Fall | Prairie Firearms | Report |
Spring | Archery | Report |
Spring | Black Hills | Report |
Spring | Custer State Park | Report |
Spring | Mentored Youth | Report |
Spring | Prairie Firearms | Report |
Spring Turkey Opinion Survey | Report |
Upland Birds |
Reports |
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Partridge | Report |
Pheasant | Report |
Prairie Chicken | Sharp-tailed Grouse | Report |
Sage Grouse | Report |
Mourning Dove | Report |
Waterfowl | Migratory |
Reports |
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Waterfowl Summary | Report |
Waterfowl Hunter Survey | Report |
Canada Goose | All Seasons | Report |
Canada Goose | August Management | Report |
Canada Goose | Early Fall | Report |
Canada Goose | Special Season | Report |
Ducks | Report |
Snow Goose | Fall | Report |
Snow Goose | Spring | Report |
Tundra Swan | Report |
White-Fronted Goose | Report |
Other |
Reports |
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Cottontail | Squirrel | Report |
Mountain Goat | Bighorn Sheep | Report |
Mountain Lion | Report |