Public Land Hunting & Fishing in South Dakota

Free and permit-required public hunting and fishing areas in South Dakota: national forests, BLM land, state WMAs, and wildlife refuges. 4 areas listed.

National Forests 2
Black Hills National Forest
Lawrence, Pennington, Custer, Meade, Fall River, Butte County · 1,250,000 acres
🦌 Hunting 🎣 Fishing Free Access
Black Hills National Forest encompasses 1.25 million acres of the Black Hills uplift in western South Dakota and Wyoming...
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Fort Pierre National Grassland
Stanley, Sully County · 116,000 acres
🦌 Hunting Free Access
Fort Pierre National Grassland encompasses 116,000 acres of mixed-grass prairie along the Missouri River in central Sout...
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Wildlife Refuges 2
Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Brown County · 21,498 acres
🦌 Hunting 🎣 Fishing Free Access
Sand Lake NWR encompasses 21,498 acres of Missouri River bottomland and Prairie Pothole wetlands in north-central South...
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Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge
Bennett County · 16,410 acres
🦌 Hunting 🎣 Fishing Free Access
Lacreek NWR encompasses 16,410 acres of the Ogallala Aquifer recharge zone in the Nebraska Sandhills region of southwest...
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