Landowner-Own-Land Licenses Now Available

September 14, 2022

PIERRE, S.D.–Landowner East River Deer, West River Deer, Black Hills Deer, and Antelope licenses are now available for purchase in Go Outdoors South Dakota.

Qualifying resident landowners and “owner/operators,” and any “immediate family” living at home, who have not been issued a big game license that permits the harvest of a buck during the West River Deer, West River Special Buck, East River Deer, East River Special Buck, Black Hills Deer, or Firearms Antelope seasons may obtain a reduced-price license to hunt on land owned or leased by the qualifying resident for the specified season and unit.

Qualifying nonresident landowners and “owner/operators,” and any “immediate family” living at home, who have not been issued a big game license that permits the harvest of a buck during the West River Deer, West River Special Buck, or Firearms Antelope seasons may obtain a reduced-price license to hunt on land owned or leased by the qualifying nonresident for the specified season and unit. Nonresident landowners can only obtain a license to harvest a buck on their own land in East River Deer via a lottery drawing.

These licenses can be found in the “Buy Fish/Hunt Licenses” tab in Go Outdoors South Dakota.