Another Record Deer Harvest in South Dakota

According to the South Dakota Division of Wildlife, South Dakota hunters can look back on 2007 as another record-setting year for deer harvest.

According to harvest surveys, last year saw the all-time highest recorded deer harvest in the state and it was the eighth straight year that deer harvest has increased.

GFP Game Harvest Survey Coordinator Corey Huxoll said that estimates indicate approximately 70,000 white-tailed deer and 17,000 mule deer were harvested during the 2007 hunting seasons, for a total of more than 87,000 deer. That is a slight increase of about 300 deer from 2006 and a significant increase of more than 41,000 deer since 1999.

The 2007 Big Game Harvest Projections Report is complete and can be accessed through the GFP Web site at http://www.sdgfp.info in the “What’s New” section, or it can be requested by mail or in person in printed form from the Pierre office at 523 E. Capitol Ave.

While Outdoors International doesn’t currently offer any South Dakota deer hunts, our South Dakota Pheasant Outfitter is thinking about offering a very limited number of deer hunts. While we were there pheasant hunting last year, we saw lots of whitetails and a few really nice bucks. We’re looking forward to deer hunting there in the future.

If you are interested in a South Dakota archery whitetail hunt on previously unhunted property, let us know.