South Dakota Opens More Public Land to Hunters

The South Dakota west river deer season opened Nov. 16. As of that date, Game, Fish and Parks and landowners are giving access to 24,145 acres of landlocked public land by adding 27,730 acres of new land to the Walk-In Area Program. That’s a total of 51,875 acres of new access for the public, said Kevin Robling, deputy secretary with S.D. GF&P. That’s a tremendous result from this initiative so far. In western South Dakota, nearly 300,000 acres of public land are... READ MORE