Public land that may allow hunting in South Dakota
583 named public land units in South Dakota from PAD-US 4.1: 511 state wildlife & game areas, 5 forests & grasslands, 50 wildlife refuges & WPAs, 1 BLM units, 14 lake & reservoir project lands, 2 state trust / land board tracts. The largest are Black Hills National Forest, Sd Public Land, Buffalo Gap National Grassland.
Regulations & licenses: South Dakota Game Fish and Parks
This site does not list seasons, bag limits, license or permit rules. Those change every year and differ by area. Check them with South Dakota Game Fish and Parks (hunting information) before you go, and confirm the specific area is open to the hunting you plan.
All 583 areas, largest first
| Area | Acres (approx.) | Manager | Access | County |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Hills National Forest National Forest land | 1,075,226 | U.S. Forest Service (USDA) | Open access | Pennington County, Custer County + 3 more |
| Sd Public Land State trust / land board land | 594,951 | State: land board | Open access | Harding County, Butte County + 14 more |
| Buffalo Gap National Grassland National Grassland | 587,045 | U.S. Forest Service (USDA) | Open access | Fall River County, Pennington County + 2 more |
| Oaha Recreation Area Army Corps of Engineers project land | 315,552 | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | Open access | Dewey County, Corson County + 8 more |
| BLM South Dakota Field Office Public Lands BLM public land | 275,366 | Bureau of Land Management | Open access | Butte County, Meade County + 8 more |
| South Dakota State Trust Lands State trust / land board land | 228,833 | State: land board | Open access | Hyde County, Potter County + 24 more |
| Grand River National Grassland National Grassland | 154,687 | U.S. Forest Service (USDA) | Open access | Perkins County, Corson County |
| Fort Pierre National Grassland National Grassland | 115,812 | U.S. Forest Service (USDA) | Open access | Lyman County, Stanley County + 1 more |
| Francis Case Recreation Area Army Corps of Engineers project land | 103,547 | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | Open access | Charles Mix County, Gregory County + 3 more |
| Sharpe Recreation Area Army Corps of Engineers project land | 78,398 | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | Open access | Hughes County, Lyman County + 3 more |
| Custer National Forest National Forest land | 73,897 | U.S. Forest Service (USDA) | Open access | Harding County |
| Lewis And Clark Recreation Area Army Corps of Engineers project land | 25,778 | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | Open access | Bon Homme County, Yankton County + 1 more |
| Mcpherson County Waterfowl Production Area Waterfowl Production Area | 21,004 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | McPherson County |
| Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge National Wildlife Refuge | 19,539 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Brown County |
| Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge National Wildlife Refuge | 16,582 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Bennett County |
| Belle Fourche Reservoir Bureau of Reclamation project land | 14,160 | Bureau of Reclamation | Open access | Butte County |
| Marshall County Waterfowl Production Area Waterfowl Production Area | 11,281 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Marshall County |
| Edmunds County Waterfowl Production Area Waterfowl Production Area | 9,255 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Edmunds County |
| Beadle County Waterfowl Production Area Waterfowl Production Area | 7,777 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Beadle County |
| Day County Waterfowl Production Area Waterfowl Production Area | 7,317 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Day County |
| Kingsbury County Waterfowl Production Area Waterfowl Production Area | 7,044 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Kingsbury County |
| Brookings County Waterfowl Production Area Waterfowl Production Area | 6,658 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Brookings County |
| Shadehill Reservoir Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 6,222 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Perkins County |
| Clark County Waterfowl Production Area Waterfowl Production Area | 6,180 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Clark County |
| Lake County Waterfowl Production Area Of Sd Waterfowl Production Area | 6,115 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Lake County |
| Codington County Waterfowl Production Area Waterfowl Production Area | 6,089 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Codington County |
| Lake Thompson Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 5,687 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Kingsbury County, Miner County |
| Grant County Waterfowl Production Area Waterfowl Production Area | 5,372 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Grant County |
| Shadehill Reservoir Bureau of Reclamation project land | 5,323 | Bureau of Reclamation | Open access | Perkins County |
| Aurora County Waterfowl Production Area Waterfowl Production Area | 4,896 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Aurora County |
| Angostura Reservoir Bureau of Reclamation project land | 4,880 | Bureau of Reclamation | Open access | Fall River County |
| Roberts County Waterfowl Production Area Waterfowl Production Area | 4,876 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Roberts County |
| Buryanek Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 4,834 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Gregory County |
| Minnehaha County Waterfowl Production Area Waterfowl Production Area | 4,749 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Minnehaha County |
| Brown County Waterfowl Production Area Waterfowl Production Area | 4,679 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Brown County |
| Brown County Waterfowl Production Area Of Sd Waterfowl Production Area | 4,675 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Brown County |
| Waubay National Wildlife Refuge National Wildlife Refuge | 4,633 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Day County |
| Friendshuh Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 4,624 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Fall River County, Custer County |
| Douglas County Waterfowl Production Area Waterfowl Production Area | 4,490 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Douglas County |
| Douglas County Waterfowl Production Area Of Sd Waterfowl Production Area | 4,489 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Douglas County |
| Charles Mix County Waterfowl Production Area Waterfowl Production Area | 4,392 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Charles Mix County |
| Hand County Waterfowl Production Area Waterfowl Production Area | 4,039 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Hand County |
| Pactola Reservoir Bureau of Reclamation project land | 3,534 | Bureau of Reclamation | Open access | Pennington County |
| Mccook County Waterfowl Production Area Waterfowl Production Area | 3,500 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | McCook County |
| Hamlin County Waterfowl Production Area Waterfowl Production Area | 3,405 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Hamlin County |
| Deuel County Waterfowl Production Area Waterfowl Production Area | 3,211 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Deuel County |
| Moody County Waterfowl Production Area Waterfowl Production Area | 3,179 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Moody County |
| Bitter Lake State wildlife / game area | 3,115 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Day County, Miner County |
| Battle Mountain Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 3,066 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Fall River County |
| White Rock State wildlife / game area | 2,996 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Roberts County |
| Little Moreau State wildlife / game area | 2,816 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Dewey County |
| Putney Slough State wildlife / game area | 2,771 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Brown County |
| Todd State wildlife / game area | 2,729 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Bennett County |
| Faulk County Waterfowl Production Area Waterfowl Production Area | 2,715 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Faulk County |
| Spink County Waterfowl Production Area Waterfowl Production Area | 2,424 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Spink County |
| Hyde County Waterfowl Production Area Waterfowl Production Area | 2,390 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Hyde County |
| Chip Allen State wildlife / game area | 2,306 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Miner County, Sanborn County |
| Sioux Poinsett State wildlife / game area | 2,274 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Hamlin County |
| Campbell County Waterfowl Production Area Waterfowl Production Area | 2,166 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Campbell County |
| Harrison-badger-trucano Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 2,156 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Lawrence County |
| Whitewood Slough State wildlife / game area | 2,006 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Kingsbury County |
| Gray Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 1,948 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Charles Mix County |
| Cottonwood Lake State wildlife / game area | 1,849 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Sully County, Spink County + 2 more |
| Swan Lake State wildlife / game area | 1,826 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Clark County, Walworth County + 1 more |
| Long Lake State wildlife / game area | 1,820 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Codington County, Jerauld County + 2 more |
| Kiowa Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 1,808 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Lyman County |
| Jerauld County Waterfowl Production Area Waterfowl Production Area | 1,791 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Jerauld County |
| Brule Bottom Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 1,701 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Brule County |
| Mickelson Marsh State wildlife / game area | 1,682 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Hamlin County |
| Renziehausen State wildlife / game area | 1,657 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Brown County, Marshall County |
| Mydland Pass State wildlife / game area | 1,613 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Day County |
| R Leesman State wildlife / game area | 1,609 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Sully County |
| Miner County Waterfowl Production Area Waterfowl Production Area | 1,594 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Miner County |
| Walworth County Waterfowl Production Area Waterfowl Production Area | 1,579 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Walworth County |
| White Swan Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 1,538 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Charles Mix County |
| Neugebauer Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 1,537 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Lyman County |
| Rifle-calahan State wildlife / game area | 1,521 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Sanborn County |
| Four Mile-clubhouse-barretts State wildlife / game area | 1,504 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Marshall County |
| Cattail State wildlife / game area | 1,493 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Marshall County |
| Goose Lake State wildlife / game area | 1,481 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Codington County, Day County |
| East Vermillion Lake Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 1,477 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | McCook County |
| Angostura Reservoir Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 1,420 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Fall River County |
| Roy Lake State wildlife / game area | 1,413 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Marshall County |
| Boyer Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 1,380 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Brule County |
| Arikara Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 1,358 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Hughes County |
| Hawkins Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 1,283 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Hand County |
| Deerfield Lake Bureau of Reclamation project land | 1,241 | Bureau of Reclamation | Open access | Pennington County |
| Running Water Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 1,235 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Bon Homme County |
| Willow Dam State wildlife / game area | 1,205 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Brown County |
| Bon Homme County Waterfowl Production Area Waterfowl Production Area | 1,166 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Bon Homme County |
| Round Bullhead State wildlife / game area | 1,158 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Deuel County |
| Terry Redlin State wildlife / game area | 1,140 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Codington County |
| Carpenter Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 1,133 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Lyman County |
| Zabrasha State wildlife / game area | 1,121 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Brown County |
| Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge National Wildlife Refuge | 1,112 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Charles Mix County |
| Stone Lake State wildlife / game area | 1,112 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Sully County |
| Brule County Waterfowl Production Area Waterfowl Production Area | 1,060 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Brule County |
| Hanson County Waterfowl Production Area Waterfowl Production Area | 1,058 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Hanson County |
| Karl E. Mundt National Wildlife Refuge National Wildlife Refuge | 1,050 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Gregory County |
| American Game Association State wildlife / game area | 1,042 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Codington County, Campbell County |
| Coxes-mirror Lakes State wildlife / game area | 1,034 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Lawrence County |
| Mud Lake State wildlife / game area | 1,028 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Deuel County, Grant County + 2 more |
| Dry Lake State wildlife / game area | 1,017 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Clark County |
| Black Slough State wildlife / game area | 1,011 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Marshall County, Brookings County |
| Salt Lake State wildlife / game area | 1,004 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Campbell County |
| H Smith State wildlife / game area | 1,003 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Sully County |
| Turner County Waterfowl Production Area Waterfowl Production Area | 996 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Turner County |
| Bonham Area State wildlife / game area | 996 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Marshall County |
| Lake Louise State wildlife / game area | 989 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Hand County |
| Beilage Hepler Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 988 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Lawrence County |
| Putney #3 State wildlife / game area | 984 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Brown County |
| Scatterwood Lake State wildlife / game area | 956 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Faulk County |
| Gerken Refuge State wildlife / game area | 953 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Faulk County |
| Collins Slough State wildlife / game area | 950 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Hand County |
| Blythe State wildlife / game area | 943 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Codington County |
| Romey State wildlife / game area | 927 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Fall River County |
| Forest City Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 922 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Potter County |
| Buffalo County Waterfowl Production Area Waterfowl Production Area | 921 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Buffalo County |
| Red Lake State wildlife / game area | 914 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Charles Mix County, Brule County |
| Chain Lake State wildlife / game area | 913 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Brule County |
| Twin Lakes + Diversion State wildlife / game area | 910 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Spink County |
| Mallula State wildlife / game area | 903 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Harding County |
| Sutton Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 901 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Sully County |
| Paulson Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 883 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Charles Mix County |
| Reynolds Slough State wildlife / game area | 883 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Lake County |
| Lindley Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 882 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Lyman County |
| Rice Lake State wildlife / game area | 877 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Hyde County |
| Hoover State wildlife / game area | 840 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Brule County |
| Big Stone Power Plant Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 823 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Grant County |
| David Ogle State wildlife / game area | 805 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Sully County |
| Newell Lake Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 805 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Butte County |
| West Platte Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 803 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Charles Mix County |
| Hutchinson County Waterfowl Production Area Waterfowl Production Area | 784 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Hutchinson County |
| Twin Lakes State wildlife / game area | 769 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Miner County, Minnehaha County + 1 more |
| Spring Valley Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 768 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Custer County |
| Summit Lake State wildlife / game area | 720 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Grant County |
| Blunt Reservoir State wildlife / game area | 710 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Sully County |
| Breske-helwig-hedke Woods/pass State wildlife / game area | 706 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Day County |
| Buffalo Slough State wildlife / game area | 694 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Lake County |
| Eureka State wildlife / game area | 694 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | McPherson County |
| Coteau Lakes Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 684 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Deuel County |
| Wentworth State wildlife / game area | 681 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Lake County |
| South Red Iron State wildlife / game area | 676 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Marshall County |
| Cavour Lake State wildlife / game area | 670 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Beadle County |
| Sherbarth State wildlife / game area | 661 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Fall River County |
| Potter County Waterfowl Production Area Waterfowl Production Area | 656 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Potter County |
| Borden State wildlife / game area | 654 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Beadle County |
| Casanova State wildlife / game area | 642 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Brown County |
| Hecla Management State wildlife / game area | 641 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Brown County |
| Oral State wildlife / game area | 641 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Fall River County |
| Isabel Lake State wildlife / game area | 639 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Dewey County |
| Pleasant Lake State wildlife / game area | 639 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Aurora County |
| Fordham State wildlife / game area | 636 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Clark County |
| Burke State wildlife / game area | 635 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Miner County |
| White Lake State wildlife / game area | 630 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Marshall County |
| Buxcel State wildlife / game area | 621 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Jones County |
| Cotton Slough State wildlife / game area | 614 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Codington County |
| Oak Ridge Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 609 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Lincoln County |
| Marindahl Lake State wildlife / game area | 608 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Yankton County |
| Pickstown Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 603 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Charles Mix County |
| Clear Lake Wildlife Management Area State wildlife / game area | 583 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Marshall County, Minnehaha County |
| Moe Slough State wildlife / game area | 578 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Brookings County |
| Oakwood Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 573 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Brookings County |
| Rezac Lake State wildlife / game area | 571 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Hyde County |
| Floyd Gaarder Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 566 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Lake County |
| Marcoux Game Production 0area State wildlife / game area | 561 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Meade County |
| Cottonwood Spring Recreation Area Army Corps of Engineers project land | 553 | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | Open access | Fall River County |
| Schumacher State wildlife / game area | 547 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | McPherson County |
| Stairs Slough State wildlife / game area | 546 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Clark County |
| Knodel Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 532 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Hutchinson County |
| Shaeffer State wildlife / game area | 529 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Turner County |
| Emanuel Creek To Running Water State wildlife / game area | 526 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Bon Homme County |
| Lake Carthage Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 525 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Miner County |
| Opdahl State wildlife / game area | 523 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Hamlin County |
| Peever Slough + 40 State wildlife / game area | 521 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Roberts County |
| Spring Lake State wildlife / game area | 521 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Walworth County, Hand County |
| Crystal Springs State wildlife / game area | 515 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Deuel County |
| Weisensee State wildlife / game area | 503 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Minnehaha County |
| Mirage State wildlife / game area | 502 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Spink County |
| Mansfield State wildlife / game area | 500 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Spink County |
| Pleasant Valley Elk Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 500 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Custer County |
| Crow Lake State wildlife / game area | 495 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Jerauld County |
| Hecla Controlled State wildlife / game area | 492 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Brown County |
| Lily State wildlife / game area | 491 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Day County |
| Blue Blanket Lake State wildlife / game area | 489 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Walworth County |
| Cold Brook Recreation Area Army Corps of Engineers project land | 488 | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | Open access | Fall River County |
| Ft. Sisseton + 40 State wildlife / game area | 487 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Marshall County |
| Curtis State wildlife / game area | 482 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Hand County |
| Simpson State wildlife / game area | 469 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | McPherson County |
| Hughes County Waterfowl Production Area Waterfowl Production Area | 457 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Hughes County |
| Curlew Lake State wildlife / game area | 440 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Meade County |
| Odessa I State wildlife / game area | 434 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | McPherson County |
| Fairferlick State wildlife / game area | 433 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Clark County |
| West Lake Marsh State wildlife / game area | 426 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Hamlin County |
| Gutenkauf Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 415 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Hughes County |
| Fish Lake State wildlife / game area | 415 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Aurora County |
| Pfeiffle State wildlife / game area | 403 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | McPherson County |
| Baxter Slough State wildlife / game area | 400 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Hamlin County |
| Mazzeppa State wildlife / game area | 400 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Grant County |
| Andrisen State wildlife / game area | 399 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Codington County |
| Sherwood Wildlife Management Area State wildlife / game area | 395 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Clark County |
| Siebrasse State wildlife / game area | 393 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Potter County |
| Koening Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 392 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Sully County |
| Sorenson Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 391 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Bon Homme County |
| Walz State wildlife / game area | 391 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Hutchinson County |
| Horseshoe Lake State wildlife / game area | 390 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Jerauld County, Day County + 1 more |
| Hedman State wildlife / game area | 384 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Day County |
| Johnson's Slough State wildlife / game area | 383 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Hamlin County |
| Sheridan Lake Bureau of Reclamation project land | 376 | Bureau of Reclamation | Open access | Pennington County |
| Morris Lake State wildlife / game area | 369 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Miner County |
| Pattee Creek State wildlife / game area | 368 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Lincoln County |
| Grass Lake State wildlife / game area | 368 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Minnehaha County |
| Harju State wildlife / game area | 367 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Hamlin County |
| North Lake Marsh State wildlife / game area | 367 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Hamlin County |
| Krause Farm State wildlife / game area | 366 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Day County |
| Bodi State wildlife / game area | 365 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Spink County, Brown County + 1 more |
| Spencer State wildlife / game area | 365 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Hanson County, Codington County |
| Valberg-lamb State wildlife / game area | 365 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Clark County |
| Douglas State wildlife / game area | 364 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Marshall County |
| Larson's Slough State wildlife / game area | 362 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Marshall County |
| West Oakwook State wildlife / game area | 355 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Brookings County |
| Potts Dam State wildlife / game area | 351 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Potter County |
| North Wheeler Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 344 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Charles Mix County |
| Turgeon Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 343 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Charles Mix County |
| West Big Bend Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 335 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Hughes County |
| Hogrefe State wildlife / game area | 332 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Hutchinson County |
| Frost Wilderness State wildlife / game area | 332 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Clay County |
| Eastman State wildlife / game area | 329 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Roberts County |
| Scott Lake State wildlife / game area | 329 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Minnehaha County |
| Norwegian Slough State wildlife / game area | 328 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Beadle County |
| Steigelmeir State wildlife / game area | 326 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Edmunds County |
| Summit State wildlife / game area | 324 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Roberts County |
| Bovee Lake State wildlife / game area | 324 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Charles Mix County |
| Volin Clay State wildlife / game area | 323 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Yankton County |
| Fate Dam State wildlife / game area | 322 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Lyman County |
| Lechtenberg State wildlife / game area | 320 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Hand County |
| Redetzke State wildlife / game area | 320 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Day County |
| Wilmarth Lake State wildlife / game area | 320 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Aurora County |
| Hayes Slough State wildlife / game area | 319 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Hamlin County |
| Rush Lake State wildlife / game area | 319 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Deuel County |
| Gardner Lake State wildlife / game area | 318 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Harding County |
| Christopherson Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 317 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Clark County, Codington County |
| Sorum Dam State wildlife / game area | 317 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Perkins County |
| Brecken Slough State wildlife / game area | 316 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Beadle County |
| C.c. Lee State wildlife / game area | 316 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Corson County |
| Dog Ear Lake State wildlife / game area | 316 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Tripp County |
| Shaner State wildlife / game area | 314 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Edmunds County |
| Dixon Dam State wildlife / game area | 308 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Gregory County |
| Petry Harmelink State wildlife / game area | 307 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Union County |
| Antelope Creek Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 301 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Stanley County |
| Yankton County Waterfowl Production Area Waterfowl Production Area | 296 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Yankton County |
| Pease Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 291 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Buffalo County |
| Rasmussen State wildlife / game area | 286 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Hamlin County |
| Moscow State wildlife / game area | 283 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | McPherson County |
| Lemmon Lake State wildlife / game area | 281 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Perkins County |
| Owen Lake State wildlife / game area | 278 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Perkins County |
| Crosley State wildlife / game area | 277 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Turner County |
| Henning Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 277 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Codington County |
| Harmon (dry Run #3) State wildlife / game area | 273 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Roberts County |
| Snow Dam State wildlife / game area | 273 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Tripp County |
| Bochek State wildlife / game area | 271 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Hamlin County |
| Sully County Waterfowl Production Area Waterfowl Production Area | 267 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Sully County |
| Diamond Lake State wildlife / game area | 267 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Minnehaha County |
| Ortley State wildlife / game area | 266 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Roberts County |
| Warner Lake State wildlife / game area | 262 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Codington County |
| Lohner - Vincent State wildlife / game area | 258 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Day County |
| Lake Ketchum State wildlife / game area | 255 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Deuel County |
| Lake Henry Wildlife Management Area State wildlife / game area | 253 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Bon Homme County |
| Owens Creek State wildlife / game area | 252 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Day County |
| Snake Creek Marsh Wildlife Management Area State wildlife / game area | 247 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Bon Homme County |
| Lake Francis State wildlife / game area | 246 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Deuel County |
| Forsch Lake State wildlife / game area | 246 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | McCook County |
| Mckee State wildlife / game area | 244 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Lincoln County |
| Humphries Slough State wildlife / game area | 243 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Aurora County |
| Mitchell State wildlife / game area | 243 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Deuel County |
| Dry Run #2 State wildlife / game area | 241 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Roberts County |
| North Scatterwood Lake State wildlife / game area | 240 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Edmunds County |
| Liberty-stianson-hemmah-krause State wildlife / game area | 239 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Day County |
| Foldager State wildlife / game area | 237 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Day County |
| Gilbert State wildlife / game area | 236 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Codington County |
| Arneson State wildlife / game area | 235 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Day County |
| Horsted Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 235 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Minnehaha County |
| Crawford (dry Run) State wildlife / game area | 234 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Roberts County |
| Helgeson State wildlife / game area | 230 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Clark County |
| Davison County Waterfowl Production Area Waterfowl Production Area | 229 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Davison County |
| Cowan Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 229 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Hughes County |
| Green State wildlife / game area | 229 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Lake County |
| Sundahl State wildlife / game area | 229 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Day County |
| Fish State wildlife / game area | 228 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Lincoln County |
| Hauge Marsh State wildlife / game area | 228 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Day County |
| Ideal Wetland State wildlife / game area | 228 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Tripp County |
| Batie (buchner) State wildlife / game area | 217 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Day County |
| Nine Mile Creek State wildlife / game area | 216 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Lincoln County |
| Weiger Slough State wildlife / game area | 211 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Hutchinson County |
| Yankton Unit State wildlife / game area | 208 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Yankton County |
| Brakke State wildlife / game area | 206 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Lyman County |
| Cherry Lake State wildlife / game area | 204 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Clark County |
| Pheasant Country State wildlife / game area | 203 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Beadle County |
| Stewart State wildlife / game area | 203 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Clark County |
| Altamont State wildlife / game area | 202 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Deuel County |
| Losee State wildlife / game area | 202 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Edmunds County |
| Opal Lake State wildlife / game area | 200 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Meade County |
| Wagner State wildlife / game area | 198 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Spink County, Clark County |
| Kvernmoe Slough State wildlife / game area | 197 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Brookings County |
| Gross Lake State wildlife / game area | 197 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | McCook County |
| Hageman Slough State wildlife / game area | 195 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Miner County |
| Chappelle State wildlife / game area | 193 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Hyde County |
| Cheever Slough State wildlife / game area | 193 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Brookings County |
| Chamberlain Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 190 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Brule County |
| Downstream Day Use Area's State wildlife / game area | 188 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Yankton County |
| Niobrara Confluence Wildlife Management Area State wildlife / game area | 187 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Bon Homme County |
| Donnelly State wildlife / game area | 185 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Codington County, Clay County |
| Lake Byron Northeast State wildlife / game area | 184 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Beadle County |
| Markve State wildlife / game area | 181 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Grant County |
| Bowman Haley Recreation Area Army Corps of Engineers project land | 180 | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | Open access | Harding County |
| Beaver Lake State wildlife / game area | 179 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Yankton County |
| Lincoln County Waterfowl Production Area Waterfowl Production Area | 177 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Lincoln County |
| Island Lake State wildlife / game area | 176 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | McCook County |
| Mckilligan State wildlife / game area | 175 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Codington County |
| Bowdle-hosmer State wildlife / game area | 174 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Edmunds County |
| Lake Alvin Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 172 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Lincoln County |
| James Ogle 37 State wildlife / game area | 171 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Sully County |
| Hazeldon State wildlife / game area | 170 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Day County |
| Richmond Lake Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 169 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Brown County |
| Boles Slough State wildlife / game area | 168 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Moody County |
| Sunnybrook State wildlife / game area | 168 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Day County |
| Pederson State wildlife / game area | 167 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Minnehaha County |
| Long Spur Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 165 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Bon Homme County |
| South Lake Marsh State wildlife / game area | 165 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Hamlin County |
| Bluestem Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 164 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Davison County |
| Holmquist State wildlife / game area | 164 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Day County |
| Sprague State wildlife / game area | 164 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Faulk County |
| J Fanger State wildlife / game area | 163 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Sully County |
| Putney #1 State wildlife / game area | 163 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Brown County |
| Scott State wildlife / game area | 163 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Codington County |
| Sand Lake State wildlife / game area | 163 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Campbell County |
| Warren Wilderness State wildlife / game area | 163 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Union County |
| Belle Fourche Dam Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 162 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Butte County |
| Schaber State wildlife / game area | 162 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Edmunds County |
| Beck State wildlife / game area | 161 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Brookings County |
| Kamp State wildlife / game area | 161 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Moody County |
| North Big Bend Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 161 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Hughes County |
| Ryan State wildlife / game area | 161 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Union County |
| Buffalo Gap State wildlife / game area | 160 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Fall River County |
| D Winckler State wildlife / game area | 160 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Sully County |
| Sand Creek State wildlife / game area | 160 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Beadle County |
| Crystal Lake State wildlife / game area | 160 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Aurora County |
| Dakota State wildlife / game area | 159 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Hand County |
| Davis Slough State wildlife / game area | 159 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Lake County |
| Emilies Acres State wildlife / game area | 159 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Bon Homme County |
| Highmore Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 159 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Hyde County |
| King Dam State wildlife / game area | 159 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Tripp County |
| Mclaughlin State wildlife / game area | 159 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Tripp County |
| Nine Mile State wildlife / game area | 159 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Marshall County |
| Redstone State wildlife / game area | 159 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Sanborn County |
| Staum Dam State wildlife / game area | 159 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Beadle County |
| Elm Lake State wildlife / game area | 159 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Brown County |
| Nelson Lake State wildlife / game area | 159 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Aurora County |
| Tisdale Lake State wildlife / game area | 159 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Meade County |
| Healy Slough State wildlife / game area | 158 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | McCook County |
| T. Beckler State wildlife / game area | 158 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Sully County |
| West Hecla State wildlife / game area | 158 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Brown County |
| Elm Lake Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 158 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | McPherson County |
| Herrick Lake State wildlife / game area | 158 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Gregory County |
| Mccoy Lake State wildlife / game area | 158 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Sanborn County |
| Eidsness State wildlife / game area | 157 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Hamlin County |
| Horrigan State wildlife / game area | 157 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Sanborn County |
| Iroquois State wildlife / game area | 157 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Kingsbury County |
| Lake Carthage State wildlife / game area | 157 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Kingsbury County |
| Nichols State wildlife / game area | 157 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Codington County |
| Reinhardt State wildlife / game area | 157 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Hand County |
| Roosevelt Wildlife Management Area State wildlife / game area | 157 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Tripp County |
| Shirley Brown State wildlife / game area | 157 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Tripp County |
| Bednor Lake State wildlife / game area | 157 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Ziebach County |
| New Underwood Dam State wildlife / game area | 156 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Pennington County |
| Pearl Number 1 State wildlife / game area | 156 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Hand County |
| East Hecla State wildlife / game area | 155 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Brown County |
| Lake Henry State wildlife / game area | 155 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Lake County |
| Light State wildlife / game area | 155 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Edmunds County |
| Upper Cain Creek State wildlife / game area | 155 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Beadle County |
| Tabor To Charley Creek State wildlife / game area | 155 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Bon Homme County |
| Kramer Slough State wildlife / game area | 154 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Aurora County |
| Lambrecht State wildlife / game area | 154 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Sully County |
| Wageman State wildlife / game area | 154 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | McPherson County |
| Johnson State wildlife / game area | 150 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Lincoln County |
| Mud Lake Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 148 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Beadle County |
| Heilman State wildlife / game area | 147 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Edmunds County |
| Desmet Forest Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 146 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Kingsbury County |
| Lake Faulkton State wildlife / game area | 145 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Faulk County |
| Tuschen Lake State wildlife / game area | 144 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | McCook County |
| North Nichols State wildlife / game area | 142 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Codington County |
| State Game Production Area Bureau of Reclamation project land | 138 | Bureau of Reclamation | Mixed (open and restricted parcels) | Hughes County |
| Anderson Slough State wildlife / game area | 136 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Moody County |
| Larson State wildlife / game area | 136 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Codington County |
| Bourne Slough Wildlife Management Area State wildlife / game area | 134 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Lake County |
| Aspen Slough State wildlife / game area | 133 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Marshall County |
| Rosenthal State wildlife / game area | 132 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | McPherson County |
| Boy Scout Camp To Tabor State wildlife / game area | 131 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Yankton County, Bon Homme County |
| Woodruff Lake Area State wildlife / game area | 131 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Hughes County |
| Hamre State wildlife / game area | 130 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Clark County |
| Whitewood Creek Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 130 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Lawrence County |
| Faehn State wildlife / game area | 128 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Clark County |
| Briggs Lake State wildlife / game area | 127 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Deuel County |
| Bald Mountain State wildlife / game area | 125 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Spink County |
| Swartz State wildlife / game area | 124 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Lake County |
| Pelican Lake State wildlife / game area | 124 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Codington County |
| Jones Lake Wildlife Management Area State wildlife / game area | 123 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Hand County |
| Winterhaven State wildlife / game area | 123 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Brookings County |
| Ingvold State wildlife / game area | 122 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Day County |
| Island Lake Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 122 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Minnehaha County |
| Lynbye State wildlife / game area | 121 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Clark County |
| Yankton Island Unit State wildlife / game area | 121 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Yankton County |
| Fox Lake State wildlife / game area | 121 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Deuel County |
| Bjerke Wildlife Management Area State wildlife / game area | 120 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Deuel County |
| Singsaas State wildlife / game area | 120 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Deuel County |
| Victor State wildlife / game area | 120 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Roberts County |
| Worthing State wildlife / game area | 120 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Lincoln County |
| Troy Lake State wildlife / game area | 120 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Grant County |
| South Bon Homme State wildlife / game area | 119 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Bon Homme County |
| Pickerel Lake (okroi) State wildlife / game area | 119 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Day County |
| Piggors Lake State wildlife / game area | 119 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Brown County |
| Rahn Lake State wildlife / game area | 119 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Tripp County |
| Gary Gulch State wildlife / game area | 117 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Deuel County |
| Roduner State wildlife / game area | 117 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Davison County |
| Lake Albert East Wildlife Management Area State wildlife / game area | 115 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Kingsbury County |
| Cusick State wildlife / game area | 114 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Union County, Clay County |
| Smith State wildlife / game area | 113 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Roberts County |
| Bach State wildlife / game area | 112 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Codington County |
| Fods Slough State wildlife / game area | 112 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Lake County |
| Stofferahn State wildlife / game area | 110 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Minnehaha County |
| Hanson State wildlife / game area | 108 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Turner County |
| Cunningham State wildlife / game area | 107 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Clay County |
| Diamond State wildlife / game area | 106 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Roberts County |
| Vobejda Dam State wildlife / game area | 106 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Perkins County |
| Jorgensen Refuge State wildlife / game area | 105 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Brule County |
| Mogck Slough State wildlife / game area | 104 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Hutchinson County |
| Spring Creek Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 104 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Pennington County |
| Turtlefoot State wildlife / game area | 104 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Marshall County |
| Almos And Outlet Addition Wildlife Management Area State wildlife / game area | 103 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Hamlin County |
| Gertson Slough State wildlife / game area | 102 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Hamlin County |
| Loss Lake State wildlife / game area | 102 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Minnehaha County |
| Dudley State wildlife / game area | 99 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Clark County |
| Converse State wildlife / game area | 98 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Kingsbury County |
| Hofer State wildlife / game area | 98 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Sully County |
| Redhead Slough State wildlife / game area | 95 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Day County |
| Sanborn County Waterfowl Production Area Waterfowl Production Area | 94 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Sanborn County |
| Union County Waterfowl Production Area Waterfowl Production Area | 94 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Restricted access | Union County |
| Brandt Lake State wildlife / game area | 91 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Lake County, Hutchinson County |
| Snake Creek State Recreation Area State wildlife / game area | 90 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Bon Homme County |
| Boll State wildlife / game area | 89 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Kingsbury County |
| Center Platte Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 89 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Charles Mix County |
| Myron Grove State wildlife / game area | 89 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Clay County |
| Osterloh State wildlife / game area | 89 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Roberts County |
| Schock State wildlife / game area | 89 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | McPherson County |
| Cut Off Bend State wildlife / game area | 88 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Union County |
| Hemmingway Wildlife Management Area State wildlife / game area | 88 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Day County |
| Lake Sinai, N. State wildlife / game area | 88 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Brookings County |
| Rath State wildlife / game area | 88 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | McPherson County |
| Charley Creek Unit State wildlife / game area | 86 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Bon Homme County |
| Springfield Unit State wildlife / game area | 86 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Bon Homme County |
| Albrecht State wildlife / game area | 85 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Kingsbury County |
| Eimers State wildlife / game area | 85 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Miner County |
| Hubbard Slough State wildlife / game area | 85 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Davison County |
| Arnold State wildlife / game area | 83 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Kingsbury County |
| Price Lake State wildlife / game area | 83 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Spink County |
| Columbia State wildlife / game area | 82 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Brown County |
| Fischer State wildlife / game area | 82 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Miner County |
| Nelson State wildlife / game area | 82 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Deuel County |
| Rosette State wildlife / game area | 82 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Edmunds County |
| Solay State wildlife / game area | 82 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Hutchinson County |
| Townswick State wildlife / game area | 82 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Lake County |
| Covey Dam State wildlife / game area | 81 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Tripp County |
| Curley Slough State wildlife / game area | 81 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Codington County |
| Ingalls State wildlife / game area | 81 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Faulk County |
| Knutson (dry Run) State wildlife / game area | 81 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Roberts County |
| Little Cottonwood State wildlife / game area | 81 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Marshall County |
| Pearl Number 2 State wildlife / game area | 81 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Hand County |
| Spring Valley State wildlife / game area | 81 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Clark County |
| Storm Break State wildlife / game area | 81 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Yankton County |
| Tjomsland State wildlife / game area | 81 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Davison County |
| Billsburg State wildlife / game area | 80 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Haakon County |
| Bradley State wildlife / game area | 80 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Clark County |
| Dale State wildlife / game area | 80 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Day County |
| Dante Lake Wildlife Management Area State wildlife / game area | 80 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Charles Mix County |
| Dybvig State wildlife / game area | 80 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Clark County |
| Firesteel Dam State wildlife / game area | 80 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Dewey County |
| Hosmer State wildlife / game area | 80 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Edmunds County |
| Lehrman Slough State wildlife / game area | 80 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | McCook County |
| Ninke State wildlife / game area | 80 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Day County |
| Onida State wildlife / game area | 80 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Sully County |
| Sharp State wildlife / game area | 80 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Deuel County |
| Sunday Gulch Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 80 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Pennington County |
| Willow Run State wildlife / game area | 80 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Union County |
| Wolf Slough State wildlife / game area | 80 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Codington County |
| Beaulieu Lake State wildlife / game area | 80 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Tripp County |
| Wall Lake State wildlife / game area | 80 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Hand County |
| Willow Lake State wildlife / game area | 80 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Clark County |
| Begeman State wildlife / game area | 79 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Clark County |
| Ediger State wildlife / game area | 79 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | McCook County |
| Lake George State wildlife / game area | 79 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Charles Mix County |
| Mcshane State wildlife / game area | 79 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Hamlin County |
| Naples State wildlife / game area | 79 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Clark County |
| Watershed Lake State wildlife / game area | 79 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Lincoln County |
| Mach State wildlife / game area | 78 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Bon Homme County |
| Morlock State wildlife / game area | 78 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | McPherson County |
| North Bon Homme State wildlife / game area | 78 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Bon Homme County |
| Rome State wildlife / game area | 78 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Deuel County |
| Shepard State wildlife / game area | 78 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Roberts County |
| Stickney Lake State wildlife / game area | 78 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Aurora County |
| Cole State wildlife / game area | 77 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Deuel County |
| Petry-conway State wildlife / game area | 77 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Union County |
| Tielebein State wildlife / game area | 77 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Aurora County |
| Tschetter State wildlife / game area | 77 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | McCook County |
| Academy Lake State wildlife / game area | 77 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Charles Mix County |
| Chokecherry Island State wildlife / game area | 76 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Marshall County |
| Lake Charles State wildlife / game area | 76 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Turner County |
| Little Dog Ear Lake State wildlife / game area | 76 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Tripp County |
| Crocker State wildlife / game area | 75 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Clark County |
| Tenneboe State wildlife / game area | 75 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Kingsbury County |
| Hanson Lake State wildlife / game area | 75 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Aurora County |
| Mallard Slough State wildlife / game area | 74 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Beadle County |
| Spink State wildlife / game area | 73 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Roberts County |
| Stadem Slough State wildlife / game area | 73 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Clark County |
| Hayes Lake State wildlife / game area | 73 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Stanley County |
| Lake Oliver State wildlife / game area | 72 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Deuel County |
| Hazel's Haven Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 71 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Moody County |
| Holtquist Slough State wildlife / game area | 71 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Grant County |
| Izaak Walton State wildlife / game area | 71 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Hamlin County |
| North Sanborn State wildlife / game area | 69 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Sanborn County |
| Sand Creek To Springfield State wildlife / game area | 69 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Bon Homme County |
| Diagonal Trees State wildlife / game area | 68 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Brown County |
| Hart State wildlife / game area | 68 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Brown County |
| Mina State wildlife / game area | 68 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Edmunds County |
| Lake Sixteen State wildlife / game area | 67 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Brule County |
| Hansen State wildlife / game area | 64 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Codington County |
| Pederson Slough State wildlife / game area | 64 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Brookings County |
| New Wall Dam State wildlife / game area | 63 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Pennington County |
| Lewis Lake State wildlife / game area | 62 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Miner County |
| S Buffalo Lake, East State wildlife / game area | 61 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Marshall County |
| Dunn State wildlife / game area | 60 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Roberts County |
| Mehegan State wildlife / game area | 60 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Brookings County |
| Lone Tree State wildlife / game area | 59 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Deuel County |
| Freeman State wildlife / game area | 58 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Hutchinson County |
| Dooley State wildlife / game area | 57 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Lake County |
| Fairfax Dam State wildlife / game area | 55 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Gregory County |
| Lake Andes Units State wildlife / game area | 55 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Charles Mix County |
| Lake John State wildlife / game area | 55 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Hamlin County |
| Jihlek-dahme State wildlife / game area | 54 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Brown County |
| Sorbell State wildlife / game area | 54 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Marshall County |
| North Jackson State wildlife / game area | 53 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | McPherson County |
| Emanuel Creek Unit State wildlife / game area | 53 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Bon Homme County |
| Horseshoe State wildlife / game area | 52 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Marshall County |
| North Red Iron State wildlife / game area | 51 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Marshall County |
| Traverse State wildlife / game area | 51 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Roberts County |
| Johnson Point Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 50 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Lake County |
| Big Stone Ponds Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 50 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Roberts County |
| Lake Byron Hogsback State wildlife / game area | 49 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Beadle County |
| S Buffalo Lake, West State wildlife / game area | 49 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Marshall County |
| North Drywood State wildlife / game area | 48 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Roberts County |
| Twin Lakes Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 48 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Sanborn County, Jerauld County |
| Spink Coounty Dam Game Production Area State wildlife / game area | 46 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Spink County |
| Rollings State wildlife / game area | 45 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Lincoln County |
| Kimball State wildlife / game area | 44 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Brule County |
| Lake Agnew State wildlife / game area | 44 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Kingsbury County |
| Lake Osceola State wildlife / game area | 43 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Kingsbury County |
| Williams Dam State wildlife / game area | 43 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Fall River County |
| Rouseau Lake State wildlife / game area | 42 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Lawrence County |
| Ulmer Wilderness State wildlife / game area | 42 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Yankton County |
| Alexander State wildlife / game area | 41 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Clark County |
| Grovard State wildlife / game area | 41 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Day County |
| Haugen State wildlife / game area | 41 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Day County |
| Kopperud State wildlife / game area | 41 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Kingsbury County |
| North Church State wildlife / game area | 41 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Marshall County |
| Odessa II State wildlife / game area | 41 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | McPherson County |
| Thompson State wildlife / game area | 41 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Yankton County |
| Wheatland State wildlife / game area | 41 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Day County |
| Flat Lake State wildlife / game area | 41 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Marshall County |
| West Lake Poinsett State wildlife / game area | 41 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Hamlin County |
| Dixon State wildlife / game area | 40 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Hamlin County |
| Foxton State wildlife / game area | 40 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Clark County |
| Mcpeek State wildlife / game area | 40 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Clark County |
| Runge Slough State wildlife / game area | 40 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Restricted access | Deuel County |
| Green Lake State wildlife / game area | 40 | State: fish and wildlife agency | Open access | Potter County |
Acreage is calculated from simplified PAD-US boundaries for the portion inside South Dakota. “Access” is the PAD-US public access field, not a statement about hunting. National wildlife refuges are generally coded “restricted” in PAD-US because of seasonal or area closures.
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