The South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks has conducted harvest surveys since 1948 to estimate harvest data. There have been changes to the structure and style of these surveys, but for the past twenty years the form and content of the surveys has remained consistent.

Harvest surveys are an important part of wildlife management in South Dakota. The information obtained by completing these harvest surveys is the link between what happened during the hunting season this year and how next year’s hunting season will be determined.Surveys are emailed at the end of each hunting season to all hunters with a working email address. This email is customized to that licensed hunter and preloads the license information for that individual. There are two successive follow-up email reminders, usually 5 to 7 days after the previous email, to those hunters who have yet to respond. PLEASE NOTE - The fact that someone was unsuccessful in their hunt is as important as their success. Unsuccessful hunters represent a cross-section of all hunters, and we need to know that information. It is as important that hunters provide information on whether they even hunted.Your participation and completion of these harvest surveys provides critical information when staff make decisions on tag allocations and types annually and makes an impact. Thanks for taking the time to complete them.

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