- Residents and Non-Residents must be at least 12 years of age.
- All big game archery licensees 11 through 15 years of age, all first-time Archery Big Game licensees, regardless of age, must possess a National Bowhunter Education Foundation (NBEF) certificate or certification of completion from a Bowhunter education course approved by any state or provincial government. (Applicants who have held a Big Game Archery License in the past may apply for Deer and Antelope without completing an NBEF course if they indicate on the application the year, state or province that a former Archery License was obtained or held.)
- South Dakota Archery Outfitters will assist you in obtaining the South Dakota Archery Deer permits & license.
- Archery Deer License Fees: $195 Any Deer, $55.00 additional doe permit, $80.00 additional two doe permits. Fees not included in cost of hunt.
- Practice and know your Archery equipment and be prepared to shoot 10 - 40 yards from ground level as well as elevated stands.
- 135 inch minimum for deer harvested ($500 penalty for deer harvested under 135" minimum)