Hunting & Fishing Prairie dog hunting: South Dakota.

[ohlookimissed]

I am looking to hopefully make a trip to South Dakota this upcoming spring for a prairie dog hunt. I have no connections there and I have never been prairie dog hunting. I am thinking that I may pay for a guided or semi-guided hunt. I am hopeful that one of you could either point me in the direction of a preferred guide service, or any tips for finding where/ when to go.
I look forward to the responses! Thanks!

 

[RMB]

Sent you a PM.

 

[SDBguy95]

You might call the Grassland visitor center in Wall, I've heard they will give you a map with dog town locations mapped out on public ground. I haven't tried it myself, but plan to this coming summer.

 

[RMB]

I have shot near Wall and it has lots of dogs. The maps they supply are not "all that accurate". And, if going in June/July the public land (near the roads) has been worked over pretty hard. I was out there in 2018 and it was a WET year. Getting out to the towns was challenging. That being said, once we got out to the towns the shooting was G-R-E-A-T.

https://gfp.sd.gov/userdocs/docs/PrairieDogHunting_2012_V2.pdf

 

[Skg_Mre_Lght]

I've never had to search for Prarie dogs due to ranchers wanting them killed near me, but I think OnX has prairie dog town overlays on the app.