Public land maps

[goldenboy]

Hey guys, I am going to be hunting 3 days in the end of Oct. around the Huron area on some private land but I want to hunt 5 days on my license. I haven't hunted South Dakota in a while and I am wondering where or how is the best place to get maps of the public land in South Dakota?

 

[treedaddy]

The 2016 map is online here:
http://gfp.sd.gov/hunting/areas/default.aspx
You can request a hard copy form the SD website, along with a pheasant outlook.

 

[goldenboy]

Thanks Treedaddy, has anyone downloaded the app on their phone? Seems like a great way to know exactly where you are and if what you are looking to hunt is public. How does it work?

 

[SPUR60]

The app works pretty good. can take some time to load when your on a 3G or weak 4G signal.

 

[Headin west]

Phone app has worked great for me.

 

[BigRand]

Works great east river. West river can get a little tricky as the signal strength is limited or non existent in some places. I hunt the Cheyenne river breaks for deer and it is very limited in some of those areas. As far as pheasant hunting goes it works great for me.

 

[Miforester]

App works really well, highly recommend.

 

[MustangGT]

I've used the app for a few years now. Fantastic. It even works while walking a large field. Keeps you from walking into non-public areas next to public areas.

I also use the Atlas before my trip to identify target areas and then look at Google aerial photos to get an idea of what type of cover is there.

 

[reddog]

I do not use the app because of the issues listed above, but I do upload the map into my Garmin GPS, and it works awesome!

 

[njp158]

When you uploaded the new map to your handheld garmin, does it automatically overwrite last years map?

 

[MustangGT]

I assume so. I don't see an option to select last years. I saved a PDF version to my cloud drive as well.