This state's classification carries no date range for the species.
Handbook states 'GREATER SAGE GROUSE / SEASON CLOSED' outright.SD GFP's species page explains a resident-only season would only be considered when a minimum of 300 males are counted on all leks in Butte and Harding counties for two consecutive years; the most recent season was 2016 (40 resident permits, one-bird limit via lottery). Most recent survey found (2024 count, per source): only 94 males across 17 leks, well below the 300-male trigger. No 2025/2026 updated count was found in this pass.
SD's sage-grouse season has been closed since 2016, reopening gated on 300+ males counted on Butte/Harding County leks for two consecutive years; the most recent count found is 2024 (94 males across 17 leks, well below the trigger). Spring lek counts fold into the same not-yet-published late-August Upland Outlook PDF as prairie-chicken and sharp-tailed grouse (404 confirmed 2026-08-19); no discrete 2025 or 2026 sage-grouse count found independently.