As publishedOct 17, 2026-Jan 31, 2027
Regulated generically as 'Quail' (any combination) but Northern Bobwhite is the only quail species with a wild SD population, concentrated in the extreme southeastern part of the state (edge of the species' range). Shooting hours sunrise to sunset.
SD GFP's quail program has no quantitative or qualitative pre-season survey of any kind - confirmed absence of any outlook/forecast infrastructure for this species, any year (per knowledge-base's 2026 outlook data-collection-plan registry).