Eaton Ranch is a 920-acre DIY mule deer and whitetail rifle hunting property near Dupree, South Dakota, in Ziebach County and West River deer Unit 64A.

The ranch sits at about 2,400 feet, where rolling prairie gives way to a web of draws, creek bottoms, and buttes. Spend the morning picking apart the draws from a high point, then make a move on a buck you like. Deer water at the ranch's 2-acre lake and a second water source, so they stay put through the season.

Your group of one or two hunters has exclusive use of all 920 acres for 5 days. Sit a blind on a draw crossing or still-hunt the breaks; both work here. Two-track roads let you get a truck to your deer.

Come for the November West River rifle season, when rutting bucks cruise the draws in daylight. Mule deer bucks must score 160" or less and whitetail bucks 140" or less. A Unit 64A deer license from SD Game, Fish and Parks is required, and the unit posted a 65% success rate in 2025.

Mule deer are the predominant species, with whitetails sharing the same draws and creek bottoms. Mule deer bed in the breaks around the buttes, and the draws and creek bottoms hold deer during the day and connect bedding areas to feed and water.

Hunting the high ground and glassing the draws is the most productive approach here, along with checking the 2-acre lake and second water feature at first and last light. One party on 920 acres means the deer stay in their natural patterns for the length of your hunt.

Reservation fees are due at the time of booking and are non-refundable. 50% of the outdoorsman fee will process 2 weeks after the draw results in this state are posted, or immediately upon booking if the reservation is made after draw results post. All OTC hunts will also process 50% of the outdoorsman fee at the time of booking. The remaining 50% will process 1 month prior to the hunt.

For big game adventures, cancellations made prior to placing a deposit will be handled immediately with no penalty. If a cancellation is requested after a deposit has been placed, Infinite Outdoors will make every effort to reschedule the hunt for a different season or a future year. Refunds are not guaranteed once a deposit has been placed.

If there is a lapse in availability, please do not be discouraged to reach out to IO. All calendars are set and managed by landowners, and unavailability is set by them. However, IO is willing to reach out on your behalf, to check on available dates. Other reasons for unavailable dates include biologist recommended hunter/harvest quotas that landowners implement, as well as state season dates not being released.

You are not legally allowed to access the property, for any adventure, prior to your selected access day. If you try to access the property at all before your selected date(s), without prior approval from IO, you will be subject to trespassing and punishments therein

5-Day Hunt. By booking the first day of your hunt, you are automatically booked for the following 4 days as well. This hunt is for mule deer bucks scoring 160" or less and whitetail bucks scoring 140" or less.

Unit: West River Deer Unit 64A (Ziebach County). License: Type 01, one Any Deer. Current allocation: 250 resident and 20 nonresident licenses ($45 resident, $375 nonresident).

Draw odds: In the 2025 draw, 314 residents listed Unit 64A Any Deer as their first choice for 250 licenses, and 67 nonresidents applied first choice for 20 licenses. That works out to enough licenses for roughly 4 of every 5 resident first-choice applicants and about 1 of every 3 nonresident first-choice applicants. Preference points improve your odds.

Hunter success: Hunters holding a Unit 64A Any Deer license had a 65% success rate in 2025, well above the 49% average across all West River units, and the reported buck harvest was split evenly between whitetails and mule deer (source: SD GFP 2025 West River Firearm Deer Harvest Report).

How to get a license: Unit 64A licenses are awarded through the SD GFP combined deer draw. Any licenses left after the draws are sold first come, first served until the season closes. You must hold a valid Unit 64A license to book this hunt.

Purchase licenses at gfp.sd.gov or through Go Outdoors South Dakota.
This hunt is for mule deer bucks scoring 160" or less and whitetail bucks scoring 140" or less.

This hunt is available during the South Dakota West River rifle deer season in November. Season dates are set each year by SD Game, Fish and Parks.
Check current season dates and regulations at gfp.sd.gov before your hunt.

After your hunt, you will be sent an automated Harvest Report. To assist Infinite Outdoors in maintaining the quality of properties, and to continue to put conservation at the forefront, we require that the harvest report be completely filled out and returned. Failure to fill out the harvest report within 2 weeks of the hunt taking place will result in a $25 fine. If you are unsuccessful in filling your tag, Infinite Outdoors still needs to have that information provided to them. This is how we make changes to future years' harvest quotas and continue to be the most well managed access and conservation platform in the country.