Glass & Stalk
Mule Deer
Broken prairie, draws and expansive country where glassing is our most important tool. We pick apart distant terrain for the mature bucks tucked into the folds.
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The Hunts
Guided big-game hunts across the open country of the Cheyenne River region of Western South Dakota.
Flagship Hunt
Whitetail & Mule Deer
Hunt the Open Country of Western South Dakota
Based in South Dakota, Virgin Creek Outfitters offers guided deer hunts with opportunities associated with the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation region as well as applicable South Dakota state-licensed ground, depending on the hunt and land status.
The objective is simple: find mature deer and put our hunters in position to capitalize — covering ground, glassing distant ridges and draws, working creek bottoms, and making a stalk when we locate the right buck.
Two Species. One Piece of Deer Country.
The Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation lies within the mixed-grass prairie of the Northern Great Plains — a mosaic of habitat that creates an exciting mix of country for the deer hunter.
Mule deer favor the open, broken prairie and draws where glassing becomes our most important tool. Whitetails add a different element entirely — creek and river corridors, ag country and cover where a buck can appear out of a drainage in seconds. And out on the wide grasslands, pronghorn round out a true Western big-game season.
What We Chase
Choose Your Hunt
Each hunt is guided and built around the country it's hunted in, from big-game spot-and-stalk to spring turkey.
Creeks & Cover
Whitetail
Creek and river corridors, ag edges and broken terrain create excellent travel and feeding habitat — be ready for a buck to appear out of a drainage at any moment.
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Open Grasslands
Pronghorn
The classic Western speed goat — wide-open grasslands, long glassing sessions and a spot-and-stalk that tests your patience and your wind.
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Spring Gobblers
Turkey
Merriam’s turkeys across open prairie, creek drainages and wooded corridors. A 3-day, 2-bird hunt built around finding birds and getting into position when a tom decides to work.
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Adapt to the Country in Front of Us
Weather, wind, pressure, food sources and deer movement can completely change where we need to be from one day to the next. Depending on the situation, hunts can incorporate:
- Spot-and-stalk hunting
- Extensive glassing from strategic vantage points
- Hunting creek bottoms and travel corridors
- Working broken prairie, draws and rolling terrain
- Watching feeding and transition areas
- Moving between areas as deer patterns change
Some opportunities happen quickly. Others require hours of glassing and patience before the right buck finally shows himself. That's Western hunting — and that's exactly why we love it.