ND has decent muley bucks. Top end is nothing like NV, CO, AZ, UT, etc though. Rifle tags are hard to come by, and archery mule deer is also a draw for non res.

SD I've never hunted. Rifle is a draw but archery is OTC. Because of that I would assume there is a lot more pressure there and maybe slightly lower quality then ND.

Ive seen big whitetails in both states. But always on private. They really like to hang in the agriculture.

Either state would be a fun hunt. If I could only hunt one state a year though it wouldn't be either ND or SD.

Regards, Branden