Winner is located in the farm and ranch country of south central South Dakota. Tripp County is a hunting paradise for sportsmen. Open prairie, wooded creeks and rolling hills provide the habitat for game with rivers, stock dams, and lakes offering quality fishing. State management programs such as depredations and stocking insure the hunter's success.

The success of the Pheasant in Tripp County has made this area famous for excellent hunting. Populations have grown to abundance. Other game birds available in the area include grouse, partridge, prairie chicken, dove, and turkey. Mature spring gobblers weighing up to 25 pounds are baggable.

Big game such as trophy Whitetail and Mule Deer, along with Antelope roam the prairie. Many rivers and stock dams meander and dot the prairie holding large numbers of quality game fish. Species included are: Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike and Crappie, all of which are in season year round.

For the predator and rodent hunters, increasing numbers of both have led to excellent and welcomed hunting pressure. Hunters employing calling and decoying techniques are particularly successful for coyote. Tournaments and bounties are available periodically for coyote, fox, skunk, along with prairie dog.

Visitors will find Winner halfway between Sioux Falls and Rapid City at the intersection of Highways 44 and 18. The municipal airport has two runways, the longest of which is 4,500 feet of concrete surface.