Report of Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm
The Board of Trustees of
Dreyfus High Yield Strategies Fund:

We have examined management's assertion, included
in the accompanying Management Statement
Regarding Compliance With Certain Provisions of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, that Dreyfus High
Yield Strategies Fund (the "Fund") complied with the
requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2
under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as of
February 28, 2017, with respect to securities reflected
in the investment accounts of the Fund. Management
is responsible for the Fund's compliance with those
requirements.  Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on management's assertion about the Fund's
compliance based on our examination.

Our examination was conducted in accordance with
the standards of the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (United States) and, accordingly,
included examining, on a test basis, evidence about
the Fund's compliance with those requirements and
performing such other procedures as we considered
necessary in the circumstances.  Included among our
procedures were the following tests performed as of
February 28, 2017, and with respect to agreement of
security purchases and sales, for the period from
November 30, 2016 (the date of the Fund's last
examination) through February 28, 2017:
1.	Obtained The Bank of New York Mellon's (the
"Custodian") security position reconciliations for all
securities held by sub custodians and in book entry
form and verified that reconciling items were cleared
in a timely manner;
2.	Confirmation with the Custodian of all securities held,
hypothecated, pledged, placed in escrow, or out for
transfer with brokers, pledgees, or transfer agents, if
any;
3.	Reconciliation of the Fund's securities per the books
and records of the Fund to those of the Custodian;
4.	Confirmation of all repurchase agreements, if any,
with broker(s)/bank(s) and/or agreement of
corresponding subsequent cash receipts to bank
statements and agreement of underlying collateral, if
any, with the Custodian records;
5.	Agreement of pending purchase activity, if any, for
the Fund as of February 28, 2017 to documentation of
corresponding subsequent bank statements;
6.	Agreement of pending sale activity, if any, for the
Fund as of February 28, 2017 to documentation of
corresponding subsequent bank statements;
7.	Agreement of five security purchases and five
security sales or maturities, or all purchases, sales or
maturities, if fewer than five occurred since the date
of the last examination, from the books and records of
the Fund to corresponding bank statements;
8.	Review of the BNY Mellon Asset Servicing Custody
and Securities Lending Services Service Organization
Control Report ("SOC 1 Report") for the period
January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016 and noted no
relevant findings were reported in the areas of Asset
Custody and Control.
We believe that our examination provides a
reasonable basis for our opinion. Our examination
does not provide a legal determination on the Fund's
compliance with specified requirements.
In our opinion, management's assertion that the Fund
complied with the requirements of subsections (b) and
(c) of Rule 17f-2 of the Investment Company Act of
1940 as of February 28, 2017, with respect to
securities reflected in the investment accounts of the
Fund is fairly stated, in all material respects.
This report is intended solely for the information and
use of management and The Board of Trustees of
Dreyfus High Yield Strategies Fund, and the
Securities and Exchange Commission and is not
intended to be and should not be used by anyone other
than these specified parties.
      /s/ KPMG LLP
New York, New York
January 11, 2018








January 11, 2018

Management Statement Regarding Compliance
With
Certain Provisions of the Investment Company Act
of 1940

We, as members of management of Dreyfus High
Yield Strategies Fund (the "Fund"), are responsible
for complying with the requirements of subsections
(b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2, "Custody of Investments by
Registered Management Investment Companies" of
the Investment Company Act of 1940.  We are also
responsible for establishing and maintaining effective
internal controls over compliance with those
requirements. We have performed an evaluation of the
Fund's compliance with the requirements of
subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2 as of February
28, 2017, and from November 30, 2016 through
February 28, 2017.

Based on this evaluation, we assert that the Fund was
in compliance with the requirements of subsections
(b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2 of the Investment Company
Act of 1940 as of February 28, 2017, and from
November 30, 2016, through February 28, 2017 with
respect to securities reflected in the investment
accounts of the Fund.

Dreyfus High Yield Strategies Fund


Jim Windels
Treasurer