South Dakota Deer · BHD-BD1 Black Hills Unit 1 (antlerless whitetail)
South Dakota BHD-BD1 spans 1,403,976 acres, centered 18 miles north of Custer. 73% of it is public land, mostly other public land (73%). Its most applied-for hunt, BHD-BD1-13, put up 24 nonresident tags in the 2022 draw for 57 first-choice applicants.
No more draws here. The last one was 2022.
South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks held its 2026 deer draw without BHD-BD1. No current hunt code lists this unit; the South Dakota deer hunts on offer are drawn elsewhere. The odds, costs and harvest below are that history, kept for the record.
1 license
first choice, NR
not published
73% Other public
1,403,976 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Best Bets at 0 Points
Ranked by your odds times how often that license type's hunters filled their tag. Nonresident, first choice, 2022 draw; licenses with at least 10 tags that anyone can buy.
None of these licenses drew anyone at your points in 2022: see the table below for the cut on each.
Every License in BHD-BD1
The last draw held in BHD-BD1 was 2022. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BHD-BD1-13 | Black Hills Deer: BD113 - Antlerless Whitetail Deer | 0% | — |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2022 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file.
Draw results: SD GFP 2022 GoOutdoors draw statistics, retrieved Sep 1, 2026.
If you draw (2022 nonresident fees): $25 ($25 to apply). Open May 27 – Jun 23, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
The Ground
| Other public | 1,021,194 ac | 73% |
| Private | 375,688 ac | 27% |
| State land | 5,900 ac | <1% |
| State trust land | 1,192 ac | <1% |
Source: SD GFP 2026 Hunt Unit Deer.
Next Door
- BHD-BH1 Black Hills Unit 1 73% public
- WRD-21B Portions of CUSTER and PENNINGTON counties 1% public
- WRD-27A Portions of CUSTER and FALL RIVER counties (excluding Unit 27L) 31% public
- WRD-15B BUTTE COUNTY south of US 212 and west of SD 79 1% public
- WRD-15B17P Butte/Lawrence County (Unit 15B antlerless quota license) 1% public
- WRD-27L FALL RIVER COUNTY limited to the Hill Ranch Game Production Area 100% public
▸ Sources 3
- SD GFP 2022 GoOutdoors draw statistics draw results, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- SD GFP 2022 Deer Applications booklet fees, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- SD GFP 2026 Hunt Unit Deer boundary, land ownership, area description, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
About These Numbers
Odds are from the 2022 draw, the latest on file, computed from South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks' published results. They are what happened in that draw, not a forecast. Under five tags a percentage carries a *, because one applicant either way swings it. A dash means the agency did not publish the number, and a date marked expected is last cycle's schedule rolled forward. How we compute these.
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