South Dakota Deer · BHD-BH1 Black Hills Unit 1
South Dakota BHD-BH1 spans 1,403,976 acres, centered 18 miles north of Custer. 73% of it is public land, mostly other public land (73%). In 2025, hunters took 1,886 white-tailed deer here (sum of published weapon rows); hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, BHD-BH1-12, put up 220 nonresident tags in the 2026 draw for 1,236 first-choice applicants.
2 licenses
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 in 2025. Nonresident, first choice, 2026 draw; licenses with at least 10 tags that anyone can buy.
None of these licenses drew anyone at your points in 2026: see the table below for the cut on each.
Every License in BHD-BH1
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BHD-BH1-02 | Black Hills Deer: BH102 - Any Buck Deer | 0% | — | |
| BHD-BH1-12 | Black Hills Deer: BH112 - Buck Whitetail Deer | 0% | — |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2026 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file. Not in the table, with no 2026 result: BHD-BH1-01, BHD-BH1-11.
Draw results: SD GFP 2026 GoOutdoors draw statistics, retrieved Sep 1, 2026.
If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): $25 ($25 to apply). Open May 27 – Jun 23, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
White-tailed Deer
| Year | Deer |
|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | 1,886 |
| 2024 (summed) | 1,955 |
| 2023 (summed) | 1,858 |
Mule Deer
| Year | Deer |
|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | 72 |
| 2024 (summed) | 84 |
| 2023 (summed) | 73 |
2025 split: firearm 1,886 (100%)
What South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks publishes after each season, for everyone who hunted the area: harvest statistics, not draw odds. South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks publishes no whole-unit line for 2025; a year's total is the sum of published weapon rows, added only where the lines do not overlap. Hunter counts not published for 2025. South Dakota's figures are Game, Fish and Parks post-season survey estimates, expanded from mandatory hunter reporting by the response rate — not a count of animals checked in. Source: SD GFP 2023-2025 Deer Harvest.
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-BD1 Black Hills Unit 1 (antlerless whitetail) 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 5
- SD GFP 2026 GoOutdoors draw statistics draw results, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- SD GFP 2025 Deer Applications booklet fees, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- SD GFP 2026 GFP FAQ fees, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- SD GFP 2023-2025 Deer Harvest, 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 2026 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.
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