South Dakota Elk — PRE-11C
Unit 11 (Bennett/Jackson/Mellette Counties area, not separately bounded)
No more draws here — the last one was 2025
South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks held its 2026 elk draw without PRE-11C. No current hunt code lists this unit; the South Dakota elk hunts on offer are drawn elsewhere. The odds, costs and harvest below are that history, kept for the record.
In 2025, hunters took 6 elk here. Its biggest hunt, PRE-11C-21, put up 8 resident tags in the 2025 draw for 180 first-choice applicants.
Your chance of drawing here
The last draw held in PRE-11C was 2025. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice resident applicant, kept for the record — nothing is on offer here for 2026.
Chances are from the 2025 draw (the last one held here) for a first-choice resident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.
Simple view Odds at every point level-
0% Point builder
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71% Real chance
| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | Points needed | Tags / applicants | License | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRE-11C-21 ↗ Prairie Elk: 11C21 - ONE ANY ELK | 0% Point builder | — | 8 / 180 | Standard | Oct 16 – Nov 30, 2025 |
| PRE-11C-21 ↗ Prairie Elk: 11C21 - ONE ANY ELK | 71% Real chance | — | 8 / 10 | Landowner | Oct 16 – Nov 30, 2025 |
What these columns mean
- Your odds —
- the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2025 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year.
- The badge —
- plain language for that number. Likely draw 75% or better · Real chance 40%+ · Long shot 15%+ · Point builder below that, so you are applying mainly to bank a point · Undersubscribed means fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
- Points needed —
- the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2025 draw, and how that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold.
- Tags / applicants —
- tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them. Under five tags the percentage is flagged, because one applicant either way swings it.
What it costs to apply (2025 resident fees)
| License | Up front | Gone if you miss | If you draw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard license | $20 | $20 | $147 |
| Landowner license | $20 | $20 | $147 |
Application window: opens Apr 15, closes May 19, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
The country
South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks does not publish a mapped boundary for PRE-11C, so there is no map to draw. The agency describes it as “Unit 11 (Bennett/Jackson/Mellette Counties area, not separately bounded)”.
How the hunting has gone
What South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks publishes for this area after each season — harvest statistics for everyone who hunted it, not draw odds and not a forecast. South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks publishes these per hunt rather than per unit; the rows below add its own figures together, since a hunter holds one tag for the species in a season. 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.
| Season | Harvest |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 |
| 2024 | 10 |
| 2023 | 11 |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Firearm 6 · 100%