South Dakota Elk · PRE-35E Unit 35 (Harding County area, not separately bounded)
In 2023, hunters took 7 elk here (sum of published weapon rows); hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, PRE-35E-23, put up 19 resident tags in the 2023 draw for 51 first-choice applicants.
No more draws here. The last one was 2023.
South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks held its 2026 elk draw without PRE-35E. 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.
2 licenses
first choice, resident
not published
South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks does not publish a mapped boundary for PRE-35E, so there is no map to draw. The agency describes it as “Unit 35 (Harding County area, not separately bounded)”.
Best Bets at 0 Points
Ranked by your odds times how often that license type's hunters filled their tag in 2023. Resident, first choice, 2023 draw; licenses with at least 10 tags that anyone can buy.
None of these licenses drew anyone at your points in 2023: see the table below for the cut on each.
Every License in PRE-35E
The last draw held in PRE-35E was 2023. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice resident applicant, kept for the record.
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRE-35E-23 Standard | Prairie Elk: 35E23 - ONE Antlerless Elk | 0% | — | |
| PRE-35E-23 Landowner | Prairie Elk: 35E23 - ONE Antlerless Elk | 100% | — |
First-choice resident odds at your points, 2023 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file.
Draw results: SD GFP 2023 GoOutdoors draw statistics, retrieved Sep 1, 2026.
If you draw (2023 resident fees): Standard $126 ($10 to apply) · Landowner $126 ($10 to apply). Open Apr 15 – May 19, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
| Year | Elk |
|---|---|
| 2023 (summed) | 7 |
2023 split: firearm 7 (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 2023; a year's total is the sum of published weapon rows, added only where the lines do not overlap. Hunter counts not published for 2023. 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 2018 Elk Harvest.
South Dakota landowner tags →
Landowner Preference: 160 acres. Landowner-on-own-land licences: 160 acres. Not sellable. Owning land here does not waive the license.
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▸ Sources 5
- SD GFP 2023 GoOutdoors draw statistics draw results, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- SD GFP 2023 Deer Applications booklet fees, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- SD GFP 2023 Elk application booklet fees, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- SD GFP 2018 Elk Harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- SD GFP 2026 Elk Unit Descriptions area description, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
About These Numbers
Odds are from the 2023 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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Prior-draw odds from South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks' results, not a forecast · All South Dakota elk hunts