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South Dakota Antelope (Pronghorn) Draw Odds

In the 2026 draw South Dakota offered 28 pronghorn hunts to nonresidents, drawn by preference points. At 0 points a nonresident had at least an even chance in 2 hunts open to every hunter.

Applications Close
263 days
Jul 7

Open Jun 16 – Jul 7, 2027 (expected)

Cost to Apply
$25

Kept if you miss

Nonresident Tags
52

2026 draw

Applicants per Tag
29.0

1,510 nonresident applicants

Point only: $20 nonresident · Sep 15 – Dec 15 · Open now, closes Dec 15 → Buying Points in South Dakota

How the South Dakota Draw Works (30-Second Version)

Preference points.

Tags go to the applicants with the most preference points, one level at a time. If the last level that draws has more applicants than tags remaining, those applicants are chosen at random. Everyone below that level misses and earns a point.

Who can apply, fees and deadlines in South Dakota

Every Hunt at 0 Points

28 hunt codes drawn in 2026 · 2 at 50% or better · first choice · nonresident

Last year's odds were off by about 6 percentage points for applicants near the points needed. How we check

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it
One Line per Hunt Odds at Every Point Level
PRA-02A-42 Unit PRA-02A · Antlered rifle · Prairie Antelope: 02A42 · Buck antelope 0% (small sample) —
PRA-11A-42 Unit PRA-11A · Antlered rifle · Prairie Antelope: 11A42 · Buck antelope 0% (small sample) —
PRA-15A-42 Unit PRA-15A · Antlered rifle · Prairie Antelope: 15A42 · Buck antelope 0% (small sample) —
PRA-15B-42 Unit PRA-15B · Antlered rifle · Prairie Antelope: 15B42 · Buck antelope 0% —
PRA-20A-42 Unit PRA-20A · Antlered rifle · Prairie Antelope: 20A42 · Buck antelope 0% (small sample) —
PRA-21A-42 Unit PRA-21A · Antlered rifle · Prairie Antelope: 21A42 · Buck antelope 0% (small sample) —
PRA-24A-42 Unit PRA-24A · Antlered rifle · Prairie Antelope: 24A42 · Buck antelope 0% (small sample) —
PRA-27A-42 Unit PRA-27A · Antlered rifle · Prairie Antelope: 27A42 · Buck antelope 0% —
PRA-31A-42 Unit PRA-31A · Antlered rifle · Prairie Antelope: 31A42 · Buck antelope 0% (small sample) —
PRA-35A-42 Unit PRA-35A · Antlered rifle · Prairie Antelope: 35A42 · Buck antelope 0% (small sample) —
PRA-35B-42 Unit PRA-35B · Antlered rifle · Prairie Antelope: 35B42 · Buck antelope 0% (small sample) —
PRA-36A-42 Unit PRA-36A · Antlered rifle · Prairie Antelope: 36A42 · Buck antelope 100% (small sample) —
PRA-38A-42 Unit PRA-38A · Antlered rifle · Prairie Antelope: 38A42 · Buck antelope 0% (small sample) —
PRA-39A-42 Unit PRA-39A · Antlered rifle · Prairie Antelope: 39A42 · Buck antelope 0% (small sample) —
PRA-41A-42 Unit PRA-41A · Antlered rifle · Prairie Antelope: 41A42 · Buck antelope 0% (small sample) —
PRA-45A-42 Unit PRA-45A · Antlered rifle · Prairie Antelope: 45A42 · Buck antelope 100% (small sample) —
PRA-45B-42 Unit PRA-45B · Antlered rifle · Prairie Antelope: 45B42 · Buck antelope 0% (small sample) —
PRA-49A-42 Unit PRA-49A · Antlered rifle · Prairie Antelope: 49A42 · Buck antelope 0% (small sample) —
PRA-49B-42 Unit PRA-49B · Antlered rifle · Prairie Antelope: 49B42 · Buck antelope 0% (small sample) —
PRA-50A-42 Unit PRA-50A · Antlered rifle · Prairie Antelope: 50A42 · Buck antelope 0% (small sample) —
PRA-53A-42 Unit PRA-53A · Antlered rifle · Prairie Antelope: 53A42 · Buck antelope 0% (small sample) —
PRA-53B-42 Unit PRA-53B · Antlered rifle · Prairie Antelope: 53B42 · Buck antelope 0% (small sample) —
PRA-58A-42 Unit PRA-58A · Antlered rifle · Prairie Antelope: 58A42 · Buck antelope 0% (small sample) —
PRA-59A-42 Unit PRA-59A · Antlered rifle · Prairie Antelope: 59A42 · Buck antelope 0% (small sample) —
PRA-60A-42 Unit PRA-60A · Antlered rifle · Prairie Antelope: 60A42 · Buck antelope 0% (small sample) —

Showing 1–25 of 28 · sorted by unit · 9 hunts not offered in 2026 hidden — show discontinued hunts

Show all 28 hunts
What These Columns Mean
Odds at your points
—
the share of first-choice applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2026 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year. A badge marked * had under five tags, so one applicant either way swings it.
Pts needed
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the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2026 draw; the ▲ or ▼ is how far that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold. A 0 marks a hunt that went Undersubscribed: fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
Tags / apps
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tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them.
Success
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the share of hunters in the unit who killed an animal, from the latest harvest report on file. It is the whole unit's figure, not the hunt's.
All 37 Units

Each unit has its own page: where it is on the map, how much of it is public land, what the hunters who went there killed last season, and every license type you can apply for inside it.

PRA-02A that portion of Pennington County east of the Cheyenne River 36% public CU1-CU1 Custer State Park 100% public PRA-11A Bennett and Oglala Lakota Counties 8% public PRA-15A that portion of Butte County 31% public PRA-15B that portion of Butte County not included in Unit PRA-15A and Lawrence County no 9% public PRA-20A Corson County 4% public PRA-21A that portion of Custer County east of U.S. Highway 385 and the eastern boundarie 12% public PRA-24A Dewey County 1% public PRA-27A Fall River County and that portion of Custer County south of U.S. Highway 16 and 35% public PRA-31A Haakon County 1% public PRA-35A that portion of Harding County west of U.S. Highway 85 20% public PRA-35B that portion of Harding County east of U.S. Highway 85 22% public PRA-36A Hughes County 3% public PRA-38A Buffalo, Hand, and Hyde Counties 3% public PRA-39A Jackson County 10% public PRA-41A Jones County, excluding that portion described in PRA-45B 1% public PRA-45A Lyman County except for United States Corps of Engineers land and excluding that 0% public PRA-45B those portions of Lyman, Stanley, and Jones Counties 0% public PRA-49A that portion of Meade County north of State Highway 34 and south of U.S. Highway 3% public PRA-49B that portion of Meade County east of Interstate 90 and south of State Highway 34 5% public PRA-50A Mellette and Todd Counties 1% public PRA-53A that portion of Perkins County north of State Highway 20 18% public PRA-53B that portion of Perkins County south of State Highway 20 and that portion of Mea 5% public PRA-58A Stanley County, excluding that portion described in PRA-45B 6% public PRA-59A Sully County 5% public PRA-60A Tripp County 0% public PRA-63A Campbell, Potter, and Walworth Counties 3% public PRA-64A Ziebach County 1% public PRA-15A43 that portion of Butte County (doe/kid quota license, same boundary as PRA-15A) 31% public PRA-15B43 that portion of Butte County not included in Unit PRA-15A and Lawrence County no (doe/kid quota license, same boundary as PRA-15B) 9% public PRA-35B43 that portion of Harding County east of U.S. Highway 85 (doe/kid quota license, same boundary as PRA-35B) 22% public PRA-35A49 that portion of Harding County west of U.S. Highway 85 (doe/kid quota license, same boundary as PRA-35A) 20% public PRA-49B43 that portion of Meade County east of Interstate 90 and south of State Highway 34 (doe/kid quota license, same boundary as PRA-49B) 5% public PRA-53B43 that portion of Perkins County south of State Highway 20 and that portion of Mea (doe/kid quota license, same boundary as PRA-53B) 5% public PRA-PSA Statewide (special license, private land only) PR-PSA Statewide (special license, private land only) PR-PSAPR Statewide (special license, private land only)
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About These Numbers

Every percentage here is the chance an applicant with that many points had in the draw year shown, computed from the agency's published results; quotas, applicant numbers and point levels change every year. A dash means the agency did not publish the number. Under five tags the percentage is flagged: one applicant either way swings it. Check the agency's site and apply there; we don't take applications. How we compute these.