South Dakota Antelope (Pronghorn) · PRA-35A that portion of Harding County west of U.S. Highway 85

South Dakota PRA-35A covers 862,669 acres and lies 11 miles west of Buffalo and 65 miles north of Belle Fourche. 20% of it is public land, mostly state trust land (14%) and other public land (6%). In 2025, hunters took 111 pronghorn here (sum of published weapon rows); hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, PRA-35A-42, put up 3 nonresident tags in the 2026 draw for 245 first-choice applicants.

NR Tags, 2026
3

1 license

Applicants
245

first choice, NR

Hunter Success
—

not published

Public Land
20%

14% State

Size
1,348 mi²

862,669 acres

Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.

Every License in PRA-35A

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it
PRA-35A-42 0% (small sample) —

First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2026 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file.

Draw results: SD GFP 2026 GoOutdoors draw statistics, retrieved Sep 1, 2026.

If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): $25 ($25 to apply). Open Jun 16 – Jul 7, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

Harvest

Year Pronghorn
2025 (summed) 111
2024 (summed) 119
2023 (summed) 108

2025 split: firearm 111 (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 Antelope Harvest.

The Ground

Private 689,969 ac 80%
State trust land 119,113 ac 14%
Other public 54,611 ac 6%
State land 1,220 ac <1%

Source: SD GFP 2026 Hunt Unit Antelope.

▸ Sources 5
  1. SD GFP 2026 GoOutdoors draw statistics draw results, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  2. SD GFP 2025 Deer Applications booklet fees, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  3. SD GFP 2026 GFP FAQ fees, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  4. SD GFP 2023-2025 Antelope Harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  5. SD GFP 2026 Hunt Unit Antelope 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. How we compute these.

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Prior-draw odds from South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks' results, not a forecast · Methodology · All South Dakota pronghorn hunts