South Dakota Antelope (Pronghorn) — PRA-36A
Hughes County
South Dakota PRA-36A covers 512,460 acres and lies 16 miles east of Pierre and 51 miles west of Miller. 3% of it is public land, mostly state land (2%) and other public land (1%). In 2025, hunters took 5 pronghorn here. The 2026 draw put up 2 nonresident tags here for 0 first-choice applicants.
Your chance of drawing here
Every pronghorn license type on offer in PRA-36A, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.
Chances are from the 2026 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.
Simple view Odds at every point level-
100% No first-choice applicants
| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRA-36A-42 ↗ Prairie Antelope: 36A42 - BUCK ANTELOPE | 100% No first-choice applicants | — | 2 / 0 | Oct 3–18, 2026 |
What these columns mean
- Your odds —
- the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2026 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 2026 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 we print counts instead of a percentage, because one applicant either way swings it.
What it costs to apply (2026 nonresident fees)
| License | Up front | Gone if you miss | If you draw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Per application | $25 | $25 | $25 |
Application window: opens Jun 16, closes Jul 7, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
The country
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Who owns the ground
- Private 497,230 ac · 97%
- State land 7,918 ac · 2%
- Other public 6,602 ac · 1%
- State trust land 385 ac · 0%
Nearby areas
- PRA-59A — Sully County
- PRA-45B — those portions of Lyman, Stanley, and Jones Counties
- PRA-45A — Lyman County except for United States Corps of Engineers land and excluding that
- PRA-58A — Stanley County, excluding that portion described in PRA-45B
- PRA-38A — Buffalo, Hand, and Hyde Counties
- PRA-41A — Jones County, excluding that portion described in PRA-45B
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 | 5 |
| 2024 | 4 |
| 2023 | 10 |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Firearm 5 · 100%
Harvest: Antelope Harvest (Hunting/Harvest_Maps MapServer, layer 4) — per-unit post-season harvest, 2023-2025