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. Its biggest hunt, PRA-36A-42, put up 2 nonresident tags in the 2026 draw 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 the percentage is flagged, 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