South Dakota Antelope (Pronghorn) · PRA-50A Mellette and Todd Counties
South Dakota PRA-50A spans 1,728,390 acres, centered 7 miles north-west of Mission. 1% of it is public land. In 2025, hunters took 11 pronghorn here (sum of published weapon rows); hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, PRA-50A-42, put up 1 nonresident tag in the 2026 draw for 1 first-choice applicant.
1 license
first choice, NR
not published
<1% State
1,728,390 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in PRA-50A
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRA-50A-42 | Prairie Antelope: 50A42 - Buck Antelope | 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) | 11 |
| 2024 (summed) | 12 |
| 2023 (summed) | 17 |
2025 split: firearm 11 (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 | 1,716,391 ac | 99% |
| State trust land | 11,489 ac | <1% |
| Other public | 0 ac | <1% |
| State land | 0 ac | <1% |
Source: SD GFP 2026 Hunt Unit Antelope.
Next Door
- PRA-41A Jones County, excluding that portion described in PRA-45B 1% public
- PRA-60A Tripp County
- PRA-45B those portions of Lyman, Stanley, and Jones Counties
- PRA-39A Jackson County 10% public
- 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 6% public
▸ Sources 5
- SD GFP 2026 GoOutdoors draw statistics draw results, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- SD GFP 2025 Deer Applications booklet fees, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- SD GFP 2026 GFP FAQ fees, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- SD GFP 2023-2025 Antelope Harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- 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