The Black Hills elk hunting season is open from one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset each day of the season. No more than eight hundred "any elk" licenses and no more than one thousand five hundred "antlerless elk" licenses may be issued for the Black Hills elk hunting season. The Black Hills elk hunting season dates are as follows:

1. (1) Units BHE-H1A, BHE-H2A, BHE-H3A, BHE-H4A, BHE-H5A, BHE-H7A, and BHE-H9A are open from October first through October thirty-first;
2. (2) Units BHE-H1B, BHE-H7B, and BHE-H9B are open from October fifteenth through October thirty-first and from December first through December sixteenth;
3. (3) Units BHE-H2B, BHE-H2E, BHE-H2H, BHE-H3B, and BHE-H3E are open from October fifteenth through October thirty-first;
4. (4) Units BHE-H2C, BHE-H2F, BHE-H2I, BHE-H3C, and BHE-H3F are open from December first through December sixteenth;
5. (5) Units BHE-H2D, BHE-H2G, BHE-H2J, BHE-H3D, and BHE-H3G are open from December seventeenth through December thirty-first; and

6. (6) Unit BHE-H4B is open from October first through October thirty-first and from December first through December sixteenth.

   Cross-References:

   Hunting license fees, § 41:06:02:03.

   Combination licenses -- Issuance, SDCL 41-6-10.1.

   Resident big game license -- Privileges and fee -- Violation as misdemeanor, SDCL 41-6-19.

Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 2 SDR 10, effective August 7, 1975; 4 SDR 10, effective August 25, 1977; 5 SDR 12, effective August 21, 1978; 7 SDR 15, effective August 25, 1980; 10 SDR 76, 10 SDR 102, effective July 1, 1984; 27 SDR 111, effective May 8, 2001; 42 SDR 146, effective May 5, 2016 ; 44 SDR 184, effective June 25, 2018 ; 46 SDR 130, effective May 28, 2020; 48 SDR 115, effective May 24, 2022; 50 SDR 129, effective May 15, 2024; 52 SDR 125, effective June 29, 2026 .

General Authority: SDCL 41-2-18 (1)(2)(17).

Law Implemented: SDCL 41-2-18 (1)(2)(17).

Prior versions effective: 2024-05-15, 2022-05-24, 2020-05-28, 2018-06-25, 2016-05-05, 2001-05-08.