The open units for the bighorn sheep hunting season are as follows:

1. (1) Unit BHS-BH2: that portion of Custer and Fall River Counties within a line beginning at the junction of U.S. Highway 16 and the Wyoming state line, east on U.S. Highway 16 to the intersection of U.S. Highway 16 and Mann Road (USFSRoad270) then south along Mann Road to Pass Creek Road (USFSRoad272) then south on Pass Creek Road to Richardson Cutoff (USFSRoad276) then east on Richardson Cutoff to Pleasant Valley Road (USFSRoad715) then south on Pleasant Valley Road to Pilger Mountain Road (USFSRoad317) then south on Pilger Mountain Road to County Road 15 then south on County Road 15 to U.S. Highway 18 then west on U.S. Highway 18 to County Road 16 then north on County Road 16 to Dewey Road (USFSRoad769) then north and west on Dewey Road to the Custer County line then west on the Custer County line to the Wyoming state line then north on the Wyoming state line to the point of origin;
2. (2) Unit BHS-BH3: that portion of Pennington County east of the Cheyenne River and north of Highway 44 and that portion of Jackson County north of the White River;
3. (3) Unit BHS-BH4: that portion of Custer, Meade, Lawrence, and Pennington Counties beginning at the junction of the Wyoming state line and Interstate 90 then south on Interstate 90 to Elk Vale Road then south on Elk Vale Road to SD Highway 79 then south on SD Highway 79 to the Custer/Fall River County line then west on the Custer/Fall River County line to Pilger Mountain Road then north on Pilger Mountain Road to Pleasant Valley Road then north and east on Pleasant Valley Road to Richardson Cutoff then north on Richardson Cutoff to Pass Creek Road then west and north on Pass Creek Road to Mann Road then north on Mann Road to U.S. Highway 16 then west on U.S. Highway 16 to the Wyoming state line, then north on the Wyoming state line to the point of origin, excluding Custer State Park; and
4. (4) Unit BHS-CSP: the fenced portion of Custer State Park.

Source: 26 SDR 162, effective June 14, 2000; 29 SDR 160, effective June 3, 2003; 33 SDR 212, effective June 4, 2007; 34 SDR 297, effective June 4, 2008; 40 SDR 175, effective February 11, 2014; 44 SDR 151, effective April 30, 2018 ; 45 SDR 155, effective June 24, 2019; 46 SDR 116, effective April 29, 2020 ; 50 SDR 129, effective May 15, 2024; 51 SDR 123, effective May 26, 2025 .

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

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

Prior versions effective: 2024-05-15, 2020-04-29, 2019-06-24, 2018-04-30, 2014-02-11.