South Dakota Administrative Rules
Title 41 - Department of Game, Fish And Parks
Article 41:06 - Hunting seasons and methods
Chapter 41:06:26 - Black Hills elk hunting season
Section 41:06:26:02 - Open units

(1) Units BHE-H1A and BHE-H1B: the portion of Lawrence County within a line beginning at the junction of the South Dakota-Wyoming border and Interstate 90, then easterly on Interstate 90 to the junction of U.S. Highway 85 at Exit 17, then southerly on U.S. Highway 85 to its junction with the South Dakota-Wyoming border, then northerly along the South Dakota-Wyoming border to its junction with Interstate 90, the point of beginning;

(2) Unit BHE-H2A: those portions of Lawrence, Pennington, and Custer Counties beginning at the junction of the South Dakota-Wyoming border and U.S. Highway 85, then northerly and easterly along U.S. Highway 85 to its junction with U.S. Highway 385, then southerly along U.S. Highway 385 to its junction with U.S. Highway 16 at Custer, then westerly along U.S. Highway 16 to its junction with the South Dakota-Wyoming border, then northerly along the South Dakota-Wyoming border to its junction with U.S. Highway 85, the point of beginning;

(3) Units BHE-H2B, BHE-H2C, and BHE-H2D: those portions of Lawrence, Pennington, and Custer Counties beginning at the junction of the South Dakota-Wyoming border and U.S. Highway 85, then northeasterly along U.S. Highway 85 to its junction with U.S. Highway 385 at Deadwood, then southerly along U.S. Highway 385 to its junction with Deerfield Road, then northwesterly on Deerfield Road to its junction with East Slate Road, then southerly on East Slate Road to its junction with Six Mile Road, then westerly along the Six Mile Road to its junction with the Boles Canyon Road at Moon, then southerly along the Boles Canyon Road to its junction with the Summit Ridge Road, then south westerly along the Summit Ridge Road to the South Dakota-Wyoming border, then northerly along the South Dakota-Wyoming border to its junction with U.S. Highway 85, the point of beginning;

(4) Units BHE-H2E, BHE-H2F, and BHE-H2G: those portions of Pennington and Custer Counties beginning at the junction of the South Dakota-Wyoming border and U.S. Highway 16, then easterly along U.S. Highway 16 to its junction with U.S. Highway 385 at Custer, then northerly along U.S. Highway 385 to its junction with the Custer Limestone Road, then westerly along the Custer Limestone Road approximately one-half mile to its junction with the Medicine Mountain Road, then northerly along the Medicine Mountain Road to its junction with the Six Mile Road, then westerly along the Six Mile Road to its junction with Boles Canyon Road at Moon, then southerly along the Boles Canyon Road to its junction with the Summit Ridge Road, then southwesterly along the Summit Ridge Road to the South Dakota-Wyoming border, then southerly along the South Dakota-Wyoming border to its junction with U.S. Highway 16, the point of beginning;

(5) Units BHE-H2H, BHE-H2I, and BHE-H2J: those portions of Custer and Pennington Counties within a line beginning at the junction of U.S. Highway 385 and Deerfield Road, then northwesterly on Deerfield Road to its junction with East Slate Road, then southerly on East Slate Road to its junction with Medicine Mountain Road, then southeasterly on Medicine Mountain Road to its junction with U.S. Highway 385, then northeasterly on U.S. Highway 385 to its junction with Deerfield Road, the point of beginning;

(6) Unit BHE-H3A: those portions of Custer and Fall River Counties within a line beginning at the junction of the South Dakota-Wyoming state line and U.S. Highway 16, then east along U.S. Highway 16 to the Custer State Park western boundary, then south along the Custer State Park western boundary and the Wind Cave National Park western boundary to U.S. Highway 385, then south along U.S. Highway 385 to State Highway 79, then south along State Highway 79 to the Cheyenne River, then west along the Cheyenne River to the South Dakota-Wyoming state line, then north along the state line to the point of beginning;

(7) Units BHE-H3B, BHE-H3C, and BHE-H3D: those portions of Custer county within a line beginning at the junction of the South Dakota-Wyoming state line and U.S. Highway 16, then east along U.S. Highway 16 to the Custer State Park western boundary, then south along the Custer State Park western boundary and the Wind Cave National Park western boundary to U.S. Highway 385, then north and west along U.S. 385 to its junction with State Highway 89 at Pringle, then south along State Highway 89 to its junction with 18 Mile Road (Forest Service 316), then west along 18 Mile Road to its junction with Pleasant Valley Road (Forest Service 715), then west along Pleasant Valley Road to Dewey Road (Forest Service 769), then west along Dewey road to the South Dakota-Wyoming state line, then north along the state line to the point of beginning;

(8) Units BHE-H3E, BHE-H3F, and BHE-H3G: those portions of Custer and Fall River counties within a line beginning at the junction of the Wind Cave National Park western boundary and U.S. Highway 385, then south along U.S. Highway 385 to State Highway 79, then south along State Highway 79 to the Cheyenne River, then west along the Cheyenne River to the South Dakota-Wyoming state line, then north along the state line to its junction with Dewey Road (Forest Service 769), then east along Dewey Road to its junction with Pleasant Valley Road (Forest Service 715), then east along Pleasant Valley Road to its junction with 18 Mile Road (Forest Service 316), then east along 18 Mile Road to its junction with State Highway 89, then north along State Highway 89 to its junction with U.S. Highway 385, then south and east along U.S. Highway 385 to the point of beginning;

(9) Units BHE-H4A and BHE-H4B: those portions of Custer, Fall River, and Pennington Counties beginning at the junction of U.S. Highway 385 and the south boundary of Wind Cave National Park, then southerly along U.S. Highway 385 through Hot Springs and Maverick Junction to its junction with the Cheyenne River, then northeasterly along the Cheyenne River to its junction with Fall River County Road 6291 (South Buffalo Gap Road), then northerly along Fall River County Road 6291 to its junction with Custer County Road 101, then northerly along Custer County Road 101 to its junction with Custer County Road 656 (River Side Road) at Buffalo Gap, then easterly along Custer County Road 656 one-half mile to its junction with Custer County Road 17 (Beaver Valley Road), then northerly and easterly along Custer County Road 17 to its junction with Custer County Road 719 (South Fairburn Road), then northerly along Custer County Road 719 to its junction with Custer County Road 18 at Fairburn, then northerly along Custer County Road 18 to its junction with State Highway 79, then northerly along State Highway 79 to its junction with State Highway 40, then northwesterly along State Highway 40 to its junction with Pennington County Road 330 (Playhouse Road), then southerly along Pennington County Road 330 to its junction with U.S. Highway 16A, then southerly along U.S. Highway 16 to its junction with the north boundary of Custer State Park, then easterly along the Custer State Park boundary to its junction with the northeast corner of Custer State Park, then southerly along the east Custer State Park boundary and Wind Cave National Park boundary to the southeast corner of Wind Cave National Park, then westerly along the south boundary of Wind Cave National Park to its junction with U.S. Highway 385, the point of beginning;

(10) Unit BHE-H5A: those portions of Custer and Pennington Counties beginning at the junction of U.S. Highway 16A and the west Custer State Park boundary, then westerly along U.S Highway 16A to its junction with U.S. Highway 385 at Custer, then northerly along U.S. Highway 385 to its junction with State Highway 44 near Pactola Lake, then easterly along State Highway 44 to its junction with the Black Hills National Forest boundary, then southerly along the Black Hills National Forest boundary to its junction with U.S. Highway 16, then westerly along U.S. Highway 16 to its junction with the South Rockerville Road at Rockerville, then southerly along the South Rockerville Road to its junction with State Highway 40 approximately 1,000 feet to its junction with the Playhouse Road, then southerly along the Playhouse Road to its junction with U.S. Highway 16A near Spokane, then southeasterly along U.S. Highway 16A to its junction with the north Custer State Park boundary, then westerly and southerly along the Custer State Park boundary to its junction with U.S. Highway 16A, the point of beginning. The Mount Rushmore National Memorial, including all private lands within the memorial, is closed;

(11) Units BHE-H7A and BHE-H7B: those portions of Pennington, Lawrence, and Meade Counties within a line beginning at the junction of U.S. Highway 85 and Interstate 90 at Exit 17, then southerly along U.S. Highway 85 to its junction with U.S. Highway 385 at Pluma, then southerly along U.S. Highway 385 to its junction with State Highway 44 near Pactola, then easterly along State Highway 44 to its junction with State Highway 79 (Sturgis Road) in Rapid City, then northerly along State Highway 79 to its junction with Interstate 90 at Black Hawk, then northerly along Interstate 90 to its junction with U.S. Highway 85 at Exit 17, the point of beginning; and

(12) Units BHE-H9A and BHE-H9B: those portions of Custer and Pennington Counties within an area bounded as follows: beginning at the junction of State Highway 40 and State Highway 79 at Hermosa, then northerly along State Highway 79 to its junction with State Highway 44 in Rapid City, then westerly along State Highway 44 to its junction with the Black Hills National boundary, then southerly along the Black Hills National Forest boundary to its junction with the South Rockerville Road, then southerly along the South Rockerville Road to its junction with State Highway 40, then easterly along State Highway 40 to its junction with State Highway 79 at Hermosa, the point of beginning.