South Dakota Administrative Rules
Title 41 - Department of Game, Fish And Parks
Article 41:06 - Hunting seasons and methods
Chapter 41:06:43 - Archery elk hunting season
Section 41:06:43:02 - Open units

(1) Unit AEE-H1A: that 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 AEE-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) Unit AEE-H3A: those portions of Pennington, Lawrence, and Meade Counties beginning at U.S. Highway 14A at Sturgis, then westerly along U.S. Highway 14A to its junction with U.S. Highway 85 at Deadwood, then southerly along U.S. Highway 85 to its junction with U.S. Highway 385 at Pluma, then southeasterly along U.S. Highway 385 to its junction with Pennington County Road C228 (Sheridan Lake Road), then easterly along Pennington County Road C228 to its junction with State Highway 44 in Rapid City, then northerly along State Highway 44 in Rapid City to its junction with State Highway 79 (Sturgis Road) in Rapid City, then northwesterly along State Highway 79 to its junction with Interstate 90 in Black Hawk, then northwesterly along Interstate 90 to Sturgis, the point of beginning;

(4) Unit AEE-H4A: those portions of Pennington, Custer, and Fall River Counties beginning at the junction of U.S. Highway 385 and the southern 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 and Custer County Road 101 to Buffalo Gap and its junction with Custer County Road 656 (River Side Road), then easterly along Custer County Road 656 one-half mile to 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 Fairburn to its junction with Custer County Road 18, then northerly along Custer County Road 18 (North Fairburn Road) to its junction with U.S. Highway 79, then northerly along U.S. 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. Highway16A, then southerly along U.S. Highway 16A to its junction with the north boundary of Custer State Park, then easterly along the Custer State Park boundary to the northeast corner of Custer State Park, then southerly along the east boundaries of Custer State Park and Wind Cave National Park 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;

(5) Unit AEE-H5A: those portions of Pennington and Custer Counties beginning at the junction of U.S. Highway 16A and the west boundary of Custer State Park, 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 at Harney, then easterly along 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 boundary of Custer State Park, then westerly and southerly along the Custer State Park boundary to its junction with U.S. Highway 16A, the point of beginning. The Rushmore National Memorial, including all private lands within the memorial, is closed.;

(6) Unit AEE-H7A: those portions of Pennington, Meade, and Lawrence 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) at 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;

(7) Unit AEE-H9A: 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 U.S. Highway 16, then westerly along U.S. Highway 16 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.