ARSD 41:06:26:01. Black Hills elk hunting season established -- Number and type of licenses -- Season dates

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) 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) 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) Units BHE-H2B, BHE-H2E, BHE-H2H, BHE-H3B, and BHE-H3E are open from October fifteenth through October thirty-first; (4) Units BHE-H2C, BHE-H2F, BHE-H2I, BHE-H3C, and BHE-H3F are open from December first through December sixteenth; (5) Units BHE-H2D, BHE-H2G, BHE-H2J, BHE-H3D, and BHE-H3G are open from December seventeenth through December thirty-first; and (6) Unit BHE-H4B is open from October first through October thirty-first and from December first through December sixteenth.