There are seven major animals that people hunt in the Black Hills. They are deer, antelope, elk, big horn sheep, mt. lions, pheasants, and sharp-tail grouse. Every animal that is hunted has a time of year or season that people can hunt it. During the animals season there is only a serene number of animals you can take out ether a day or out of the whole season. Most have a firearm season and an archery season.
For deer the season runs from November 1st through November 30th. The two types or deer that are hunted here are white tail which makes up 75% of the deer population in the Black Hills. The other is mule deer. For antelope the archery season starts in mid-October and runs till late October. The firearm season starts the Saturday before the first of October and ends right before archery starts. For elk, big horn sheep and mt lions the season runs from October 1st through the 31st. The pheasant’s season opens in mid-October through early-January. There is a bag limit per day; this limit is 3 birds and 15 for the whole season. Sharp-tail grouse season runs from mid-September through early-January. The bag limit is the same as the pheasant and so is the season limit.
