SD has really cut back on the amount of tags they offer to nonresidents in the past years. I would recommend applying and building PP's so you can draw in the future. I think you can draw a tag within 2 years if you apply this year, if it's not too late. The Black Hills are beautiful and pretty easy to hunt. I have taken both whitetails and mulies there in the past. With the new tag regulations I have definitely noticied an inprovement in the deer herd and the size of the bucks. Good luck.