RE: elk in the black hills
I have a small farm 50 miles east of the Black Hills in SD. The SD elk herd is growing in numbers and there are some tags for the prairie region. I think at this time though it is just a resident thing. As the population grows the will most likely start issuing some non resident tags. I have never applied for one but I should start as several of my friends have been lucky enough to draw tags and when you do the success rate is very high.