You as a nonresident cannot receive an elk license in SD. You can apply for deer. In many counties there permits for buck only, antlerless only and also any deer which can be antlered or antlerless. They are also licenses for mule deer only and whitetail only also some counties have double tags so there are many choices and that is probably why you are confused. A nonresident landowner receives no landowner preference that I am aware of. A landowner receives landowner preference only if he is a resident. This will probably not make you happy but that is the way it is.