This large unit is rather remote considering there are no major towns located throughout. The two main hubs are the small townships of Philip and Midland located in the southern end of the unit. The Bad River is the major drainage in the unit, but overall is not a dominating terrain feature as the overall vastness of the prairie and smaller breaks throughout swallow it up. There is virtually no public land in this unit and a very small amount of walk-in access so a DIY hunt is not going to be a viable option for this unit. Hunters will need permission to hunt private before planning a hunt here. There is great access throughout the unit with major highways running in all directions across the unit as well as many county roads coming off of the highways. There is a healthy population of whitetail in this unit with pockets of mule deer throughout.

With very limited public access there are few hunters headed to this unit without a plan around hunting some private property.

This unit is over a million acres of property and has many different types of terrain that you will encounter depending on which area of the unit you choose to hunt. From large sections of agriculture, to miles of river bottoms particularly along the Bad River there is vast amounts of whitetail habitat. There are also many square miles of broken breaks particularly in the western and northern portions of the unit. These breaks are made up of countless miles of small creek beds filled with various levels of dense vegetation. These breaks tend to provide better mule deer habitat, but whitetail can be found in many of them as well.

This unit has a mix of short and tall prairie grass for miles in all directions as well as countless species of wildflowers in most areas of the unit outside of the areas used for agricultural purposes. Very sparse timber which is primarily a mix of Cottonwood, American Elm, Green Ash, and Bur Oak can be found along the scattered creek beds and draws across the unit.

There are a few main routes that will take you throughout the unit. Highway 14 runs east and west across the southern border of the unit. This highway runs along the Bad River and runs through the only two townships in the unit, Philip and Midland that are approximately 24 miles apart. Running north and south out of Philip is highway 73 that eventually turns west. Highway 34 heads east where highway 73 turns to the west and continues east until it leaves the unit. In Midland there is also highway 63 that heads south until it exits the unit roughly 6 miles to the south. There are countless country roads as well as two track roads heading in every direction which will allow access into the farthest corners.

There are no established campgrounds located in this unit, and being that less than 1% of the unit is actual public land, do not plan on any remote camping unless you have a prearranged plan to camp on some private land. There are hotel accommodations available in both Midland as well as Philip, South Dakota but space will be limited as they are both small locally owned establishments. Both small townships have grocery stores as well as fuel and small locally owned restaurants. Outside of a major purchase or unique sporting goods, you should find what you need in the area.