This unit is quite small, located on the western side of the state in the northern foothills of the Black Hills. There is very limited public access across the entire unit, and prior arrangements will need to be made in order to plan much of a hunt. The terrain is quite broken, full of foothills, small creek bottoms and drainages coming off of the higher elevations in the southern portion of the unit.

Great hunting conditions are found here but the lack of public hunting opportunities can send most DIY hunters into adjacent units.

The terrain across this unit is very broken, between the many river bottoms and the foothills gaining elevation as you leave the Belle Fourche River and head south into the ridges of the Black Hills. Whether you are looking to hunt the river bottoms, or more open country suited for glassing and hiking, this unit has it all and many types of hunting tactics will work here.

There is a mix of short and tall prairie grass and countless species of wildflowers spread across most of the unit, unless it has been turned for agricultural purposes, which you will see primarily along the Belle Fourche River in the northeast corner of the unit and along the Spearfish Creek in the center. Very sparse timber which is primarily a mix of Cottonwood, American Elm, Green Ash, and Bur Oak can be found along the riparian zone of both these rivers as well as other small creek beds scattered across the unit.

Access is extremely limited in this unit with very little public access. Interstate 90 makes up the southern border as it stretches from Whitewood to North Spearfish. US Highway 85 travels north and south from Spearfish to Belle Fourche and makes up the western boundary of the unit. The eastern boundary runs from Nisland, down to Whitewood. There are countless county roads coming off of each of these highways which allows access to any of the private properties scattered across the unit.

Given that a hunt in this unit is more than likely to take place on private land, camping arrangements are very limited. There are a number of small towns scattered across this unit, the biggest being Belle Fourche in the northwest and Spearfish in the southwest portion of the unit. Each of these towns have lodging, gas stations, grocery, and sporting goods stores. Sturgis is located southeast of the unit, but not too far if you happen to be hunting on that side.