Hunting districts / Antelope
Antelope hunting district · Region 3 (Bozeman)
District 301
Montana hunting district 301 (Antelope), FWP Region 3 (Bozeman): 230 sq mi in Beaverhead County; 70% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest); median elevation 7,379 ft; FWP estimated 9 antelope harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the lowest antelope harvests of 60 antelope districts: 9 antelope harvested in 2025 (FWP estimate). FWP harvest estimates
- Among the most public of 61 antelope districts: 70% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land. MSL Public Lands (calculated)
- Among the highest of 61 antelope districts: median elevation 7,379 ft. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
- Among the smallest of 61 antelope districts: 230 square miles. FWP district boundary
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 48.4% | |
| Montana state trust land | 11.2% | |
| Bureau of Land Management | 10.5% |
Area of Montana State Library 'Montana Public Lands' polygons (derived from the Montana Cadastral Framework, Department of Revenue ownership records) intersected with the FWP district boundary, measured in NAD83(2011) Montana State Plane (EPSG:6514). Ownership is not access: some public land is closed to hunting or has no legal access.
Antelope harvest estimates
| Year | Hunters | Days | Total Harvest | Bucks | Does | Fawns |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | n/e | n/e | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 25 | 100 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | n/e | n/e | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 41 | 141 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 0 |
| 2021 | n/e | n/e | 17 | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| 2020 | 36 | 128 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | n/e | n/e | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 35 | 110 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | n/e | n/e | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | n/e | n/e | 13 | 8 | 6 | 0 |
| 2015 | 35 | 106 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 0 |
| 2014 | 17 | 68 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
FWP estimates from the annual hunter harvest survey; they carry sampling error. "n/e": FWP did not estimate district-level hunter numbers that year (2019, 2021, 2023, 2025). Boundaries of a numbered district can change between years.
Landscape
- Counties
- Beaverhead County
- National forests
- Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
- Wilderness
- None
- Wildlife management areas
- —
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- —
- Highest named summits
- Garfield Mountain (≈10,873 ft), Diamond Butte (≈7,362 ft), Pinetop Hill (≈7,346 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- None named in GNIS
- Towns and places
- —
Elevations sampled on a regular grid inside the district from AWS Terrain Tiles (Terrarium, zoom 10, ~105 m pixels; compiled from USGS 3DEP and SRTM). Approximate: summits read lower than their surveyed height.
Sources
- District boundary: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks hunting district layer.
- Public land: Montana State Library, Montana Public Lands (published 2026-10-06).
- Harvest: FWP Harvest Estimates, retrieved 2026-10-30.
- Places: USGS Geographic Names Information System. Wilderness and forests: USDA Forest Service.
- Elevation: AWS Terrain Tiles (USGS 3DEP, SRTM).
Live weather, snow, fire and access conditions are in the atlas card for this district.