Hunting districts / Antelope
Antelope hunting district · Region 3 (Bozeman)
District 319
Montana hunting district 319 (Antelope), FWP Region 3 (Bozeman): 350 sq mi in Silver Bow, Deer Lodge, Beaverhead counties; 75% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest); median elevation 6,555 ft; FWP estimated 33 antelope harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the most public of 61 antelope districts: 75% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land. MSL Public Lands (calculated)
- Among the busiest for antelope hunters of 60 antelope districts: 1.5 antelope hunter-days per square mile in 2024. FWP harvest estimates (calculated per sq mi)
- Among the smallest of 61 antelope districts: 350 square miles. FWP district boundary
- Among the highest of 61 antelope districts: median elevation 6,555 ft. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 44.2% | |
| Montana FWP | 21.9% | |
| Bureau of Land Management | 6.9% | |
| Montana state trust land | 2.2% | |
| City & county | 0.7% | |
| Other State of Montana | 0.6% |
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 | 33 | 13 | 17 | 2 |
| 2024 | 76 | 516 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| 2023 | n/e | n/e | 37 | 10 | 27 | 0 |
| 2022 | 95 | 352 | 33 | 18 | 14 | 2 |
| 2021 | n/e | n/e | 37 | 19 | 18 | 0 |
| 2020 | 84 | 445 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 0 |
| 2019 | n/e | n/e | 43 | 28 | 15 | 0 |
| 2018 | 110 | 415 | 45 | 32 | 13 | 0 |
| 2017 | n/e | n/e | 56 | 30 | 25 | 2 |
| 2016 | n/e | n/e | 38 | 29 | 9 | 0 |
| 2015 | 79 | 238 | 36 | 23 | 13 | 0 |
| 2014 | 114 | 411 | 39 | 30 | 9 | 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
- Silver Bow, Deer Lodge, Beaverhead counties
- National forests
- Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
- Wilderness
- None
- Wildlife management areas
- Mount Haggin, Fleecer Mountain
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- Dickie Hills
- Highest named summits
- Mount Fleecer (≈9,383 ft), Granulated Mountain (≈9,144 ft), Dickie Peak (≈9,065 ft), Little Granulated Mountain (≈8,999 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- Granulated Pass
- Towns and places
- Buxton, Crackerville, Delano Place, Divide, Durant, Fairmont Hot Springs, Feely, Finlen, French Gulch (historical), French Town, Gregson, Hackney, Miles Crossing, Mill Creek
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.