Hunting districts / Antelope
Antelope hunting district · Region 3 (Bozeman)
District 320
Montana hunting district 320 (Antelope), FWP Region 3 (Bozeman): 498 sq mi in Madison, Jefferson counties; 48% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest); median elevation 6,009 ft; FWP estimated 95 antelope harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the most rugged of 61 antelope districts: 5,997 ft from low point to high point. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 34.6% | |
| Bureau of Land Management | 8.3% | |
| Montana state trust land | 4.7% | |
| City & county | 0.3% |
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 | 95 | 63 | 32 | 0 |
| 2024 | 138 | 644 | 75 | 50 | 24 | 2 |
| 2023 | n/e | n/e | 81 | 53 | 28 | 0 |
| 2022 | 95 | 496 | 45 | 25 | 21 | 0 |
| 2021 | n/e | n/e | 52 | 35 | 17 | 0 |
| 2020 | 98 | 324 | 60 | 46 | 12 | 2 |
| 2019 | n/e | n/e | 45 | 36 | 8 | 0 |
| 2018 | 182 | 678 | 94 | 48 | 42 | 4 |
| 2017 | n/e | n/e | 84 | 52 | 30 | 2 |
| 2016 | n/e | n/e | 63 | 45 | 17 | 0 |
| 2015 | 118 | 574 | 64 | 41 | 21 | 2 |
| 2014 | 59 | 243 | 31 | 18 | 10 | 3 |
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
- Madison, Jefferson counties
- National forests
- Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
- Wilderness
- None
- Wildlife management areas
- —
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- —
- Highest named summits
- Granite Peak (≈10,479 ft), Lonesome Peak (≈10,302 ft), Mount Jackson (≈10,295 ft), A P A Mountain (≈10,292 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- Mustard Pass, Low Pass, Spuhler Saddle, Tom Graham Pass
- Towns and places
- Adobe (historical), Brandon, Cardwell, Iron Rod (historical), Junction, Leiterville, Piedmont, Renova, Ruby, Sheridan, Twin Bridges, Virginia City, Waterloo, Whitehall
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.