Hunting districts / Antelope
Antelope hunting district · Region 3 (Bozeman)
District 360
Montana hunting district 360 (Antelope), FWP Region 3 (Bozeman): 1,791 sq mi in Madison, Gallatin, Beaverhead counties; 68% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Custer Gallatin National Forest); median elevation 7,405 ft; FWP estimated 158 antelope harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the most wilderness of 61 antelope districts: 15% designated wilderness. USFS wilderness boundaries (calculated)
- Among the most public of 61 antelope districts: 68% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land. MSL Public Lands (calculated)
- Among the highest of 61 antelope districts: median elevation 7,405 ft. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
- Among the most rugged of 61 antelope districts: 6,089 ft from low point to high point. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 63.1% | |
| Bureau of Land Management | 1.9% | |
| Montana FWP | 1.7% | |
| Montana state trust land | 1.5% | |
| Other State of Montana | 0.1% | |
| City & county | 0.1% |
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 | 158 | 117 | 41 | 0 |
| 2024 | 333 | 1,411 | 180 | 126 | 54 | 0 |
| 2023 | n/e | n/e | 160 | 119 | 41 | 0 |
| 2022 | 438 | 1,575 | 246 | 155 | 90 | 0 |
| 2021 | n/e | n/e | 161 | 101 | 60 | 0 |
| 2020 | 453 | 1,600 | 251 | 148 | 97 | 6 |
| 2019 | n/e | n/e | 259 | 163 | 94 | 3 |
| 2018 | 447 | 1,979 | 387 | 234 | 146 | 7 |
| 2017 | n/e | n/e | 399 | 222 | 174 | 4 |
| 2016 | n/e | n/e | 424 | 250 | 171 | 2 |
| 2015 | 482 | 1,456 | 406 | 228 | 178 | 0 |
| 2014 | 476 | 1,491 | 379 | 203 | 173 | 2 |
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, Gallatin, Beaverhead counties
- National forests
- Custer Gallatin National Forest, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
- Wilderness
- Lee Metcalf Wilderness (15%)
- Wildlife management areas
- Gallatin, Wall Creek, Bear Creek
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- Gravelly Range, Horn Mountains, Madison Range
- Highest named summits
- Echo Peak (≈11,188 ft), Koch Peak (≈11,119 ft), Taylor Peaks (≈11,119 ft), Lone Mountain (≈11,053 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- Expedition Pass, Buffalo Horn Pass, Daly Pass, Tepee Pass, Raynolds Pass
- Towns and places
- Abe (historical), Big Sky, Big Sky Canyon Village, Big Sky Mountain Village, Cameron, Cliff Lake, Corette, Eldridge (historical), Ennis, Grahams Place, Grayling, Jeffers, Lakeshore Summer Home Area, Lakeview
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.