Hunting districts / Antelope
Antelope hunting district · Region 4 (Great Falls)
District 413
Montana hunting district 413 (Antelope), FWP Region 4 (Great Falls): 751 sq mi in Cascade County; 28% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land; median elevation 4,426 ft; FWP estimated 54 antelope harvested in 2021.
What stands out
- Antelope harvest down sharply of 40 antelope districts: -68% (2009–2011 vs 2019–2021 three-year averages). FWP harvest estimates (calculated)
- Among the quietest for antelope hunters of 60 antelope districts: 0.3 antelope hunter-days per square mile in 2020. FWP harvest estimates (calculated per sq mi)
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 24.9% | |
| Montana state trust land | 1.4% | |
| Bureau of Land Management | 1.1% | |
| Montana FWP | 0.3% | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | n/e | n/e | 54 | 35 | 17 | 3 |
| 2020 | 70 | 250 | 50 | 30 | 20 | 0 |
| 2019 | n/e | n/e | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 |
| 2018 | 115 | 456 | 49 | 36 | 11 | 2 |
| 2017 | n/e | n/e | 49 | 33 | 16 | 0 |
| 2016 | n/e | n/e | 65 | 34 | 24 | 6 |
| 2015 | 98 | 369 | 48 | 26 | 17 | 4 |
| 2014 | 184 | 772 | 97 | 55 | 41 | 2 |
| 2013 | n/e | n/e | 98 | 60 | 38 | 0 |
| 2012 | 244 | 995 | 128 | 66 | 55 | 7 |
| 2011 | 265 | 1,034 | 154 | 74 | 80 | 0 |
| 2010 | 201 | 787 | 118 | 43 | 73 | 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
- Cascade County
- National forests
- Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
- Wilderness
- None
- Wildlife management areas
- —
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- Little Belt Mountains
- Highest named summits
- Porphyry Peak (≈8,192 ft), Thunder Mountain (≈8,068 ft), Big Horn Mountain (≈7,595 ft), Tiger Butte (≈6,988 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- None named in GNIS
- Towns and places
- Albright (historical), Big Stone Colony, Calvert, Centerville, Donovan Park (historical), Eden, Evans, Fields, Gerber, Gibson Flats, Giffen, Michigan Settlement (historical), Monarch, Neihart
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.