Antelope hunting district · Region 4 (Great Falls)

District 430

Montana hunting district 430 (Antelope), FWP Region 4 (Great Falls): 1,429 sq mi in Judith Basin, Cascade, Fergus counties; 46% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest); median elevation 5,246 ft; FWP estimated 192 antelope harvested in 2025.

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FWP district boundary, 2026 regulations. A boundary on a map does not grant access to any land inside it.

Area1,429 sq mi

USFS · BLM · state trust · FWP46%

Median elevation5,246 ft

Elevation range3,632–9,085 ft

What stands out

Among the deepest snow right now of 14 antelope districts: 8 in at a SNOTEL station inside. NRCS SNOTEL (measured)

Publicly administered land

US Forest Service	37.8%
Montana state trust land	6.0%
Montana FWP	0.9%
Bureau of Land Management	0.7%

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	192	118	72	2
2024	214	1,065	148	112	34	2
2023	n/e	n/e	126	84	42	0
2022	171	580	135	90	42	4
2021	n/e	n/e	73	45	23	5
2020	93	364	58	37	21	0
2019	n/e	n/e	53	35	14	4
2018	112	540	81	57	23	2
2017	n/e	n/e	56	41	16	0
2016	n/e	n/e	50	34	14	2
2015	95	425	48	31	16	0
2014	91	362	44	31	13	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: Judith Basin, Cascade, Fergus counties
National forests: Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
Wilderness: None
Wildlife management areas: Judith River
Mountain ranges (GNIS): —
Highest named summits: Big Baldy Mountain (≈9,147 ft), Yogo Peak (≈8,763 ft), Long Mountain (≈8,550 ft), Barker Mountain (≈8,261 ft)
Passes and gaps: Elk Saddle
Towns and places: Barker, Buffalo, Cameron (historical), Centerville (historical), Garneill, Hauck, Hobson, Hughesville, Kibbey (historical), Lehigh, Mann (historical), McClave, Moccasin, Philbrook (historical)

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.

Neighboring districts

HD 471 17% public · 3,455 ft median
HD 546 33% public · 5,131 ft median
HD 413 28% public · 4,426 ft median
HD 490 38% public · 5,699 ft median
HD 420 20% public · 4,350 ft median
HD 480 14% public · 3,970 ft median
HD 516 16% public · 4,101 ft median

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.