Antelope hunting district · Region 4 (Great Falls)

District 440

Montana hunting district 440 (Antelope), FWP Region 4 (Great Falls): 868 sq mi in Cascade, Lewis And Clark counties; 11% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land; median elevation 3,930 ft; FWP estimated 132 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.

Area868 sq mi

USFS · BLM · state trust · FWP11%

Median elevation3,930 ft

Elevation range3,301–7,080 ft

What stands out

Among the most private of 61 antelope districts: 11% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land. MSL Public Lands (calculated)

Publicly administered land

Montana state trust land	8.7%
US Forest Service	1.2%
Bureau of Land Management	0.8%
City & county	0.6%
Montana FWP	0.4%

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	132	82	47	2
2024	176	777	143	71	70	2
2023	n/e	n/e	91	57	32	2
2022	150	554	82	47	35	0
2021	n/e	n/e	85	49	37	0
2020	155	850	89	52	37	0
2019	n/e	n/e	78	42	36	0
2018	174	1,133	110	68	40	2
2017	n/e	n/e	96	69	25	2
2016	n/e	n/e	91	64	27	0
2015	154	576	65	42	23	0
2014	129	507	55	31	24	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: Cascade, Lewis And Clark counties
National forests: Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
Wilderness: None
Wildlife management areas: —
Mountain ranges (GNIS): —
Highest named summits: Rogers Mountain (≈6,854 ft), Rittel Mountain (≈6,759 ft), Sunset Mountain (≈6,493 ft), Roberts Mountain (≈6,375 ft)
Passes and gaps: Rogers Pass, Mission Hill, Rocky Gap
Towns and places: Cascade, Cascade Colony, Craig, Dearborn (historical), Fair Haven Colony, Flood (historical), Fort Shaw, Garrison (historical), Hardy, Manchester, Mid Canon, Riverdale, Saint Peter, Simms

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 444 18% public · 4,311 ft median
HD 450 13% public · 4,557 ft median
HD 413 28% public · 4,426 ft median
HD 404 8% public · 3,412 ft median
HD 381 39% public · 4,980 ft median
HD 455 42% public · 4,570 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.