Hunting districts / Antelope
Antelope hunting district · Region 4 (Great Falls)
District 480
Montana hunting district 480 (Antelope), FWP Region 4 (Great Falls): 762 sq mi in Fergus, Judith Basin counties; 14% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land; median elevation 3,970 ft; FWP estimated 206 antelope harvested in 2025.
Publicly administered land
| Bureau of Land Management | 9.4% | |
| Montana state trust land | 4.2% | |
| 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 | 206 | 142 | 63 | 0 |
| 2024 | 173 | 896 | 118 | 100 | 18 | 0 |
| 2023 | n/e | n/e | 85 | 70 | 13 | 2 |
| 2022 | 160 | 715 | 94 | 79 | 15 | 0 |
| 2021 | n/e | n/e | 121 | 93 | 27 | 0 |
| 2020 | 193 | 998 | 100 | 80 | 20 | 0 |
| 2019 | n/e | n/e | 95 | 82 | 13 | 0 |
| 2018 | 106 | 475 | 105 | 78 | 26 | 0 |
| 2017 | n/e | n/e | 93 | 69 | 24 | 0 |
| 2016 | n/e | n/e | 95 | 76 | 20 | 0 |
| 2015 | 165 | 499 | 78 | 65 | 14 | 0 |
| 2014 | 143 | 393 | 73 | 65 | 8 | 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
- Fergus, Judith Basin counties
- National forests
- —
- Wilderness
- None
- Wildlife management areas
- —
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- Judith Mountains, North Moccasin Mountains, South Moccasin Mountains
- Highest named summits
- Judith Peak (≈6,348 ft), Red Mountain (≈6,119 ft), Collar Peak (≈6,053 ft), Crystal Peak (≈6,050 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- Ross Pass, The Gap
- Towns and places
- Amherst, Andersonville (historical), Ayers Ranch Colony, Baxter, Brooks, Canyon (historical), Cheadle (historical), Chippewa (historical), Corbly (historical), Deerfield Colony, Eddies Corner, Fergus, Fords Creek Colony, Giltedge
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.