Antelope hunting district · Region 4 (Great Falls)

District 485

Montana hunting district 485 (Antelope), FWP Region 4 (Great Falls): 1,272 sq mi in Fergus County; 29% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land; median elevation 3,222 ft.

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

Area1,272 sq mi

USFS · BLM · state trust · FWP29%

Median elevation3,222 ft

Elevation range2,241–4,321 ft

Publicly administered land

Bureau of Land Management	21.7%
Montana state trust land	7.4%
US Fish & Wildlife Service	2.4%
Montana FWP	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.

Landscape

Counties: Fergus County
National forests: —
Wilderness: None
Wildlife management areas: Beckman
Mountain ranges (GNIS): —
Highest named summits: Sheepherder Peak (≈3,917 ft), Seventytwo Hills (≈3,806 ft), Indian Graves Butte (≈3,773 ft), Sand Rock Hill (≈3,698 ft)
Passes and gaps: None named in GNIS
Towns and places: Armells (historical), Box Elder (historical), Christina, Cone Butte (historical), Judith (historical), Moulton, Rumble Creek (historical), Salt Creek (historical), Suffolk, Winifred, Woodhawk (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 480 14% public · 3,970 ft median
HD 471 17% public · 3,455 ft median
HD 690 18% public · 3,048 ft median
HD 620 43% public · 2,572 ft median
HD 481 38% public · 2,890 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.