Antelope hunting district · Region 4 (Great Falls)

District 490

Montana hunting district 490 (Antelope), FWP Region 4 (Great Falls): 1,829 sq mi in Meagher, Lewis And Clark counties; 38% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest); median elevation 5,699 ft; FWP estimated 174 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.

Area1,829 sq mi

USFS · BLM · state trust · FWP38%

Median elevation5,699 ft

Elevation range3,970–9,239 ft

What stands out

Among the deepest snow right now of 14 antelope districts: 11 in at a SNOTEL station inside. NRCS SNOTEL (measured)

Publicly administered land

US Forest Service	32.1%
Montana state trust land	5.2%
Bureau of Land Management	0.7%
Montana FWP	0.3%

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	174	103	71	0
2024	256	831	156	91	64	2
2023	n/e	n/e	115	83	28	4
2022	473	1,675	316	177	137	2
2021	n/e	n/e	285	152	120	14
2020	421	1,375	300	148	146	6
2019	n/e	n/e	271	131	129	11
2018	414	1,558	294	162	130	3
2017	n/e	n/e	306	149	149	8
2016	n/e	n/e	254	124	125	4
2015	355	928	296	136	150	10
2014	338	979	273	121	134	18

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: Meagher, Lewis And Clark counties
National forests: Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
Wilderness: None
Wildlife management areas: Smith River
Mountain ranges (GNIS): Castle Mountains, Dry Range, Park Hills
Highest named summits: Mount Edith (≈9,436 ft), Wapiti Peak (≈8,537 ft), Elk Peak (≈8,435 ft), Willow Peak (≈8,327 ft)
Passes and gaps: Duck Creek Pass, Klondike Pass, Moose Pass, Butler Hill, Elk Horn Pass
Towns and places: Bruce Place, Bruno, Buckingham, Calkins (historical), Castle Town, Checkerboard, Forest Green, Fort Logan, Groveland, Langford City (historical), Lennep, Lingshire, Loweth, Manger

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 390 36% public · 5,228 ft median
HD 413 28% public · 4,426 ft median
HD 586 25% public · 5,482 ft median
HD 450 13% public · 4,557 ft median
HD 546 33% public · 5,131 ft median
HD 338 17% public · 5,758 ft median
HD 430 46% public · 5,246 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.