Antelope hunting district · Region 5 (Billings)

District 536

Montana hunting district 536 (Antelope), FWP Region 5 (Billings): 1,033 sq mi in Musselshell, Petroleum counties; 18% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land; median elevation 3,140 ft; FWP estimated 198 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.

Area1,033 sq mi

USFS · BLM · state trust · FWP18%

Median elevation3,140 ft

Elevation range2,513–3,904 ft

What stands out

Among the flattest of 61 antelope districts: 1,391 ft from low point to high point. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)

Publicly administered land

Bureau of Land Management	10.5%
Montana state trust land	7.1%
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
2025	n/e	n/e	198	165	33
2024	303	1,233	188	174	14
2023	n/e	n/e	178	164	15
2022	321	930	181	159	22

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: Musselshell, Petroleum counties
National forests: —
Wilderness: None
Wildlife management areas: —
Mountain ranges (GNIS): —
Highest named summits: Kilby Butte (≈3,514 ft), Rattlesnake Butte (≈3,386 ft)
Passes and gaps: None named in GNIS
Towns and places: Flatwillow, Flatwillow Colony, Gage, Hoyle (historical), Kelley, Kilby Butte Colony, Melstone, Wallview (historical), Weede (historical), Winnett

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 701 18% public · 2,867 ft median
HD 596 13% public · 3,307 ft median
HD 420 20% public · 4,350 ft median
HD 481 38% public · 2,890 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.