Antelope hunting district · Region 5 (Billings)

District 576

Montana hunting district 576 (Antelope), FWP Region 5 (Billings): 2,993 sq mi in Stillwater, Yellowstone, Golden Valley, Sweet Grass counties; 8% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land; median elevation 4,045 ft; FWP estimated 552 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.

Area2,993 sq mi

USFS · BLM · state trust · FWP8%

Median elevation4,045 ft

Elevation range3,110–5,348 ft

What stands out

Among the most private of 61 antelope districts: 8% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land. MSL Public Lands (calculated)
Among the highest antelope harvests of 60 antelope districts: 552 antelope harvested in 2025 (FWP estimate). FWP harvest estimates

Publicly administered land

Montana state trust land	6.6%
Bureau of Land Management	0.8%
US Fish & Wildlife Service	0.5%
City & county	0.4%
Montana FWP	0.2%
Other State of Montana	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	552	440	106	7
2024	949	3,731	503	382	118	3
2023	n/e	n/e	649	500	138	11
2022	1,575	5,845	875	609	254	13

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: Stillwater, Yellowstone, Golden Valley, Sweet Grass counties
National forests: —
Wilderness: None
Wildlife management areas: Big Lake
Mountain ranges (GNIS): Cayuse Hills
Highest named summits: Lone Indian Butte (≈5,092 ft), Choo-heh-meen Hills (≈4,993 ft), Stephens Hill (≈4,925 ft), Wild Horse Butte (≈4,724 ft)
Passes and gaps: Stag Run
Towns and places: Acton, Barber, Baseline, Belmont, Billings, Broadview, Bundy, Busteed, Cameron Park, Comanche, Cushman, Dodgetown (historical), Elso, Farralltown

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 556 46% public · 4,925 ft median
HD 516 16% public · 4,101 ft median
HD 596 13% public · 3,307 ft median
HD 506 14% public · 5,033 ft median
HD 586 25% public · 5,482 ft median
HD 546 33% public · 5,131 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.