Hunting districts / Antelope
Antelope hunting district · Region 6 (Glasgow)
District 650
Montana hunting district 650 (Antelope), FWP Region 6 (Glasgow): 3,810 sq mi in Mccone, Richland, Dawson, Garfield counties; 15% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land; median elevation 2,365 ft; FWP estimated 461 antelope harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the highest antelope harvests of 60 antelope districts: 461 antelope harvested in 2025 (FWP estimate). FWP harvest estimates
- Antelope harvest up sharply of 40 antelope districts: +259% (2013–2015 vs 2023–2025 three-year averages). FWP harvest estimates (calculated)
- Among the lowest of 61 antelope districts: median elevation 2,365 ft. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
- Among the flattest of 61 antelope districts: 1,010 ft from low point to high point. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
- Among the most Block Management of 61 antelope districts: 53 BMAs, about 232,729 acres. FWP Block Management (calculated)
- Among the largest of 61 antelope districts: 3,810 square miles. FWP district boundary
Publicly administered land
| Bureau of Land Management | 9.9% | |
| Montana state trust land | 5.5% | |
| US Fish & Wildlife Service | 2.4% | |
| City & county | 0.1% | |
| Other federal | 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 | 461 | 326 | 135 | 0 |
| 2024 | 459 | 1,822 | 344 | 264 | 79 | 2 |
| 2023 | n/e | n/e | 529 | 396 | 133 | 0 |
| 2022 | 704 | 2,723 | 569 | 414 | 149 | 7 |
| 2021 | n/e | n/e | 547 | 386 | 161 | 0 |
| 2020 | 621 | 2,159 | 506 | 334 | 173 | 0 |
| 2019 | n/e | n/e | 385 | 295 | 84 | 7 |
| 2018 | 278 | 694 | 262 | 188 | 71 | 4 |
| 2017 | n/e | n/e | 171 | 152 | 19 | 0 |
| 2016 | n/e | n/e | 175 | 156 | 18 | 2 |
| 2015 | 197 | 735 | 133 | 117 | 16 | 0 |
| 2014 | 185 | 537 | 119 | 105 | 12 | 2 |
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
- Mccone, Richland, Dawson, Garfield counties
- National forests
- —
- Wilderness
- None
- Wildlife management areas
- —
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- Milk River Hills
- Highest named summits
- Bonhoff Butte (≈2,776 ft), Little Heaven (≈2,723 ft), Cobb Hill (≈2,720 ft), Coal Hill (≈2,713 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- Lions Pass, Deer Pass, Snuff Gap, Twitchell Pass, Hell Gate, Wild Horse Pass
- Towns and places
- Andes, Arthur (historical), Brorson (historical), Cactus Flat (historical), Circle, Coal Creek (historical), Fairview, Girard, Hamblin (historical), Lost Creek (historical), McCone City (historical), Mona (historical), Nickwall, Nohly
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.