Hunting districts / Antelope
Antelope hunting district · Region 7 (Miles City)
District 700
Montana hunting district 700 (Antelope), FWP Region 7 (Miles City): 2,786 sq mi in Garfield, Valley, Mccone, Phillips counties; 24% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land; median elevation 2,707 ft; FWP estimated 1,052 antelope harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the highest antelope harvests of 60 antelope districts: 1,052 antelope harvested in 2025 (FWP estimate). FWP harvest estimates
- Among the busiest for antelope hunters of 60 antelope districts: 1.7 antelope hunter-days per square mile in 2024. FWP harvest estimates (calculated per sq mi)
- Among the lowest of 61 antelope districts: median elevation 2,707 ft. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
- Among the flattest of 61 antelope districts: 1,427 ft from low point to high point. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
Publicly administered land
| Bureau of Land Management | 20.2% | |
| US Fish & Wildlife Service | 12.7% | |
| Montana state trust land | 3.9% |
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 | 1,052 | 793 | 252 | 7 |
| 2024 | 1,385 | 4,731 | 956 | 791 | 161 | 4 |
| 2023 | n/e | n/e | 985 | 862 | 123 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1,385 | 4,311 | 1,047 | 835 | 206 | 6 |
| 2021 | n/e | n/e | 779 | 590 | 186 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1,437 | 4,861 | 987 | 708 | 269 | 10 |
| 2019 | n/e | n/e | 1,473 | 1,096 | 361 | 16 |
| 2018 | 1,774 | 6,174 | 1,353 | 1,009 | 332 | 12 |
| 2017 | n/e | n/e | 1,588 | 1,159 | 421 | 9 |
| 2016 | n/e | n/e | 1,471 | 1,082 | 367 | 22 |
| 2015 | 1,819 | 5,447 | 1,273 | 1,062 | 197 | 14 |
| 2014 | 1,073 | 3,141 | 698 | 598 | 96 | 4 |
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
- Garfield, Valley, Mccone, Phillips counties
- National forests
- —
- Wilderness
- None
- Wildlife management areas
- —
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- Piney Buttes
- Highest named summits
- O'Day Butte (≈3,317 ft), Rattlesnake Butte (≈3,268 ft), Waddington Dome (≈3,258 ft), Twin Buttes (≈3,228 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- Tindall Divide, Hagen Gap, Chilkoot Pass
- Towns and places
- Anad (historical), Benzien, Blackfoot (historical), Braggville (historical), Bruce (historical), Brusett, Butte Creek (historical), Haxby, Hazny (historical), Jordan, Keplerville (historical), Leedy (historical), Lismas (historical), Mecaha (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.
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.