Hunting districts / Antelope
Antelope hunting district · Region 7 (Miles City)
District 701
Montana hunting district 701 (Antelope), FWP Region 7 (Miles City): 7,218 sq mi in Rosebud, Garfield, Custer, Prairie counties; 18% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land; median elevation 2,867 ft; FWP estimated 933 antelope harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the highest antelope harvests of 60 antelope districts: 933 antelope harvested in 2025 (FWP estimate). FWP harvest estimates
- Among the most Block Management of 61 antelope districts: 61 BMAs, about 699,904 acres. FWP Block Management (calculated)
- Among the largest of 61 antelope districts: 7,218 square miles. FWP district boundary
- Among the lowest of 61 antelope districts: median elevation 2,867 ft. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
- Among the flattest of 61 antelope districts: 1,447 ft from low point to high point. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
Publicly administered land
| Bureau of Land Management | 11.7% | |
| Montana state trust land | 6.4% | |
| Other federal | 0.3% | |
| City & county | 0.1% | |
| Montana FWP | 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 | 933 | 734 | 192 | 7 |
| 2024 | 1,093 | 3,342 | 728 | 627 | 96 | 6 |
| 2023 | n/e | n/e | 939 | 797 | 142 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1,259 | 4,076 | 820 | 686 | 134 | 0 |
| 2021 | n/e | n/e | 714 | 589 | 122 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1,310 | 3,621 | 917 | 692 | 212 | 13 |
| 2019 | n/e | n/e | 781 | 560 | 199 | 23 |
| 2018 | 978 | 2,659 | 785 | 613 | 155 | 18 |
| 2017 | n/e | n/e | 657 | 505 | 146 | 6 |
| 2016 | n/e | n/e | 883 | 663 | 218 | 3 |
| 2015 | 675 | 2,112 | 411 | 336 | 75 | 0 |
| 2014 | 483 | 1,547 | 251 | 212 | 39 | 0 |
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
- Rosebud, Garfield, Custer, Prairie counties
- National forests
- —
- Wilderness
- None
- Wildlife management areas
- Isaac Homestead, Amelia Island
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- Black Buttes
- Highest named summits
- Eagle Rock (≈3,655 ft), Big Sheep Mountain (≈3,583 ft), Twin Tops (≈3,537 ft), Mail Box Hill (≈3,524 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- Muggins Gap, Wild Horse Pass
- Towns and places
- Ahles, Albright (historical), Alice (historical), Allen (historical), Angela, Bascom, Benz, Bighorn, Blatchford, Bonfield, Brunelda (historical), Calypso, Cartersville, Chimney Crossing
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
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.