Hunting districts / Antelope
Antelope hunting district · Region 7 (Miles City)
District 702
Montana hunting district 702 (Antelope), FWP Region 7 (Miles City): 2,760 sq mi in Rosebud, Treasure, Custer, Big Horn counties; 10% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land; median elevation 3,100 ft; FWP estimated 331 antelope harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the most private of 61 antelope districts: 10% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land. MSL Public Lands (calculated)
- Antelope harvest up sharply of 40 antelope districts: +256% (2013–2015 vs 2023–2025 three-year averages). FWP harvest estimates (calculated)
Publicly administered land
| Montana state trust land | 6.1% | |
| Bureau of Land Management | 3.6% | |
| Other federal | 2.2% |
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 | 331 | 236 | 95 | 0 |
| 2024 | 549 | 1,869 | 331 | 270 | 61 | 0 |
| 2023 | n/e | n/e | 245 | 209 | 33 | 3 |
| 2022 | 400 | 1,768 | 212 | 173 | 39 | 0 |
| 2021 | n/e | n/e | 215 | 157 | 58 | 0 |
| 2020 | 409 | 1,275 | 337 | 253 | 84 | 0 |
| 2019 | n/e | n/e | 274 | 245 | 26 | 3 |
| 2018 | 357 | 1,137 | 235 | 208 | 28 | 0 |
| 2017 | n/e | n/e | 237 | 175 | 63 | 0 |
| 2016 | n/e | n/e | 256 | 207 | 49 | 0 |
| 2015 | 196 | 729 | 129 | 105 | 24 | 0 |
| 2014 | 172 | 554 | 67 | 54 | 11 | 3 |
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, Treasure, Custer, Big Horn counties
- National forests
- —
- Wilderness
- None
- Wildlife management areas
- —
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- Little Wolf Mountains
- Highest named summits
- Red Butte (≈4,327 ft), Chalky Point (≈4,291 ft), Red Hills (≈3,753 ft), Haystack Butte (≈3,615 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- None named in GNIS
- Towns and places
- Burnt Creek (historical), Castle Rock (historical), Colstrip, Crain Place, Etna (historical), Garland, Hopsonville (historical), Howard (historical), Jimtown, Lee (historical), McRae (historical), Moon Creek (historical), Old Ford Place, Sabra (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.