Hunting districts / Antelope
Antelope hunting district · Region 7 (Miles City)
District 703
Montana hunting district 703 (Antelope), FWP Region 7 (Miles City): 5,456 sq mi in Dawson, Wibaux, Prairie, Richland counties; 16% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land; median elevation 2,621 ft; FWP estimated 459 antelope harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the highest antelope harvests of 60 antelope districts: 459 antelope harvested in 2025 (FWP estimate). FWP harvest estimates
- Among the most Block Management of 61 antelope districts: 94 BMAs, about 356,977 acres. FWP Block Management (calculated)
- Among the largest of 61 antelope districts: 5,456 square miles. FWP district boundary
- Among the lowest of 61 antelope districts: median elevation 2,621 ft. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
Publicly administered land
| Bureau of Land Management | 9.1% | |
| Montana state trust land | 6.3% | |
| Montana FWP | 0.5% | |
| City & county | 0.1% | |
| Other State of Montana | 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 | 459 | 357 | 103 | 0 |
| 2024 | 619 | 2,213 | 338 | 274 | 61 | 3 |
| 2023 | n/e | n/e | 449 | 376 | 72 | 0 |
| 2022 | 739 | 2,741 | 522 | 434 | 88 | 0 |
| 2021 | n/e | n/e | 430 | 335 | 92 | 4 |
| 2020 | 897 | 3,081 | 644 | 474 | 160 | 10 |
| 2019 | n/e | n/e | 618 | 507 | 111 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1,008 | 3,578 | 633 | 480 | 144 | 9 |
| 2017 | n/e | n/e | 494 | 371 | 121 | 3 |
| 2016 | n/e | n/e | 545 | 420 | 116 | 8 |
| 2015 | 436 | 1,541 | 244 | 201 | 40 | 3 |
| 2014 | 241 | 688 | 156 | 129 | 26 | 1 |
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
- Dawson, Wibaux, Prairie, Richland counties
- National forests
- —
- Wilderness
- None
- Wildlife management areas
- Fox Lake, Seven Sisters, Elk Island
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- Big Sheep Mountains
- Highest named summits
- Mount Antelope (≈3,406 ft), Shell Butte (≈3,323 ft), Grassy Butte (≈3,304 ft), High Point (≈3,278 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- None named in GNIS
- Towns and places
- Allard, Been (historical), Bloomfield, Brockway, Burns, Cabin Creek, Carlyle, Colgate, Corral Creek (historical), Crane, Curry, Enid, Fallon, Fischer Park
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.