Black bear hunting district · Region 7 (Miles City)

District 700

Montana hunting district 700 (Black bear), FWP Region 7 (Miles City): 29,820 sq mi in Garfield, Rosebud, Custer, Carter counties; 22% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land; median elevation 2,949 ft.

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FWP district boundary, 2026 regulations. A boundary on a map does not grant access to any land inside it.

Area29,820 sq mi

USFS · BLM · state trust · FWP22%

Median elevation2,949 ft

Elevation range1,883–4,656 ft

What stands out

Among the most Block Management of 35 black bear districts: 254 BMAs, about 1,911,792 acres. FWP Block Management (calculated)
Among the largest of 35 black bear districts: 29,820 square miles. FWP district boundary
Among the lowest of 35 black bear districts: median elevation 2,949 ft. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
Among the most private of 35 black bear districts: 22% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land. MSL Public Lands (calculated)
Among the flattest of 35 black bear districts: 2,772 ft from low point to high point. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)

Publicly administered land

Bureau of Land Management	13.1%
Montana state trust land	6.2%
US Forest Service	2.8%
US Fish & Wildlife Service	1.2%
Other federal	0.3%
Montana FWP	0.1%
City & county	0.1%
Other State of Montana	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.

Landscape

Counties: Garfield, Rosebud, Custer, Carter counties
National forests: Custer Gallatin National Forest
Wilderness: None
Wildlife management areas: Fox Lake, Isaac Homestead, Seven Sisters, Elk Island, Amelia Island
Mountain ranges (GNIS): Big Sheep Mountains, Black Buttes, Blue Mountains, Ekalaka Hills, Flattops, Humbolt Hills, Little Wolf Mountains, Long Pines, Piney Buttes, The Pine Hills
Highest named summits: Horn Mountain (≈4,734 ft), Eagle Nest Peak (≈4,551 ft), Buffalo Jump (≈4,537 ft), Half Moon Hill (≈4,455 ft)
Passes and gaps: Suicide Pass, Camps Pass, Trenk Pass, Griffin Pass, Muggins Gap, Tindall Divide
Towns and places: Ahles, Albion, Albright (historical), Alice (historical), Allard, Allen (historical), Alzada, Anad (historical), Angela, Ashland, Baker, Bascom, Bay Horse, Beaver Flats (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.

Neighboring districts

HD 600 27% public · 2,615 ft median
HD 580 14% public · 3,970 ft median
HD 411 26% public · 3,386 ft median

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.