Hunting districts / Deer · Elk · Lion
Deer · Elk · Lion hunting district · Region 4 (Great Falls)
District 410
Montana hunting district 410 (Deer · Elk · Lion), FWP Region 4 (Great Falls): 1,578 sq mi in Petroleum, Fergus counties; 39% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land; median elevation 2,894 ft; FWP estimated 452 elk harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the highest elk harvests of 138 deer, elk and lion districts: 452 elk harvested in 2025 (FWP estimate). FWP harvest estimates
- Among the most Block Management of 139 deer, elk and lion districts: 16 BMAs, about 320,321 acres. FWP Block Management (calculated)
- Among the lowest of 139 deer, elk and lion districts: median elevation 2,894 ft. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
- Among the flattest of 139 deer, elk and lion districts: 1,306 ft from low point to high point. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
Publicly administered land
| Bureau of Land Management | 32.8% | |
| US Fish & Wildlife Service | 8.6% | |
| Montana state trust land | 6.0% |
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.
Elk harvest estimates
| Year | Hunters | Days | Total Harvest | Bulls | Cows | Calves |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | n/e | n/e | 452 | 247 | 202 | 4 |
| 2024 | 1,332 | 11,196 | 378 | 209 | 167 | 2 |
| 2023 | n/e | n/e | 333 | 170 | 158 | 5 |
| 2022 | 1,871 | 15,743 | 452 | 213 | 236 | 3 |
| 2021 | n/e | n/e | 723 | 326 | 387 | 9 |
| 2020 | 2,350 | 18,464 | 950 | 297 | 637 | 16 |
| 2019 | n/e | n/e | 649 | 272 | 366 | 11 |
| 2018 | 2,355 | 17,252 | 651 | 270 | 372 | 9 |
| 2017 | n/e | n/e | 595 | 264 | 306 | 26 |
| 2016 | 2,233 | 16,061 | 695 | 309 | 366 | 21 |
| 2015 | 2,199 | 15,237 | 776 | 281 | 475 | 20 |
| 2014 | 2,037 | 14,415 | 398 | 234 | 152 | 12 |
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.
Deer harvest estimates
| Year | Hunters | Days | Total Harvest | Bucks | Does | Fawns |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 505 | 3,423 | 221 | 167 | 54 | 0 |
| 2024 | n/e | n/e | 206 | 155 | 50 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1,475 | 8,791 | 464 | 397 | 67 | 0 |
| 2022 | n/e | n/e | 561 | 428 | 130 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2,294 | 14,143 | 652 | 518 | 134 | 0 |
| 2020 | n/e | n/e | 971 | 823 | 145 | 3 |
| 2019 | 2,161 | 12,124 | 978 | 838 | 130 | 10 |
| 2018 | n/e | n/e | 805 | 730 | 71 | 5 |
| 2017 | 2,128 | 12,221 | 988 | 917 | 71 | 0 |
| 2016 | n/e | n/e | 821 | 761 | 57 | 3 |
| 2015 | n/e | n/e | 755 | 752 | 3 | 0 |
| 2014 | n/e | n/e | 541 | 532 | 8 | 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 (2018, 2020, 2022, 2024). Boundaries of a numbered district can change between years.
Mule Deer harvest estimates
| Year | Hunters | Days | Total Harvest | Bucks | Does | Fawns |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 505 | 3,423 | 92 | 88 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 | n/e | n/e | 79 | 74 | 5 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1,475 | 8,791 | 373 | 345 | 27 | 0 |
| 2022 | n/e | n/e | 418 | 340 | 75 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2,294 | 14,143 | 538 | 425 | 113 | 0 |
| 2020 | n/e | n/e | 795 | 714 | 82 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2,161 | 12,124 | 844 | 752 | 85 | 7 |
| 2018 | n/e | n/e | 738 | 693 | 41 | 5 |
| 2017 | 2,128 | 12,221 | 905 | 855 | 50 | 0 |
| 2016 | n/e | n/e | 744 | 696 | 45 | 3 |
| 2015 | n/e | n/e | 675 | 675 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | n/e | n/e | 443 | 440 | 3 | 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 (2018, 2020, 2022, 2024). Boundaries of a numbered district can change between years.
Whitetail harvest estimates
| Year | Hunters | Days | Total Harvest | Bucks | Does | Fawns |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 505 | 3,423 | 129 | 79 | 50 | 0 |
| 2024 | n/e | n/e | 127 | 81 | 46 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1,475 | 8,791 | 92 | 52 | 40 | 0 |
| 2022 | n/e | n/e | 143 | 88 | 55 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2,294 | 14,143 | 114 | 93 | 22 | 0 |
| 2020 | n/e | n/e | 176 | 109 | 63 | 3 |
| 2019 | 2,161 | 12,124 | 134 | 86 | 45 | 3 |
| 2018 | n/e | n/e | 67 | 37 | 30 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2,128 | 12,221 | 83 | 62 | 21 | 0 |
| 2016 | n/e | n/e | 78 | 66 | 12 | 0 |
| 2015 | n/e | n/e | 80 | 77 | 3 | 0 |
| 2014 | n/e | n/e | 98 | 93 | 6 | 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 (2018, 2020, 2022, 2024). Boundaries of a numbered district can change between years.
Landscape
- Counties
- Petroleum, Fergus counties
- National forests
- —
- Wilderness
- None
- Wildlife management areas
- —
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- —
- Highest named summits
- Three Buttes (≈3,281 ft), Haystack Butte (≈3,281 ft), Dovetail Butte (≈3,104 ft), Tin Can Hill (≈3,012 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- None named in GNIS
- Towns and places
- Blakeslee (historical), Carroll (historical), Cat Creek, Dovetail (historical), Jitney (historical), Little Crooked (historical), Mobridge (historical), Muscleshell City (historical), Rocky Point (historical), Shay (historical), Smithson (historical), Valentine, Woods Place
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.