Hunting districts / Deer · Elk · Lion
Deer · Elk · Lion hunting district · Region 4 (Great Falls)
District 425
Montana hunting district 425 (Deer · Elk · Lion), FWP Region 4 (Great Falls): 143 sq mi in Lewis And Clark County; 37% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land; median elevation 4,406 ft; FWP estimated 98 elk harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Elk harvest down sharply of 106 deer, elk and lion districts: -46% (2013–2015 vs 2023–2025 three-year averages). FWP harvest estimates (calculated)
- Among the smallest of 139 deer, elk and lion districts: 143 square miles. FWP district boundary
Publicly administered land
| Montana FWP | 17.3% | |
| Montana state trust land | 12.8% | |
| Bureau of Land Management | 6.5% | |
| Other federal | 5.0% | |
| US Forest Service | 0.4% | |
| City & county | 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.
Elk harvest estimates
| Year | Hunters | Days | Total Harvest | Bulls | Cows | Calves |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | n/e | n/e | 98 | 18 | 74 | 7 |
| 2024 | 461 | 2,781 | 76 | 32 | 44 | 0 |
| 2023 | n/e | n/e | 66 | 34 | 32 | 0 |
| 2022 | 338 | 1,990 | 51 | 25 | 26 | 0 |
| 2021 | n/e | n/e | 43 | 19 | 24 | 0 |
| 2020 | 505 | 3,156 | 78 | 36 | 35 | 7 |
| 2019 | n/e | n/e | 75 | 29 | 44 | 3 |
| 2018 | 483 | 2,521 | 72 | 20 | 51 | 2 |
| 2017 | n/e | n/e | 86 | 40 | 44 | 2 |
| 2016 | 513 | 2,869 | 32 | 15 | 17 | 0 |
| 2015 | 531 | 3,237 | 177 | 24 | 139 | 15 |
| 2014 | 501 | 2,397 | 108 | 35 | 60 | 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 | 531 | 3,020 | 203 | 129 | 74 | 0 |
| 2024 | n/e | n/e | 240 | 151 | 87 | 3 |
| 2023 | 534 | 2,688 | 281 | 206 | 74 | 0 |
| 2022 | n/e | n/e | 214 | 124 | 90 | 0 |
| 2021 | 487 | 3,082 | 182 | 131 | 51 | 0 |
| 2020 | n/e | n/e | 324 | 227 | 97 | 0 |
| 2019 | 569 | 3,047 | 254 | 211 | 43 | 0 |
| 2018 | n/e | n/e | 143 | 106 | 34 | 3 |
| 2017 | 645 | 2,810 | 248 | 202 | 40 | 6 |
| 2016 | n/e | n/e | 180 | 149 | 30 | 0 |
| 2015 | n/e | n/e | 130 | 119 | 12 | 0 |
| 2014 | n/e | n/e | 152 | 133 | 17 | 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 (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 | 531 | 3,020 | 89 | 68 | 21 | 0 |
| 2024 | n/e | n/e | 130 | 100 | 30 | 0 |
| 2023 | 534 | 2,688 | 148 | 115 | 34 | 0 |
| 2022 | n/e | n/e | 99 | 69 | 30 | 0 |
| 2021 | 487 | 3,082 | 76 | 64 | 12 | 0 |
| 2020 | n/e | n/e | 105 | 98 | 6 | 0 |
| 2019 | 569 | 3,047 | 150 | 136 | 14 | 0 |
| 2018 | n/e | n/e | 81 | 75 | 6 | 0 |
| 2017 | 645 | 2,810 | 124 | 115 | 9 | 0 |
| 2016 | n/e | n/e | 83 | 74 | 9 | 0 |
| 2015 | n/e | n/e | 63 | 63 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | n/e | n/e | 68 | 65 | 0 | 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 (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 | 531 | 3,020 | 114 | 61 | 53 | 0 |
| 2024 | n/e | n/e | 110 | 51 | 57 | 3 |
| 2023 | 534 | 2,688 | 132 | 92 | 41 | 0 |
| 2022 | n/e | n/e | 115 | 55 | 60 | 0 |
| 2021 | 487 | 3,082 | 106 | 67 | 39 | 0 |
| 2020 | n/e | n/e | 219 | 129 | 91 | 0 |
| 2019 | 569 | 3,047 | 105 | 75 | 30 | 0 |
| 2018 | n/e | n/e | 62 | 31 | 28 | 3 |
| 2017 | 645 | 2,810 | 125 | 87 | 32 | 6 |
| 2016 | n/e | n/e | 96 | 75 | 21 | 0 |
| 2015 | n/e | n/e | 67 | 56 | 12 | 0 |
| 2014 | n/e | n/e | 84 | 68 | 17 | 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
- Lewis And Clark County
- National forests
- —
- Wilderness
- None
- Wildlife management areas
- Sun River
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- —
- Highest named summits
- Roost Hill (≈6,722 ft), Black Butte (≈5,052 ft), Sandy Butte (≈4,587 ft), Carey Butte (≈4,528 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- None named in GNIS
- Towns and places
- Augusta, Racine Ford (historical), Split Rock Junction
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.