Hunting districts / Deer · Elk · Lion
Deer · Elk · Lion hunting district · Region 4 (Great Falls)
District 445
Montana hunting district 445 (Deer · Elk · Lion), FWP Region 4 (Great Falls): 696 sq mi in Cascade, Lewis And Clark, Meagher counties; 12% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land; median elevation 4,465 ft; FWP estimated 521 elk harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the highest elk harvests of 138 deer, elk and lion districts: 521 elk harvested in 2025 (FWP estimate). FWP harvest estimates
Publicly administered land
| Montana state trust land | 7.1% | |
| Bureau of Land Management | 3.8% | |
| Montana FWP | 0.9% |
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 | 521 | 181 | 341 | 0 |
| 2024 | 847 | 5,200 | 350 | 147 | 187 | 16 |
| 2023 | n/e | n/e | 382 | 170 | 213 | 0 |
| 2022 | 720 | 3,777 | 266 | 137 | 123 | 7 |
| 2021 | n/e | n/e | 330 | 157 | 169 | 4 |
| 2020 | 794 | 4,632 | 311 | 143 | 161 | 7 |
| 2019 | n/e | n/e | 276 | 134 | 134 | 9 |
| 2018 | 740 | 3,803 | 305 | 129 | 155 | 22 |
| 2017 | n/e | n/e | 341 | 141 | 194 | 6 |
| 2016 | 930 | 4,631 | 324 | 119 | 195 | 9 |
| 2015 | 939 | 4,883 | 391 | 126 | 233 | 32 |
| 2014 | 701 | 3,344 | 286 | 111 | 166 | 8 |
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 | 1,281 | 6,561 | 879 | 486 | 386 | 7 |
| 2024 | n/e | n/e | 1,026 | 600 | 417 | 9 |
| 2023 | 1,225 | 6,216 | 790 | 470 | 310 | 10 |
| 2022 | n/e | n/e | 815 | 487 | 324 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1,257 | 6,120 | 821 | 500 | 298 | 24 |
| 2020 | n/e | n/e | 828 | 390 | 429 | 9 |
| 2019 | 1,254 | 5,609 | 891 | 475 | 414 | 3 |
| 2018 | n/e | n/e | 827 | 460 | 358 | 9 |
| 2017 | 1,218 | 5,142 | 809 | 549 | 255 | 5 |
| 2016 | n/e | n/e | 773 | 583 | 187 | 3 |
| 2015 | n/e | n/e | 581 | 547 | 34 | 0 |
| 2014 | n/e | n/e | 502 | 442 | 54 | 6 |
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 | 1,281 | 6,561 | 221 | 190 | 31 | 0 |
| 2024 | n/e | n/e | 319 | 300 | 18 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1,225 | 6,216 | 242 | 229 | 13 | 0 |
| 2022 | n/e | n/e | 249 | 223 | 26 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1,257 | 6,120 | 283 | 209 | 70 | 4 |
| 2020 | n/e | n/e | 236 | 167 | 65 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1,254 | 5,609 | 290 | 234 | 56 | 0 |
| 2018 | n/e | n/e | 403 | 293 | 110 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1,218 | 5,142 | 330 | 260 | 69 | 2 |
| 2016 | n/e | n/e | 431 | 324 | 104 | 3 |
| 2015 | n/e | n/e | 309 | 309 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | n/e | n/e | 256 | 256 | 0 | 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 | 1,281 | 6,561 | 658 | 296 | 355 | 7 |
| 2024 | n/e | n/e | 707 | 300 | 399 | 9 |
| 2023 | 1,225 | 6,216 | 548 | 241 | 297 | 10 |
| 2022 | n/e | n/e | 565 | 264 | 298 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1,257 | 6,120 | 538 | 290 | 228 | 20 |
| 2020 | n/e | n/e | 593 | 223 | 364 | 6 |
| 2019 | 1,254 | 5,609 | 601 | 240 | 358 | 3 |
| 2018 | n/e | n/e | 424 | 167 | 248 | 9 |
| 2017 | 1,218 | 5,142 | 479 | 290 | 186 | 3 |
| 2016 | n/e | n/e | 343 | 259 | 84 | 0 |
| 2015 | n/e | n/e | 272 | 238 | 34 | 0 |
| 2014 | n/e | n/e | 246 | 186 | 54 | 6 |
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
- Cascade, Lewis And Clark, Meagher counties
- National forests
- —
- Wilderness
- None
- Wildlife management areas
- Beartooth
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- The Pinnacles
- Highest named summits
- Adel Mountain (≈7,070 ft), The Sawteeth (≈6,260 ft), Black Mountain (≈5,869 ft), Harris Mountain (≈5,863 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- None named in GNIS
- Towns and places
- Adel, Cascade, Castner Falls, Craig, Dennison (historical), Garrison (historical), Hardy, Mid Canon, Millegan, Riverdale, Saint Clair (historical), Truly, Ulm
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.