Hunting districts / Deer · Elk · Lion
Deer · Elk · Lion hunting district · Region 6 (Glasgow)
District 620
Montana hunting district 620 (Deer · Elk · Lion), FWP Region 6 (Glasgow): 1,751 sq mi in Phillips, Valley counties; 38% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land; median elevation 2,510 ft; FWP estimated 117 elk harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the lowest of 139 deer, elk and lion districts: median elevation 2,510 ft. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
- Among the most Block Management of 139 deer, elk and lion districts: 26 BMAs, about 158,021 acres. FWP Block Management (calculated)
- Among the largest of 139 deer, elk and lion districts: 1,751 square miles. FWP district boundary
Publicly administered land
| Bureau of Land Management | 31.2% | |
| Montana state trust land | 6.6% | |
| Other federal | 1.7% | |
| US Fish & Wildlife Service | 1.4% | |
| Other State of Montana | 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 | 117 | 76 | 38 | 4 |
| 2024 | 704 | 6,028 | 128 | 91 | 34 | 3 |
| 2023 | n/e | n/e | 92 | 46 | 45 | 2 |
| 2022 | 824 | 5,806 | 129 | 92 | 37 | 0 |
| 2021 | n/e | n/e | 135 | 73 | 59 | 4 |
| 2020 | 750 | 5,117 | 143 | 83 | 58 | 3 |
| 2019 | n/e | n/e | 132 | 85 | 44 | 3 |
| 2018 | 814 | 5,159 | 150 | 78 | 66 | 6 |
| 2017 | n/e | n/e | 132 | 70 | 55 | 6 |
| 2016 | 761 | 5,107 | 150 | 105 | 37 | 8 |
| 2015 | 755 | 6,188 | 113 | 83 | 30 | 0 |
| 2014 | 646 | 4,309 | 112 | 80 | 25 | 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 | 1,199 | 6,966 | 439 | 389 | 46 | 4 |
| 2024 | n/e | n/e | 546 | 430 | 117 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1,326 | 7,199 | 640 | 450 | 189 | 0 |
| 2022 | n/e | n/e | 748 | 568 | 181 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1,760 | 9,970 | 1,102 | 646 | 457 | 0 |
| 2020 | n/e | n/e | 1,215 | 789 | 423 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1,425 | 7,358 | 885 | 673 | 209 | 3 |
| 2018 | n/e | n/e | 892 | 719 | 169 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1,532 | 7,931 | 1,033 | 812 | 218 | 3 |
| 2016 | n/e | n/e | 825 | 691 | 134 | 0 |
| 2015 | n/e | n/e | 713 | 672 | 40 | 0 |
| 2014 | n/e | n/e | 483 | 469 | 14 | 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 | 1,199 | 6,966 | 392 | 369 | 23 | 0 |
| 2024 | n/e | n/e | 332 | 294 | 38 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1,326 | 7,199 | 474 | 366 | 107 | 0 |
| 2022 | n/e | n/e | 556 | 444 | 112 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1,760 | 9,970 | 958 | 580 | 378 | 0 |
| 2020 | n/e | n/e | 1,038 | 694 | 341 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1,425 | 7,358 | 692 | 552 | 136 | 3 |
| 2018 | n/e | n/e | 744 | 640 | 104 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1,532 | 7,931 | 882 | 711 | 167 | 3 |
| 2016 | n/e | n/e | 665 | 592 | 73 | 0 |
| 2015 | n/e | n/e | 583 | 557 | 26 | 0 |
| 2014 | n/e | n/e | 413 | 404 | 9 | 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 | 1,199 | 6,966 | 46 | 20 | 23 | 4 |
| 2024 | n/e | n/e | 214 | 136 | 79 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1,326 | 7,199 | 166 | 84 | 82 | 0 |
| 2022 | n/e | n/e | 192 | 123 | 69 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1,760 | 9,970 | 144 | 66 | 79 | 0 |
| 2020 | n/e | n/e | 177 | 95 | 83 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1,425 | 7,358 | 194 | 121 | 73 | 0 |
| 2018 | n/e | n/e | 148 | 78 | 66 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1,532 | 7,931 | 151 | 100 | 51 | 0 |
| 2016 | n/e | n/e | 160 | 99 | 61 | 0 |
| 2015 | n/e | n/e | 129 | 115 | 14 | 0 |
| 2014 | n/e | n/e | 71 | 65 | 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
- Phillips, Valley counties
- National forests
- —
- Wilderness
- None
- Wildlife management areas
- Dodson Creek
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- Larb Hills
- Highest named summits
- Coburn Butte (≈3,760 ft), Button Butte (≈2,438 ft), Spencer Point (≈2,379 ft), Dead Mans Hill (≈2,352 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- None named in GNIS
- Towns and places
- Ashfield, Bowdoin, Box Elder (historical), Brookside (historical), Content, Dodson, East Malta Colony, First Creek (historical), Larb (historical), Malta, Midale, Old Whitcomb Place, Phillips, Regina (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.
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.