Hunting districts / Deer · Elk · Lion
Deer · Elk · Lion hunting district · Region 6 (Glasgow)
District 630
Montana hunting district 630 (Deer · Elk · Lion), FWP Region 6 (Glasgow): 1,586 sq mi in Valley, Phillips counties; 54% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land; median elevation 2,356 ft; FWP estimated 54 elk harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the quietest for elk hunters of 138 deer, elk and lion districts: 1.4 elk hunter-days per square mile in 2024. FWP harvest estimates (calculated per sq mi)
- Among the lowest of 139 deer, elk and lion districts: median elevation 2,356 ft. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
- Among the most Block Management of 139 deer, elk and lion districts: 33 BMAs, about 107,052 acres. FWP Block Management (calculated)
- Among the flattest of 139 deer, elk and lion districts: 1,109 ft from low point to high point. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
- Among the largest of 139 deer, elk and lion districts: 1,586 square miles. FWP district boundary
Publicly administered land
| Bureau of Land Management | 48.9% | |
| US Fish & Wildlife Service | 10.9% | |
| Montana state trust land | 4.9% | |
| Other federal | 0.5% | |
| City & county | 0.5% |
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 | 54 | 38 | 16 | 0 |
| 2024 | 273 | 2,168 | 61 | 30 | 29 | 2 |
| 2023 | n/e | n/e | 59 | 31 | 28 | 0 |
| 2022 | 283 | 1,977 | 55 | 32 | 23 | 0 |
| 2021 | n/e | n/e | 14 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| 2020 | 70 | 362 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | n/e | n/e | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 |
| 2018 | 110 | 643 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| 2017 | n/e | n/e | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016 | 132 | 643 | 24 | 2 | 22 | 0 |
| 2015 | 71 | 475 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 31 | 201 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 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 (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 | 1,664 | 11,316 | 799 | 685 | 111 | 4 |
| 2024 | n/e | n/e | 1,065 | 801 | 264 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1,964 | 10,722 | 1,306 | 953 | 346 | 6 |
| 2022 | n/e | n/e | 1,315 | 863 | 443 | 9 |
| 2021 | 1,931 | 10,362 | 1,412 | 911 | 493 | 8 |
| 2020 | n/e | n/e | 1,491 | 898 | 544 | 49 |
| 2019 | 1,486 | 7,600 | 1,195 | 795 | 395 | 4 |
| 2018 | n/e | n/e | 1,080 | 706 | 365 | 9 |
| 2017 | 1,503 | 8,053 | 1,206 | 806 | 395 | 5 |
| 2016 | n/e | n/e | 871 | 702 | 157 | 12 |
| 2015 | n/e | n/e | 673 | 638 | 29 | 6 |
| 2014 | n/e | n/e | 329 | 326 | 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.
Mule Deer harvest estimates
| Year | Hunters | Days | Total Harvest | Bucks | Does | Fawns |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,664 | 11,316 | 598 | 556 | 42 | 0 |
| 2024 | n/e | n/e | 654 | 588 | 65 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1,964 | 10,722 | 954 | 757 | 191 | 6 |
| 2022 | n/e | n/e | 811 | 651 | 157 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1,931 | 10,362 | 1,101 | 738 | 364 | 0 |
| 2020 | n/e | n/e | 947 | 697 | 250 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1,486 | 7,600 | 930 | 672 | 258 | 0 |
| 2018 | n/e | n/e | 808 | 548 | 259 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1,503 | 8,053 | 929 | 669 | 255 | 5 |
| 2016 | n/e | n/e | 602 | 535 | 64 | 3 |
| 2015 | n/e | n/e | 485 | 471 | 9 | 6 |
| 2014 | n/e | n/e | 224 | 224 | 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 | 1,664 | 11,316 | 202 | 129 | 69 | 4 |
| 2024 | n/e | n/e | 412 | 213 | 199 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1,964 | 10,722 | 352 | 196 | 155 | 0 |
| 2022 | n/e | n/e | 505 | 212 | 286 | 7 |
| 2021 | 1,931 | 10,362 | 310 | 173 | 129 | 8 |
| 2020 | n/e | n/e | 544 | 201 | 294 | 49 |
| 2019 | 1,486 | 7,600 | 265 | 123 | 137 | 4 |
| 2018 | n/e | n/e | 272 | 159 | 106 | 7 |
| 2017 | 1,503 | 8,053 | 277 | 137 | 140 | 0 |
| 2016 | n/e | n/e | 269 | 167 | 93 | 9 |
| 2015 | n/e | n/e | 187 | 167 | 20 | 0 |
| 2014 | n/e | n/e | 105 | 102 | 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.
Landscape
- Counties
- Valley, Phillips counties
- National forests
- —
- Wilderness
- None
- Wildlife management areas
- Vandalia
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- —
- Highest named summits
- Murray Hill (≈2,818 ft), Graveyard Hill (≈2,625 ft), Seventh Point Buttes (≈2,608 ft), Tiger Butte (≈2,290 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- Brown Pass
- Towns and places
- Beaverton, Delano Heights (historical), Fort Peck, Free Deal (historical), Glasgow, Idlewile (historical), Lakeview (historical), Midway (historical), Minot (historical), Murray Place, Nashua, New Deal (historical), Park Dale (historical), Park Grove
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.