Montana Bighorn Sheep · Hunting District 213

Montana Hunting District 213 covers 263,383 acres and lies 6 miles north-east of Anaconda and 15 miles south-east of Philipsburg. In 2019, 2 people hunted bighorn sheep here and took 1. Its most applied-for hunt, 213-60, put up 1 tag (all residencies) in the 2016 draw for 166 nonresident first-choice applicants.

No more draws here. The last one was 2016.

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks held its 2026 bighorn sheep draw without Hunting District 213. No current hunt code lists this unit; the Montana bighorn sheep hunts on offer are drawn elsewhere. The odds, costs and harvest below are that history, kept for the record.

Tags, 2016
1

1 license · NR capped at 10%

Applicants
166

first choice, NR

Hunter Success
—

not published

Public Land
—
Size
412 mi²

263,383 acres

Anaconda Philipsburg Deer Lodge Butte 213

Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.

Every License in Hunting District 213

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it

The last draw held in Hunting District 213 was 2016. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.

213-60 0% (small sample) —

First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2016 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file. Not in the table, with no 2016 result: 213-00, 213-30.

Draw results: Montana FWP 2016 Bighorn Sheep Drawing Statistics Report, retrieved Sep 1, 2026.

If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): $137.50 ($137.50 to apply). Open Mar 1 – May 1, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

Harvest

Year Hunters Harvest Success
2019 2 1 50%
2018 2 2 100%
2017 2 2 100%
2016 1 1 100%
2015 2 2 100%
2014 4 4 100%
2010 24 17 71%
2009 39 38 97%
2008 24 18 75%
2007 28 28 100%
2006 5 5 100%
2005 11 11 100%

2019 split: residents 1 from 2 hunters

What Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks publishes after each season, for everyone who hunted the area: harvest statistics, not draw odds. Montana's figures blend mandatory reporting with a phone and mail survey. FWP does not publish district-level hunter counts for elk or antelope, so success rates are missing for those. Source: Montana FWP 2005-2025 FWP Harvest Estimates export.

▸ Sources 7
  1. Montana FWP 2016 Bighorn Sheep Drawing Statistics Report draw results, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  2. Montana Legislature 2026 MCA 87-2-113 Application fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  3. Montana Legislature 2026 MCA 87-2-116 Base hunting license… fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  4. Montana FWP 2026 Hunting Requirements fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  5. Montana FWP 2026 Nonresident License Fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  6. Montana FWP 2005-2025 FWP Harvest Estimates export harvest, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
  7. Montana FWP 2026 ADMBND_HD_SHEEP_ALL boundary, area description, retrieved Sep 2, 2026

About These Numbers

Odds are from the 2016 draw, the latest on file, computed from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks' published results. They are what happened in that draw, not a forecast. Under five tags a percentage carries a *, because one applicant either way swings it. A dash means the agency did not publish the number, and a date marked expected is last cycle's schedule rolled forward. How we compute these.

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We don't take applications: check Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks's site and apply there.

Prior-draw odds from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks' results, not a forecast · Methodology · All Montana bighorn sheep hunts