Montana Bighorn Sheep · Hunting District 270 East Fork Bitterroot
Montana Hunting District 270 covers 261,887 acres and lies 29 miles south-east of Hamilton and 38 miles south-west of Anaconda. 91% of it is public land, mostly national forest (84%) and state trust land (6%). In 2025, 12 people hunted bighorn sheep here and took 12, a 100% success rate. Its most applied-for hunt, 270-30, put up 1 tag (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 66 nonresident first-choice applicants, 1 of whom drew.
2 licenses · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
2025, all licenses
84% Forest Service
261,887 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in Hunting District 270
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 270-20 | Bighorn Sheep License 270-20 — Any Ram | not open | — | |
| 270-30 | Bighorn Sheep License 270-30 — Adult Ewe | <1% (small sample) | — |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2026 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file. Not in the table, with no 2026 result: 270-00.
Draw results: Montana FWP 2026 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | 12 | 100% |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 | 100% |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 | 100% |
| 2022 | 4 | 4 | 100% |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| 2020 | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| 2019 | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| 2017 | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| 2016 | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 2014 | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| 2013 | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| 2009 | 17 | 17 | 100% |
| 2008 | 14 | 14 | 100% |
| 2007 | 17 | 17 | 100% |
| 2006 | 7 | 6 | 86% |
| 2005 | 16 | 16 | 100% |
2025 split: nonresidents 1 from 1 hunter, residents 11 from 11 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.
The Ground
| National Forest | 221,033 ac | 84% |
| Private | 24,643 ac | 9% |
| State trust land | 15,975 ac | 6% |
| State land | 157 ac | <1% |
| BLM | 0 ac | <1% |
| Bureau of Reclamation | 0 ac | <1% |
| Department of Defense | 0 ac | <1% |
| National Park Service | 0 ac | <1% |
| County or city land | 0 ac | <1% |
| National Wildlife Refuge | 0 ac | <1% |
| Tribal | 0 ac | <1% |
| Other public | 0 ac | <1% |
Source: Montana FWP 2026-2027 Bighorn sheep Hunting District….
▸ Sources 9
- Montana FWP 2026 Bighorn Sheep Drawing Statistics Report draw results, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- Montana Legislature 2026 MCA 87-2-113 Application fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Montana Legislature 2026 MCA 87-2-116 Base hunting license… fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Montana FWP 2026 Hunting Requirements fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Montana FWP 2026 Nonresident License Fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Montana FWP 2005-2025 FWP Harvest Estimates export harvest, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
- Montana FWP 2026 Bighorn Sheep Hunting Districts boundary, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
- Montana FWP 2026-2027 Bighorn sheep Hunting District… land ownership, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
- Montana FWP 2026 Moose, Sheep, Goat Hunting Regulations area description, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
About These Numbers
Odds are from the 2026 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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