Montana Bighorn Sheep — Hunting District 622
Middle Missouri
Montana Hunting District 622 covers 556,955 acres and lies 43 miles south of Malta and 52 miles south-west of Glasgow. 75% of it is public land, mostly BLM (43%) and wildlife refuge (28%). In 2024, 9 people hunted bighorn sheep here and took 6 — 67% of them killed something.
Your chance of drawing here
Every bighorn sheep license type on offer in Hunting District 622, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.
Chances are from the 2025 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.
Simple view Odds at every point level-
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| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | Points needed | Tags / applicants |
|---|---|---|---|
| 622-20 ↗ Bighorn Sheep License 622-20 | Not open to nonresidents | — | 0 / 0 |
| 622-30 ↗ Bighorn Sheep License 622-30 [ADULT EWE] | Not open to nonresidents | — | 0 / 0 |
What these columns mean
- Your odds —
- the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2025 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year.
- The badge —
- plain language for that number. Likely draw 75% or better · Real chance 40%+ · Long shot 15%+ · Point builder below that, so you are applying mainly to bank a point · Undersubscribed means fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
- Points needed —
- the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2025 draw, and how that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold.
- Tags / applicants —
- tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them. Under five tags we print counts instead of a percentage, because one applicant either way swings it.
What it costs to apply (2026 nonresident fees)
| License | Up front | Gone if you miss | If you draw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Per application | $110 | $110 | $110 |
Application window: opens Mar 1, closes May 1, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Other licenses valid in Hunting District 622
Not in the table above because they had no result in the 2025 draw.
The country
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Who owns the ground
- BLM 238,042 ac · 43%
- National Wildlife Refuge 156,281 ac · 28%
- Private 135,284 ac · 24%
- State trust land 25,675 ac · 5%
- Bureau of Reclamation 0 ac · 0%
- Department of Defense 0 ac · 0%
- National Park Service 0 ac · 0%
- National Forest 0 ac · 0%
- County or city land 0 ac · 0%
- State land 0 ac · 0%
- Tribal 0 ac · 0%
- Other public 0 ac · 0%
Source: Bighorn sheep 2026-2027 Hunting District Landcover and Land Ownership Calculations
How the hunting has gone
What Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks publishes for this area after each season — harvest statistics for everyone who hunted it, not draw odds and not a forecast. 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.
| Season | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | 6 | 67% |
| 2023 | 19 | 18 | 95% |
| 2022 | 17 | 16 | 94% |
| 2021 | 25 | 23 | 92% |
| 2020 | 27 | 22 | 81% |
| 2019 | 23 | 13 | 57% |
| 2018 | 48 | 39 | 81% |
| 2017 | 55 | 39 | 71% |
| 2016 | 73 | 60 | 82% |
| 2015 | 38 | 35 | 92% |
| 2014 | 26 | 24 | 92% |
| 2013 | 17 | 16 | 94% |
| 2012 | 12 | 11 | 92% |
| 2011 | 7 | 7 | 100% |
| 2010 | 7 | 7 | 100% |
| 2009 | 8 | 8 | 100% |
| 2008 | 8 | 8 | 100% |
| 2007 | 7 | 7 | 100% |
| 2005 | 4 | 4 | 100% |
Residents vs nonresidents (2024)
- Nonresident 1 taken · 1 hunters
- Resident 5 taken · 8 hunters
Boundary: Bighorn Sheep Hunting Districts (2026 and 2027 Seasons)
Harvest: FWP Harvest Estimates CSV export - bighorn sheep, all districts, 2005-2025