Montana Deer · Hunting District 240
Montana Hunting District 240 covers 430,201 acres and lies 6 miles west of Hamilton and 19 miles south-west of Stevensville. 80% of it is public land, mostly national forest (79%). In 2025, 2,009 people hunted deer here and took 775, a 39% success rate. Its most applied-for hunt, 240-50, put up 2 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 5 nonresident first-choice applicants.
2 licenses · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
2025, all deer
80% Forest Service
430,201 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in Hunting District 240
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 240-50 Standard | Deer Permit 240-50 — Antlered Buck Mule Deer | 4% (small sample) | — | |
| 240-50 Landowner | Deer Permit 240-50 — Antlered Buck Mule Deer | 100% (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: 240-01, 240-40, 240-51.
Draw results: Montana FWP 2026 Deer Permit Drawing Statistics Report, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.
If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): Standard $92.50 ($92.50 to apply) · Landowner $92.50 ($92.50 to apply). Deadlines: Apr 1, 2027 (expected) for the main draw · Jun 1, 2027 (expected) for B license. Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
All deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,009 | 775 | 39% |
| 2024 | — | 907 | — |
| 2023 | 2,226 | 985 | 44% |
| 2022 | — | 872 | — |
White-tailed Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 640 | — |
| 2024 | — | 776 | — |
| 2023 | — | 871 | — |
| 2022 | — | 763 | — |
Mule Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 135 | — |
| 2024 | — | 132 | — |
| 2023 | — | 114 | — |
| 2022 | — | 108 | — |
A dash under Hunters: hunter counts not published for that year or sub-species.
2025 split: nonresidents 23 from 69 hunters, residents 752 from 1,940 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 2025 Deer Harvest Estimates; Montana FWP 2024 Deer Harvest Estimates; Montana FWP 2023 Deer Harvest Estimates.
The Ground
| National Forest | 341,278 ac | 79% |
| Private | 85,911 ac | 20% |
| State trust land | 1,376 ac | <1% |
| County or city land | 129 ac | <1% |
| State land | 43 ac | <1% |
| BLM | 0 ac | <1% |
| Bureau of Reclamation | 0 ac | <1% |
| Department of Defense | 0 ac | <1% |
| National Park Service | 0 ac | <1% |
| National Wildlife Refuge | 0 ac | <1% |
| Tribal | 0 ac | <1% |
| Other public | 0 ac | <1% |
Source: Montana FWP 2026-2027 Deer Elk Lion Hunting District….
What the Agency Says About the Area
Elk Management Unit: Bitterroot
▸ Sources 11
- Montana FWP 2026 Deer Permit Drawing Statistics Report draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 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 2025 Deer Harvest Estimates harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Montana FWP 2024 Deer Harvest Estimates harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Montana FWP 2023 Deer Harvest Estimates harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Montana FWP 2022 Deer Harvest Estimates harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Montana FWP 2026 Deer and Elk Hunting Districts boundary, area description, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Montana FWP 2026-2027 Deer Elk Lion Hunting District… land ownership, retrieved Aug 31, 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.
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