Montana Deer · Hunting District 250
Montana Hunting District 250 covers 355,346 acres and lies 39 miles south of Hamilton and 56 miles south of Stevensville. 97% of it is public land, mostly national forest (97%). In 2025, 449 people hunted deer here and took 175, a 39% success rate. Its most applied-for hunt, 250-50, put up 2 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 28 nonresident first-choice applicants.
2 licenses · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
2025, all deer
97% Forest Service
355,346 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in Hunting District 250
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 250-50 Standard | Deer Permit 250-50 — Antlered Buck Mule Deer | <1% (small sample) | — | |
| 250-50 Landowner | Deer Permit 250-50 — 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: 250-40, 250-51.
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). Open Mar 1 – Apr 1, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
All deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 449 | 175 | 39% |
| 2024 | — | 172 | — |
| 2023 | 421 | 188 | 45% |
| 2022 | — | 180 | — |
White-tailed Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 157 | — |
| 2024 | — | 155 | — |
| 2023 | — | 165 | — |
| 2022 | — | 158 | — |
Mule Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 18 | — |
| 2024 | — | 17 | — |
| 2023 | — | 23 | — |
| 2022 | — | 22 | — |
A dash under Hunters: hunter counts not published for that year or sub-species.
2025 split: nonresidents 4 from 23 hunters, residents 172 from 426 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 | 344,615 ac | 97% |
| Private | 9,381 ac | 3% |
| State land | 426 ac | <1% |
| State trust land | 319 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 Deer Elk Lion Hunting District….
What the Agency Says About the Area
Elk Management Unit: West Fork 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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