Montana Deer · Hunting District 270
Montana Hunting District 270 covers 425,217 acres and lies 23 miles south-east of Hamilton and 38 miles west of Anaconda. 85% of it is public land, mostly national forest (80%) and state trust land (4%). In 2025, 1,968 people hunted deer here and took 395, a 20% success rate. Its most applied-for hunt, 270-50, put up 4 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 721 nonresident first-choice applicants, 2 of whom drew.
6 licenses · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
2025, all deer
80% Forest Service
425,217 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in Hunting District 270
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 270-01 Standard | Deer B License 270-01 — Antlerless Mule Deer | <1% (small sample) | — | |
| 270-01 Landowner | Deer B License 270-01 — Antlerless Mule Deer | 100% (small sample) | — | |
| 270-50 Standard | Deer Permit 270-50 — Antlered Buck Mule Deer | <1% (small sample) | — | |
| 270-50 Landowner | Deer Permit 270-50 — Antlered Buck Mule Deer | 3% (small sample) | — | |
| 270-51 Standard | Deer Permit 270-51 — Antlered Buck Mule Deer | <1% (small sample) | — | |
| 270-51 Landowner | Deer Permit 270-51 — 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: 270-00, 270-02.
Draw results: Montana FWP 2026 Deer B License Drawing Statistics…; 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 | 1,968 | 395 | 20% |
| 2024 | — | 495 | — |
| 2023 | 1,887 | 497 | 26% |
| 2022 | — | 345 | — |
White-tailed Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 318 | — |
| 2024 | — | 414 | — |
| 2023 | — | 410 | — |
| 2022 | — | 279 | — |
Mule Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 77 | — |
| 2024 | — | 80 | — |
| 2023 | — | 87 | — |
| 2022 | — | 67 | — |
A dash under Hunters: hunter counts not published for that year or sub-species.
2025 split: nonresidents 49 from 165 hunters, residents 346 from 1,802 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 | 341,407 ac | 80% |
| Private | 65,355 ac | 15% |
| State trust land | 18,114 ac | 4% |
| State land | 170 ac | <1% |
| County or city land | 42 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: East Fork Bitterroot
▸ Sources 12
- Montana FWP 2026 Deer B License Drawing Statistics… draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- 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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