Montana Deer · Hunting District 280
Montana Hunting District 280 covers 195,186 acres and lies 53 miles south-west of Choteau. 100% of it is public land, mostly national forest (100%). In 2025, 191 people hunted deer here and took 48, a 25% success rate.
0 licenses · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
2025, all deer
100% Forest Service
195,186 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Licenses
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks has not offered a deer license in Hunting District 280 in any draw we hold. It has a page because the agency still publishes harvest for it; the Montana deer hunts that are on offer are drawn elsewhere.
Harvest
All deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 191 | 48 | 25% |
| 2024 | — | 37 | — |
| 2023 | 149 | 13 | 9% |
| 2022 | — | 37 | — |
White-tailed Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 41 | — |
| 2024 | — | 25 | — |
| 2023 | — | 10 | — |
| 2022 | — | 30 | — |
Mule Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 7 | — |
| 2024 | — | 12 | — |
| 2023 | — | 3 | — |
| 2022 | — | 7 | — |
A dash under Hunters: hunter counts not published for that year or sub-species.
2025 split: nonresidents 6 from 17 hunters, residents 42 from 174 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 | 195,166 ac | 100% |
| 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% |
| State land | 0 ac | <1% |
| National Wildlife Refuge | 0 ac | <1% |
| Tribal | 0 ac | <1% |
| Private | 0 ac | <1% |
| State trust land | 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: Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex
▸ Sources 6
- 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
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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