Montana Deer — Hunting District 293

Montana Hunting District 293 covers 284,763 acres and lies 29 miles north of Deer Lodge. 56% of it is public land, mostly national forest (50%) and state trust land (4%). In 2025, 1,065 people hunted deer here and took 242 — 23% of them killed something.

All deer success (2025):23% Public land:56% Size:284,763 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in Hunting District 293, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

Chances are from the 2021 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.

Simple view Odds at every point level

293-00 Deer B License 293-00 — Antlerless White-tailed 0 tags · 0 applicants

— Not open to nonresidents

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	Points needed	Tags / applicants	Season
293-00 ↗ Deer B License 293-00 — Antlerless White-tailed	Not open to nonresidents	—	0 / 0	Sep 4 – Dec 19, 2021

What these columns mean

Your odds: the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2021 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 2021 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	$65	$65	$65

Application window: opens Mar 1, closes Apr 1, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

The country

Hunting District 293 within Montana

Hunting District 293 and its neighbours

Zoomable USGS topo, aerial imagery and shaded relief, with the neighboring areas drawn on.

Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.

Who owns the ground

National Forest 143,748 ac · 50%
Private 124,384 ac · 44%
State trust land 10,450 ac · 4%
BLM 3,958 ac · 1%
State land 1,907 ac · 1%
Bureau of Reclamation 0 ac · 0%
Department of Defense 0 ac · 0%
National Park Service 0 ac · 0%
County or city land 0 ac · 0%
National Wildlife Refuge 0 ac · 0%
Tribal 0 ac · 0%
Other public 0 ac · 0%

Source: Deer Elk Lion 2026-2027 Hunting District Landcover and Land Ownership Calculations

Nearby areas

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.