Montana Deer · Hunting District 302
Montana Hunting District 302 covers 383,404 acres and lies 34 miles south-west of Dillon and 72 miles south-west of Ennis. 76% of it is public land, mostly BLM (34%) and national forest (34%). In 2025, 960 people hunted deer here and took 273, a 28% success rate.
No more draws here. The last one was 2016.
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks held its 2026 deer draw without Hunting District 302. No current hunt code lists this unit; the Montana deer hunts on offer are drawn elsewhere. The odds, costs and harvest below are that history, kept for the record.
1 license · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
2025, all deer
34% BLM
383,404 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in Hunting District 302
The last draw held in Hunting District 302 was 2016. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 302-50 | Deer Permit 302-50 | not open | — |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2016 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file. Not in the table, with no 2016 result: 302-00, 302-40.
Draw results: Montana FWP 2016 Deer Permit Drawing Statistics Report, retrieved Sep 1, 2026.
If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): $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 | 960 | 273 | 28% |
| 2024 | — | 215 | — |
| 2023 | 764 | 225 | 29% |
| 2022 | — | 167 | — |
Mule Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 232 | — |
| 2024 | — | 194 | — |
| 2023 | — | 140 | — |
| 2022 | — | 130 | — |
White-tailed Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 42 | — |
| 2024 | — | 22 | — |
| 2023 | — | 85 | — |
| 2022 | — | 37 | — |
A dash under Hunters: hunter counts not published for that year or sub-species.
2025 split: nonresidents 126 from 277 hunters, residents 148 from 683 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
| BLM | 129,897 ac | 34% |
| National Forest | 129,168 ac | 34% |
| Private | 87,301 ac | 23% |
| State trust land | 29,138 ac | 8% |
| Bureau of Reclamation | 2,760 ac | <1% |
| State land | 191 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% |
| Private or other non-public land | 4,946 ac | 1% |
Source: Montana FWP 2026-2027 Deer Elk Lion Hunting District….
What the Agency Says About the Area
Elk Management Unit: Tendoy
▸ Sources 11
- Montana FWP 2016 Deer Permit Drawing Statistics Report draw results, retrieved Sep 1, 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 2016 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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