Montana Deer · Hunting District 303
Montana Hunting District 303 covers 208,836 acres and lies 47 miles south of Dillon and 72 miles south-west of Ennis. 74% of it is public land, mostly national forest (56%) and BLM (10%). In 2025, 348 people hunted deer here and took 75, a 22% success rate.
0 licenses · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
2025, all deer
56% Forest Service
208,836 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 303 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 | 348 | 75 | 22% |
| 2024 | — | 67 | — |
| 2023 | 327 | 103 | 31% |
| 2022 | — | 77 | — |
Mule Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 47 | — |
| 2024 | — | 50 | — |
| 2023 | — | 78 | — |
| 2022 | — | 68 | — |
White-tailed Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 28 | — |
| 2024 | — | 18 | — |
| 2023 | — | 25 | — |
| 2022 | — | 9 | — |
A dash under Hunters: hunter counts not published for that year or sub-species.
2025 split: nonresidents 26 from 97 hunters, residents 50 from 251 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 | 117,449 ac | 56% |
| Private | 54,297 ac | 26% |
| BLM | 19,881 ac | 10% |
| State trust land | 17,124 ac | 8% |
| State land | 62 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: Tendoy
▸ 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. How we compute these.
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