Montana Deer — Hunting District 304
Montana Hunting District 304 covers 280,883 acres and lies 18 miles north-east of Ennis. 45% of it is public land, mostly national forest (37%) and BLM (3%). In 2025, 462 people hunted deer here and took 185 — 40% of them killed something.
Your chance of drawing here
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks has not offered a deer license in Hunting District 304 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.
The country
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Who owns the ground
- Private 154,542 ac · 55%
- National Forest 104,685 ac · 37%
- BLM 9,241 ac · 3%
- State land 7,162 ac · 3%
- State trust land 4,971 ac · 2%
- County or city land 56 ac · 0%
- Bureau of Reclamation 0 ac · 0%
- Department of Defense 0 ac · 0%
- National Park Service 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
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.
All deer
| Season | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 462 | 185 | 40% |
| 2024 | 0 | 188 | — |
| 2023 | 490 | 168 | 34% |
| 2022 | 0 | 181 | — |
White-tailed Deer
| Season | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 462 | 110 | 24% |
| 2024 | 0 | 85 | — |
| 2023 | 490 | 105 | 21% |
| 2022 | 0 | 73 | — |
Mule Deer
| Season | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 462 | 74 | 16% |
| 2024 | 0 | 103 | — |
| 2023 | 490 | 63 | 13% |
| 2022 | 0 | 108 | — |
Residents vs nonresidents (2025)
- Nonresident 52 taken · 144 hunters
- Resident 318 taken · 1,242 hunters
What the agency says about the area
Elk Management Unit: Lower Madison
Source: Deer and Elk Hunting Districts (2026 and 2027 Seasons)
Boundary: Deer and Elk Hunting Districts (2026 and 2027 Seasons)
Harvest: 2025 Deer Harvest Estimates (MyFWP Harvest Estimates Search, District=ALL)
Harvest: 2024 Deer Harvest Estimates (MyFWP Harvest Estimates Search, District=ALL)
Harvest: 2023 Deer Harvest Estimates (MyFWP Harvest Estimates Search, District=ALL)