Montana Deer — Hunting District 310

Montana Hunting District 310 covers 200,798 acres and lies 30 miles south-east of Ennis and 43 miles south of Bozeman. 91% of it is public land, mostly national forest (86%) and state land (4%). In 2025, 527 people hunted deer here and took 74 — 14% of them killed something. The 2009 draw put up 2 tags here for 0 first-choice applicants.

Tags (2009):4 Nonresident share:capped at 10% All deer success (2025):14% Public land:91% Size:200,798 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in Hunting District 310, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

2 licenses on offer · 4 tags in the 2009 draw

Chances are from the 2009 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.

Simple view Odds at every point level
  • 310-00 Deer B License 310-00 2 tags · 0 applicants · Standard
    100% No first-choice applicants
  • 310-00 Deer B License 310-00 2 tags · 0 applicants · Landowner
    100% No first-choice applicants
What these columns mean
Your odds
the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2009 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 2009 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
Standard license $65 $65 $65
Landowner license $65 $65 $65

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

The country

Ennis West Yellowstone Belgrade Townsend Red Lodge
Hunting District 310 within Montana
301 313 314 317 323 360 361 Ennis
Hunting District 310 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 173,610 ac · 86%
  • Private 18,453 ac · 9%
  • State land 8,634 ac · 4%
  • National Park Service 20 ac · 0%
  • County or city land 20 ac · 0%
  • BLM 0 ac · 0%
  • Bureau of Reclamation 0 ac · 0%
  • Department of Defense 0 ac · 0%
  • National Wildlife Refuge 0 ac · 0%
  • Tribal 0 ac · 0%
  • State trust land 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 527 74 14%
2024 0 60
2023 504 91 18%
2022 0 56

White-tailed Deer

Season Hunters Harvest Success
2025 527 38 7%
2024 0 21
2023 504 36 7%
2022 0 25

Mule Deer

Season Hunters Harvest Success
2025 527 37 7%
2024 0 39
2023 504 55 11%
2022 0 32

Residents vs nonresidents (2025)

  • Nonresident 28 taken · 258 hunters
  • Resident 120 taken · 1,323 hunters

What the agency says about the area

Elk Management Unit: Gallatin/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)

How we compute draw odds · All Montana deer hunts