Montana Deer — Hunting District 313

Montana Hunting District 313 covers 124,645 acres and lies 37 miles south of Livingston. 86% of it is public land, mostly national forest (80%) and state land (4%). In 2025, 810 people hunted deer here and took 248 — 31% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 2 tags here for 6 first-choice applicants.

Tags (2026):4 Nonresident share:capped at 10% Applicants:7 All deer success (2025):31% Public land:86% Size:124,645 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in Hunting District 313, 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 · 7 applicants in the 2026 draw

Chances are from the 2026 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.

Simple view Odds at every point level
  • 313-01 Deer B License 313-01 — Antlerless Mule Deer [MULE] 2 tags · 6 applicants · Standard
    5% Point builder
  • 313-01 Deer B License 313-01 — Antlerless Mule Deer [MULE] 2 tags · 1 applicants · Landowner
    100% Undersubscribed
What these columns mean
Your odds
the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2026 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 2026 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.
2 hunts not offered in 2026 are hidden — show discontinued hunts.

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.

Other licenses valid in Hunting District 313

Not in the table above because they had no result in the 2026 draw.

The country

Livingston West Yellowstone Red Lodge Townsend Dillon
Hunting District 313 within Montana
301 310 314 316 317 565
Hunting District 313 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 99,554 ac · 80%
  • Private 17,201 ac · 14%
  • State land 5,185 ac · 4%
  • BLM 1,196 ac · 1%
  • State trust land 1,072 ac · 1%
  • County or city land 49 ac · 0%
  • National Park Service 37 ac · 0%
  • Bureau of Reclamation 0 ac · 0%
  • Department of Defense 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 810 248 31%
2024 0 257
2023 633 192 30%
2022 0 226

Mule Deer

Season Hunters Harvest Success
2025 810 198 24%
2024 0 233
2023 633 156 25%
2022 0 189

White-tailed Deer

Season Hunters Harvest Success
2025 810 50 6%
2024 0 24
2023 633 35 6%
2022 0 37

Residents vs nonresidents (2025)

  • Nonresident 175 taken · 480 hunters
  • Resident 321 taken · 1,953 hunters

What the agency says about the area

Elk Management Unit: Northern Yellowstone

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