Montana Deer — Hunting District 314

Montana Hunting District 314 covers 346,865 acres and lies 24 miles south-east of Bozeman and 33 miles south-east of Belgrade. 42% of it is public land, mostly national forest (39%) and state trust land (3%). In 2025, 1,401 people hunted deer here and took 589 — 42% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 10 tags here for 11 first-choice applicants.

Tags (2026):20 Nonresident share:capped at 10% Applicants:11 All deer success (2025):42% Public land:42% Size:346,865 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in Hunting District 314, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

2 licenses on offer · 20 tags · 11 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
  • 314-01 Deer B License 314-01 — Antlerless Mule Deer [MULE] 10 tags · 11 applicants · Standard
    39% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
  • 314-01 Deer B License 314-01 — Antlerless Mule Deer [MULE] 10 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 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.
As 2nd choice
Montana lets you name more than one hunt on the application. Miss on your first choice and you go into the pot for whatever tags are left, alongside everyone else's second choices. Points never help a lower choice, so this number is the same whatever you have banked — it is usually worth naming a hunt that goes undersubscribed.
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.
1 hunt not offered in 2026 is 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 314

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

The country

Bozeman West Yellowstone Townsend Red Lodge Dillon
Hunting District 314 within Montana
301 304 309 310 311 312 313 315 316 317 320 323 360 361 393 525 565 Bozeman Manhattan Ennis Big Timber Whitehall
Hunting District 314 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

  • Private 201,598 ac · 58%
  • National Forest 134,583 ac · 39%
  • State trust land 9,191 ac · 3%
  • BLM 867 ac · 0%
  • State land 242 ac · 0%
  • National Park Service 208 ac · 0%
  • Bureau of Reclamation 0 ac · 0%
  • Department of Defense 0 ac · 0%
  • County or city land 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 1,401 589 42%
2024 0 573
2023 1,382 449 32%
2022 0 443

Mule Deer

Season Hunters Harvest Success
2025 1,401 307 22%
2024 0 335
2023 1,382 235 17%
2022 0 236

White-tailed Deer

Season Hunters Harvest Success
2025 1,401 282 20%
2024 0 238
2023 1,382 214 15%
2022 0 207

Residents vs nonresidents (2025)

  • Nonresident 214 taken · 723 hunters
  • Resident 963 taken · 3,480 hunters

What the agency says about the area

Elk Management Unit: Upper Yellowstone West

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