Montana Deer — Hunting District 323

Montana Hunting District 323 covers 1,321,764 acres and lies 37 miles south of Ennis and 47 miles west of West Yellowstone. 74% of it is public land, mostly national forest (35%) and BLM (17%). In 2025, 2,639 people hunted deer here and took 671 — 25% of them killed something. The 2009 draw put up 5 tags here for 6 first-choice applicants.

Tags (2009):10 Nonresident share:capped at 10% Applicants:6 All deer success (2025):25% Public land:74% Size:1,321,764 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in Hunting District 323, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

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

323-00 Deer B License 323-00 5 tags · 6 applicants · Standard

81% Likely draw 0% as 2nd choice
323-00 Deer B License 323-00 5 tags · 0 applicants · Landowner

100% No first-choice applicants

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	As 2nd choice	Points needed	Tags / applicants	License
323-00 ↗ Deer B License 323-00	81% Likely draw	0%	—	5 / 6	Standard
323-00 ↗ Deer B License 323-00	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	5 / 0	Landowner

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.
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 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

Hunting District 323 within Montana

Hunting District 323 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 468,962 ac · 35%
Private 325,286 ac · 25%
BLM 227,343 ac · 17%
State trust land 193,374 ac · 15%
National Wildlife Refuge 43,353 ac · 3%
State land 35,687 ac · 3%
Other public 15,596 ac · 1%
Bureau of Reclamation 0 ac · 0%
Department of Defense 0 ac · 0%
National Park Service 0 ac · 0%
County or city land 0 ac · 0%
Tribal 0 ac · 0%

Source: Deer Elk Lion 2026-2027 Hunting District Landcover and Land Ownership Calculations

Nearby areas

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.