Montana Deer · Hunting District 388
Montana Hunting District 388 covers 125,410 acres and lies 5 miles north-east of Helena and 30 miles north of Boulder. 16% of it is public land, mostly BLM (7%) and county or city land (4%). In 2025, 518 people hunted deer here and took 233, a 45% success rate.
0 licenses · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
2025, all deer
7% BLM
125,410 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Licenses
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks has not offered a deer license in Hunting District 388 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.
Harvest
All deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 518 | 233 | 45% |
| 2024 | — | 336 | — |
| 2023 | 562 | 302 | 54% |
| 2022 | — | 258 | — |
White-tailed Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 145 | — |
| 2024 | — | 175 | — |
| 2023 | — | 185 | — |
| 2022 | — | 161 | — |
Mule Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 88 | — |
| 2024 | — | 161 | — |
| 2023 | — | 117 | — |
| 2022 | — | 97 | — |
A dash under Hunters: hunter counts not published for that year or sub-species.
2025 split: nonresidents 16 from 46 hunters, residents 217 from 472 hunters
What Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks publishes after each season, for everyone who hunted the area: harvest statistics, not draw odds. 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. Source: Montana FWP 2025 Deer Harvest Estimates; Montana FWP 2024 Deer Harvest Estimates; Montana FWP 2023 Deer Harvest Estimates.
The Ground
| Private | 102,297 ac | 82% |
| BLM | 9,067 ac | 7% |
| County or city land | 5,091 ac | 4% |
| Department of Defense | 3,223 ac | 3% |
| State trust land | 1,028 ac | <1% |
| State land | 865 ac | <1% |
| Bureau of Reclamation | 539 ac | <1% |
| National Forest | 87 ac | <1% |
| Other public | 62 ac | <1% |
| National Park Service | 0 ac | <1% |
| National Wildlife Refuge | 0 ac | <1% |
| Tribal | 0 ac | <1% |
| Private or other non-public land | 3,147 ac | 3% |
Source: Montana FWP 2026-2027 Deer Elk Lion Hunting District….
What the Agency Says About the Area
Elk Management Unit: Granite Butte
▸ Sources 6
- Montana FWP 2025 Deer Harvest Estimates harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Montana FWP 2024 Deer Harvest Estimates harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Montana FWP 2023 Deer Harvest Estimates harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Montana FWP 2022 Deer Harvest Estimates harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Montana FWP 2026 Deer and Elk Hunting Districts boundary, area description, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Montana FWP 2026-2027 Deer Elk Lion Hunting District… land ownership, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
About These Numbers
Under five tags a percentage carries a *, because one applicant either way swings it. A dash means the agency did not publish the number, and a date marked expected is last cycle's schedule rolled forward.
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