Montana Deer · Hunting District 418
Montana Hunting District 418 covers 307,663 acres and lies 29 miles south-west of Lewistown and 48 miles north-east of White Sulphur Springs. 21% of it is public land, mostly national forest (11%) and state trust land (9%). In 2025, 495 people hunted deer here and took 278, a 56% success rate. Its most applied-for hunt, 418-00, put up 5 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 9 nonresident first-choice applicants, 7 of whom drew.
2 licenses · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
2025, all deer
11% Forest Service
307,663 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in Hunting District 418
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 418-00 Standard | Deer B License 418-00 — Antlerless Mule Deer | 37% | — | |
| 418-00 Landowner | Deer B License 418-00 — Antlerless Mule Deer | 100% | — |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2026 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file.
Draw results: Montana FWP 2026 Deer B License Drawing Statistics…, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.
If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): Standard $92.50 ($92.50 to apply) · Landowner $92.50 ($92.50 to apply). Open Mar 1 – Apr 1, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
All deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 495 | 278 | 56% |
| 2024 | — | 349 | — |
| 2023 | 493 | 244 | 49% |
| 2022 | — | 339 | — |
White-tailed Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 159 | — |
| 2024 | — | 199 | — |
| 2023 | — | 138 | — |
| 2022 | — | 242 | — |
Mule Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 119 | — |
| 2024 | — | 150 | — |
| 2023 | — | 105 | — |
| 2022 | — | 97 | — |
A dash under Hunters: hunter counts not published for that year or sub-species.
2025 split: nonresidents 73 from 95 hunters, residents 205 from 400 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 | 242,500 ac | 79% |
| National Forest | 34,612 ac | 11% |
| State trust land | 28,058 ac | 9% |
| BLM | 1,969 ac | <1% |
| State land | 184 ac | <1% |
| Bureau of Reclamation | 0 ac | <1% |
| Department of Defense | 0 ac | <1% |
| National Park Service | 0 ac | <1% |
| County or city land | 0 ac | <1% |
| National Wildlife Refuge | 0 ac | <1% |
| Tribal | 0 ac | <1% |
| Other public | 0 ac | <1% |
Source: Montana FWP 2026-2027 Deer Elk Lion Hunting District….
What the Agency Says About the Area
Elk Management Unit: Northeast Little Belts
▸ Sources 11
- Montana FWP 2026 Deer B License Drawing Statistics… draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Montana Legislature 2026 MCA 87-2-113 Application fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Montana Legislature 2026 MCA 87-2-116 Base hunting license… fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Montana FWP 2026 Hunting Requirements fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Montana FWP 2026 Nonresident License Fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- 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
Odds are from the 2026 draw, the latest on file, computed from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks' published results. They are what happened in that draw, not a forecast. 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. How we compute these.
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