Montana Deer · Hunting District 420
Montana Hunting District 420 covers 49,565 acres and lies 39 miles west of Lewistown. 53% of it is public land, mostly national forest (27%) and state land (17%). In 2025, 382 people hunted deer here and took 130, a 34% success rate.
0 licenses · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
2025, all deer
28% Forest Service
49,565 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 420 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 | 382 | 130 | 34% |
| 2024 | — | 115 | — |
| 2023 | 332 | 118 | 36% |
| 2022 | — | 90 | — |
Mule Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 78 | — |
| 2024 | — | 71 | — |
| 2023 | — | 66 | — |
| 2022 | — | 40 | — |
White-tailed Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 52 | — |
| 2024 | — | 43 | — |
| 2023 | — | 52 | — |
| 2022 | — | 51 | — |
A dash under Hunters: hunter counts not published for that year or sub-species.
2025 split: nonresidents 25 from 51 hunters, residents 104 from 331 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 | 23,266 ac | 47% |
| National Forest | 13,615 ac | 27% |
| State land | 8,659 ac | 17% |
| State trust land | 3,539 ac | 7% |
| BLM | 470 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 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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