Montana Deer · Hunting District 421
Montana Hunting District 421 covers 519,303 acres and lies 32 miles south-west of Great Falls and 48 miles north of Helena. 12% of it is public land, mostly state trust land (9%) and national forest (1%). In 2025, 1,325 people hunted deer here and took 800, a 60% success rate. Its most applied-for hunt, 421-00, put up 7 tags (all residencies) in the 2013 draw for 21 nonresident first-choice applicants, 7 of whom drew.
No more draws here. The last one was 2013.
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks held its 2026 deer draw without Hunting District 421. No current hunt code lists this unit; the Montana deer hunts on offer are drawn elsewhere. The odds, costs and harvest below are that history, kept for the record.
2 licenses · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
2025, all deer
9% State
519,303 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in Hunting District 421
The last draw held in Hunting District 421 was 2013. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 421-00 Standard | Deer B License 421-00 | 32% | — | |
| 421-00 Landowner | Deer B License 421-00 | 100% | — |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2013 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file.
Draw results: Montana FWP 2013 Deer B License Drawing Statistics…, retrieved Sep 1, 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 | 1,325 | 800 | 60% |
| 2024 | — | 820 | — |
| 2023 | 1,313 | 797 | 61% |
| 2022 | — | 676 | — |
Mule Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 403 | — |
| 2024 | — | 413 | — |
| 2023 | — | 370 | — |
| 2022 | — | 296 | — |
White-tailed Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 397 | — |
| 2024 | — | 407 | — |
| 2023 | — | 427 | — |
| 2022 | — | 379 | — |
A dash under Hunters: hunter counts not published for that year or sub-species.
2025 split: nonresidents 78 from 114 hunters, residents 722 from 1,211 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 | 457,195 ac | 88% |
| State trust land | 46,633 ac | 9% |
| National Forest | 5,868 ac | 1% |
| BLM | 4,466 ac | <1% |
| County or city land | 2,804 ac | <1% |
| State land | 1,817 ac | <1% |
| Bureau of Reclamation | 0 ac | <1% |
| Department of Defense | 0 ac | <1% |
| National Park Service | 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: Birdtail Hills
▸ Sources 11
- Montana FWP 2013 Deer B License Drawing Statistics… draw results, retrieved Sep 1, 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 2013 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.
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