Montana Deer — Hunting District 445

Montana Hunting District 445 covers 445,617 acres and lies 30 miles south-west of Great Falls and 40 miles north-east of East Helena. 12% of it is public land, mostly state trust land (7%) and BLM (4%). In 2025, 1,281 people hunted deer here and took 879 — 69% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 2 tags here for 3 first-choice applicants.

Tags (2026):4 Nonresident share:capped at 10% Applicants:3 All deer success (2025):69% Public land:12% Size:445,617 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in Hunting District 445, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

Chances are from the 2026 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.

Simple view Odds at every point level

445-00 Deer B License 445-00 — Antlerless Mule Deer [MULE] 2 tags · 3 applicants · Standard

18% Long shot
445-00 Deer B License 445-00 — Antlerless Mule Deer [MULE] 2 tags · 0 applicants · Landowner

100% No first-choice applicants

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	Points needed	Tags / applicants	License	Season
445-00 ↗ Deer B License 445-00 — Antlerless Mule Deer [MULE]	18% Long shot	—	2 / 3	Standard	Sep 5 – Dec 20, 2026
445-00 ↗ Deer B License 445-00 — Antlerless Mule Deer [MULE]	100% No first-choice applicants	—	2 / 0	Landowner	Sep 5 – Dec 20, 2026

What these columns mean

Your odds: the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2026 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.
Points needed: the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2026 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.

1 hunt not offered in 2026 is hidden — show discontinued hunts.

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.

Other licenses valid in Hunting District 445

Not in the table above because they had no result in the 2026 draw.

B licence — Deer B License 445-01 — Antlerless Mule Deer Standard

The country

Hunting District 445 within Montana

Hunting District 445 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

Private 391,831 ac · 88%
State trust land 31,817 ac · 7%
BLM 16,844 ac · 4%
State land 4,277 ac · 1%
National Wildlife Refuge 178 ac · 0%
National Forest 89 ac · 0%
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%
Other public 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.