Montana Deer · Hunting District 447
Montana Hunting District 447 covers 566,152 acres and lies 24 miles south of Fort Benton and 35 miles east of Great Falls. 21% of it is public land, mostly state trust land (11%) and national forest (7%). In 2025, 1,613 people hunted deer here and took 807, a 50% success rate. Its most applied-for hunt, 447-00, put up 5 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 24 nonresident first-choice applicants, 5 of whom drew.
6 licenses · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
2025, all deer
12% State
566,152 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in Hunting District 447
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 447-00 Standard | Deer B License 447-00 — Antlerless Mule Deer | 7% | — | |
| 447-00 Landowner | Deer B License 447-00 — Antlerless Mule Deer | 100% | — | |
| 447-50 Standard | Deer Permit 447-50 — Antlered Buck Mule Deer | 16% | — | |
| 447-50 Landowner | Deer Permit 447-50 — Antlered Buck Mule Deer | 100% | — | |
| 447-51 Standard | Deer Permit 447-51 — Antlered Buck Mule Deer | 25% (small sample) | — | |
| 447-51 Landowner | Deer Permit 447-51 — Antlered Buck Mule Deer | 100% (small sample) | — |
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…; Montana FWP 2026 Deer Permit Drawing Statistics Report, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.
If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): Standard $92.50 ($92.50 to apply) · Landowner $92.50 ($92.50 to apply). Deadlines: Apr 1, 2027 (expected) for the main draw · Jun 1, 2027 (expected) for B license. Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
All deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,613 | 807 | 50% |
| 2024 | — | 1,103 | — |
| 2023 | 1,712 | 1,042 | 61% |
| 2022 | — | 1,174 | — |
Mule Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 431 | — |
| 2024 | — | 581 | — |
| 2023 | — | 602 | — |
| 2022 | — | 630 | — |
White-tailed Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 376 | — |
| 2024 | — | 522 | — |
| 2023 | — | 441 | — |
| 2022 | — | 544 | — |
A dash under Hunters: hunter counts not published for that year or sub-species.
2025 split: nonresidents 123 from 176 hunters, residents 684 from 1,437 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 | 441,768 ac | 78% |
| State trust land | 64,937 ac | 11% |
| National Forest | 42,291 ac | 7% |
| BLM | 10,983 ac | 2% |
| National Wildlife Refuge | 1,698 ac | <1% |
| County or city land | 113 ac | <1% |
| Bureau of Reclamation | 0 ac | <1% |
| Department of Defense | 0 ac | <1% |
| National Park Service | 0 ac | <1% |
| State land | 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: Highwood
▸ Sources 12
- Montana FWP 2026 Deer B License Drawing Statistics… draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Montana FWP 2026 Deer Permit Drawing Statistics Report 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.
Report an error on this page
We don't take applications: check Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks's site and apply there.
Prior-draw odds from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks' results, not a forecast · All Montana deer hunts