Montana Deer — Hunting District 621
Montana Hunting District 621 covers 522,323 acres and lies 50 miles south-west of Malta and 66 miles south-east of Chinook. 77% of it is public land, mostly BLM (44%) and wildlife refuge (27%). In 2025, 764 people hunted deer here and took 266 — 35% of them killed something.
Your chance of drawing here
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks has not offered a deer license in Hunting District 621 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.
The country
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Who owns the ground
- BLM 230,292 ac · 44%
- National Wildlife Refuge 141,758 ac · 27%
- Private 115,329 ac · 22%
- State trust land 26,899 ac · 5%
- State land 4,909 ac · 1%
- Tribal 208 ac · 0%
- Bureau of Reclamation 0 ac · 0%
- Department of Defense 0 ac · 0%
- National Park Service 0 ac · 0%
- National Forest 0 ac · 0%
- County or city land 0 ac · 0%
- Other public 0 ac · 0%
Source: Deer Elk Lion 2026-2027 Hunting District Landcover and Land Ownership Calculations
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.
All deer
| Season | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 764 | 266 | 35% |
| 2024 | 0 | 321 | — |
| 2023 | 824 | 320 | 39% |
| 2022 | 0 | 273 | — |
Mule Deer
| Season | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 764 | 229 | 30% |
| 2024 | 0 | 260 | — |
| 2023 | 824 | 242 | 29% |
| 2022 | 0 | 218 | — |
White-tailed Deer
| Season | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 764 | 38 | 5% |
| 2024 | 0 | 62 | — |
| 2023 | 824 | 78 | 9% |
| 2022 | 0 | 55 | — |
Residents vs nonresidents (2025)
- Nonresident 337 taken · 960 hunters
- Resident 196 taken · 1,332 hunters
What the agency says about the area
Elk Management Unit: Missouri Rivers Breaks
Source: Deer and Elk Hunting Districts (2026 and 2027 Seasons)
Boundary: Deer and Elk Hunting Districts (2026 and 2027 Seasons)
Harvest: 2025 Deer Harvest Estimates (MyFWP Harvest Estimates Search, District=ALL)
Harvest: 2024 Deer Harvest Estimates (MyFWP Harvest Estimates Search, District=ALL)
Harvest: 2023 Deer Harvest Estimates (MyFWP Harvest Estimates Search, District=ALL)