Montana Elk — Hunting District 310

Montana Hunting District 310 covers 200,798 acres and lies 30 miles south-east of Ennis and 43 miles south of Bozeman. 91% of it is public land, mostly national forest (86%) and state land (4%). In 2025, hunters took 58 elk here.

Public land:91% Size:200,798 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in Hunting District 310, 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

310-46 Elk Permit 310-46 — Brow-tined Bull Elk 0 tags · 0 applicants

— Not open to nonresidents

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	Points needed	Tags / applicants	Season
310-46 ↗ Elk Permit 310-46 — Brow-tined Bull Elk	Not open to nonresidents	—	0 / 0	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.

3 hunts not offered in 2026 are hidden — show discontinued hunts.

What it costs to apply (2026 nonresident fees)

License	Up front	Gone if you miss	If you draw
Per application	$65	$65	$65

Application window: opens Mar 1, closes Apr 1, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

Other licenses valid in Hunting District 310

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

Permit — Elk Permit 310-20 Standard Permit — Elk Permit 310-45 (unlimited quota) Standard Permit — Elk Permit 310-50 (unlimited quota) Standard

The country

Hunting District 310 within Montana

Hunting District 310 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

National Forest 173,610 ac · 86%
Private 18,453 ac · 9%
State land 8,634 ac · 4%
National Park Service 20 ac · 0%
County or city land 20 ac · 0%
BLM 0 ac · 0%
Bureau of Reclamation 0 ac · 0%
Department of Defense 0 ac · 0%
National Wildlife Refuge 0 ac · 0%
Tribal 0 ac · 0%
State trust land 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.