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; hunter counts not published.
No more draws here. The last one was 2017.
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks held its 2026 elk draw without Hunting District 310. No current hunt code lists this unit; the Montana elk hunts on offer are drawn elsewhere. The odds, costs and harvest below are that history, kept for the record.
2 licenses
first choice, NR
not published
87% Forest Service
200,798 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in Hunting District 310
The last draw held in Hunting District 310 was 2017. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 310-45 | Elk Permit 310-45 (unlimited quota) | 100% | — | |
| 310-46 | Elk Permit 310-46 — Brow-tined Bull Elk | not open | — |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2017 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file. Not in the table, with no 2017 result: 310-20, 310-50.
Draw results: Montana FWP 2017 Elk Permit Drawing Statistics Report, retrieved Sep 1, 2026.
If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): $92.50 ($92.50 to apply). Open Mar 1 – Apr 1, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
| Year | Elk |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 58 |
| 2024 | 117 |
| 2023 | 78 |
| 2022 | 199 |
2025 split: nonresidents 19, residents 39
What Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks publishes after each season, for everyone who hunted the area: harvest statistics, not draw odds. Hunter counts not published for 2025. 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 Elk Harvest Estimates; Montana FWP 2024 Elk Harvest Estimates; Montana FWP 2023 Elk Harvest Estimates.
The Ground
| National Forest | 173,610 ac | 86% |
| Private | 18,453 ac | 9% |
| State land | 8,634 ac | 4% |
| National Park Service | 20 ac | <1% |
| County or city land | 20 ac | <1% |
| BLM | 0 ac | <1% |
| Bureau of Reclamation | 0 ac | <1% |
| Department of Defense | 0 ac | <1% |
| National Wildlife Refuge | 0 ac | <1% |
| Tribal | 0 ac | <1% |
| State trust land | 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: Gallatin/Madison
▸ Sources 11
- Montana FWP 2017 Elk Permit Drawing Statistics Report 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 Elk Harvest Estimates harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Montana FWP 2024 Elk Harvest Estimates harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Montana FWP 2023 Elk Harvest Estimates harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Montana FWP 2022 Elk 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 2017 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. How we compute these.
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