Montana Elk — Hunting District 388

Montana Hunting District 388 covers 125,410 acres and lies 5 miles north-east of Helena and 30 miles north of Boulder. 16% of it is public land, mostly BLM (7%) and county or city land (4%). In 2025, hunters took 31 elk here.

Public land:16% Size:125,410 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks has not offered an elk license in Hunting District 388 in any draw we hold. It has a page because the agency still publishes harvest for it — the Montana elk hunts that are on offer are drawn elsewhere.

The country

Hunting District 388 within Montana

Hunting District 388 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 102,297 ac · 82%
BLM 9,067 ac · 7%
County or city land 5,091 ac · 4%
Department of Defense 3,223 ac · 3%
State trust land 1,028 ac · 1%
State land 865 ac · 1%
Bureau of Reclamation 539 ac · 0%
National Forest 87 ac · 0%
Other public 62 ac · 0%
National Park Service 0 ac · 0%
National Wildlife Refuge 0 ac · 0%
Tribal 0 ac · 0%
Private or other non-public land 3,147 ac · 3%

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.