Montana Elk — Hunting District 393

Montana Hunting District 393 covers 395,458 acres and lies 20 miles north-east of Bozeman. 13% of it is public land, mostly national forest (8%) and state trust land (4%). In 2025, hunters took 507 elk here.

Public land:13% Size:395,458 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks has not offered an elk license in Hunting District 393 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 393 within Montana

Hunting District 393 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 344,286 ac · 87%
National Forest 32,664 ac · 8%
State trust land 15,462 ac · 4%
BLM 1,660 ac · 0%
County or city land 435 ac · 0%
State land 395 ac · 0%
National Wildlife Refuge 79 ac · 0%
Bureau of Reclamation 0 ac · 0%
Department of Defense 0 ac · 0%
National Park Service 0 ac · 0%
Tribal 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.