Montana Elk — Hunting District 419

Montana Hunting District 419 covers 439,188 acres and lies 26 miles west of Lewistown and 52 miles north of Harlowton. 11% of it is public land, mostly state trust land (10%). In 2025, hunters took 58 elk here.

Public land:11% Size:439,188 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks has not offered an elk license in Hunting District 419 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

Lewistown Harlowton Fort Benton Havre Big Timber
Hunting District 419 within Montana
405 411 412 416 417 418 420 426 432 447 448 Lewistown
Hunting District 419 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 392,809 ac · 89%
  • State trust land 43,391 ac · 10%
  • BLM 1,976 ac · 0%
  • County or city land 439 ac · 0%
  • State land 351 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%
  • National Wildlife Refuge 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

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.

Season Harvest
2025 58
2024 42
2023 59
2022 61

Residents vs nonresidents (2025)

  • Nonresident 20 taken
  • Resident 38 taken

What the agency says about the area

Elk Management Unit: Golden Triangle

Source: Deer and Elk Hunting Districts (2026 and 2027 Seasons)

Boundary: Deer and Elk Hunting Districts (2026 and 2027 Seasons)

Harvest: 2025 Elk Harvest Estimates (MyFWP Harvest Estimates Search, District=ALL)

Harvest: 2024 Elk Harvest Estimates (MyFWP Harvest Estimates Search, District=ALL)

Harvest: 2023 Elk Harvest Estimates (MyFWP Harvest Estimates Search, District=ALL)

How we compute draw odds · All Montana elk hunts