Montana Elk — Hunting District 704

Montana Hunting District 704 covers 3,477,092 acres and lies 40 miles east of Colstrip and 54 miles south-east of Forsyth. 30% of it is public land, mostly national forest (13%) and BLM (12%). In 2025, hunters took 492 elk here.

Public land:30% Size:3,477,092 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks has not offered an elk license in Hunting District 704 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 704 within Montana

Hunting District 704 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 2,418,317 ac · 70%
National Forest 436,027 ac · 13%
BLM 410,644 ac · 12%
State trust land 200,628 ac · 6%
State land 6,954 ac · 0%
County or city land 695 ac · 0%
Bureau of Reclamation 0 ac · 0%
Department of Defense 0 ac · 0%
National Park Service 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

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.