Montana Moose — Hunting District 447
Highwood Mountains
Montana Hunting District 447 covers 566,114 acres and lies 24 miles south of Fort Benton and 35 miles east of Great Falls. 21% of it is public land, mostly state trust land (11%) and national forest (7%). In 2025, 1 person hunted moose here and took 1.
Your chance of drawing here
Every moose license type on offer in Hunting District 447, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.
Chances are from the 2026 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.
Simple view Odds at every point level-
— Not open to nonresidents
| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 447-50 ↗ Moose License 447-50 — Antlered Bull | Not open to nonresidents | — | 0 / 0 | Sep 5 – Nov 29, 2026 |
What these columns mean
- Your odds —
- the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2026 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year.
- The badge —
- plain language for that number. Likely draw 75% or better · Real chance 40%+ · Long shot 15%+ · Point builder below that, so you are applying mainly to bank a point · Undersubscribed means fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
- Points needed —
- the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2026 draw, and how that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold.
- Tags / applicants —
- tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them. Under five tags we print counts instead of a percentage, because one applicant either way swings it.
What it costs to apply (2026 nonresident fees)
| License | Up front | Gone if you miss | If you draw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Per application | $110 | $110 | $110 |
Application window: opens Mar 1, closes May 1, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
The country
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Who owns the ground
- Private 441,739 ac · 78%
- State trust land 64,933 ac · 11%
- National Forest 42,288 ac · 7%
- BLM 10,982 ac · 2%
- National Wildlife Refuge 1,698 ac · 0%
- County or city land 113 ac · 0%
- Bureau of Reclamation 0 ac · 0%
- Department of Defense 0 ac · 0%
- National Park Service 0 ac · 0%
- State land 0 ac · 0%
- Tribal 0 ac · 0%
- Other public 0 ac · 0%
Source: Moose 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 | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | — |
Residents vs nonresidents (2025)
- Resident 1 taken · 1 hunters
Boundary: Moose Hunting Districts (2026 and 2027 Seasons)
Harvest: FWP Harvest Estimates CSV export - moose, all districts, 2005-2025