Montana Mountain Lion · Hunting District 215
Montana Hunting District 215 covers 370,736 acres and lies 9 miles south-east of Deer Lodge and 23 miles west of Boulder. 51% of it is public land, mostly national forest (36%) and state land (8%). In 2025, hunters took 3 mountain lion here; hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, 215-00, put up 1 tag (all residencies) in the 2021 draw for 1 nonresident first-choice applicant.
No more draws here. The last one was 2021.
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks held its 2025 mountain lion draw without Hunting District 215. No current hunt code lists this unit; the Montana mountain lion hunts on offer are drawn elsewhere. The odds, costs and harvest below are that history, kept for the record.
1 license · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
not published
37% Forest Service
370,736 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in Hunting District 215
The last draw held in Hunting District 215 was 2021. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 215-00 | Limited Mountain Lion License 215-00 | 6% (small sample) | — |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2021 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file.
Draw results: Montana FWP 2021 Limited Mountain Lion Drawing…, retrieved Sep 1, 2026.
If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): $92.50 ($92.50 to apply). Open Jun 30 – Jul 22, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
| Year | Harvest |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 |
| 2024 | 4 |
| 2023 | 5 |
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2021 | 3 |
| 2020 | 7 |
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2017 | 5 |
| 2016 | 1 |
| 2015 | 3 |
| 2014 | 4 |
2025 split: nonresidents 0, residents 3
What Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks publishes after each season, for everyone who hunted the area: harvest statistics, not draw odds. Hunter counts not published for 2025. 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. Source: Montana FWP 2025 Reported Mountain Lion Harvest; Montana FWP 2024 Reported Mountain Lion Harvest; Montana FWP 2023 Reported Mountain Lion Harvest.
The Ground
| Private | 178,954 ac | 48% |
| National Forest | 134,169 ac | 36% |
| State land | 31,475 ac | 8% |
| State trust land | 21,057 ac | 6% |
| County or city land | 2,335 ac | <1% |
| BLM | 0 ac | <1% |
| Bureau of Reclamation | 0 ac | <1% |
| Department of Defense | 0 ac | <1% |
| National Park Service | 0 ac | <1% |
| National Wildlife Refuge | 0 ac | <1% |
| Tribal | 0 ac | <1% |
| Other public | 0 ac | <1% |
Source: Montana FWP 2026-2027 Deer Elk Lion Hunting District….
▸ Sources 19
- Montana FWP 2021 Limited Mountain Lion Drawing… draw results, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- Montana Legislature 2026 MCA 87-2-113 Application fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Montana Legislature 2026 MCA 87-2-116 Base hunting license… fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Montana FWP 2026 Hunting Requirements fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Montana FWP 2026 Nonresident License Fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Montana FWP 2025 Reported Mountain Lion Harvest, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
- Montana FWP 2024 Reported Mountain Lion Harvest, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
- Montana FWP 2023 Reported Mountain Lion Harvest, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
- Montana FWP 2022 Reported Mountain Lion Harvest, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
- Montana FWP 2021 Reported Mountain Lion Harvest, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
- Montana FWP 2020 Reported Mountain Lion Harvest, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
- Montana FWP 2019 Reported Mountain Lion Harvest, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
- Montana FWP 2018 Reported Mountain Lion Harvest, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
- Montana FWP 2017 Reported Mountain Lion Harvest, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
- Montana FWP 2016 Reported Mountain Lion Harvest, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
- Montana FWP 2015 Reported Mountain Lion Harvest, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
- Montana FWP 2014 Reported Mountain Lion Harvest, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
- Montana FWP 2026 Mountain Lion Management Units boundary, area description, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
- Montana FWP 2026-2027 Deer Elk Lion Hunting District… land ownership, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
About These Numbers
Odds are from the 2021 draw, the latest on file, computed from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks' published results. They are what happened in that draw, not a forecast. Under five tags a percentage carries a *, because one applicant either way swings it. A dash means the agency did not publish the number, and a date marked expected is last cycle's schedule rolled forward. How we compute these.
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