Montana Mountain Lion · Hunting District 270
Montana Hunting District 270 covers 425,217 acres and lies 23 miles south-east of Hamilton and 38 miles west of Anaconda. 85% of it is public land, mostly national forest (80%) and state trust land (4%). In 2025, hunters took 14 mountain lion here; hunter counts not published.
1 license · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
not published
80% Forest Service
425,217 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in Hunting District 270
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 270-00 | Limited Mountain Lion License 270-00 | not open | — |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2025 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file.
Draw results: Montana FWP 2025 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 | 14 |
| 2024 | 17 |
| 2023 | 17 |
| 2022 | 10 |
| 2021 | 12 |
| 2020 | 11 |
| 2019 | 12 |
| 2018 | 12 |
| 2017 | 11 |
| 2016 | 11 |
| 2015 | 7 |
| 2014 | 10 |
2025 split: nonresidents 2, residents 12
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
| National Forest | 341,407 ac | 80% |
| Private | 65,355 ac | 15% |
| State trust land | 18,114 ac | 4% |
| State land | 170 ac | <1% |
| County or city land | 42 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 2025 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 2025 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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