Montana Mountain Lion · Hunting District 280
Montana Hunting District 280 covers 747,441 acres and lies 41 miles north of Deer Lodge. In 2025, hunters took 12 mountain lion here; hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, 280-00, put up 1 tag (all residencies) in the 2021 draw for 8 nonresident first-choice applicants.
No more draws here. The last one was 2021.
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks held its 2025 mountain lion draw without Hunting District 280. 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
747,441 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in Hunting District 280
The last draw held in Hunting District 280 was 2021. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 280-00 | Limited Mountain Lion License 280-00 | 1% (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 | 12 |
| 2024 | 17 |
| 2023 | 13 |
| 2022 | 9 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2 |
2025 split: nonresidents 1, residents 11
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.
▸ Sources 16
- 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 2026 Mountain Lion Management Units boundary, area description, retrieved Sep 2, 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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Prior-draw odds from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks' results, not a forecast · Methodology · All Montana mountain lion hunts