Montana Antelope (Pronghorn) — Hunting District 404

Montana Hunting District 404 covers 3,008,979 acres and lies 21 miles east of Conrad and 34 miles south-east of Shelby. 10% of it is public land, mostly state trust land (7%) and Bureau of Reclamation (1%). In 2025, hunters took 232 pronghorn here. The 2026 draw put up 20 tags here for 241 first-choice applicants.

Tags (2026):60 Nonresident share:capped at 10% Applicants:265 Public land:10% Size:3,008,979 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every pronghorn license type on offer in Hunting District 404, 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

404-20 Antelope License 404-20 — Either-sex 20 tags · 241 applicants · Standard

<1% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
404-20 Antelope License 404-20 — Either-sex 20 tags · 1 applicants · Landowner

22% Long shot
404-30 Antelope B License 404-30 — Doe/Fawn 10 tags · 22 applicants · Standard

1% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
404-30 Antelope B License 404-30 — Doe/Fawn 10 tags · 1 applicants · Landowner

65% Undersubscribed

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	As 2nd choice	Points needed	Tags / applicants	License	Season
404-20 ↗ Antelope License 404-20 — Either-sex	<1% Point builder	0%	—	20 / 241	Standard	Sep 5 – Nov 8, 2026
404-20 ↗ Antelope License 404-20 — Either-sex	22% Long shot	—	—	20 / 1	Landowner	Sep 5 – Nov 8, 2026
404-30 ↗ Antelope B License 404-30 — Doe/Fawn	1% Point builder	0%	—	10 / 22	Standard	Sep 5 – Nov 8, 2026
404-30 ↗ Antelope B License 404-30 — Doe/Fawn	65% Undersubscribed	—	—	10 / 1 undersubscribed	Landowner	Sep 5 – Nov 8, 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.
As 2nd choice: Montana lets you name more than one hunt on the application. Miss on your first choice and you go into the pot for whatever tags are left, alongside everyone else's second choices. Points never help a lower choice, so this number is the same whatever you have banked — it is usually worth naming a hunt that goes undersubscribed.
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.

2 hunts not offered in 2026 are hidden — show discontinued hunts.

What it costs to apply (2026 nonresident fees)

License	Up front	Gone if you miss	If you draw
Standard license	$65	$65	$65
Landowner license	$65	$65	$65

Application window: opens Mar 1, closes Jun 1, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

Other licenses valid in Hunting District 404

Not in the table above because they had no result in the 2026 draw.

404-00 — Antelope License 404-00 Standard B licence — Antelope B License 404-10 Standard

The country

Hunting District 404 within Montana

Hunting District 404 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 2,673,478 ac · 89%
State trust land 212,734 ac · 7%
Bureau of Reclamation 37,913 ac · 1%
BLM 28,886 ac · 1%
State land 9,628 ac · 0%
National Wildlife Refuge 8,425 ac · 0%
County or city land 7,221 ac · 0%
Tribal 1,203 ac · 0%
Department of Defense 300 ac · 0%
National Park Service 0 ac · 0%
National Forest 0 ac · 0%
Other public 0 ac · 0%

Source: Antelope 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.