Montana Antelope (Pronghorn) — Hunting District 481

Montana Hunting District 481 covers 1,022,087 acres and lies 55 miles east of Lewistown and 76 miles south of Malta. 47% of it is public land, mostly BLM (32%) and wildlife refuge (8%). In 2025, hunters took 150 pronghorn here. The 2026 draw put up 25 tags here for 16 first-choice applicants.

Tags (2026):90 Nonresident share:capped at 10% Applicants:103 Public land:47% Size:1,022,087 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every pronghorn license type on offer in Hunting District 481, 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

481-20 Antelope License 481-20 — Either-sex 20 tags · 79 applicants · Standard

5% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
481-20 Antelope License 481-20 — Either-sex 20 tags · 8 applicants · Landowner

47% Real chance
481-30 Antelope B License 481-30 — Doe/Fawn 25 tags · 16 applicants · Standard

43% Real chance 0% as 2nd choice
481-30 Antelope B License 481-30 — Doe/Fawn 25 tags · 0 applicants · Landowner

100% No first-choice applicants

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	As 2nd choice	Points needed	Tags / applicants	License	Season
481-20 ↗ Antelope License 481-20 — Either-sex	5% Point builder	0%	—	20 / 79	Standard	Sep 5 – Nov 8, 2026
481-20 ↗ Antelope License 481-20 — Either-sex	47% Real chance	—	—	20 / 8	Landowner	Sep 5 – Nov 8, 2026
481-30 ↗ Antelope B License 481-30 — Doe/Fawn	43% Real chance	0%	—	25 / 16	Standard	Sep 5 – Nov 8, 2026
481-30 ↗ Antelope B License 481-30 — Doe/Fawn	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	25 / 0	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 481

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

481-00 — Antelope License 481-00 Standard B licence — Antelope B License 481-10 Standard

The country

Hunting District 481 within Montana

Hunting District 481 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 520,753 ac · 51%
BLM 330,849 ac · 32%
National Wildlife Refuge 84,935 ac · 8%
State trust land 61,223 ac · 6%
Bureau of Reclamation 0 ac · 0%
Department of Defense 0 ac · 0%
National Park Service 0 ac · 0%
National Forest 0 ac · 0%
County or city land 0 ac · 0%
State land 0 ac · 0%
Tribal 0 ac · 0%
Other public 0 ac · 0%
Private or other non-public land 24,325 ac · 2%

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.