Montana Antelope (Pronghorn) · Hunting District 485
Montana Hunting District 485 covers 814,681 acres and lies 35 miles north of Lewistown and 70 miles east of Fort Benton. 31% of it is public land, mostly BLM (22%) and state trust land (7%). Its most applied-for hunt, 485-20, put up 5 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 38 nonresident first-choice applicants, 4 of whom drew.
New for 2026: The First Draw Held Here
Hunting District 485 did not exist before the 2026 pronghorn draw. The chances below are that one draw's actual results, not an estimate, and there is no point-creep trend to read yet.
4 licenses · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
not published
22% BLM
814,681 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in Hunting District 485
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 485-20 Standard | Antelope License 485-20 — Either-sex | 2% | — | |
| 485-20 Landowner | Antelope License 485-20 — Either-sex | 3% | — | |
| 485-30 Standard | Antelope B License 485-30 — Doe/Fawn | 31% | — | |
| 485-30 Landowner | Antelope B License 485-30 — Doe/Fawn | 100% | — |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2026 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file.
Draw results: Montana FWP 2026 Antelope License Drawing Statistics…; Montana FWP 2026 Antelope B License Drawing Statistics…, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.
If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): Standard $92.50 ($92.50 to apply) · Landowner $92.50 ($92.50 to apply). Open Mar 1 – Jun 1, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
The Ground
| Private | 554,879 ac | 68% |
| BLM | 176,297 ac | 22% |
| State trust land | 59,960 ac | 7% |
| National Wildlife Refuge | 18,737 ac | 2% |
| State land | 896 ac | <1% |
| Bureau of Reclamation | 0 ac | <1% |
| Department of Defense | 0 ac | <1% |
| National Park Service | 0 ac | <1% |
| National Forest | 0 ac | <1% |
| County or city land | 0 ac | <1% |
| Tribal | 0 ac | <1% |
| Other public | 0 ac | <1% |
▸ Sources 8
- Montana FWP 2026 Antelope License Drawing Statistics… draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Montana FWP 2026 Antelope B License Drawing Statistics… draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 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 2026 Antelope Hunting Districts boundary, area description, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Montana FWP 2026-2027 Antelope Hunting District… land ownership, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
About These Numbers
Odds are from the 2026 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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