Montana Antelope (Pronghorn) · Hunting District 516

Montana Hunting District 516 spans 1,110,014 acres, centered 30 miles west of Roundup. 17% of it is public land, mostly BLM (6%) and state trust land (5%). In 2025, hunters took 332 pronghorn here; hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, 516-20, put up 55 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 202 nonresident first-choice applicants, 49 of whom drew.

Tags, 2026
120

4 licenses · NR capped at 10%

Applicants
226

first choice, NR

Hunter Success
—

not published

Public Land
17%

6% State

Size
1,734 mi²

1,110,014 acres

Roundup Harlowton Lewistown 516

Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.

Best Bets at 0 Points

Ranked by your odds times how often that license type's hunters filled their tag in 2025. Nonresident, first choice, 2026 draw; licenses with at least 10 tags that anyone can buy.

Every License in Hunting District 516

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it
516-20 Standard 6% —
Landowner 100% —
516-30 Standard 1% —
Landowner 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.

Harvest

Year Pronghorn
2025 332
2024 424
2023 395
2022 400

2025 split: nonresidents 45, residents 287

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 Antelope Harvest Estimates; Montana FWP 2024 Antelope Harvest Estimates; Montana FWP 2023 Antelope Harvest Estimates.

The Ground

Private 912,987 ac 82%
BLM 62,604 ac 6%
State trust land 60,051 ac 5%
National Forest 51,837 ac 5%
National Wildlife Refuge 10,767 ac <1%
State land 6,549 ac <1%
County or city land 111 ac <1%
Bureau of Reclamation 0 ac <1%
Department of Defense 0 ac <1%
National Park Service 0 ac <1%
Tribal 0 ac <1%
Other public 0 ac <1%

Source: Montana FWP 2026-2027 Antelope Hunting District….

▸ Sources 12
  1. Montana FWP 2026 Antelope License Drawing Statistics… draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  2. Montana FWP 2026 Antelope B License Drawing Statistics… draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  3. Montana Legislature 2026 MCA 87-2-113 Application fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  4. Montana Legislature 2026 MCA 87-2-116 Base hunting license… fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  5. Montana FWP 2026 Hunting Requirements fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  6. Montana FWP 2026 Nonresident License Fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  7. Montana FWP 2025 Antelope Harvest Estimates harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  8. Montana FWP 2024 Antelope Harvest Estimates harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  9. Montana FWP 2023 Antelope Harvest Estimates harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  10. Montana FWP 2022 Antelope Harvest Estimates harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  11. Montana FWP 2026 Antelope Hunting Districts boundary, area description, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  12. 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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Prior-draw odds from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks' results, not a forecast · Methodology · All Montana pronghorn hunts