Montana Antelope (Pronghorn) · Hunting District 556
Montana Hunting District 556 spans 2,545,907 acres, centered 13 miles north-west of Red Lodge. 47% of it is public land, mostly national forest (34%) and BLM (9%). In 2025, hunters took 88 pronghorn here; hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, 556-20, put up 12 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 52 nonresident first-choice applicants, 10 of whom drew.
2 licenses · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
not published
34% Forest Service
2,545,907 acres
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 556
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 556-20 Standard | Antelope License 556-20 — Either-sex | 6% | — | |
| 556-20 Landowner | Antelope License 556-20 — Either-sex | 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…, 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 | 88 |
| 2024 | 71 |
| 2023 | 77 |
| 2022 | 52 |
2025 split: nonresidents 9, residents 79
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 | 1,340,420 ac | 53% |
| National Forest | 866,372 ac | 34% |
| BLM | 234,987 ac | 9% |
| State trust land | 66,193 ac | 3% |
| National Park Service | 26,477 ac | 1% |
| State land | 3,818 ac | <1% |
| County or city land | 3,055 ac | <1% |
| National Wildlife Refuge | 254 ac | <1% |
| Bureau of Reclamation | 0 ac | <1% |
| Department of Defense | 0 ac | <1% |
| Tribal | 0 ac | <1% |
| Other public | 0 ac | <1% |
▸ Sources 11
- Montana FWP 2026 Antelope 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 2025 Antelope Harvest Estimates harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Montana FWP 2024 Antelope Harvest Estimates harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Montana FWP 2023 Antelope Harvest Estimates harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Montana FWP 2022 Antelope Harvest Estimates harvest, 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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