Montana Antelope (Pronghorn) — Hunting District 576

Montana Hunting District 576 covers 1,917,213 acres and lies 27 miles north of Columbus. 8% of it is public land, mostly state trust land (7%) and BLM (1%). In 2025, hunters took 552 pronghorn here. The 2026 draw put up 110 tags here for 282 first-choice applicants.

Tags (2026):230 Nonresident share:capped at 10% Applicants:311 Public land:8% Size:1,917,213 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every pronghorn license type on offer in Hunting District 576, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

4 licenses on offer · 230 tags · 311 applicants in the 2026 draw

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
  • 576-20 Antelope License 576-20 — Either-sex 110 tags · 282 applicants · Standard
    No data
  • 576-20 Antelope License 576-20 — Either-sex 110 tags · 2 applicants · Landowner
    No data
  • 576-30 Antelope B License 576-30 — Doe/Fawn 5 tags · 27 applicants · Standard
    No data
  • 576-30 Antelope B License 576-30 — Doe/Fawn 5 tags · 0 applicants · Landowner
    No data
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.
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.

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.

The country

Columbus Harlowton Red Lodge Lewistown Three Forks
Hunting District 576 within Montana
313 317 338 339 490 506 516 526 536 546 556 586 596 Columbus Billings Big Timber Harlowton Roundup
Hunting District 576 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 1,752,525 ac · 91%
  • State trust land 126,152 ac · 7%
  • BLM 15,337 ac · 1%
  • National Wildlife Refuge 7,477 ac · 0%
  • County or city land 6,135 ac · 0%
  • State land 2,875 ac · 0%
  • Bureau of Reclamation 0 ac · 0%
  • Department of Defense 0 ac · 0%
  • National Park Service 0 ac · 0%
  • National Forest 0 ac · 0%
  • Tribal 0 ac · 0%
  • Other public 0 ac · 0%

Source: Antelope 2026-2027 Hunting District Landcover and Land Ownership Calculations

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.

Season Harvest
2025 552
2024 503
2023 649
2022 875

Residents vs nonresidents (2025)

  • Nonresident 78 taken
  • Resident 475 taken

Boundary: Antelope Hunting Districts (2026 and 2027 Seasons)

Harvest: 2025 Antelope (Pronghorn) Harvest Estimates (MyFWP Harvest Estimates Search, District=ALL)

Harvest: 2024 Antelope (Pronghorn) Harvest Estimates (MyFWP Harvest Estimates Search, District=ALL)

Harvest: 2023 Antelope (Pronghorn) Harvest Estimates (MyFWP Harvest Estimates Search, District=ALL)

How we compute draw odds · All Montana pronghorn hunts