Unit A318 (Big Hole)
Montana Hunting Guide — Antelope
Unit A318 lies in Beaverhead and Deer Lodge counties. Montana FWP publishes no per-unit pronghorn success figure we can verify for this unit. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.
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Antelope Hunting in Unit A318
Unit A318 lies in Beaverhead and Deer Lodge counties. Montana FWP publishes no per-unit pronghorn success figure we can verify for this unit. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.
Where to Find Pronghorn in Unit A318
What Montana FWP publishes for unit A318 is a boundary, not a pronghorn map. The country below is verified; where to begin in it is our judgement, not the agency's. The unit lies in Beaverhead and Deer Lodge counties.
The lines of the unit: Wise River, Big Hole-Bloody Dick Divide and Continental Divide
Montana FWP draws unit A318 in Beaverhead and Deer Lodge counties with a boundary that runs on Route 73, Route 278, Route 569 and Route 43, and on Wise River, Big Hole-Bloody Dick Divide, Continental Divide and Mill Creek, walked corner by corner in its hunting district legal descriptions. Read it as a frame, not as a hint about animals. Its value is practical — those are the features you will navigate by, and the ridges that separate one day's country from another's.
High ground inside the line: Saddle Mountain, West Goat Peak and Anaconda Range
Named high points inside the unit include Saddle Mountain at 10,773 feet, West Goat Peak at 10,773 feet, Anaconda Range at 10,645 feet, Mount Evans at 10,630 feet and Homer Youngs Peak at 10,611 feet. Several carry a public-land flag in our data, which makes them the first places to try for a view. Pronghorn stay on the open rolling ground and leave the timber alone.
Holding ground: Fox Park, Alder Creek Meadows and Moose Meadow
Below them sit Fox Park at 8,393 feet, Alder Creek Meadows at 8,387 feet, Moose Meadow at 8,133 feet, Heart Park at 8,064 feet and Star Park at 8,058 feet. That is the low country of the unit — the ground animals drop into when they are pushed or when the weather turns. Work out which of them you can see from one position before you pick a camp.
Water: Elkhorn Hot Springs
Named sources include Elkhorn Hot Springs. Nothing in the data says which of them run in autumn, so a scouting trip earns its fuel.
Unit A318 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Saddle Mountain (10,773 ft), Anaconda Range (10,645 ft), Homer Youngs Peak (10,611 ft), Hirschy Mountain (10,384 ft)
Holding ground: Storm Lake Pass (9,070 ft), Cutaway Pass (9,019 ft), Pintler Pass (8,731 ft), Elkhorn Hot Springs
Every one of these was tested against the unit polygon before it went on the map. They are starting points, not agency recommendations.
How to Hunt Pronghorn in Unit A318
Antelope Success Rates
Montana FWP's 2023 harvest estimates carry no pronghorn row for unit A318 that we can read back to this unit on its own. Where the agency reports a unit inside a grouping, or prints a table our parser cannot resolve to a single column, we leave the number out rather than publish a statewide average as though it had been measured here. Montana FWP's current harvest estimates are the place to check before you apply.
Antelope Draw Odds
| Season | Tags | Applicants | Draw % | Pts (n/p) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rifle — General either sex (resident) | 73 | 457 | 16.0% | — |
| Rifle — General either sex (nonresident) | 4 | 26 | 15.4% | — |
Data from 2024 draw results. Each row is one residency pool — read the label before the number. This agency publishes no point thresholds, so the Pts column stays blank and these are pool odds, not what a point total draws.
Open in Draw Odds EngineMontana FWP's draw recap has no pronghorn record we can tie to unit A318. That usually means the licence is sold over the counter, is issued under a hunt code covering several units, or was not offered in the years we hold. Rather than estimate a point requirement, we leave it blank — check Montana FWP's own draw recap for the hunt code you mean to apply for.
Unit Logistics & Expectations
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Every fact on this page is tied to a primary source below. Last fact-checked 2026-10-24.
- Montana FWP Hunting District Legal Descriptions, 2026/2027 — antelope hunting districts (pp. 5-9) — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks · supports: GMU boundary description, Counties the unit lies in · accessed 2026-10-24
- FWP hunting district feature services — deer/elk, antelope, moose, bighorn sheep and mountain goat districts (2026 and 2027 seasons) — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks · supports: Mapped extent of the unit, Which named ground falls inside the unit line · accessed 2026-10-24