Unit A471 (Highwoods/Denton)
Montana Hunting Guide — Antelope
Unit A471 lies in Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus and Judith Basin 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 A471
Unit A471 lies in Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus and Judith Basin 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 A471
Montana FWP's material on unit A471 stops at the boundary — there is no agency account of where its pronghorn live. Every place named below sits inside the unit line. Which of them holds animals in your season is for you to find out. The unit lies in Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus and Judith Basin counties.
The lines of the unit: Judith Basin, Missouri River and Great Falls
Montana FWP draws unit A471 in Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus and Judith Basin counties with a boundary that runs on US Highway 87, and on Judith Basin, Missouri River, Great Falls and Judith River, walked corner by corner in its hunting district legal descriptions. It tells you the shape of the unit and nothing about its inhabitants. What it does give you is the way in: the rivers and highways you cross, and the divides that decide which drainage you end up in.
High ground inside the line: Highwood Baldy, Highwood Mountains and Arrow Peak
Named high points inside the unit include Highwood Baldy at 7,661 feet, Highwood Mountains at 7,661 feet, Arrow Peak at 7,470 feet, Lava Peak at 7,146 feet and Middle Peak at 7,077 feet. Several carry a public-land flag in our data, which makes them the first places to try for a view. Pronghorn live in the open and trust their eyes, which is the whole problem.
Holding ground: Back Coulee, Todd Coulee and Big Coulee
Below them sit Back Coulee at 4,476 feet, Todd Coulee at 4,473 feet, Big Coulee at 4,462 feet, Eastern Coulee at 4,319 feet and Elmer Coulee at 4,316 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: Giant Springs, 23N09E08AAAA01 Well and Harris Spring
Named sources include Giant Springs, 23N09E08AAAA01 Well, Harris Spring, 21N07E14CBAD01 Spring and Barrel Spring. Nothing in the data says which of them run in autumn, so a scouting trip earns its fuel.
Unit A471 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Highwood Baldy (7,661 ft), Arrow Peak (7,470 ft), Middle Peak (7,077 ft), South Peak (7,071 ft)
Holding ground: Grouse Coulee (5,075 ft), Big Coulee (3,262 ft), The Divide (3,149 ft), Giant Springs, 23N09E08AAAA01 Well
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 A471
Antelope Success Rates
Montana FWP's 2023 harvest estimates carry no pronghorn row for unit A471 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) | 202 | 1,454 | 13.9% | — |
| Rifle — General either sex (nonresident) | 11 | 123 | 8.9% | — |
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 A471. 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