Unit A480 (Judiths & Moccasins)
Montana Hunting Guide — Pronghorn
Unit A480 lies in Fergus County. 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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Pronghorn Hunting in Unit A480
Unit A480 lies in Fergus County. 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 A480
Montana FWP's material on unit A480 stops at the boundary — there is no agency account of where its pronghorn live. So the ground below is the unit's own and the read on where to start is ours, labelled as such. The unit lies in Fergus County.
The lines of the unit: Judith River, Plum Creek and Salt Creek
Montana FWP draws unit A480 in Fergus County with a boundary that runs on US Highway 87, State Route 81, US Highway 191 and State Route 19, and on Judith River, Plum Creek, Salt Creek and Grass Range, walked corner by corner in its hunting district legal descriptions. It tells you the shape of the unit and nothing about its inhabitants. Those features are what you will check against the map all week, and the divides among them are the ones that matter.
High ground inside the line: Judith Mountains, Judith Peak and Red Mountain
Named high points inside the unit include Judith Mountains at 6,427 feet, Judith Peak at 6,427 feet, Red Mountain at 6,168 feet, Crystal Peak at 6,135 feet and Collar Peak at 6,128 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: Whisky Gulch, Devils Canyon and Lincoln Gulch
Below them sit Whisky Gulch at 4,672 feet, Devils Canyon at 4,650 feet, Lincoln Gulch at 4,632 feet, Alpine Gulch at 4,622 feet and Chicago Gulch at 4,604 feet. Those are the basins, parks and bottoms this unit has, and they are what you glass into from above. Work out which of them you can see from one position before you pick a camp.
Unit A480 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Judith Mountains (6,427 ft), Red Mountain (6,168 ft), Crystal Peak (6,135 ft), Pyramid Peak (6,105 ft)
Holding ground: Lincoln Gulch (4,632 ft)
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 A480
Pronghorn Success Rates
Montana FWP's 2023 harvest estimates carry no pronghorn row for unit A480 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.
Pronghorn Draw Odds
| Season | Tags | Applicants | Draw % | Pts (n/p) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rifle — General either sex (resident) | 78 | 542 | 14.4% | — |
| Rifle — General either sex (nonresident) | 7 | 109 | 6.4% | — |
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 A480. 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