Unit A481 (Petroleum)
Montana Hunting Guide — Antelope
Unit A481 lies in Fergus, Judith Basin and Petroleum 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 A481
Unit A481 lies in Fergus, Judith Basin and Petroleum 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 A481
What Montana FWP publishes for unit A481 is a boundary, not a pronghorn map. 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 Fergus, Judith Basin and Petroleum counties.
The lines of the unit: Judith Basin, Grass Range and Missouri River
Montana FWP draws unit A481 in Fergus, Judith Basin and Petroleum counties with a boundary that runs on State Route 200, State Route 19 and US Highway 191, and on Judith Basin, Grass Range, Missouri River and Musselshell River, walked corner by corner in its hunting district legal descriptions. It tells you the shape of the unit and nothing about its inhabitants. 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: Haystack Butte, Three Buttes and Dovetail Butte
Named high points inside the unit include Haystack Butte at 3,351 feet, Three Buttes at 3,338 feet, Dovetail Butte at 3,235 feet, Dunn Ridge at 3,145 feet and Tin Can Hill at 3,035 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: Connoly Coulee, Hanson Flat and Lane Coulee
Below them sit Connoly Coulee at 2,788 feet, Hanson Flat at 2,749 feet, Lane Coulee at 2,734 feet, Bull Springs Coulee at 2,731 feet and Schoneke Coulee at 2,722 feet. These are the folds worth watching, and the ones other hunters walk past on the way to somewhere steeper. Pick the one with the least road on its upwind side.
Unit A481 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Dovetail Butte (3,235 ft), Button Butte (2,989 ft), Haines Ridge (2,964 ft), Elevator Ridge (2,963 ft)
Holding ground: Kirkendal Flat (2,892 ft), Downer Coulee (2,679 ft), Rasmussen Coulee (2,616 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 A481
Antelope Success Rates
Montana FWP's 2023 harvest estimates carry no pronghorn row for unit A481 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) | 79 | 446 | 17.7% | — |
| Rifle — General either sex (nonresident) | 6 | 60 | 10.0% | — |
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 A481. 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