Unit A490 (West Meagher)
Montana Hunting Guide — Antelope
Unit A490 lies in Meagher 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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Antelope Hunting in Unit A490
Unit A490 lies in Meagher 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 A490
Montana FWP's material on unit A490 stops at the boundary — there is no agency account of where its pronghorn live. The country below is verified; where to begin in it is our judgement, not the agency's. The unit lies in Meagher County.
The lines of the unit: King's Hill, Meagher-Judith Basin and Sixteenmile Creek
Montana FWP draws unit A490 in Meagher County with a boundary that runs on USFS Road 274, US Highway 12, Highway 294 and US Highway 89, and on King's Hill, Meagher-Judith Basin, Sixteenmile Creek and Big Belt Mountains, walked corner by corner in its hunting district legal descriptions. That is a legal description, not a habitat map. 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: Mount Edith, Wapiti Peak and Elk Peak
Named high points inside the unit include Mount Edith at 9,493 feet, Wapiti Peak at 8,543 feet, Elk Peak at 8,541 feet, Castle Mountains at 8,363 feet and Willow Peak at 8,359 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: Deer Park, Central Park and Onion Park
Below them sit Deer Park at 7,392 feet, Central Park at 7,384 feet, Onion Park at 7,370 feet, Iron Mines Park at 7,337 feet and Monument Park at 7,328 feet. That is the low country of the unit — the ground animals drop into when they are pushed or when the weather turns. Two you can watch from a single knob is worth more than five you have to drive between.
Water: McKay Spring, Charcoal Spring and Horsefly Spring
Named sources include McKay Spring, Charcoal Spring, Horsefly Spring, Sage Spring, Den Gulch Spring and Weaning Corral Spring. Nothing in the data says which of them run in autumn, so a scouting trip earns its fuel.
Unit A490 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Mount Edith (9,493 ft), Wapiti Peak (8,543 ft), Beartrap Peak (8,215 ft), Lost Fork Ridge (8,085 ft)
Holding ground: Manger Park (7,753 ft), Island Park (7,480 ft), Duck Creek Pass (7,475 ft), McKay Spring, Charcoal Spring
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 A490
Antelope Success Rates
Montana FWP's 2023 harvest estimates carry no pronghorn row for unit A490 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) | 133 | 861 | 15.4% | — |
| Rifle — General either sex (nonresident) | 14 | 133 | 10.5% | — |
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 A490. 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