Montana Pronghorn

Unit A620 (South Phillips)

Montana Hunting Guide — Pronghorn

Unit A620 lies in Phillips, Valley and Blaine 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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Pronghorn Hunting in Unit A620

Where to Find Pronghorn in Unit A620

What Montana FWP publishes for unit A620 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 Phillips, Valley and Blaine counties.

The lines of the unit: Little Suction Creek, Suction Creek and Cow Creek

Montana FWP draws unit A620 in Phillips, Valley and Blaine counties with a boundary that runs on US Highway 2, and on Little Suction Creek, Suction Creek, Cow Creek and Missouri River, walked corner by corner in its hunting district legal descriptions. That is a legal description, not a habitat map. 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: Antoine Butte, Old Scraggy Peak and Shell Butte

Named high points inside the unit include Antoine Butte at 5,730 feet, Old Scraggy Peak at 5,694 feet, Shell Butte at 5,690 feet, Beaver Mountain at 5,544 feet and Mission Peak at 5,500 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: Alder Gulch, Goslin Gulch and Chimney Gulch

Below them sit Alder Gulch at 3,877 feet, Goslin Gulch at 3,793 feet, Chimney Gulch at 3,457 feet, Dry Gulch at 3,179 feet and Grouse Gulch at 3,076 feet. These are the folds worth watching, and the ones other hunters walk past on the way to somewhere steeper. Work out which of them you can see from one position before you pick a camp.

Unit A620 terrain and land status

Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up

Named features inside the unit

Glass from: Antoine Butte (5,730 ft), Old Scraggy Peak (5,694 ft), Beaver Mountain (5,544 ft), Mission Peak (5,500 ft)

Holding ground: Pony Gulch (4,149 ft), Buck Coulee (2,986 ft), Kieth Coulee (2,940 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 A620

Montana FWP publishes no pronghorn success figure for unit A620 that we can tie to this unit alone, so we won't quote one. The plan: spot from a vehicle or a rise at distance, then plan a stalk that uses the only cover there is — the curve of the ground.

Glassing from Indian Peak, Saddle Butte and Sugar Loaf Butte

Take a position on one of Indian Peak (5,160 ft), Saddle Butte (5,151 ft), Sugar Loaf Butte (5,010 ft) and Thornhill Butte (4,612 ft) and be on it before light. Cold air slides downhill in the dark, so keep your scent out of the bowl you mean to watch; expect the thermals to turn uphill an hour after the sun reaches the slope. Give a basin forty minutes before you decide it is empty. On the rut hunts, early-season bucks hold does and can be decoyed where the law allows it.

A first plan from the pins on this page

The map above marks Antoine Butte, Old Scraggy Peak, Beaver Mountain and Mission Peak as places to see from, and Pony Gulch, Buck Coulee and Kieth Coulee as ground to watch. Each pin is a named feature verified to fall inside the unit line, not a spot anyone has hunted. Take the pair you can reach on one road and treat the rest as a second trip.

What we can't tell you

Some of the ground named above carries no land-status flag we trust, so check ownership on a current layer before you hunt it. We have no pronghorn success figure for this unit that survives checking against Montana FWP's own harvest and hunter counts, and we would rather say so than print a statewide average as though it were measured here.

Montana rules that decide your day

Summarised from FWP regulations. They change — read the current regulations and your permit-tag before you hunt.

Legal shooting hours

Big game may be taken from half an hour before sunrise to half an hour after sunset.

Motorized retrieval

Montana has no general off-road retrieval allowance; travel stays on open routes.

Tagging

Validate the tag and attach it to the carcass before moving the animal.

Leaving meat

Wasting game meat is illegal.

Where you may not shoot

Occupied structures — No discharging a firearm within 150 yards of an occupied dwelling without permission, and no shooting from or across a public road.

Pronghorn: where to put the shot

Broadside, straight up the front leg, a third of the way into the body. Pronghorn are shallow-chested and the lungs sit forward.

Shots to refuse

Range it, then range it again. Open country makes 400 yards look like 250.
Wait for the buck to stop. Nobody kills a running pronghorn cleanly on purpose.
Mind the backdrop. A miss carries a long way across a flat.

Plan the carry: roughly 30– 45 lb of boned-out meat, before head and hide — one large cooler with ice already in it. ProHunt planning estimate, not an agency figure.

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Pronghorn Success Rates

Montana FWP's 2023 harvest estimates carry no pronghorn row for unit A620 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

Draw odds data not available for this specific unit/species combination in our database.

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Montana FWP's draw recap has no pronghorn record we can tie to unit A620. 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

Planning Notes

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Camp Sites

Limited camping. BLM dispersed camping on public parcels. Malta has basic motel options. Bring a self-sufficient camp setup.

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Water

Carry all water. This is dry prairie country with no reliable human water sources.

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Road Conditions

US-2 provides paved access. County gravel roads from Malta to the hunting area. Some rough two-track. Avoid clay roads when wet.

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Terrain Difficulty

Easy. Rolling prairie with gentle terrain. No physical challenges beyond the weather.

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Hunting Pressure

Low. The remote Hi-Line location limits hunter numbers. Vast open terrain absorbs pressure well.

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Weather

North-central Montana. Extreme temperature range possible. Early cold and constant wind are common. Prepare for harsh conditions — this is exposed prairie country.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Colorado unit A620?

Unit A620 lies in Phillips, Valley and Blaine counties. Montana FWP draws unit A620 with a boundary that runs on US Highway 2, and on Little Suction Creek, Suction Creek, Cow Creek and Missouri River, walked corner by corner in its hunting district legal descriptions.

What is the pronghorn success rate in unit A620?

Montana FWP publishes no pronghorn success figure we can tie to unit A620 on its own — the 2023 harvest tables either omit the unit or report it in a grouping we could not read back to it reliably. Rather than quote a statewide average as though it were measured here, we say so. Check Montana FWP's current harvest estimates before you apply.

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Sources & Verification

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