Unit A650 (McCone-Richland)
Montana Hunting Guide — Antelope
Unit A650 lies in McCone, Garfield, Dawson and Richland 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 A650
Unit A650 lies in McCone, Garfield, Dawson and Richland 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 A650
Montana FWP's material on unit A650 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 McCone, Garfield, Dawson and Richland counties.
The lines of the unit: Missouri River, Little Dry Creek and Fort Peck Reservoir
Montana FWP draws unit A650 in McCone, Garfield, Dawson and Richland counties with a boundary that runs on State Route 200, and on Missouri River, Little Dry Creek and Fort Peck Reservoir, 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: Bonhoff Butte, Cobb Hill and Little Heaven
Named high points inside the unit include Bonhoff Butte at 2,803 feet, Cobb Hill at 2,782 feet, Little Heaven at 2,773 feet, McDonald Butte at 2,751 feet and Devils Table Rock at 2,750 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: Snuff Gap, Antelope Coulee and Twitchell Pass
Below them sit Snuff Gap at 2,509 feet, Antelope Coulee at 2,502 feet, Twitchell Pass at 2,501 feet, Roald Coulee at 2,499 feet and Garfield Coulee at 2,492 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.
Water: 24N59E17ACDA01 Well, 26N59E32BAAA01 Well and 20N45E10DCCD01 Well
Named sources include 24N59E17ACDA01 Well, 26N59E32BAAA01 Well, 20N45E10DCCD01 Well, 20N45E27ACCC01 Well and 19N45E11ACCD01 Well. Nothing in the data says which of them run in autumn, so a scouting trip earns its fuel.
Unit A650 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: McDonald Butte (2,751 ft), Devils Table Rock (2,750 ft), Indian Hill (2,749 ft), Goat Mountain (2,721 ft)
Holding ground: Deer Pass (2,539 ft), Snuff Gap (2,509 ft), Twitchell Pass (2,501 ft), 24N59E17ACDA01 Well, 26N59E32BAAA01 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 A650
Antelope Success Rates
Montana FWP's 2023 harvest estimates carry no pronghorn row for unit A650 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) | 433 | 1,208 | 35.8% | — |
| Rifle — General either sex (nonresident) | 48 | 345 | 13.9% | — |
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 A650. 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