All Hunting in Montana HD 494 - East Big Belt-West Little Belt Mountains
Those portions of Cascade, and Meagher Counties lying within the following-described boundary: Beginning at the junction of U.S. Highways 89 and 12 northeast of White Sulphur Springs, south and west on U.S. Highway 12 to the Big Belt Mountains main hydrol

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Those portions of Cascade, and Meagher Counties lying within the following-described boundary: Beginning at the junction of U.S. Highways 89 and 12 northeast of White Sulphur Springs, south and west on U.S. Highway 12 to the Big Belt Mountains main hydrological divide (Broadwater and Meagher County line) then northerly along the Big Belt Mountains main hydrological divide (Broadwater and subsequently Lewis and Clark/Meagher County line) to the Hound Creek-Smith River Divide (easterly end of Elk Ridge), then easterly along said divide to Two Creek, then easterly down said creek to its confluence with the Smith River, then north or downstream along said river to the Missouri River, then southwesterly or upstream along said river to Route 330, then northerly on said route to Interstate 15, then northeasterly on said interstate to U.S. Highway 89, then southeasterly and south on said highway to U.S. Highway 12, the point of beginning.
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All Drawing Stats (2022)
1st Choice Draw Odds
Stats | Apply For | Sex | Manner | Season | Type | Draw Odds | HuntScore | Notes |
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494-20-A |
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ANY
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G
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0.5%
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40 | ||
494-20-A |
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ANY
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G
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0.5%
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40 |
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All Harvest Stats (2021)
Manner | Season | Type | Sex | Hunters | Harvest | Male | Female | Youth |
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ALL
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ALL
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NA
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N/A | 4 | 3 |
3
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0
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0
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Any
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Any
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N
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N/A | 1 | 1 |
1
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0
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0
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Any
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Any
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R
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N/A | 3 | 2 |
2
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0
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0
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