Montana Antelope Hunting District 388
Antelope
42.1%
For planning only. Seasons, license rules, and boundaries change, and this site can contain errors. Before you apply, buy a license, or hunt, confirm everything in the official FWP deer, elk & antelope regulations. Published state regulations always control. Terms of use
Antelope
Licenses
Drawing only
Availability: Residents Draw · Nonresidents Draw
Antelope licenses are awarded through FWP's drawings; apply by June 1.
A hunter can hold up to three antelope licenses, only one of them either-sex.
Nonresidents are limited to, but not guaranteed, 10 percent of the license quota. 2026 regulations p. 15.
District NOTE: 'Public access is limited and difficult.
HD 388 Check Restricted Area Legal Description (p 18-19) Helena Valley Regulating Reservoir; Helena Valley Weapons Restriction Area NOTE: A large portion of this district is a weapons restriction area with ArchEquip, shotgun, traditional handgun, muzzleloader, or crossbow only.
A portion of this district is outside the weapons restriction area.
See legal descriptions.
Helena Valley Regulating Reservoir closed to all hunting with the opening of waterfowl season.' (2026 regulations p. 138).
Source: FWP regulations (2026)
Antelope License 388-20 (either-sex)
Availability: Residents Draw · Nonresidents Draw
Quota 15 (range 15–75).
Archery only Sept. 05–Oct. 09; general Oct. 10–Nov. 08.
Successful antelope Either-sex 388-20 applicants may be offered the opportunity to purchase one or more doe/fawn 388-31 (Quota: 30, Range 15-100) licenses valid in HD 388 during the same time periods and with the same restrictions.
Valid both inside and outside Weapons Restriction Area. 2026 regulations p. 138.
Source: FWP regulations (2026)
Antelope License 399-20 (either-sex, ArchEquip only)
Availability: Residents Draw · Nonresidents Draw
Quota 500 (range 250–750).
Aug. 15–Nov. 08.
Must be your first and only choice. 2026 regulations p. 138.
Source: FWP regulations (2026)
Quotas are the 2026 quotas in FWP's regulations; FWP's drawings use the final quotas adopted by the Fish and Wildlife Commission, which may differ.
A hunter can hold up to three antelope licenses, so harvest per hunter can top 100%.
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All | Bucks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | Not published | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 2024 | 19 | 8 | 42.1% | 6 | 31.6% |
| 2023 | Not published | 8 | — | 7 | — |
| 2022 | 39 | 18 | 46.2% | 11 | 28.2% |
| 2021 | Not published | 33 | — | 11 | — |
Source: Montana FWP harvest reports, 2024.