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Montana Mule Deer
HD 261 - East Bitterroot  ·  Deer Permit: 261-50
ANY BUCK DEER · PERMIT · RESIDENT
Draw Odds
0.8%
(2025 draw)
Harvest Success
1.6%
(2023)
Applications
1,001
for 8 tags
Season
Sep 05 – Dec 20

Harvest success by year

Public-land success from the agency survey, every year on file. One year on file so far; the trend fills in as each season's survey lands.

YearSuccessDays huntedAnimals taken
20232%—8
I-90I-15I-94HelenaBillingsMissoulaGreat Falls
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