HuntingRulebook

Montana · Deer · 2026-27

This is every Montana deer season and the day it opens, the whole state at once. A pin turns it into a day-by-day calendar for one hunting district, with your own tags marked against it.

Montana 2026-27 season

In the order they open

  • Sep 5 – Oct 18Archery OnlyThe general calendarPrinted in 2 columns — check which covers your hunting district.
  • Sep 5–14Archery OnlyBackcountry — HDs 150, 280 and 316Printed in 2 columns — check which covers your hunting district.
  • Sep 15 – Nov 29General SeasonBackcountry — HDs 150, 280 and 316Printed in 2 columns — check which covers your hunting district.
  • Oct 15–16Youth Two-day HuntStatewidePrinted in 1 column — check which covers your hunting district.
  • Oct 24 – Nov 29General SeasonThe general calendarPrinted in 2 columns — check which covers your hunting district.
  • Dec 12–20Heritage MuzzleloaderWhere the district table opens onePrinted in 1 column — check which covers your hunting district.

Transcribed from the published 2026-27 Montana digest. Where this app and the digest disagree, the digest is the law. Read the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks digest.

Montana deer seasons, 2026-27

Montana’s 2026-27 deer seasons run September 5, 2026 to December 20, 2026, and what is open on a given day depends on the hunting district your stand is in. Drop a pin above and this app reads the hunting district off it, then answers the rest from there — the dates, the legal arms, the bag limits and the shooting hours, transcribed page by page from the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks digest. It is a planning aid, not the law: check the digest before you hunt.

Every screen for Montana

  • Today in Montana — Whether the season is open at your pin this morning, what you may take, and the legal light either end of the day.
  • Map in Montana — Drop a pin and see the unit, the public land and the property lines under it.
  • Weather in Montana — Wind, temperature and the scent cone over your ground, hour by hour, for the days you can still choose between.
  • Calendar in Montana — Every day your tags are good for in your unit, from opening day to the end of the season.
  • Rut in Montana — When the rut runs where you hunt, and which week is worth taking off.
  • Rules in Montana — The legal arms, bag limits, antler restrictions and shooting hours that apply at your pin.
  • Tags in Montana — The licences and permits you hold — what turns the published season into your season.

The other states

Every state — the app opens on whichever one your own pin falls in.