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Montana · Deer · 2026-27

Deer tags

Montana · 2026-27

Tags held

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resident prices

Spend

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at the printed fee schedule

Seasons covered

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Bucks taken

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A General Deer License is valid for one deer, and what class of deer depends on the hunting district and often on the date inside the season. A deer permit — drawn on 1 April — restricts its holder to taking an antlered buck mule deer only in the district or portion of district the permit names, and they may not take an antlered buck mule deer anywhere else in Montana even where the general season is open to it. Deer B licences are antlerless only, drawn by 1 June or bought over the counter from 15 June, and valid in specific districts. Non-residents are limited by law to, but not guaranteed, 10 per cent of a licence or permit quota. Regulations, printed pp. 19-21.

You

What you pay, and in several states what you are even offered.

Residency

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks prices residents and non-residents differently, and sells some tags to only one of them.

Licences

Without one of these there is no legal way to hunt deer here.

Tags and permits

Good anywhere in the state.

Tags for a unit

Drop a pin first — these are sold per hunting district, and the app will not guess which one you meant.

Nothing to tick here yet.

Nothing in your wallet yet

Tick what you hold and the calendar starts answering for you rather than for everybody. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks sells them at the link below.
Buy licences and tags at Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks

Prices are what the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks printed for 2026-27, and are here to help you recognise a tag rather than to sell you one.

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.