Public Land Hunting & Fishing in Montana 2026 - WMAs, National Forests & BLM

National Forests 2

Flathead National Forest

Flathead, Lincoln, Glacier, Lake, Sanders County · 2,400,000 acres

🦌 Hunting 🎣 Fishing Free Access

Flathead National Forest encompasses 2.4 million acres of northwestern Montana's Rocky Mountain Front ranges, bordering...

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Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest

Beaverhead, Madison, Silver Bow, Deer Lodge, Granite, Ravalli, Powell County · 3,300,000 acres

🦌 Hunting 🎣 Fishing Free Access

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest is Montana's largest national forest at 3.3 million acres, stretching across the Co...

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Wildlife Refuges 1

Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge

Phillips, Valley, Garfield, Fergus, McCone County · 1,100,000 acres

🦌 Hunting 🎣 Fishing Free Access

Charles M. Russell NWR encompasses 1.1 million acres along 245 miles of the Missouri River in central Montana's "Missour...

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Other Public Land 1

Block Management Program (MTFWP)

Statewide — varies by season County · 8,000,000 acres

🦌 Hunting Free Access

Montana's Block Management Program provides public hunting access to over 8 million acres of enrolled private land state...

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