Upper Gallatin district consists of portions of Gallatin and Madison Counties south of Bozeman. The Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, Lee Metcalf Monument Mountain Wilderness Area, Cabin Creek and Gallatin Wildlife Management Areas all provide close to two hundred thousand acres of publicly accessible land. Elk, mule deer and whitetails are available.

Very few bulls reach old age in this area due to the high number of rifle hunters, but some do slip through the cracks long enough to reach trophy quality size. Hunting pressure is increasing every year in this area on both the archery and rifle hunts, but there are plenty of elk to go around.