Deer hunting rules in Montague County have a specific antler restriction

Montague County deer rules start with the antlers. A legal buck has either one unbranched antler or an inside spread of at least 13 inches. The county bag is four deer total, with no more than two bucks and no more than two antlerless deer.

The two-buck limit has a twist. The 13-inch-or-wider inside spread can be used by just one of the two bucks. A second buck has to be the unbranched-antler kind. A hunter may also take one 13-inch buck in another county with antler restrictions, within that county's own bag limit.

Federal grassland ground has its own antlerless rule. On USFS land in Montague County, does are off-limits except during archery season, youth seasons, and the Thanksgiving Day through Sunday window. A lease hunter and a grasslands hunter can be in the same county and still face different doe rules. The antler rule sits on top of the normal license and tagging rules.