Black bear hunting district · Region 1 (Kalispell)

District 121

Montana hunting district 121 (Black bear), FWP Region 1 (Kalispell): 980 sq mi in Sanders County; 82% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Kootenai National Forest); median elevation 4,094 ft.

Open in the atlas FWP regulations & quotas FWP district map (PDF)

FWP district boundary, 2026 regulations. A boundary on a map does not grant access to any land inside it.

Area980 sq mi

USFS · BLM · state trust · FWP82%

Median elevation4,094 ft

Elevation range2,142–8,369 ft

Publicly administered land

US Forest Service	81.2%
Montana state trust land	0.6%
Montana FWP	0.4%
City & county	0.1%

Area of Montana State Library 'Montana Public Lands' polygons (derived from the Montana Cadastral Framework, Department of Revenue ownership records) intersected with the FWP district boundary, measured in NAD83(2011) Montana State Plane (EPSG:6514). Ownership is not access: some public land is closed to hunting or has no legal access.

Landscape

Counties: Sanders County
National forests: Kootenai National Forest, Lolo National Forest, Idaho Panhandle National Forests
Wilderness: Cabinet Mountains Wilderness (6%)
Wildlife management areas: Mount Silcox, Bull River
Mountain ranges (GNIS): —
Highest named summits: Snowshoe Peak (≈8,501 ft), A Peak (≈8,491 ft), Saint Paul Peak (≈7,598 ft), Flat Top Mountain (≈7,484 ft)
Passes and gaps: Milwaukee Pass, Cube Iron Pass, Vermilion Pass, Saint Paul Pass, Himes Pass, Silver Butte Pass
Towns and places: Ashleys Settlement (historical), Cedar (historical), Childs, Heron, Larchwood, Noxon, Shannonville (historical), Smead (historical), Snider, Talc, Thompson Falls, Trout Creek, Tuscor, White Pine

Elevations sampled on a regular grid inside the district from AWS Terrain Tiles (Terrarium, zoom 10, ~105 m pixels; compiled from USGS 3DEP and SRTM). Approximate: summits read lower than their surveyed height.

Neighboring districts

HD 104 77% public · 4,052 ft median
HD 122 54% public · 4,298 ft median
HD 123 82% public · 4,291 ft median

Sources

District boundary: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks hunting district layer.
Public land: Montana State Library, Montana Public Lands (published 2026-10-06).
Harvest: FWP Harvest Estimates, retrieved 2026-10-30.
Places: USGS Geographic Names Information System. Wilderness and forests: USDA Forest Service.
Elevation: AWS Terrain Tiles (USGS 3DEP, SRTM).

Live weather, snow, fire and access conditions are in the atlas card for this district.