Black bear hunting district · Region 3 (Bozeman)

District 300

Montana hunting district 300 (Black bear), FWP Region 3 (Bozeman): 710 sq mi in Lewis And Clark County; 32% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land; median elevation 4,675 ft.

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

Area710 sq mi

USFS · BLM · state trust · FWP32%

Median elevation4,675 ft

Elevation range3,445–7,684 ft

What stands out

Among the flattest of 35 black bear districts: 4,239 ft from low point to high point. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)

Publicly administered land

US Forest Service	14.9%
Bureau of Land Management	11.2%
Montana state trust land	5.5%
Other federal	0.8%
Montana FWP	0.8%
City & county	0.7%
Other State of Montana	0.5%

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: Lewis And Clark County
National forests: Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
Wilderness: None
Wildlife management areas: Canyon Creek, Lake Helena
Mountain ranges (GNIS): General Robert E Lee Range (not official)
Highest named summits: Granite Butte (≈7,536 ft), Greenhorn Mountain (≈7,490 ft), Mount Belmont (≈7,287 ft), Mitchell Mountain (≈6,919 ft)
Passes and gaps: Stemple Pass, Priest Pass
Towns and places: Atlantic City (historical), Austin, Belmont (historical), Birdseye, Blue Cloud (historical), Canyon Creek, Craig, Evergreen Court, Forest Heights, Frontier Town, Gearing, Gloster, Iron, Lakeside

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 280 75% public · 5,784 ft median
HD 301 51% public · 5,574 ft median
HD 319 30% public · 5,407 ft median
HD 440 21% public · 5,138 ft median
HD 450 19% public · 3,714 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.