Black bear hunting district · Region 3 (Bozeman)

District 301

Montana hunting district 301 (Black bear), FWP Region 3 (Bozeman): 2,781 sq mi in Jefferson, Broadwater, Powell, Silver Bow counties; 51% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest); median elevation 5,574 ft.

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

Area2,781 sq mi

USFS · BLM · state trust · FWP51%

Median elevation5,574 ft

Elevation range3,737–8,947 ft

Publicly administered land

US Forest Service	38.4%
Bureau of Land Management	8.5%
Montana state trust land	2.9%
Montana FWP	1.6%
City & county	0.4%
Other State of Montana	0.4%
Other federal	0.3%
US Fish & Wildlife Service	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: Jefferson, Broadwater, Powell, Silver Bow counties
National forests: Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
Wilderness: None
Wildlife management areas: Spotted Dog, Warm Springs, Canyon Ferry
Mountain ranges (GNIS): Boulder Hills, Boulder Mountains, Bull Mountain, Elkhorn Mountains, General Eisenhower Range (not official), Limestone Hills, Spokane Hills
Highest named summits: Crow Peak (≈9,354 ft), Elkhorn Peak (≈9,265 ft), Windy Point (≈8,937 ft), Haystack Mountain (≈8,740 ft)
Passes and gaps: Radersburg Pass, Champion Pass, Elk Park Pass, Homestake Pass, MacDonald Pass
Towns and places: Alhambra, Allendale (historical), Amazon, Anselmo (historical), Basin, Bedford, Bernice, Big Foot (historical), Blazing Place, Boulder, Broadwater, Burlington (historical), Butchertown (historical), Butte

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 319 30% public · 5,407 ft median
HD 317 54% public · 6,621 ft median
HD 300 32% public · 4,675 ft median
HD 216 60% public · 5,853 ft median
HD 280 75% public · 5,784 ft median
HD 290 45% public · 4,967 ft median
HD 316 73% public · 7,067 ft median
HD 341 62% public · 7,234 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.