Black bear hunting district · Region 3 (Bozeman)

District 316

Montana hunting district 316 (Black bear), FWP Region 3 (Bozeman): 4,484 sq mi in Beaverhead, Deer Lodge, Silver Bow counties; 73% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest); median elevation 7,067 ft.

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

Area4,484 sq mi

USFS · BLM · state trust · FWP73%

Median elevation7,067 ft

Elevation range4,948–10,725 ft

What stands out

Among the highest of 35 black bear districts: median elevation 7,067 ft. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)

Publicly administered land

US Forest Service	52.3%
Bureau of Land Management	13.8%
Montana state trust land	4.9%
Montana FWP	2.4%
Other federal	0.1%
City & county	0.1%
Other State of Montana	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: Beaverhead, Deer Lodge, Silver Bow counties
National forests: Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Wilderness: Anaconda Pintler Wilderness (3%)
Wildlife management areas: Mount Haggin, Fleecer Mountain
Mountain ranges (GNIS): Anaconda Range, Dickie Hills, Pioneer Mountains, Tendoy Mountains
Highest named summits: Torrey Mountain (≈11,020 ft), Tweedy Mountain (≈10,928 ft), Garfield Mountain (≈10,873 ft), Saddle Mountain (≈10,597 ft)
Passes and gaps: Storm Lake Pass, Pintler Pass, Granulated Pass, Alder Pass, Schultz Saddle, Big Hole Pass
Towns and places: Argenta, Armstead (historical), Bannack, Barretts, Birch Creek (historical), Buxton, Centerville (historical), Chinatown, Coolidge (historical), Crackerville, Delano Place, Dewey, Divide, Durant

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 317 54% public · 6,621 ft median
HD 216 60% public · 5,853 ft median
HD 301 51% public · 5,574 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.