Black bear hunting district · Region 3 (Bozeman)

District 319

Montana hunting district 319 (Black bear), FWP Region 3 (Bozeman): 2,087 sq mi in Gallatin, Broadwater, Park, Lewis And Clark counties; 30% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land; median elevation 5,407 ft.

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

Area2,087 sq mi

USFS · BLM · state trust · FWP30%

Median elevation5,407 ft

Elevation range3,130–9,226 ft

Publicly administered land

US Forest Service	24.8%
Montana state trust land	3.3%
Bureau of Land Management	1.5%
Other federal	0.5%
City & county	0.1%
Montana FWP	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: Gallatin, Broadwater, Park, Lewis And Clark counties
National forests: Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest, Custer Gallatin National Forest
Wilderness: Gates of the Mountains Wilderness (2%)
Wildlife management areas: Canyon Ferry
Mountain ranges (GNIS): Big Belt Mountains, Bridger Range, Horseshoe Hills
Highest named summits: Sacagawea Peak (≈9,495 ft), Naya Nuki Peak (≈9,465 ft), Hardscrabble Peak (≈9,459 ft), Mount Edith (≈9,436 ft)
Passes and gaps: Ross Pass, Flathead Pass, Battle Ridge Pass, Bridger Divide, Bozeman Pass
Towns and places: Accola, Barker, Bensons Landing (historical), Branding Iron Addition, Brewer, Busch, Canyon Ferry, Carpenter, Cavetown, Chadborn, Chestnut, Clarkston, Daytown (historical), Deep Creek (historical)

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 440 21% public · 5,138 ft median
HD 301 51% public · 5,574 ft median
HD 580 14% public · 3,970 ft median
HD 341 62% public · 7,234 ft median
HD 300 32% public · 4,675 ft median
HD 309 2% public · 4,724 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.