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Deer · Elk · Lion hunting district · Region 1 (Kalispell)

District 110

Montana hunting district 110 (Deer · Elk · Lion), FWP Region 1 (Kalispell): 793 sq mi in Flathead, Lincoln counties; 86% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Flathead National Forest); median elevation 4,941 ft; FWP estimated 40 elk harvested in 2025.

FWP district boundary, 2026 regulations. A boundary on a map does not grant access to any land inside it.
Area793 sq mi
USFS · BLM · state trust · FWP86%
Median elevation4,941 ft
Elevation range2,992–7,956 ft

What stands out

Publicly administered land

US Forest Service64.1%
Montana state trust land21.6%
City & county0.1%
National Park Service0.1%

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.

Elk harvest estimates

YearHuntersDaysTotal HarvestBullsCowsCalves
2025n/en/e404000
20248086,099524930
2023n/en/e241860
20226855,280423373
2021n/en/e271980
20206074,210312560
2019n/en/e12660
20186344,766251690
2017n/en/e292630
20169306,247231940
20158266,273292630
20148446,069252500

FWP estimates from the annual hunter harvest survey; they carry sampling error. "n/e": FWP did not estimate district-level hunter numbers that year (2019, 2021, 2023, 2025). Boundaries of a numbered district can change between years.

Deer harvest estimates

YearHuntersDaysTotal HarvestBucksDoesFawns
20251,3448,403465383820
2024n/en/e504443610
20231,3607,975385345373
2022n/en/e428353713
20211,1186,739323307160
2020n/en/e347322250
20191,1807,297316289280
2018n/en/e369322470
20171,4519,238426364593
2016n/en/e6805731043
2015n/en/e431378530
2014n/en/e474420540

FWP estimates from the annual hunter harvest survey; they carry sampling error. "n/e": FWP did not estimate district-level hunter numbers that year (2018, 2020, 2022, 2024). Boundaries of a numbered district can change between years.

Mule Deer harvest estimates

YearHuntersDaysTotal HarvestBucksDoesFawns
20251,3448,403383800
2024n/en/e252230
20231,3607,975404000
2022n/en/e202000
20211,1186,7398800
2020n/en/e302630
20191,1807,297141400
2018n/en/e383800
20171,4519,238303000
2016n/en/e535300
2015n/en/e262600
2014n/en/e262600

FWP estimates from the annual hunter harvest survey; they carry sampling error. "n/e": FWP did not estimate district-level hunter numbers that year (2018, 2020, 2022, 2024). Boundaries of a numbered district can change between years.

Whitetail harvest estimates

YearHuntersDaysTotal HarvestBucksDoesFawns
20251,3448,403427345820
2024n/en/e479422580
20231,3607,975345305373
2022n/en/e408333713
20211,1186,739315299160
2020n/en/e317296210
20191,1807,297303275280
2018n/en/e331284470
20171,4519,238396334593
2016n/en/e6275191043
2015n/en/e405352530
2014n/en/e449395540

FWP estimates from the annual hunter harvest survey; they carry sampling error. "n/e": FWP did not estimate district-level hunter numbers that year (2018, 2020, 2022, 2024). Boundaries of a numbered district can change between years.

Landscape

Counties
Flathead, Lincoln counties
National forests
Flathead National Forest
Wilderness
None
Wildlife management areas
—
Mountain ranges (GNIS)
Smoky Range, Whitefish Range
Highest named summits
Nasukoin Mountain (≈7,956 ft), Lake Mountain (≈7,753 ft), Mount Thompson-Seton (≈7,680 ft), Tuchuck Mountain (≈7,612 ft)
Passes and gaps
Seemo Pass, Haines Pass, Inuya Pass
Towns and places
Columbia Falls, Conkelley, Fish Lake (historical), Ford, Happy Haven, Lupfer, Polebridge, Ramsey (historical), Round Prairie, Trailcreek, Vista, Whitefish, Wurtz Hill

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 101 79% public · 4,360 ft median
  • HD 170 7% public · 3,031 ft median
  • HD 103 50% public · 4,160 ft median
  • HD 140 93% public · 5,115 ft median

Sources

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