Hunting districts / Deer · Elk · Lion
Deer · Elk · Lion hunting district · Region 1 (Kalispell)
District 120
Montana hunting district 120 (Deer · Elk · Lion), FWP Region 1 (Kalispell): 493 sq mi in Flathead, Lake counties; 26% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land; median elevation 4,196 ft; FWP estimated 66 elk harvested in 2025.
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 19.2% | |
| Montana state trust land | 6.3% | |
| US Fish & Wildlife Service | 0.9% | |
| City & county | 0.2% | |
| Montana FWP | 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.
Elk harvest estimates
| Year | Hunters | Days | Total Harvest | Bulls | Cows | Calves |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | n/e | n/e | 66 | 63 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1,167 | 8,418 | 49 | 42 | 6 | 0 |
| 2023 | n/e | n/e | 75 | 66 | 6 | 3 |
| 2022 | 1,075 | 7,386 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | n/e | n/e | 36 | 35 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 984 | 8,196 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | n/e | n/e | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1,171 | 9,118 | 49 | 46 | 3 | 0 |
| 2017 | n/e | n/e | 27 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1,240 | 10,052 | 30 | 25 | 5 | 0 |
| 2015 | 1,020 | 7,651 | 43 | 37 | 5 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1,055 | 8,065 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
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
| Year | Hunters | Days | Total Harvest | Bucks | Does | Fawns |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,179 | 14,543 | 694 | 554 | 140 | 0 |
| 2024 | n/e | n/e | 724 | 612 | 109 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2,206 | 14,981 | 704 | 598 | 106 | 0 |
| 2022 | n/e | n/e | 711 | 533 | 178 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1,956 | 12,140 | 656 | 534 | 122 | 0 |
| 2020 | n/e | n/e | 777 | 591 | 186 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2,196 | 12,842 | 703 | 572 | 124 | 7 |
| 2018 | n/e | n/e | 799 | 602 | 194 | 3 |
| 2017 | 2,358 | 12,935 | 904 | 644 | 251 | 9 |
| 2016 | n/e | n/e | 1,268 | 939 | 299 | 30 |
| 2015 | n/e | n/e | 851 | 639 | 191 | 21 |
| 2014 | n/e | n/e | 862 | 749 | 113 | 0 |
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
| Year | Hunters | Days | Total Harvest | Bucks | Does | Fawns |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,179 | 14,543 | 52 | 45 | 7 | 0 |
| 2024 | n/e | n/e | 34 | 30 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2,206 | 14,981 | 47 | 44 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | n/e | n/e | 49 | 49 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1,956 | 12,140 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | n/e | n/e | 37 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2,196 | 12,842 | 43 | 40 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | n/e | n/e | 28 | 25 | 3 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2,358 | 12,935 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | n/e | n/e | 61 | 58 | 3 | 0 |
| 2015 | n/e | n/e | 42 | 37 | 5 | 0 |
| 2014 | n/e | n/e | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
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
| Year | Hunters | Days | Total Harvest | Bucks | Does | Fawns |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,179 | 14,543 | 642 | 509 | 133 | 0 |
| 2024 | n/e | n/e | 691 | 582 | 106 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2,206 | 14,981 | 657 | 554 | 103 | 0 |
| 2022 | n/e | n/e | 662 | 484 | 178 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1,956 | 12,140 | 620 | 498 | 122 | 0 |
| 2020 | n/e | n/e | 740 | 554 | 186 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2,196 | 12,842 | 660 | 532 | 121 | 7 |
| 2018 | n/e | n/e | 771 | 577 | 191 | 3 |
| 2017 | 2,358 | 12,935 | 885 | 626 | 250 | 9 |
| 2016 | n/e | n/e | 1,207 | 881 | 296 | 30 |
| 2015 | n/e | n/e | 809 | 602 | 187 | 21 |
| 2014 | n/e | n/e | 831 | 718 | 113 | 0 |
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, Lake counties
- National forests
- Flathead National Forest, Lolo National Forest, Kootenai National Forest
- Wilderness
- None
- Wildlife management areas
- —
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- —
- Highest named summits
- Blacktail Mountain (≈6,742 ft), Murr Peak (≈6,716 ft), Pinehill (≈6,371 ft), Bold Peak (≈6,319 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- Browns Meadow Pass
- Towns and places
- Forest Hill Village, Kila, Lake Mary Ronan, Lakeside, Meltons, Pine Prairie, Proctor, Rollins, Sipes
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.
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.