Hunting districts / Deer · Elk · Lion
Deer · Elk · Lion hunting district · Region 3 (Bozeman)
District 319
Montana hunting district 319 (Deer · Elk · Lion), FWP Region 3 (Bozeman): 620 sq mi in Deer Lodge, Silver Bow counties; 77% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest); median elevation 6,663 ft; FWP estimated 332 elk harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the busiest for elk hunters of 138 deer, elk and lion districts: 29.7 elk hunter-days per square mile in 2024. FWP harvest estimates (calculated per sq mi)
- Among the most wilderness of 139 deer, elk and lion districts: 14% designated wilderness. USFS wilderness boundaries (calculated)
- Among the highest of 139 deer, elk and lion districts: median elevation 6,663 ft. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 54.0% | |
| Montana FWP | 16.4% | |
| Bureau of Land Management | 5.3% | |
| Montana state trust land | 1.7% | |
| City & county | 0.4% | |
| Other State of Montana | 0.3% |
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 | 332 | 182 | 150 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2,064 | 18,429 | 351 | 202 | 146 | 3 |
| 2023 | n/e | n/e | 271 | 163 | 108 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1,937 | 16,523 | 390 | 245 | 130 | 14 |
| 2021 | n/e | n/e | 211 | 136 | 75 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1,460 | 12,285 | 253 | 150 | 96 | 7 |
| 2019 | n/e | n/e | 172 | 89 | 78 | 6 |
| 2018 | 1,368 | 11,790 | 195 | 119 | 73 | 3 |
| 2017 | n/e | n/e | 320 | 190 | 116 | 14 |
| 2016 | 1,419 | 11,420 | 189 | 126 | 57 | 6 |
| 2015 | 1,429 | 12,510 | 343 | 222 | 106 | 15 |
| 2014 | 1,434 | 10,569 | 200 | 152 | 47 | 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 | 772 | 5,960 | 166 | 98 | 68 | 0 |
| 2024 | n/e | n/e | 152 | 114 | 38 | 0 |
| 2023 | 694 | 5,272 | 122 | 70 | 52 | 0 |
| 2022 | n/e | n/e | 130 | 84 | 46 | 0 |
| 2021 | 379 | 2,971 | 76 | 52 | 24 | 0 |
| 2020 | n/e | n/e | 97 | 72 | 25 | 0 |
| 2019 | 393 | 2,872 | 114 | 71 | 44 | 0 |
| 2018 | n/e | n/e | 113 | 56 | 57 | 0 |
| 2017 | 477 | 3,389 | 117 | 68 | 48 | 0 |
| 2016 | n/e | n/e | 170 | 99 | 71 | 0 |
| 2015 | n/e | n/e | 128 | 87 | 39 | 2 |
| 2014 | n/e | n/e | 119 | 93 | 26 | 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 | 772 | 5,960 | 89 | 56 | 34 | 0 |
| 2024 | n/e | n/e | 94 | 82 | 12 | 0 |
| 2023 | 694 | 5,272 | 67 | 40 | 27 | 0 |
| 2022 | n/e | n/e | 106 | 79 | 27 | 0 |
| 2021 | 379 | 2,971 | 57 | 41 | 16 | 0 |
| 2020 | n/e | n/e | 66 | 51 | 15 | 0 |
| 2019 | 393 | 2,872 | 81 | 61 | 20 | 0 |
| 2018 | n/e | n/e | 69 | 47 | 23 | 0 |
| 2017 | 477 | 3,389 | 88 | 60 | 28 | 0 |
| 2016 | n/e | n/e | 122 | 80 | 42 | 0 |
| 2015 | n/e | n/e | 103 | 77 | 24 | 2 |
| 2014 | n/e | n/e | 87 | 76 | 11 | 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 | 772 | 5,960 | 77 | 43 | 34 | 0 |
| 2024 | n/e | n/e | 58 | 32 | 26 | 0 |
| 2023 | 694 | 5,272 | 56 | 30 | 26 | 0 |
| 2022 | n/e | n/e | 24 | 5 | 19 | 0 |
| 2021 | 379 | 2,971 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 0 |
| 2020 | n/e | n/e | 31 | 21 | 10 | 0 |
| 2019 | 393 | 2,872 | 33 | 10 | 23 | 0 |
| 2018 | n/e | n/e | 44 | 10 | 34 | 0 |
| 2017 | 477 | 3,389 | 29 | 9 | 20 | 0 |
| 2016 | n/e | n/e | 48 | 19 | 29 | 0 |
| 2015 | n/e | n/e | 25 | 9 | 16 | 0 |
| 2014 | n/e | n/e | 33 | 17 | 15 | 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
- Deer Lodge, Silver Bow counties
- National forests
- Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
- Wilderness
- Anaconda Pintler Wilderness (14%)
- Wildlife management areas
- Mount Haggin, Fleecer Mountain
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- Anaconda Range, Dickie Hills
- Highest named summits
- Saddle Mountain (≈10,597 ft), West Goat Peak (≈10,597 ft), Mount Evans (≈10,515 ft), East Goat Peak (≈10,381 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- Storm Lake Pass, Cutaway Pass, Pintler Pass, Granulated Pass
- Towns and places
- Buxton, Crackerville, Delano Place, Divide, Durant, Fairmont Hot Springs, Feely, Finlen, Fishtrap, French Gulch (historical), French Town, Gregson, Hackney, Miles Crossing
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.