Hunting districts / Deer · Elk · Lion
Deer · Elk · Lion hunting district · Region 3 (Bozeman)
District 340
Montana hunting district 340 (Deer · Elk · Lion), FWP Region 3 (Bozeman): 851 sq mi in Madison, Silver Bow, Beaverhead, Jefferson counties; 48% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land; median elevation 5,748 ft; FWP estimated 397 elk harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the highest elk harvests of 138 deer, elk and lion districts: 397 elk harvested in 2025 (FWP estimate). FWP harvest estimates
- Among the most rugged of 139 deer, elk and lion districts: 5,755 ft from low point to high point. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
Publicly administered land
| Bureau of Land Management | 22.9% | |
| US Forest Service | 18.6% | |
| Montana state trust land | 6.8% | |
| City & county | 0.5% |
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 | 397 | 172 | 208 | 17 |
| 2024 | 2,068 | 16,427 | 387 | 178 | 200 | 9 |
| 2023 | n/e | n/e | 310 | 181 | 127 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1,922 | 14,720 | 327 | 169 | 153 | 6 |
| 2021 | n/e | n/e | 319 | 136 | 176 | 6 |
| 2020 | 2,419 | 19,040 | 380 | 193 | 172 | 15 |
| 2019 | n/e | n/e | 342 | 158 | 165 | 18 |
| 2018 | 2,217 | 16,576 | 344 | 150 | 187 | 6 |
| 2017 | n/e | n/e | 414 | 185 | 221 | 8 |
| 2016 | 2,412 | 19,547 | 392 | 176 | 204 | 13 |
| 2015 | 2,448 | 19,504 | 607 | 228 | 360 | 19 |
| 2014 | 2,675 | 19,549 | 518 | 248 | 265 | 6 |
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 | 1,922 | 12,825 | 604 | 374 | 229 | 0 |
| 2024 | n/e | n/e | 681 | 443 | 238 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1,963 | 12,717 | 645 | 421 | 224 | 0 |
| 2022 | n/e | n/e | 586 | 364 | 214 | 8 |
| 2021 | 2,067 | 13,242 | 798 | 472 | 327 | 0 |
| 2020 | n/e | n/e | 1,039 | 509 | 527 | 3 |
| 2019 | 2,111 | 11,830 | 988 | 523 | 453 | 13 |
| 2018 | n/e | n/e | 1,218 | 636 | 579 | 3 |
| 2017 | 2,161 | 12,819 | 1,044 | 558 | 473 | 13 |
| 2016 | n/e | n/e | 1,175 | 627 | 540 | 8 |
| 2015 | n/e | n/e | 968 | 569 | 374 | 26 |
| 2014 | n/e | n/e | 1,025 | 591 | 424 | 9 |
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 | 1,922 | 12,825 | 273 | 206 | 67 | 0 |
| 2024 | n/e | n/e | 307 | 243 | 64 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1,963 | 12,717 | 221 | 185 | 35 | 0 |
| 2022 | n/e | n/e | 187 | 149 | 38 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2,067 | 13,242 | 355 | 261 | 94 | 0 |
| 2020 | n/e | n/e | 403 | 245 | 155 | 3 |
| 2019 | 2,111 | 11,830 | 435 | 296 | 136 | 3 |
| 2018 | n/e | n/e | 547 | 304 | 243 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2,161 | 12,819 | 321 | 271 | 50 | 0 |
| 2016 | n/e | n/e | 403 | 321 | 81 | 2 |
| 2015 | n/e | n/e | 278 | 273 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014 | n/e | n/e | 237 | 229 | 8 | 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 | 1,922 | 12,825 | 331 | 169 | 162 | 0 |
| 2024 | n/e | n/e | 374 | 200 | 173 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1,963 | 12,717 | 424 | 236 | 188 | 0 |
| 2022 | n/e | n/e | 399 | 215 | 176 | 8 |
| 2021 | 2,067 | 13,242 | 444 | 211 | 232 | 0 |
| 2020 | n/e | n/e | 636 | 264 | 372 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2,111 | 11,830 | 553 | 227 | 317 | 9 |
| 2018 | n/e | n/e | 671 | 332 | 336 | 3 |
| 2017 | 2,161 | 12,819 | 723 | 287 | 423 | 13 |
| 2016 | n/e | n/e | 772 | 306 | 460 | 6 |
| 2015 | n/e | n/e | 691 | 295 | 372 | 23 |
| 2014 | n/e | n/e | 788 | 362 | 416 | 9 |
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
- Madison, Silver Bow, Beaverhead, Jefferson counties
- National forests
- Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
- Wilderness
- None
- Wildlife management areas
- —
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- Highland Mountains
- Highest named summits
- Table Mountain (≈10,187 ft), Red Mountain (≈9,918 ft), East Peak (≈9,879 ft), West Peak (≈9,652 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- Steels Pass, Pipestone Pass, Deer Lodge Pass
- Towns and places
- Apex, Bond, Butte-Silver Bow (balance), Cedric, Centerville (historical), Donald, Glen, Grace, Highland City (historical), Janney, Johnson, Moose Town, Navy, Newcomb
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.