Hunting districts / Deer · Elk · Lion
Deer · Elk · Lion hunting district · Region 3 (Bozeman)
District 380
Montana hunting district 380 (Deer · Elk · Lion), FWP Region 3 (Bozeman): 1,044 sq mi in Jefferson, Broadwater, Lewis And Clark counties; 41% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land; median elevation 4,923 ft; FWP estimated 419 elk harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the highest elk harvests of 138 deer, elk and lion districts: 419 elk harvested in 2025 (FWP estimate). FWP harvest estimates
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 24.3% | |
| Bureau of Land Management | 14.0% | |
| Montana state trust land | 3.0% | |
| Other federal | 0.7% | |
| City & county | 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.
Elk harvest estimates
| Year | Hunters | Days | Total Harvest | Bulls | Cows | Calves |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | n/e | n/e | 419 | 169 | 236 | 15 |
| 2024 | 2,801 | 22,674 | 474 | 236 | 215 | 23 |
| 2023 | n/e | n/e | 484 | 182 | 281 | 21 |
| 2022 | 3,116 | 23,686 | 680 | 247 | 397 | 36 |
| 2021 | n/e | n/e | 583 | 259 | 296 | 28 |
| 2020 | 3,253 | 25,232 | 795 | 327 | 426 | 42 |
| 2019 | n/e | n/e | 725 | 320 | 380 | 24 |
| 2018 | 3,443 | 25,945 | 644 | 281 | 333 | 29 |
| 2017 | n/e | n/e | 808 | 368 | 394 | 46 |
| 2016 | 3,462 | 27,737 | 452 | 219 | 209 | 24 |
| 2015 | 3,936 | 31,786 | 716 | 342 | 347 | 27 |
| 2014 | 3,862 | 27,647 | 711 | 345 | 330 | 35 |
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 | 1,915 | 12,062 | 723 | 533 | 190 | 0 |
| 2024 | n/e | n/e | 814 | 647 | 167 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1,770 | 12,249 | 696 | 474 | 222 | 0 |
| 2022 | n/e | n/e | 721 | 479 | 239 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1,817 | 12,115 | 849 | 516 | 329 | 4 |
| 2020 | n/e | n/e | 911 | 525 | 377 | 10 |
| 2019 | 1,723 | 10,536 | 770 | 444 | 324 | 2 |
| 2018 | n/e | n/e | 777 | 487 | 290 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1,862 | 12,933 | 983 | 530 | 441 | 12 |
| 2016 | n/e | n/e | 978 | 633 | 333 | 12 |
| 2015 | n/e | n/e | 907 | 618 | 276 | 13 |
| 2014 | n/e | n/e | 754 | 564 | 182 | 7 |
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 | 1,915 | 12,062 | 357 | 318 | 39 | 0 |
| 2024 | n/e | n/e | 371 | 336 | 35 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1,770 | 12,249 | 337 | 293 | 44 | 0 |
| 2022 | n/e | n/e | 325 | 268 | 58 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1,817 | 12,115 | 383 | 280 | 103 | 0 |
| 2020 | n/e | n/e | 402 | 301 | 96 | 5 |
| 2019 | 1,723 | 10,536 | 352 | 260 | 91 | 0 |
| 2018 | n/e | n/e | 431 | 332 | 98 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1,862 | 12,933 | 402 | 295 | 105 | 3 |
| 2016 | n/e | n/e | 445 | 382 | 63 | 0 |
| 2015 | n/e | n/e | 422 | 389 | 29 | 5 |
| 2014 | n/e | n/e | 310 | 296 | 14 | 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 | 1,915 | 12,062 | 366 | 215 | 151 | 0 |
| 2024 | n/e | n/e | 443 | 311 | 132 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1,770 | 12,249 | 360 | 181 | 179 | 0 |
| 2022 | n/e | n/e | 396 | 212 | 181 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1,817 | 12,115 | 467 | 236 | 227 | 4 |
| 2020 | n/e | n/e | 510 | 223 | 281 | 6 |
| 2019 | 1,723 | 10,536 | 419 | 184 | 233 | 2 |
| 2018 | n/e | n/e | 347 | 155 | 191 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1,862 | 12,933 | 580 | 235 | 336 | 9 |
| 2016 | n/e | n/e | 533 | 251 | 270 | 12 |
| 2015 | n/e | n/e | 485 | 229 | 247 | 8 |
| 2014 | n/e | n/e | 444 | 269 | 168 | 7 |
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
- Jefferson, Broadwater, Lewis And Clark counties
- National forests
- Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
- Wilderness
- None
- Wildlife management areas
- Canyon Ferry
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- Elkhorn Mountains, Limestone Hills, Spokane Hills
- Highest named summits
- Crow Peak (≈9,354 ft), Elkhorn Peak (≈9,265 ft), Windy Point (≈8,937 ft), High Peak (≈8,527 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- Radersburg Pass
- Towns and places
- Bedford, Blazing Place, Canton (historical), Clasoil, Crow Creek City (historical), Elkhorn, Hassel, Kyle, Louisville, McMullan, Montana City, Parker, Queen, Radersburg
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 391 38% public · 5,226 ft median
- HD 370 37% public · 5,312 ft median
- HD 390 10% public · 4,921 ft median
- HD 388 8% public · 3,886 ft median
- HD 311 13% public · 4,721 ft median
- HD 335 54% public · 5,538 ft median
- HD 318 81% public · 6,824 ft median
- HD 392 91% public · 5,364 ft median
- HD 350 82% public · 6,447 ft median
- HD 320 47% public · 6,024 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.