Hunting districts / Mountain goat
Mountain goat hunting district · Region 1 (Kalispell)
District 100
Montana hunting district 100 (Mountain goat), FWP Region 1 (Kalispell): 689 sq mi in Lincoln, Sanders counties; 87% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Kootenai National Forest); median elevation 4,308 ft; FWP estimated 2 goat harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the deepest snow right now of 15 mountain goat districts: 10 in at a SNOTEL station inside. NRCS SNOTEL (measured)
- Among the quietest for goat hunters of 37 mountain goat districts: 0.0 goat hunter-days per square mile in 2025. FWP harvest estimates (calculated per sq mi)
- Among the lowest of 37 mountain goat districts: median elevation 4,308 ft. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
- Among the most Block Management of 37 mountain goat districts: 3 BMAs, about 12,030 acres. FWP Block Management (calculated)
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 85.4% | |
| Montana state trust land | 1.4% | |
| Montana FWP | 0.3% | |
| 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.
Goat harvest estimates
| Year | Hunters | Days | Total Harvest | Billies | Nannies | Kids |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 6 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 2015 | 6 | 47 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 6 | 39 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 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. Boundaries of a numbered district can change between years.
Landscape
- Counties
- Lincoln, Sanders counties
- National forests
- Kootenai National Forest
- Wilderness
- Cabinet Mountains Wilderness (21%)
- Wildlife management areas
- Bull River
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- Cabinet Mountains
- Highest named summits
- Snowshoe Peak (≈8,501 ft), A Peak (≈8,491 ft), Bockman Peak (≈8,035 ft), Elephant Peak (≈7,684 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- Milwaukee Pass, Carney Pass, Saint Paul Pass, Lost Buck Pass, Himes Pass, Silver Butte Pass
- Towns and places
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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 81% public · 3,760 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.