Hunting districts / Mountain goat
Mountain goat hunting district · Region 1 (Kalispell)
District 131
Montana hunting district 131 (Mountain goat), FWP Region 1 (Kalispell): 288 sq mi in Missoula, Lake counties; 88% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Flathead National Forest); median elevation 5,266 ft; FWP estimated 1 goat harvested in 2017.
What stands out
- Among the quietest for goat hunters of 37 mountain goat districts: 0.0 goat hunter-days per square mile in 2017. FWP harvest estimates (calculated per sq mi)
- Among the lowest goat harvests of 37 mountain goat districts: 1 goat harvested in 2017 (FWP estimate). FWP harvest estimates
- Among the lowest of 37 mountain goat districts: median elevation 5,266 ft. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 85.0% | |
| Montana state trust land | 3.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2015 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2008 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2005 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 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
- Missoula, Lake counties
- National forests
- Flathead National Forest
- Wilderness
- Mission Mountains Wilderness (41%)
- Wildlife management areas
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- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- Mission Range
- Highest named summits
- Mountaineer Peak (≈9,062 ft), Daughter of the Sun Mountain (≈8,448 ft), Mount Shoemaker (≈8,369 ft), Lindy Peak (≈8,317 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- Goat Pass, Piper-Crow Pass
- Towns and places
- Condon, Salmon Prairie
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.