Hunting districts / Mountain goat
Mountain goat hunting district · Region 1 (Kalispell)
District 132
Montana hunting district 132 (Mountain goat), FWP Region 1 (Kalispell): 353 sq mi in Flathead, Lake, Missoula counties; 96% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Flathead National Forest); median elevation 5,924 ft; FWP estimated 0 goat harvested in 2017.
What stands out
- Among the lowest goat harvests of 37 mountain goat districts: 0 goat harvested in 2017 (FWP estimate). FWP harvest estimates
- Among the quietest for goat hunters of 37 mountain goat districts: 0.0 goat hunter-days per square mile in 2016. FWP harvest estimates (calculated per sq mi)
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 89.5% | |
| Montana state trust land | 5.3% | |
| Montana FWP | 0.8% |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 5 | 53 | 4 | 3 | 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
- Flathead, Lake, Missoula counties
- National forests
- Flathead National Forest
- Wilderness
- Bob Marshall Wilderness (52%)
- Wildlife management areas
- North Swan Valley
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- Swan Range
- Highest named summits
- Holland Peak (≈9,163 ft), Swan Peak (≈8,983 ft), Union Peak (≈8,615 ft), Cooney Mountain (≈8,494 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- Smith Creek Pass, Lion Creek 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.
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.