Hunting districts / Mountain goat
Mountain goat hunting district · Region 1 (Kalispell)
District 133
Montana hunting district 133 (Mountain goat), FWP Region 1 (Kalispell): 307 sq mi in Powell, Missoula, Flathead counties; 99% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Flathead National Forest); median elevation 6,452 ft; FWP estimated 1 goat harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- 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)
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 98.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 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
- Powell, Missoula, Flathead counties
- National forests
- Flathead National Forest
- Wilderness
- Bob Marshall Wilderness (94%)
- Wildlife management areas
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- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
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- Highest named summits
- Fisher Peak (≈8,711 ft), Wolverine Peak (≈8,609 ft), Ptarmigan Mountain (≈8,537 ft), Gust Mountain (≈8,504 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- Pyramid Pass, Youngs Pass, Gordon Pass, Hahn 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.