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Mountain goat hunting district · Region 1 (Kalispell)

District 134

Montana hunting district 134 (Mountain goat), FWP Region 1 (Kalispell): 301 sq mi in Flathead, Lake counties; 96% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Flathead National Forest); median elevation 5,276 ft; FWP estimated 1 goat harvested in 2017.

FWP district boundary, 2026 regulations. A boundary on a map does not grant access to any land inside it.
Area301 sq mi
USFS · BLM · state trust · FWP96%
Median elevation5,276 ft
Elevation range3,087–7,703 ft

What stands out

Publicly administered land

US Forest Service84.2%
Montana state trust land11.6%
Montana FWP0.1%

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

YearHuntersDaysTotal HarvestBilliesNanniesKids
2017141010
2016101010
2015111100
2014141010
2013170000
2012151010
2011110000
2010111010
2009272110
2008111100
2007262110
20052102200

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 counties
National forests
Flathead National Forest
Wilderness
Bob Marshall Wilderness (4%)
Wildlife management areas
North Swan Valley
Mountain ranges (GNIS)
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Highest named summits
Alcove Mountain (≈7,890 ft), Gildart Peak (≈7,720 ft), Thunderbolt Mountain (≈7,717 ft), Warrior Mountain (≈7,703 ft)
Passes and gaps
Inspiration Pass
Towns and places
Quintonkon, Swan Lake

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 132 96% public · 5,924 ft median
  • HD 141 100% public · 5,610 ft median

Sources

Live weather, snow, fire and access conditions are in the atlas card for this district.