Hunting districts / Mountain goat
Mountain goat hunting district · Region 1 (Kalispell)
District 142
Montana hunting district 142 (Mountain goat), FWP Region 1 (Kalispell): 260 sq mi in Flathead County; 100% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Flathead National Forest); median elevation 6,234 ft; FWP estimated 1 goat harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the most public of 37 mountain goat districts: 100% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land. MSL Public Lands (calculated)
- Among the most wilderness of 37 mountain goat districts: 98% designated wilderness. USFS wilderness boundaries (calculated)
- Among the flattest of 37 mountain goat districts: 3,743 ft from low point to high point. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 100.0% |
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 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 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
- Flathead County
- National forests
- Flathead National Forest
- Wilderness
- Bob Marshall Wilderness (55%), Great Bear Wilderness (43%)
- Wildlife management areas
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- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- Sawtooth Range
- Highest named summits
- Bowl Mountain (≈8,114 ft), Trilobite Peak (≈8,081 ft), Bighorn Mountain (≈8,064 ft), Cruiser Mountain (≈7,969 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- Teton Pass, Badger Pass, Sun River Pass, Muskrat Pass, Gateway Gorge
- 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.