Hunting districts / Mountain goat
Mountain goat hunting district · Region 3 (Bozeman)
District 313
Montana hunting district 313 (Mountain goat), FWP Region 3 (Bozeman): 1,736 sq mi in Park, Sweet Grass, Meagher, Wheatland counties; 21% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land; median elevation 5,518 ft; FWP estimated 14 goat harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the most private of 37 mountain goat districts: 21% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land. MSL Public Lands (calculated)
- Among the highest goat harvests of 37 mountain goat districts: 14 goat harvested in 2025 (FWP estimate). FWP harvest estimates
- Among the most Block Management of 37 mountain goat districts: 14 BMAs, about 34,313 acres. FWP Block Management (calculated)
- Among the largest of 37 mountain goat districts: 1,736 square miles. FWP district boundary
- Among the most rugged of 37 mountain goat districts: 6,909 ft from low point to high point. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 16.0% | |
| Montana state trust land | 5.2% | |
| Bureau of Land Management | 0.2% | |
| Other State of Montana | 0.1% |
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
| Year | Hunters | Days | Total Harvest | Billies | Nannies | Kids |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024 | 17 | 37 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 |
| 2023 | 19 | 85 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| 2022 | 12 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| 2021 | 19 | 126 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 |
| 2020 | 17 | 79 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 0 |
| 2019 | 20 | 111 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 |
| 2018 | 19 | 105 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 50 | 265 | 33 | 14 | 18 | 0 |
| 2016 | 50 | 204 | 39 | 17 | 23 | 0 |
| 2015 | 47 | 178 | 42 | 22 | 21 | 0 |
| 2014 | 82 | 535 | 64 | 40 | 25 | 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
- Park, Sweet Grass, Meagher, Wheatland counties
- National forests
- Custer Gallatin National Forest, Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
- Wilderness
- None
- Wildlife management areas
- —
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- Crazy Mountains, Kavanaugh Hills
- Highest named summits
- Crazy Peak (≈10,974 ft), Iddings Peak (≈10,676 ft), Big Timber Peak (≈10,669 ft), Conical Peak (≈10,551 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- None named in GNIS
- Towns and places
- Bill Bracket Place, Carney, Chadborn, Clyde Park, Duncan Ranch Colony, Elton, Hamen, Higgins, Hunters Hot Springs, Lebo, Martinsdale, Melville, Meyersburg (historical), Norwegian Settlement (historical)
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.