Hunting districts / Mountain goat
Mountain goat hunting district · Region 3 (Bozeman)
District 316
Montana hunting district 316 (Mountain goat), FWP Region 3 (Bozeman): 122 sq mi in Park, Sweet Grass, Stillwater counties; 98% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Custer Gallatin National Forest); median elevation 8,707 ft; FWP estimated 9 goat harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the busiest for goat hunters of 37 mountain goat districts: 0.6 goat hunter-days per square mile in 2025. FWP harvest estimates (calculated per sq mi)
- Among the highest goat harvests of 37 mountain goat districts: 9 goat harvested in 2025 (FWP estimate). FWP harvest estimates
- Among the smallest of 37 mountain goat districts: 122 square miles. FWP district boundary
- Among the highest of 37 mountain goat districts: median elevation 8,707 ft. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
- Among the flattest of 37 mountain goat districts: 4,117 ft from low point to high point. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 98.1% | |
| National Park Service | 0.2% |
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 | 11 | 77 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 12 | 42 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023 | 12 | 106 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 12 | 75 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 12 | 71 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 2020 | 12 | 56 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 10 | 50 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 12 | 41 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2017 | 10 | 61 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 11 | 90 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 2015 | 11 | 49 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 2014 | 12 | 48 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 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, Stillwater counties
- National forests
- Custer Gallatin National Forest
- Wilderness
- Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness (84%)
- Wildlife management areas
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- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
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- Highest named summits
- Pinnacle Mountain (≈10,541 ft), Cutoff Mountain (≈10,456 ft), Wolverine Peak (≈10,351 ft), Mosquito Peak (≈10,328 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- Columbine Pass, Bull of the Woods Pass, Wolverine Pass
- Towns and places
- Cooke City, Silver Gate
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.