Hunting districts / Mountain goat
Mountain goat hunting district · Region 3 (Bozeman)
District 323
Montana hunting district 323 (Mountain goat), FWP Region 3 (Bozeman): 504 sq mi in Park County; 88% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Custer Gallatin National Forest); median elevation 7,999 ft; FWP estimated 36 goat harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the highest goat harvests of 37 mountain goat districts: 36 goat harvested in 2025 (FWP estimate). FWP harvest estimates
- Among the busiest for goat hunters of 37 mountain goat districts: 0.4 goat hunter-days per square mile in 2025. FWP harvest estimates (calculated per sq mi)
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 84.7% | |
| Montana FWP | 1.6% | |
| Bureau of Land Management | 1.0% | |
| Montana state trust land | 0.7% |
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 | 38 | 200 | 36 | 23 | 13 | 0 |
| 2024 | 37 | 170 | 32 | 24 | 8 | 0 |
| 2023 | 38 | 211 | 35 | 21 | 14 | 0 |
| 2022 | 36 | 175 | 31 | 20 | 11 | 0 |
| 2021 | 37 | 195 | 30 | 18 | 11 | 0 |
| 2020 | 38 | 149 | 34 | 19 | 15 | 0 |
| 2019 | 34 | 157 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 0 |
| 2018 | 37 | 209 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| 2017 | 36 | 175 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 0 |
| 2016 | 35 | 140 | 29 | 14 | 15 | 0 |
| 2015 | 35 | 170 | 28 | 22 | 6 | 0 |
| 2014 | 37 | 219 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 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 County
- National forests
- Custer Gallatin National Forest
- Wilderness
- Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness (55%)
- Wildlife management areas
- Dome Mountain
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
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- Highest named summits
- Emigrant Peak (≈10,761 ft), Crow Mountain (≈10,568 ft), The Pyramid (≈10,558 ft), Mount Wallace (≈10,499 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- Silver Pass
- Towns and places
- Chico, Chico Hot Springs, Corwin Springs, Gardiner, Jardine, Montanapolis Springs (historical), Pray, White City
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.