Hunting districts / Mountain goat
Mountain goat hunting district · Region 3 (Bozeman)
District 325
Montana hunting district 325 (Mountain goat), FWP Region 3 (Bozeman): 333 sq mi in Madison, Gallatin counties; 40% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest); median elevation 7,011 ft; FWP estimated 6 goat harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the highest goat harvests of 37 mountain goat districts: 6 goat harvested in 2025 (FWP estimate). FWP harvest estimates
- Among the most private of 37 mountain goat districts: 40% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land. MSL Public Lands (calculated)
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 33.8% | |
| Montana state trust land | 3.7% | |
| Montana FWP | 1.8% | |
| Bureau of Land Management | 0.9% | |
| City & county | 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 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 6 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 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
- Madison, Gallatin counties
- National forests
- Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, Custer Gallatin National Forest
- Wilderness
- Lee Metcalf Wilderness (21%)
- Wildlife management areas
- Bear Creek, Gallatin
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- Madison Range
- Highest named summits
- Lone Mountain (≈11,053 ft), Cedar Mountain (≈10,597 ft), Sphinx Mountain (≈10,469 ft), Fan Mountain (≈10,151 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- None named in GNIS
- Towns and places
- Big Sky Canyon Village, Big Sky Mountain Village, Cameron, Jeffers
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.