Hunting districts / Mountain goat
Mountain goat hunting district · Region 3 (Bozeman)
District 331
Montana hunting district 331 (Mountain goat), FWP Region 3 (Bozeman): 1,072 sq mi in Madison, Beaverhead counties; 50% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land; median elevation 6,631 ft; FWP estimated 3 goat harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the most Block Management of 37 mountain goat districts: 4 BMAs, about 32,359 acres. FWP Block Management (calculated)
- Among the largest of 37 mountain goat districts: 1,072 square miles. FWP district boundary
Publicly administered land
| Montana state trust land | 15.9% | |
| US Forest Service | 15.2% | |
| Bureau of Land Management | 14.7% | |
| Montana FWP | 4.2% | |
| 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 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2015 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 3 | 10 | 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, Beaverhead counties
- National forests
- Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
- Wilderness
- None
- Wildlife management areas
- Robb-Ledford, Blacktail
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- Ruby Range, Snowcrest Range
- Highest named summits
- Hogback Mountain (≈10,479 ft), Sunset Peak (≈10,479 ft), Olson Peak (≈10,381 ft), Sliderock Mountain (≈10,292 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- The Notch, Antone Pass, Ledoford Pass
- Towns and places
- Alder, Ball Place, Bishop Place, Burdick Place, Campbell Place, Dillon, East Bench (historical), Fairview (historical), Fries Place, Guntner Place, Hale Place, Holden Place, Kingrey Place, Laurin
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.