Hunting districts / Mountain goat
Mountain goat hunting district · Region 4 (Great Falls)
District 415
Montana hunting district 415 (Mountain goat), FWP Region 4 (Great Falls): 93 sq mi in Pondera, Teton counties; 99% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest); median elevation 6,281 ft; FWP estimated 1 goat harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the smallest of 37 mountain goat districts: 93 square miles. FWP district boundary
- Among the flattest of 37 mountain goat districts: 3,766 ft from low point to high point. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 98.7% | |
| Montana state trust land | 0.3% | |
| Bureau of Land Management | 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 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2014 | 3 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 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
- Pondera, Teton counties
- National forests
- Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
- Wilderness
- Bob Marshall Wilderness (33%)
- Wildlife management areas
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- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
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- Highest named summits
- Mount Field (≈8,478 ft), Morningstar Mountain (≈8,228 ft), Mount Poia (≈8,133 ft), Scarface Mountain (≈8,123 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- Gateway Pass
- Towns and places
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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.
Neighboring districts
- HD 142 100% public · 6,234 ft median
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.