Hunting districts / Mountain goat
Mountain goat hunting district · Region 4 (Great Falls)
District 447
Montana hunting district 447 (Mountain goat), FWP Region 4 (Great Falls): 180 sq mi in Chouteau, Judith Basin counties; 16% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land; median elevation 3,804 ft; FWP estimated 1 goat harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the most private of 37 mountain goat districts: 16% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land. MSL Public Lands (calculated)
- Among the lowest of 37 mountain goat districts: median elevation 3,804 ft. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
- Among the flattest of 37 mountain goat districts: 2,743 ft from low point to high point. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
- Among the smallest of 37 mountain goat districts: 180 square miles. FWP district boundary
Publicly administered land
| Montana state trust land | 9.6% | |
| Bureau of Land Management | 6.8% | |
| US Fish & Wildlife Service | 0.3% |
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 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 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
- Chouteau, Judith Basin counties
- National forests
- —
- Wilderness
- None
- Wildlife management areas
- —
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- —
- Highest named summits
- Square Butte (≈5,689 ft), Round Butte (≈5,299 ft), Libby Hills (≈4,849 ft), Palisade Butte (≈4,849 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- None named in GNIS
- Towns and places
- Lonetree (historical), Pownal, Square Butte
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
- None
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.