Hunting districts / Mountain goat
Mountain goat hunting district · Region 4 (Great Falls)
District 453
Montana hunting district 453 (Mountain goat), FWP Region 4 (Great Falls): 529 sq mi in Meagher, Broadwater counties; 32% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land; median elevation 5,384 ft; FWP estimated 0 goat harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the most Block Management of 37 mountain goat districts: 6 BMAs, about 36,452 acres. FWP Block Management (calculated)
- Among the lowest goat harvests of 37 mountain goat districts: 0 goat harvested in 2025 (FWP estimate). FWP harvest estimates
- Among the most private of 37 mountain goat districts: 32% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land. MSL Public Lands (calculated)
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 24.9% | |
| Montana state trust land | 6.7% | |
| Bureau of Land Management | 0.4% |
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 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 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
- Meagher, Broadwater counties
- National forests
- Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
- Wilderness
- None
- Wildlife management areas
- —
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- Big Belt Mountains
- Highest named summits
- Mount Edith (≈9,436 ft), Mount Baldy (≈9,380 ft), Boulder Baldy (≈8,885 ft), Boulder Mountain (≈8,734 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- Duck Creek Pass
- Towns and places
- Buckingham, Calkins (historical), Deep Creek (historical), Diamond City, Langford City (historical), Manger, Noble, Springdale Colony, Watson
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 350 80% public · 5,302 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.