Hunting districts / Mountain goat
Mountain goat hunting district · Region 5 (Billings)
District 514
Montana hunting district 514 (Mountain goat), FWP Region 5 (Billings): 172 sq mi in Carbon County; 61% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Custer Gallatin National Forest); median elevation 5,262 ft; FWP estimated 2 goat harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the lowest of 37 mountain goat districts: median elevation 5,262 ft. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
- Among the smallest of 37 mountain goat districts: 172 square miles. FWP district boundary
- Among the most rugged of 37 mountain goat districts: 6,575 ft from low point to high point. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 33.7% | |
| Bureau of Land Management | 24.6% | |
| Montana state trust land | 2.6% |
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 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 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
- Carbon County
- National forests
- Custer Gallatin National Forest
- Wilderness
- Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness (1%)
- Wildlife management areas
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- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
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- Highest named summits
- Tolman Mountain (≈9,803 ft), Maurice Mount (≈9,213 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- None named in GNIS
- Towns and places
- Bearcreek, Chance, Eagle (historical), Richel Lodge
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 517 81% public · 9,026 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.