Hunting districts / Moose
Moose hunting district · Region 1 (Kalispell)
District 101
Montana hunting district 101 (Moose), FWP Region 1 (Kalispell): 708 sq mi in Lincoln County; 86% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Kootenai National Forest); median elevation 4,432 ft; FWP estimated 3 moose harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the most public of 74 moose districts: 86% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land. MSL Public Lands (calculated)
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 85.8% | |
| Montana FWP | 0.2% | |
| Montana state trust land | 0.1% | |
| Other federal | 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.
Moose harvest estimates
| Year | Hunters | Days | Total Harvest | Bulls | Cows | Calves |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 96 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 5 | 55 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 12 | 301 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 12 | 241 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 11 | 245 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 8 | 175 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 12 | 207 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 11 | 182 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 11 | 149 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 11 | 177 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 12 | 119 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 12 | 177 | 7 | 7 | 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
- Lincoln County
- National forests
- Kootenai National Forest
- Wilderness
- None
- Wildlife management areas
- Kootenai West
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- —
- Highest named summits
- Robinson Mountain (≈7,467 ft), Mount Henry (≈7,146 ft), Boulder Mountain (≈7,028 ft), Purcell Summit (≈6,860 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- Kootenai Narrows
- Towns and places
- Dodge Summit, Gateway (historical), Riverside (historical), Stonehill (historical), Ural (historical), Volcour (historical), Warland (historical)
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.