Hunting districts / Moose
Moose hunting district · Region 1 (Kalispell)
District 102
Montana hunting district 102 (Moose), FWP Region 1 (Kalispell): 587 sq mi in Lincoln, Flathead counties; 80% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Kootenai National Forest); median elevation 4,226 ft; FWP estimated 2 moose harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the lowest of 74 moose districts: median elevation 4,226 ft. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 77.6% | |
| Montana state trust land | 2.0% | |
| City & county | 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 | 5 | 79 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 5 | 116 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6 | 178 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8 | 166 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8 | 159 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 8 | 102 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8 | 153 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6 | 42 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 8 | 67 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 8 | 115 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 7 | 52 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 8 | 71 | 4 | 3 | 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
- Lincoln, Flathead counties
- National forests
- Kootenai National Forest
- Wilderness
- None
- Wildlife management areas
- —
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- —
- Highest named summits
- McGuire Mountain (≈6,890 ft), Sutton Mountain (≈6,804 ft), Lydia Mountain (≈6,660 ft), Little Sutton Mountain (≈6,604 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- Martin Divide
- Towns and places
- Ant Flat, Eagle Lake Ranch, Eureka, Fortine, Rexford, Roosville, Stryker, Tobacco, Trego
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.