Hunting districts / Moose
Moose hunting district · Region 1 (Kalispell)
District 104
Montana hunting district 104 (Moose), FWP Region 1 (Kalispell): 228 sq mi in Lincoln County; 78% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Kootenai National Forest); median elevation 3,702 ft; FWP estimated 1 moose harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the lowest moose harvests of 74 moose districts: 1 moose harvested in 2025 (FWP estimate). FWP harvest estimates
- Among the busiest for moose hunters of 74 moose districts: 0.4 moose hunter-days per square mile in 2025. FWP harvest estimates (calculated per sq mi)
- Among the lowest of 74 moose districts: median elevation 3,702 ft. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
- Among the smallest of 74 moose districts: 228 square miles. FWP district boundary
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 76.2% | |
| Montana state trust land | 1.2% | |
| City & county | 0.2% | |
| Montana FWP | 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 | 3 | 80 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 5 | 60 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5 | 53 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5 | 103 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5 | 55 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5 | 120 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5 | 157 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 5 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 5 | 140 | 3 | 3 | 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, Idaho Panhandle National Forests
- Wilderness
- None
- Wildlife management areas
- Bull River
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
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- Highest named summits
- Savage Mountain (≈6,762 ft), Sawtooth Mountain (≈6,549 ft), Spar Peak (≈6,453 ft), Survey Mountain (≈6,312 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- None named in GNIS
- Towns and places
- Troy, Yakt
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.