Hunting districts / Moose
Moose hunting district · Region 1 (Kalispell)
District 105
Montana hunting district 105 (Moose), FWP Region 1 (Kalispell): 532 sq mi in Lincoln County; 76% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Kootenai National Forest); median elevation 4,150 ft; FWP estimated 9 moose harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- 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 highest moose harvests of 74 moose districts: 9 moose harvested in 2025 (FWP estimate). FWP harvest estimates
- Among the lowest of 74 moose districts: median elevation 4,150 ft. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
- Among the most rugged of 74 moose districts: 6,099 ft from low point to high point. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 73.5% | |
| Montana state trust land | 2.3% | |
| Montana FWP | 0.7% | |
| City & county | 0.2% | |
| Other State of Montana | 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 | 12 | 231 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 12 | 166 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 12 | 273 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 12 | 251 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 9 | 125 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 11 | 270 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 20 | 380 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 20 | 461 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 20 | 299 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 20 | 310 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 20 | 315 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 20 | 395 | 13 | 13 | 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
- Cabinet Mountains Wilderness (16%)
- Wildlife management areas
- Bull River
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- Cabinet Mountains
- Highest named summits
- Bockman Peak (≈8,035 ft), Elephant Peak (≈7,684 ft), Treasure Mountain (≈7,585 ft), Dome Mountain (≈7,470 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- Carney Pass, Lost Buck Pass
- Towns and places
- Bull Lake, Green Acres, Kootenai Falls, Libby
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.