Hunting districts / Moose
Moose hunting district · Region 1 (Kalispell)
District 111
Montana hunting district 111 (Moose), FWP Region 1 (Kalispell): 680 sq mi in Flathead, Lincoln counties; 53% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Flathead National Forest); median elevation 4,208 ft; FWP estimated 8 moose harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the highest moose harvests of 74 moose districts: 8 moose harvested in 2025 (FWP estimate). FWP harvest estimates
- Among the flattest of 74 moose districts: 3,356 ft from low point to high point. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
- Among the lowest of 74 moose districts: median elevation 4,208 ft. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 47.8% | |
| Montana state trust land | 5.3% | |
| City & county | 0.7% | |
| Montana FWP | 0.4% | |
| 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 | 8 | 116 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 9 | 174 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 9 | 89 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 10 | 213 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 10 | 69 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 10 | 122 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 10 | 174 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 10 | 112 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 9 | 217 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 9 | 156 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 10 | 102 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 10 | 213 | 8 | 8 | 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
- Flathead, Lincoln counties
- National forests
- Flathead National Forest
- Wilderness
- None
- Wildlife management areas
- Ray Kuhns
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- Salish Mountains
- Highest named summits
- Elk Mountain (≈6,506 ft), Mount Swaney (≈6,299 ft), Ashley Mountain (≈6,276 ft), Mount Conner (≈6,171 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- Trixie Pass, Haskill Pass
- Towns and places
- Big Sky Colonial Manor, Evergreen, La Salle, Northridge Heights, Olney, Parkdale (historical), Pine Park, Radnor, Rhodes, Ridgewood Terrace, Rose Crossing
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.