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Moose hunting district · Region 2 (Missoula)

District 210

Montana hunting district 210 (Moose), FWP Region 2 (Missoula): 961 sq mi in Granite, Missoula counties; 67% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Lolo National Forest); median elevation 5,755 ft; FWP estimated 4 moose harvested in 2025.

FWP district boundary, 2026 regulations. A boundary on a map does not grant access to any land inside it.
Area961 sq mi
USFS · BLM · state trust · FWP67%
Median elevation5,755 ft
Elevation range3,346–8,432 ft

Publicly administered land

US Forest Service62.5%
Bureau of Land Management2.7%
Montana state trust land1.6%
Other State of Montana0.1%

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

YearHuntersDaysTotal HarvestBullsCowsCalves
20254774400
20244434400
20234283300
20224663300
20214602200
20204623300
20194204400
20184594400
20174284400
20164214400
20154124400
20144114400

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
Granite, Missoula counties
National forests
Lolo National Forest, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Wilderness
Welcome Creek Wilderness (5%)
Wildlife management areas
—
Mountain ranges (GNIS)
John Long Mountains
Highest named summits
Dome Shaped Mountain (≈8,524 ft), Quigg Peak (≈8,271 ft), Hogback Point (≈8,166 ft), Eagle Point (≈7,933 ft)
Passes and gaps
Welcome Sawmill Saddle, Sawmill Saddle, Cinnabar Saddle, Cinnamon Bear Saddle, Welcome Sawmill Saddle, West Fork Tyler Saddle
Towns and places
Bearmouth, Clinton, Corral, Eightmile Saddle, Hall, Iris, Ozan, Quigley, Ravenna, Sherryl, Stone, Yukon Saddle

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.

Neighboring districts

  • HD 261 39% public · 4,605 ft median
  • HD 292 33% public · 5,102 ft median
  • HD 213 48% public · 5,817 ft median
  • HD 211 89% public · 6,962 ft median
  • HD 214 56% public · 7,016 ft median

Sources

Live weather, snow, fire and access conditions are in the atlas card for this district.