Moose hunting district · Region 2 (Missoula)

District 213

Montana hunting district 213 (Moose), FWP Region 2 (Missoula): 770 sq mi in Granite, Powell, Deer Lodge counties; 48% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest); median elevation 5,817 ft; FWP estimated 4 moose harvested in 2025.

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FWP district boundary, 2026 regulations. A boundary on a map does not grant access to any land inside it.

Area770 sq mi

USFS · BLM · state trust · FWP48%

Median elevation5,817 ft

Elevation range3,944–9,537 ft

Publicly administered land

US Forest Service	44.4%
Other State of Montana	7.0%
Montana state trust land	2.5%
Bureau of Land Management	1.1%
City & county	0.8%
Montana FWP	0.5%
National Park Service	0.3%

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
2025	4	60	4	4
2024	4	32	4	4
2023	4	57	3	3
2022	4	120	4	4
2021	3	39	3	3
2020	4	90	4	4

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, Powell, Deer Lodge counties
National forests: Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Wilderness: None
Wildlife management areas: Lost Creek, Warm Springs, Stucky Ridge, Blue Eyed Nellie
Mountain ranges (GNIS): Flint Creek Range
Highest named summits: Mount Powell (≈10,039 ft), Deer Lodge Mountain (≈9,675 ft), Racetrack Peak (≈9,439 ft), Goat Mountain (≈9,226 ft)
Passes and gaps: Racetrack Pass, Game Pass, Fred Burr Pass, Low Pass
Towns and places: Anaconda, Cable City (historical), Clark (historical), Danielsville, Deer Lodge, Drummond, Echo Lake (historical), Fredrickson (historical), Galen, Garrison, Georgetown, Gold Coin (historical), Goldcreek, Granite

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 215 49% public · 5,889 ft median
HD 210 67% public · 5,755 ft median
HD 214 56% public · 7,016 ft median
HD 292 33% public · 5,102 ft median
HD 341 67% public · 6,181 ft median

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.