Hunting districts / Moose
Moose hunting district · Region 2 (Missoula)
District 220
Montana hunting district 220 (Moose), FWP Region 2 (Missoula): 471 sq mi in Mineral County; 92% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Lolo National Forest); median elevation 4,877 ft; FWP estimated 3 moose harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the deepest snow right now of 34 moose districts: 10 in at a SNOTEL station inside. NRCS SNOTEL (measured)
- Among the most public of 74 moose districts: 92% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land. MSL Public Lands (calculated)
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 92.1% | |
| Montana state trust land | 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 | 3 | 65 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3 | 59 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3 | 52 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3 | 50 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3 | 103 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3 | 36 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 3 | 12 | 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
- Mineral County
- National forests
- Lolo National Forest
- Wilderness
- None
- Wildlife management areas
- —
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- —
- Highest named summits
- Illinois Peak (≈7,585 ft), Lost Peak (≈7,339 ft), Lightning Peak (≈7,323 ft), Eagle Peak (≈7,257 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- Freezeout Pass, Eagle Rock Saddle, Miller Saddle, Verde Saddle, Saint Regis Pass, Cayuse Saddle
- Towns and places
- Amador (historical), Borax, Bryson, Buford (historical), Cedar Junction (historical), Crescent City (historical), Drexel, East Portal, Foraker, Haugan, Henderson, Oliverville, Quartz, Sohon
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.