Hunting districts / Moose
Moose hunting district · Region 2 (Missoula)
District 230
Montana hunting district 230 (Moose), FWP Region 2 (Missoula): 893 sq mi in Missoula, Mineral, Ravalli counties; 81% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Lolo National Forest); median elevation 4,849 ft; FWP estimated 4 moose harvested in 2025.
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 74.0% | |
| Montana FWP | 5.7% | |
| Montana state trust land | 1.7% | |
| City & county | 0.7% | |
| 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 | 4 | 45 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 4 | 132 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4 | 71 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4 | 74 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4 | 95 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4 | 79 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4 | 59 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 4 | 68 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 4 | 93 | 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
- Missoula, Mineral, Ravalli counties
- National forests
- Lolo National Forest
- Wilderness
- Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness (2%)
- Wildlife management areas
- Fish Creek
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- Bitterroot Mountains, Grave Creek Range
- Highest named summits
- Lolo Peak (≈9,108 ft), Straight Peak (≈7,575 ft), Crater Mountain (≈7,523 ft), Shale Mountain (≈7,467 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- Schley Saddle, Chilcoot Pass, Williams Pass
- Towns and places
- Carlton, De Smet, Frenchtown, Grass Valley, Hell Gate (historical), Huson, Lolo Hot Springs, Lothrop, McClain, Orchard Homes, Primrose, Schilling, Shangville (historical), Stovepipe (historical)
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.