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Moose hunting district · Region 2 (Missoula)

District 292

Montana hunting district 292 (Moose), FWP Region 2 (Missoula): 930 sq mi in Powell, Missoula, Granite counties; 33% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land; median elevation 5,102 ft; FWP estimated 1 moose harvested in 2025.

FWP district boundary, 2026 regulations. A boundary on a map does not grant access to any land inside it.
Area930 sq mi
USFS · BLM · state trust · FWP33%
Median elevation5,102 ft
Elevation range3,287–7,346 ft

What stands out

Publicly administered land

Bureau of Land Management17.5%
Montana state trust land14.9%
Other State of Montana2.0%
Montana FWP0.1%

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
20251281100
20241151100
20231311100
20221151100
20212120000
2020110000
201931182200
2018000000
201731132200
20163362200
20153333300
20143213300

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
Powell, Missoula, Granite counties
National forests
—
Wilderness
None
Wildlife management areas
Blackfoot-Clearwater
Mountain ranges (GNIS)
Garnet Range
Highest named summits
Old Baldy Mountain (≈7,454 ft), Devil Mountain (≈7,421 ft), Hoodoo Mountain (≈7,169 ft), Little Baldy (≈7,037 ft)
Passes and gaps
None named in GNIS
Towns and places
Avon, Baird (historical), Beartown, Bradley (historical), Bradman, Brock Creek, Byrne, Coloma, Copper Cliff, Dutton, Garnet, Greenough, Mannix, Nimrod

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 285 73% public · 4,944 ft median
  • HD 210 67% public · 5,755 ft median
  • HD 213 48% public · 5,817 ft median
  • HD 293 63% public · 5,604 ft median
  • HD 215 49% public · 5,889 ft median
  • HD 261 39% public · 4,605 ft median

Sources

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