Hunting districts / Moose
Moose hunting district · Region 3 (Bozeman)
District 314
Montana hunting district 314 (Moose), FWP Region 3 (Bozeman): 541 sq mi in Park, Gallatin counties; 42% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Custer Gallatin National Forest); median elevation 6,654 ft; FWP estimated 0 moose harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the lowest moose harvests of 74 moose districts: 0 moose harvested in 2025 (FWP estimate). FWP harvest estimates
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 38.9% | |
| Montana state trust land | 2.7% | |
| Bureau of Land Management | 0.2% | |
| Montana FWP | 0.1% | |
| National Park Service | 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 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 | 41 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3 | 111 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 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
- Park, Gallatin counties
- National forests
- Custer Gallatin National Forest
- Wilderness
- None
- Wildlife management areas
- —
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- Gallatin Range
- Highest named summits
- Mount Chisholm (≈10,243 ft), Ramshorn Peak (≈10,164 ft), Twin Peaks (≈10,036 ft), Fridley Peak (≈10,007 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- Windy Pass, Bozeman Pass
- Towns and places
- Aldridge, Brisbin, Carbella, Chicory, Chimney Rock, Dailey (historical), Electric, Emigrant, Glastonbury, Hoffman, Kotke, Merriman, Miner, North Glastonbury
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.