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Moose hunting district · Region 3 (Bozeman)
District 320
Montana hunting district 320 (Moose), FWP Region 3 (Bozeman): 839 sq mi in Madison, Jefferson counties; 45% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest); median elevation 5,955 ft; FWP estimated 7 moose harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the highest moose harvests of 74 moose districts: 7 moose harvested in 2025 (FWP estimate). FWP harvest estimates
- Among the most rugged of 74 moose districts: 6,240 ft from low point to high point. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 32.8% | |
| Bureau of Land Management | 8.1% | |
| Montana state trust land | 4.6% | |
| City & county | 0.2% | |
| 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 | 7 | 47 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 7 | 104 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 7 | 62 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6 | 77 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4 | 60 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6 | 44 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6 | 72 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7 | 60 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016 | 7 | 84 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 6 | 87 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2014 | 6 | 45 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 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
- Madison, Jefferson counties
- National forests
- Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
- Wilderness
- None
- Wildlife management areas
- —
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- Tobacco Root Mountains
- Highest named summits
- Hollowtop Mountain (≈10,505 ft), Granite Peak (≈10,479 ft), Mount Jefferson (≈10,308 ft), Lonesome Peak (≈10,302 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- Mustard Pass, Low Pass, Spuhler Saddle, Windy Pass, Tom Graham Pass
- Towns and places
- Adobe (historical), Brandon, Cardwell, Harrison, Iron Rod (historical), Jefferson Island, Junction, Leiterville, Mammoth, McAllister, Norris, Piedmont, Pony, Renova
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.