Hunting districts / Moose
Moose hunting district · Region 3 (Bozeman)
District 322
Montana hunting district 322 (Moose), FWP Region 3 (Bozeman): 123 sq mi in Park County; 96% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Custer Gallatin National Forest); median elevation 9,272 ft; FWP estimated 2 moose harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the most public of 74 moose districts: 96% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land. MSL Public Lands (calculated)
- Among the most wilderness of 74 moose districts: 68% designated wilderness. USFS wilderness boundaries (calculated)
- Among the highest of 74 moose districts: median elevation 9,272 ft. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
- Among the smallest of 74 moose districts: 123 square miles. FWP district boundary
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 95.7% |
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 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 2 | 39 | 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 County
- National forests
- Custer Gallatin National Forest
- Wilderness
- Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness (68%)
- Wildlife management areas
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- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
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- Highest named summits
- Glacier Peak (≈12,224 ft), Mount Villard (≈12,159 ft), Cairn Mountain (≈12,139 ft), Granite Peak (≈12,103 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- Bull of the Woods Pass, Lulu Pass, Daisy Pass, Colter Pass
- Towns and places
- Cooke City, Silver Gate
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.