Hunting districts / Moose
Moose hunting district · Region 3 (Bozeman)
District 323
Montana hunting district 323 (Moose), FWP Region 3 (Bozeman): 397 sq mi in Beaverhead County; 59% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest); median elevation 7,228 ft; FWP estimated 10 moose harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the highest moose harvests of 74 moose districts: 10 moose harvested in 2025 (FWP estimate). FWP harvest estimates
- Among the highest of 74 moose districts: median elevation 7,228 ft. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 55.5% | |
| Montana state trust land | 2.8% | |
| Bureau of Land Management | 0.6% |
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 | 10 | 47 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 | 11 | 113 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| 2023 | 11 | 126 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| 2022 | 12 | 147 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| 2021 | 12 | 64 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 14 | 154 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 2019 | 12 | 62 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 13 | 142 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| 2017 | 19 | 164 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 16 | 161 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 |
| 2015 | 15 | 93 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 |
| 2014 | 13 | 143 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 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
- Beaverhead County
- National forests
- Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
- Wilderness
- None
- Wildlife management areas
- —
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- —
- Highest named summits
- Homer Youngs Peak (≈10,495 ft), Hirschy Mountain (≈10,226 ft), Painter Peak (≈9,564 ft), Browns Peak (≈8,944 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- None named in GNIS
- Towns and places
- —
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.