Hunting districts / Moose
Moose hunting district · Region 3 (Bozeman)
District 324
Montana hunting district 324 (Moose), FWP Region 3 (Bozeman): 1,002 sq mi in Beaverhead, Silver Bow counties; 83% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest); median elevation 7,308 ft; FWP estimated 5 moose harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the highest of 74 moose districts: median elevation 7,308 ft. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 66.4% | |
| Bureau of Land Management | 13.1% | |
| Montana state trust land | 3.3% | |
| City & county | 0.1% | |
| Montana FWP | 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 | 6 | 101 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 6 | 64 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3 | 50 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 10 | 148 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 10 | 119 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 10 | 93 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 11 | 138 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| 2015 | 15 | 138 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| 2014 | 16 | 106 | 10 | 8 | 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, Silver Bow counties
- National forests
- Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
- Wilderness
- None
- Wildlife management areas
- —
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- Pioneer Mountains
- Highest named summits
- Torrey Mountain (≈11,020 ft), Tweedy Mountain (≈10,928 ft), Granite Mountain (≈10,476 ft), Baldy Mountain (≈10,466 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- Alder Pass, Badger Pass
- Towns and places
- Argenta, Birch Creek (historical), Coolidge (historical), Dewey, Divide, Elkhorn, Elkhorn Hot Springs, Ermont Mill, Glendale, Lion City (historical), Maiden Rock, Maverick Mountain, Melrose, Polaris
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.