Hunting districts / Moose
Moose hunting district · Region 3 (Bozeman)
District 325
Montana hunting district 325 (Moose), FWP Region 3 (Bozeman): 251 sq mi in Deer Lodge County; 82% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest); median elevation 6,926 ft; FWP estimated 3 moose harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the busiest for moose hunters of 74 moose districts: 0.3 moose hunter-days per square mile in 2025. FWP harvest estimates (calculated per sq mi)
- Among the most wilderness of 74 moose districts: 31% designated wilderness. USFS wilderness boundaries (calculated)
- Among the smallest of 74 moose districts: 251 square miles. FWP district boundary
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 67.5% | |
| Montana FWP | 10.1% | |
| Bureau of Land Management | 3.7% | |
| Montana state trust land | 1.1% |
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 | 65 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 5 | 107 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7 | 31 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7 | 45 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 7 | 57 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4 | 37 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6 | 50 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6 | 67 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 6 | 64 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 6 | 64 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 4 | 69 | 4 | 4 | 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
- Deer Lodge County
- National forests
- Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
- Wilderness
- Anaconda Pintler Wilderness (31%)
- Wildlife management areas
- Mount Haggin
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- Anaconda Range
- Highest named summits
- Saddle Mountain (≈10,597 ft), West Goat Peak (≈10,597 ft), Mount Evans (≈10,515 ft), East Goat Peak (≈10,381 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- Storm Lake Pass, Cutaway Pass
- Towns and places
- Fishtrap
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.