Hunting districts / Moose
Moose hunting district · Region 3 (Bozeman)
District 326
Montana hunting district 326 (Moose), FWP Region 3 (Bozeman): 333 sq mi in Beaverhead, Deer Lodge counties; 63% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest); median elevation 6,663 ft; FWP estimated 5 moose harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the flattest of 74 moose districts: 3,432 ft from low point to high point. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 61.6% | |
| Montana state trust land | 1.7% | |
| National Park Service | 0.3% | |
| Bureau of Land Management | 0.2% |
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 | 5 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 4 | 39 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5 | 55 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5 | 44 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 4 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 4 | 25 | 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
- Beaverhead, Deer Lodge counties
- National forests
- Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
- Wilderness
- Anaconda Pintler Wilderness (11%)
- Wildlife management areas
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- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
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- Highest named summits
- West Pintler Peak (≈9,400 ft), East Pintler Peak (≈9,314 ft), Bender Point (≈8,392 ft), Wooster Mountain (≈7,667 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- Pintler Pass, Schultz Saddle, Gibbons Pass
- Towns and places
- Wisdom
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.