Hunting districts / Moose
Moose hunting district · Region 3 (Bozeman)
District 330
Montana hunting district 330 (Moose), FWP Region 3 (Bozeman): 1,589 sq mi in Madison, Beaverhead counties; 61% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest); median elevation 6,880 ft; FWP estimated 15 moose harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the highest moose harvests of 74 moose districts: 15 moose harvested in 2025 (FWP estimate). FWP harvest estimates
- Among the largest of 74 moose districts: 1,589 square miles. FWP district boundary
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 39.8% | |
| Bureau of Land Management | 10.4% | |
| Montana state trust land | 9.3% | |
| Montana FWP | 1.8% | |
| US Fish & Wildlife Service | 1.0% |
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 | 16 | 206 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 15 | 215 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 15 | 204 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022 | 19 | 327 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5 | 80 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5 | 38 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 2014 | 5 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 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
- Madison, Beaverhead counties
- National forests
- Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
- Wilderness
- None
- Wildlife management areas
- Robb-Ledford, Wall Creek
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- Gravelly Range, Greenhorn Range, Horn Mountains, Ruby Range
- Highest named summits
- Hogback Mountain (≈10,479 ft), Black Butte (≈10,459 ft), Sliderock Mountain (≈10,292 ft), Big Horn Mountain (≈10,240 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- The Notch, Ledoford Pass, Lone Tree Pass, Snowshoe Pass, Hoodoo Pass, Raynolds Pass
- Towns and places
- Abe (historical), Alder, Ball Place, Bishop Place, Bowman Place, Burdick Place, Campbell Place, Central City (historical), Cliff Lake, East Bench (historical), Ennis, Fairview (historical), Fries Place, Grahams Place
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.