Hunting districts / Moose
Moose hunting district · Region 3 (Bozeman)
District 334
Montana hunting district 334 (Moose), FWP Region 3 (Bozeman): 164 sq mi in Beaverhead County; 31% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land; median elevation 6,740 ft; FWP estimated 16 moose harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the highest moose harvests of 74 moose districts: 16 moose harvested in 2025 (FWP estimate). FWP harvest estimates
- Among the busiest for moose hunters of 74 moose districts: 0.4 moose hunter-days per square mile in 2025. FWP harvest estimates (calculated per sq mi)
- Among the smallest of 74 moose districts: 164 square miles. FWP district boundary
- Among the most private of 74 moose districts: 31% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land. MSL Public Lands (calculated)
- Among the flattest of 74 moose districts: 3,350 ft from low point to high point. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
Publicly administered land
| US Fish & Wildlife Service | 31.6% | |
| Bureau of Land Management | 19.3% | |
| Other federal | 14.9% | |
| Montana state trust land | 7.2% | |
| US Forest Service | 4.4% |
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 | 17 | 66 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 0 |
| 2024 | 16 | 89 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| 2023 | 17 | 49 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| 2022 | 15 | 73 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 0 |
| 2021 | 12 | 56 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 2020 | 15 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 |
| 2019 | 13 | 37 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 2018 | 12 | 54 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 2017 | 11 | 41 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| 2016 | 10 | 58 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 9 | 56 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 2014 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
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)
- Centennial Mountains
- Highest named summits
- Baldy Mountain (≈9,760 ft), Sheep Mountain (≈9,642 ft), Nemesis Mountain (≈9,367 ft), Brays Butte (≈7,287 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- None named in GNIS
- Towns and places
- Lakeview
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.