Hunting districts / Moose
Moose hunting district · Region 3 (Bozeman)
District 341
Montana hunting district 341 (Moose), FWP Region 3 (Bozeman): 172 sq mi in Silver Bow, Deer Lodge counties; 67% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest); median elevation 6,181 ft; FWP estimated 2 moose harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the busiest for moose hunters of 74 moose districts: 0.2 moose hunter-days per square mile in 2025. FWP harvest estimates (calculated per sq mi)
- Among the smallest of 74 moose districts: 172 square miles. FWP district boundary
Publicly administered land
| Montana FWP | 32.8% | |
| US Forest Service | 32.6% | |
| Montana state trust land | 1.7% | |
| City & county | 1.4% | |
| Other State of Montana | 1.2% | |
| Other federal | 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 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3 | 75 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3 | 102 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3 | 56 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3 | 96 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3 | 42 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 4 | 63 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 3 | 62 | 3 | 3 | 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
- Silver Bow, Deer Lodge counties
- National forests
- Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
- Wilderness
- None
- Wildlife management areas
- Mount Haggin, Fleecer Mountain
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- —
- Highest named summits
- Beals Hill (≈7,805 ft), Sugarloaf Mountain (≈7,621 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- None named in GNIS
- Towns and places
- Buxton, Crackerville, Durant, Fairmont Hot Springs, Feely, Finlen, Gregson, Hackney, Miles Crossing, Mill Creek, Ramsay, Sciuchetti Place, Silver Bow, Staton
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.