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Moose hunting district · Region 3 (Bozeman)
District 390
Montana hunting district 390 (Moose), FWP Region 3 (Bozeman): 811 sq mi in Broadwater, Meagher, Gallatin counties; 32% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land; median elevation 5,423 ft; FWP estimated 2 moose harvested in 2025.
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 25.7% | |
| Montana state trust land | 4.7% | |
| Bureau of Land Management | 1.9% | |
| Other federal | 0.7% |
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 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 50 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 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
- Broadwater, Meagher, Gallatin counties
- National forests
- Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
- Wilderness
- None
- Wildlife management areas
- —
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- Big Belt Mountains
- Highest named summits
- Mount Edith (≈9,436 ft), Mount Baldy (≈9,380 ft), Boulder Mountain (≈8,734 ft), Avalanche Butte (≈7,651 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- Klondike Pass
- Towns and places
- Barker, Brewer, Bruce Place, Deep Creek (historical), Deer Park, Diamond City, Francis, Holker, Lombard, Moyne, Noble, Ringling, Toston, Townsend
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.