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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.

FWP district boundary, 2026 regulations. A boundary on a map does not grant access to any land inside it.
Area811 sq mi
USFS · BLM · state trust · FWP32%
Median elevation5,423 ft
Elevation range3,793–9,354 ft

Publicly administered land

US Forest Service25.7%
Montana state trust land4.7%
Bureau of Land Management1.9%
Other federal0.7%

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

YearHuntersDaysTotal HarvestBullsCowsCalves
2025262200
20242142200
20232312200
20222502200
2021000000
20202282200
20192252200
20182202200
2017000000
2016272200
2015000000
20142240000

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.

Neighboring districts

  • HD 380 38% public · 4,843 ft median
  • HD 494 33% public · 5,243 ft median
  • HD 312 16% public · 5,463 ft median
  • HD 496 29% public · 4,698 ft median
  • HD 303 21% public · 5,528 ft median

Sources

Live weather, snow, fire and access conditions are in the atlas card for this district.