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Moose hunting district · Region 4 (Great Falls)

District 441

Montana hunting district 441 (Moose), FWP Region 4 (Great Falls): 638 sq mi in Teton, Pondera counties; 41% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land; median elevation 4,665 ft; FWP estimated 1 moose harvested in 2025.

FWP district boundary, 2026 regulations. A boundary on a map does not grant access to any land inside it.
Area638 sq mi
USFS · BLM · state trust · FWP41%
Median elevation4,665 ft
Elevation range3,858–8,973 ft

Publicly administered land

US Forest Service28.4%
Montana state trust land8.1%
Montana FWP2.7%
Bureau of Land Management1.9%
US Fish & Wildlife Service0.3%

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
20251151100
20241220000
20231161100
2022000000
2021000000
2020161100
2019000000
20181301100
2017000000
20161461100
2015000000
20141161100

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
Teton, Pondera counties
National forests
Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
Wilderness
Bob Marshall Wilderness (17%)
Wildlife management areas
Blackleaf
Mountain ranges (GNIS)
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Highest named summits
Old Baldy (≈9,006 ft), Mount Wright (≈8,714 ft), Mount Lockhart (≈8,520 ft), Mount Field (≈8,478 ft)
Passes and gaps
Route Creek Pass, Ralston Gap
Towns and places
Blackleaf, Miller Colony, Rockport Colony

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 141 99% public · 5,971 ft median
  • HD 415 98% public · 6,093 ft median

Sources

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