Hunting districts / Bighorn sheep
Bighorn sheep hunting district · Region 1 (Kalispell)
District 100
Montana hunting district 100 (Bighorn sheep), FWP Region 1 (Kalispell): 1,366 sq mi in Lincoln County; 92% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Kootenai National Forest); median elevation 4,423 ft; FWP estimated 2 sheep harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the quietest for sheep hunters of 36 bighorn sheep districts: 0.0 sheep hunter-days per square mile in 2025. FWP harvest estimates (calculated per sq mi)
- Among the most public of 36 bighorn sheep districts: 92% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land. MSL Public Lands (calculated)
- Among the largest of 36 bighorn sheep districts: 1,366 square miles. FWP district boundary
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 91.3% | |
| Montana state trust land | 0.2% | |
| Montana FWP | 0.1% | |
| City & county | 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.
Sheep harvest estimates
| Year | Hunters | Days | Total Harvest | Rams | Ewes | Lambs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 | 42 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4 | 47 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5 | 46 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4 | 116 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4 | 52 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 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
- Lincoln County
- National forests
- Kootenai National Forest, Idaho Panhandle National Forests
- Wilderness
- None
- Wildlife management areas
- Kootenai West, Kootenai Falls
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- Purcell Mountains
- Highest named summits
- Northwest Peak (≈7,651 ft), Davis Mountain (≈7,536 ft), Robinson Mountain (≈7,467 ft), Mount Henry (≈7,146 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- Windy Pass
- Towns and places
- Dodge Summit, Sylvanite, Yaak
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 123 85% public · 4,147 ft median
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.