Hunting districts / Bighorn sheep
Bighorn sheep hunting district · Region 1 (Kalispell)
District 102
Montana hunting district 102 (Bighorn sheep), FWP Region 1 (Kalispell): 255 sq mi in Lincoln County; 80% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Kootenai National Forest); median elevation 5,187 ft; FWP estimated 1 sheep harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the deepest snow right now of 12 bighorn sheep districts: 20 in at a SNOTEL station inside. NRCS SNOTEL (measured)
- 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 lowest sheep harvests of 36 bighorn sheep districts: 1 sheep harvested in 2025 (FWP estimate). FWP harvest estimates
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 74.5% | |
| Montana state trust land | 4.1% | |
| Montana FWP | 0.9% |
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 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 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
- Wilderness
- None
- Wildlife management areas
- Kootenai Woods Ranch
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- Galton Range
- Highest named summits
- Poorman Mountain (≈7,723 ft), Green Mountain (≈7,707 ft), Krag Peak (≈7,402 ft), Ksanka Peak (≈7,379 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- Therriault Pass
- Towns and places
- Midvale, Mills Springs (historical), Tobacco (historical)
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
- None
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.