Hunting districts / Bighorn sheep
Bighorn sheep hunting district · Region 1 (Kalispell)
District 121
Montana hunting district 121 (Bighorn sheep), FWP Region 1 (Kalispell): 943 sq mi in Sanders, Lincoln, Flathead counties; 59% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Lolo National Forest); median elevation 4,324 ft; FWP estimated 1 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 lowest sheep harvests of 36 bighorn sheep districts: 1 sheep harvested in 2025 (FWP estimate). FWP harvest estimates
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 52.4% | |
| Montana state trust land | 5.7% | |
| Montana FWP | 0.6% | |
| 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 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 19 | 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
- Sanders, Lincoln, Flathead counties
- National forests
- Lolo National Forest, Kootenai National Forest
- Wilderness
- None
- Wildlife management areas
- Mount Silcox, Bighorn Viewing Site
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- —
- Highest named summits
- Baldy Mountain (≈7,418 ft), Thompson Peak (≈7,385 ft), Mount Headley (≈7,343 ft), Marmot Peak (≈7,175 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- Cube Iron Pass, Vermilion Pass
- Towns and places
- Ashleys Settlement (historical), Bend, Blanchards Corner, Eddy, Plains, Shannonville (historical), Snider, Thompson Falls, Weeksville
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.