Hunting districts / Bighorn sheep
Bighorn sheep hunting district · Region 2 (Missoula)
District 210
Montana hunting district 210 (Bighorn sheep), FWP Region 2 (Missoula): 188 sq mi in Granite, Missoula counties; 90% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Lolo National Forest); median elevation 5,445 ft; FWP estimated 1 sheep harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the lowest sheep harvests of 36 bighorn sheep districts: 1 sheep harvested in 2025 (FWP estimate). FWP harvest estimates
- 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)
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 88.5% | |
| Bureau of Land Management | 0.7% | |
| Montana state trust land | 0.5% | |
| Other State of Montana | 0.4% | |
| Montana FWP | 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 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2 | 49 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 4 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2015 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2014 | 3 | 16 | 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
- Granite, Missoula counties
- National forests
- Lolo National Forest, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
- Wilderness
- Welcome Creek Wilderness (17%)
- Wildlife management areas
- —
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- —
- Highest named summits
- Sliderock Mountain (≈7,789 ft), Spink Point (≈7,215 ft), Solomon Mountain (≈6,913 ft), Tyler Point (≈6,785 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- Welcome Sawmill Saddle, Welcome Sawmill Saddle, West Fork Tyler Saddle, Lodgepole Saddle, Welch-Gillispie Saddle, Brewster Tyler Saddle
- Towns and places
- Byrne, Iris, Quigley, Ravenna
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.