Hunting districts / Bighorn sheep
Bighorn sheep hunting district · Region 2 (Missoula)
District 214
Montana hunting district 214 (Bighorn sheep), FWP Region 2 (Missoula): 411 sq mi in Deer Lodge, Granite, Powell counties; 51% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest); median elevation 6,686 ft; FWP estimated 2 sheep harvested in 2025.
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 44.4% | |
| Montana FWP | 5.3% | |
| City & county | 2.2% | |
| Montana state trust land | 0.9% | |
| Other State of Montana | 0.5% |
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 | 59 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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
- Deer Lodge, Granite, Powell counties
- National forests
- Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
- Wilderness
- Anaconda Pintler Wilderness (2%)
- Wildlife management areas
- Garrity Mountain, Lost Creek, Warm Springs, Mount Haggin, Blue Eyed Nellie, Stucky Ridge
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- —
- Highest named summits
- Mount Haggin (≈10,499 ft), Short Peak (≈10,105 ft), Mount Tiny (≈9,633 ft), Twin Peaks (≈9,012 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- Fred Burr Pass, Low Pass
- Towns and places
- Anaconda, Cable City (historical), Fredrickson (historical), Galen, Georgetown, Gold Coin (historical), Lost Creek, Opportunity, Silver Lake (historical), Southern Cross (historical), Stump Town, Sunnyside, Tungsten, West Valley
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.