Hunting districts / Bighorn sheep
Bighorn sheep hunting district · Region 3 (Bozeman)
District 302
Montana hunting district 302 (Bighorn sheep), FWP Region 3 (Bozeman): 679 sq mi in Gallatin, Madison counties; 83% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Custer Gallatin National Forest); median elevation 7,799 ft; FWP estimated 3 sheep harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the highest of 36 bighorn sheep districts: median elevation 7,799 ft. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 81.7% | |
| Montana state trust land | 0.4% | |
| Bureau of Land Management | 0.2% | |
| Montana FWP | 0.2% | |
| Other State of Montana | 0.2% |
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 | 3 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 5 | 92 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6 | 68 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5 | 77 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6 | 147 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6 | 78 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7 | 96 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7 | 80 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 7 | 55 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 11 | 70 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 13 | 115 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 2014 | 20 | 126 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 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
- Gallatin, Madison counties
- National forests
- Custer Gallatin National Forest, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
- Wilderness
- Lee Metcalf Wilderness (27%)
- Wildlife management areas
- Gallatin
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
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- Highest named summits
- Echo Peak (≈11,188 ft), Koch Peak (≈11,119 ft), Taylor Peaks (≈11,119 ft), Imp Peak (≈11,010 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- Expedition Pass
- Towns and places
- Corette, Grayling, Lakeshore Summer Home Area, Lakeview, Lonesome Hurst Summer Home Area, Railroad Summer Home Area, Romsett Summer Home Area, Schusters Place, West Yellowstone
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.