Hunting districts / Bighorn sheep
Bighorn sheep hunting district · Region 3 (Bozeman)
District 304
Montana hunting district 304 (Bighorn sheep), FWP Region 3 (Bozeman): 672 sq mi in Gallatin, Park counties; 52% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Custer Gallatin National Forest); median elevation 6,526 ft; FWP estimated 0 sheep harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the lowest sheep harvests of 36 bighorn sheep districts: 0 sheep harvested in 2025 (FWP estimate). FWP harvest estimates
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 47.8% | |
| Montana state trust land | 3.6% | |
| City & county | 1.1% | |
| Other State of Montana | 0.3% | |
| Bureau of Land Management | 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 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 1 | 30 | 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
- Gallatin, Park counties
- National forests
- Custer Gallatin National Forest
- Wilderness
- None
- Wildlife management areas
- —
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- Gallatin Range
- Highest named summits
- Mount Chisholm (≈10,243 ft), Hyalite Peak (≈10,194 ft), Mount Bole (≈10,177 ft), Mount Blackmore (≈10,095 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- None named in GNIS
- Towns and places
- Balmont, Blackwood, Brisbin, Chicory, Chimney Rock, Country Court, Emigrant, Four Corners, Gilroy, Hoffman, King Arthur Park, Kotke, Lay Settlement (historical), Little Bear (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.
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.