Hunting districts / Bighorn sheep
Bighorn sheep hunting district · Region 3 (Bozeman)
District 330
Montana hunting district 330 (Bighorn sheep), FWP Region 3 (Bozeman): 1,561 sq mi in Madison, Beaverhead counties; 54% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land; median elevation 6,696 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
- Among the largest of 36 bighorn sheep districts: 1,561 square miles. FWP district boundary
- Among the most Block Management of 36 bighorn sheep districts: 6 BMAs, about 35,433 acres. FWP Block Management (calculated)
- Among the most rugged of 36 bighorn sheep districts: 5,755 ft from low point to high point. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 24.5% | |
| Bureau of Land Management | 13.7% | |
| Montana state trust land | 12.4% | |
| Montana FWP | 2.9% | |
| 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 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 10 | 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
- Madison, Beaverhead counties
- National forests
- Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
- Wilderness
- None
- Wildlife management areas
- Robb-Ledford, Blacktail
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- Greenhorn Range, Ruby Range, Snowcrest Range
- Highest named summits
- Hogback Mountain (≈10,479 ft), Sunset Peak (≈10,479 ft), Black Butte (≈10,459 ft), Olson Peak (≈10,381 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- The Notch, Antone Pass, Ledoford Pass
- Towns and places
- Ball Place, Bishop Place, Bowman Place, Burdick Place, Campbell Place, East Bench (historical), Ennis, Fairview (historical), Fries Place, Guntner Place, Hale Place, Holden Place, Kingrey Place, Laurin
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.