Hunting districts / Bighorn sheep
Bighorn sheep hunting district · Region 3 (Bozeman)
District 340
Montana hunting district 340 (Bighorn sheep), FWP Region 3 (Bozeman): 1,141 sq mi in Beaverhead, Madison, Silver Bow, Jefferson counties; 58% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest); median elevation 5,994 ft; FWP estimated 1 sheep harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the largest of 36 bighorn sheep districts: 1,141 square miles. FWP district boundary
- Among the most rugged of 36 bighorn sheep districts: 5,945 ft from low point to high point. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 31.9% | |
| Bureau of Land Management | 20.2% | |
| Montana state trust land | 5.4% | |
| City & county | 0.4% |
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 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2 | 55 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | 51 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 2 | 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
- Beaverhead, Madison, Silver Bow, Jefferson counties
- National forests
- Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
- Wilderness
- None
- Wildlife management areas
- —
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- Highland Mountains
- Highest named summits
- Granite Mountain (≈10,476 ft), Black Lion Mountain (≈10,325 ft), Table Mountain (≈10,187 ft), Sharp Mountain (≈9,970 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- Steels Pass, Pipestone Pass, Deer Lodge Pass
- Towns and places
- Apex, Bond, Butte-Silver Bow (balance), Cedric, Centerville (historical), Dewey, Divide, Donald, Glen, Glendale, Grace, Highland City (historical), Janney, Johnson
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
- HD 330 54% public · 6,696 ft median
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.