Hunting districts / Bighorn sheep
Bighorn sheep hunting district · Region 3 (Bozeman)
District 381
Montana hunting district 381 (Bighorn sheep), FWP Region 3 (Bozeman): 294 sq mi in Lewis And Clark County; 29% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land; median elevation 4,642 ft; FWP estimated 1 sheep harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the most private of 36 bighorn sheep districts: 29% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land. MSL Public Lands (calculated)
- Among the most Block Management of 36 bighorn sheep districts: 5 BMAs, about 77,040 acres. FWP Block Management (calculated)
Publicly administered land
| Bureau of Land Management | 13.0% | |
| Montana state trust land | 10.7% | |
| US Forest Service | 3.7% | |
| Montana FWP | 1.3% |
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 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 8 | 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
- Lewis And Clark County
- National forests
- Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
- Wilderness
- None
- Wildlife management areas
- Canyon Creek
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- —
- Highest named summits
- Mitchell Mountain (≈6,919 ft), Beartooth Mountain (≈6,739 ft), Baldy Mountain (≈6,070 ft), Stony Point (≈5,430 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- None named in GNIS
- Towns and places
- Sieben, Silver City, Strom
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.