Hunting districts / Bighorn sheep
Bighorn sheep hunting district · Region 4 (Great Falls)
District 422
Montana hunting district 422 (Bighorn sheep), FWP Region 4 (Great Falls): 192 sq mi in Teton County; 32% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land; median elevation 4,442 ft; FWP estimated 3 sheep harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the most private of 36 bighorn sheep districts: 32% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land. MSL Public Lands (calculated)
Publicly administered land
| Montana state trust land | 14.0% | |
| US Forest Service | 13.0% | |
| Bureau of Land Management | 5.1% | |
| Other federal | 3.6% |
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 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5 | 48 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5 | 36 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 4 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 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
- Teton County
- National forests
- Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
- Wilderness
- Bob Marshall Wilderness (3%)
- Wildlife management areas
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- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
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- Highest named summits
- Castle Reef (≈8,241 ft), Grass Hill (≈8,048 ft), Nunemaker Hill (≈4,308 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- None named in GNIS
- Towns and places
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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.