Hunting districts / Bighorn sheep
Bighorn sheep hunting district · Region 4 (Great Falls)
District 424
Montana hunting district 424 (Bighorn sheep), FWP Region 4 (Great Falls): 454 sq mi in Lewis And Clark County; 66% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest); median elevation 5,397 ft; FWP estimated 1 sheep harvested in 2025.
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 48.5% | |
| Montana state trust land | 9.7% | |
| Montana FWP | 5.5% | |
| Bureau of Land Management | 2.6% | |
| Other federal | 1.6% |
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 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 3 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 4 | 27 | 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
- Lewis And Clark County
- National forests
- Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
- Wilderness
- Scapegoat Wilderness (10%), Bob Marshall Wilderness (8%)
- Wildlife management areas
- Sun River
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
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- Highest named summits
- Crown Mountain (≈8,238 ft), Cigarette Rock (≈8,156 ft), Steamboat Mountain (≈8,140 ft), Renshaw Mountain (≈8,127 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- Straight Creek Pass, Elbow Pass, Welcome Pass, Elk Pass, Elbow Gorge
- Towns and places
- Augusta, Frost (historical), Gilman, Packers, Racine Ford (historical), Split Rock Junction, Stoner Place
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.