Hunting districts / Bighorn sheep
Bighorn sheep hunting district · Region 4 (Great Falls)
District 441
Montana hunting district 441 (Bighorn sheep), FWP Region 4 (Great Falls): 596 sq mi in Teton, Pondera counties; 37% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land; median elevation 4,600 ft; FWP estimated 2 sheep harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the most private of 36 bighorn sheep districts: 37% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land. MSL Public Lands (calculated)
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 24.0% | |
| Montana state trust land | 8.6% | |
| Montana FWP | 2.8% | |
| Bureau of Land Management | 2.0% | |
| US Fish & Wildlife Service | 0.3% |
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 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3 | 67 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5 | 48 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 4 | 97 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 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, Pondera counties
- National forests
- Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
- Wilderness
- Bob Marshall Wilderness (16%)
- Wildlife management areas
- Blackleaf
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
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- Highest named summits
- Mount Wright (≈8,714 ft), Mount Field (≈8,478 ft), Mount Patrick Gass (≈8,317 ft), Choteau Mountain (≈8,268 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- Ralston Gap
- Towns and places
- Blackleaf, Miller Colony, Rockport Colony
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 421 100% public · 6,762 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.