Hunting districts / Bighorn sheep
Bighorn sheep hunting district · Region 6 (Glasgow)
District 680
Montana hunting district 680 (Bighorn sheep), FWP Region 6 (Glasgow): 968 sq mi in Blaine, Chouteau, Phillips counties; 55% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land; median elevation 3,176 ft; FWP estimated 19 sheep harvested in 2025.
What stands out
- Among the highest sheep harvests of 36 bighorn sheep districts: 19 sheep harvested in 2025 (FWP estimate). FWP harvest estimates
- Among the lowest of 36 bighorn sheep districts: median elevation 3,176 ft. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
- Among the flattest of 36 bighorn sheep districts: 2,146 ft from low point to high point. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
Publicly administered land
| Bureau of Land Management | 48.8% | |
| Montana state trust land | 6.1% | |
| US Fish & Wildlife Service | 1.9% |
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 | 26 | 121 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0 |
| 2024 | 38 | 206 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 0 |
| 2023 | 66 | 398 | 41 | 23 | 18 | 0 |
| 2022 | 84 | 391 | 49 | 18 | 31 | 0 |
| 2021 | 72 | 371 | 46 | 24 | 22 | 0 |
| 2020 | 76 | 394 | 53 | 25 | 28 | 0 |
| 2019 | 92 | 514 | 58 | 24 | 34 | 0 |
| 2018 | 97 | 475 | 71 | 25 | 46 | 0 |
| 2017 | 67 | 385 | 45 | 22 | 23 | 0 |
| 2016 | 65 | 338 | 49 | 25 | 24 | 0 |
| 2015 | 64 | 397 | 45 | 25 | 20 | 0 |
| 2014 | 59 | 310 | 42 | 24 | 18 | 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
- Blaine, Chouteau, Phillips counties
- National forests
- —
- Wilderness
- None
- Wildlife management areas
- —
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- —
- Highest named summits
- Thornhill Butte (≈4,511 ft), Williamson Butte (≈4,488 ft), Goat Mountain (≈3,990 ft), Gumbo Butte (≈3,484 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- Fourmile Hill
- Towns and places
- Coal Banks Landing, Cow Island (historical), DY Junction, Eskay (historical), Golf Bench (historical), Hosey (historical), Iliad, Leroy, Power Plant (historical), Ragland Bench (historical), Riedel (historical), Sour Dough Flat (historical)
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.