Montana Moose — Hunting District 121

West Clark Fork

Montana Hunting District 121 covers 377,282 acres and lies 25 miles north-west of Thompson Falls and 40 miles south of Troy. 84% of it is public land, mostly national forest (83%) and state land (1%). In 2025, 2 people hunted moose here and took 2 — 100% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 1 tag here for 78 first-choice applicants.

Tags (2026):1 Nonresident share:capped at 10% Applicants:78 Hunter success (2025):100% Public land:84% Size:377,282 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every moose license type on offer in Hunting District 121, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

1 license on offer · 1 tags · 78 applicants in the 2026 draw

Chances are from the 2026 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.

Simple view Odds at every point level
  • 121-50 Moose License 121-50 — Antlered Bull 1 tags · 78 applicants
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What these columns mean
Your odds
the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2026 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year.
The badge
plain language for that number. Likely draw 75% or better · Real chance 40%+ · Long shot 15%+ · Point builder below that, so you are applying mainly to bank a point · Undersubscribed means fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
Points needed
the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2026 draw, and how that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold.
Tags / applicants
tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them. Under five tags we print counts instead of a percentage, because one applicant either way swings it.
2 hunts not offered in 2026 are hidden — show discontinued hunts.

What it costs to apply (2026 nonresident fees)

License Up front Gone if you miss If you draw
Per application $110 $110 $110

Application window: opens Mar 1, closes May 1, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

Other licenses valid in Hunting District 121

Not in the table above because they had no result in the 2026 draw.

The country

Thompson Falls Kalispell Eureka Missoula Hamilton
Hunting District 121 within Montana
104 105 106 111 112 122 125 126 220 Thompson Falls Libby Plains Kalispell Whitefish
Hunting District 121 and its neighbours
Zoomable USGS topo, aerial imagery and shaded relief, with the neighboring areas drawn on.

Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.

Who owns the ground

  • National Forest 312,277 ac · 83%
  • Private 48,065 ac · 13%
  • State land 2,754 ac · 1%
  • State trust land 2,716 ac · 1%
  • County or city land 415 ac · 0%
  • BLM 0 ac · 0%
  • Bureau of Reclamation 0 ac · 0%
  • Department of Defense 0 ac · 0%
  • National Park Service 0 ac · 0%
  • National Wildlife Refuge 0 ac · 0%
  • Tribal 0 ac · 0%
  • Other public 0 ac · 0%
  • Private or other non-public land 11,054 ac · 3%

Source: Moose 2026-2027 Hunting District Landcover and Land Ownership Calculations

How the hunting has gone

What Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks publishes for this area after each season — harvest statistics for everyone who hunted it, not draw odds and not a forecast. Montana's figures blend mandatory reporting with a phone and mail survey. FWP does not publish district-level hunter counts for elk or antelope, so success rates are missing for those.

Season Hunters Harvest Success
2025 2 2 100%
2024 2 2 100%
2023 3 3 100%
2022 2 2 100%
2021 2 2 100%
2020 2 1 50%
2019 4 0 0%
2018 4 2 50%
2017 4 2 50%
2016 4 2 50%
2015 3 2 67%
2014 4 3 75%
2013 4 4 100%
2012 4 3 75%
2011 4 4 100%
2010 4 2 50%
2009 6 4 67%
2008 6 6 100%
2007 6 4 67%
2006 6 6 100%
2005 6 6 100%

Residents vs nonresidents (2025)

  • Resident 2 taken · 2 hunters

Boundary: Moose Hunting Districts (2026 and 2027 Seasons)

Harvest: FWP Harvest Estimates CSV export - moose, all districts, 2005-2025

How we compute draw odds · All Montana moose hunts