Montana Moose — Hunting District 126

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Montana Hunting District 126 covers 335,561 acres and lies 11 miles south-east of Thompson Falls and 24 miles north-west of Superior. 84% of it is public land, mostly national forest (82%) and state trust land (2%). In 2025, 1 person hunted moose here and took 1.

Hunter success (2025):100% Public land:84% Size:335,561 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every moose license type on offer in Hunting District 126, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

1 license on offer 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
  • 126-50 Moose License 126-50 — Antlered Bull 0 tags · 0 applicants
    Not open to nonresidents
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.
1 hunt not offered in 2026 is 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 126

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

The country

Thompson Falls Kalispell Missoula Hamilton Eureka
Hunting District 126 within Montana
122 125 220 Thompson Falls Plains Superior
Hunting District 126 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 275,328 ac · 82%
  • Private 52,582 ac · 16%
  • State trust land 7,147 ac · 2%
  • County or city land 201 ac · 0%
  • State land 134 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%

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 1 1 100%
2024 1 1 100%
2023 1 1 100%
2022 1 1 100%
2021 0 0
2020 1 1 100%
2019 1 0 0%
2018 1 1 100%
2017 1 1 100%
2016 0 0
2015 0 0
2014 1 1 100%
2013 1 1 100%
2012 1 1 100%
2011 1 1 100%
2010 1 1 100%
2009 1 0 0%
2008 1 1 100%
2007 1 1 100%
2006 1 1 100%

Residents vs nonresidents (2025)

  • Resident 1 taken · 1 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