Montana Moose · Hunting District 293 Upper Blackfoot

Montana Hunting District 293 covers 552,287 acres and lies 36 miles north of Deer Lodge. 63% of it is public land, mostly national forest (53%) and state trust land (5%). In 2025, 2 people hunted moose here and took 2. Its most applied-for hunt, 293-50, put up 1 tag (all residencies) in the 2024 draw for 384 nonresident first-choice applicants.

No more draws here. The last one was 2024.

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks held its 2026 moose draw without Hunting District 293. No current hunt code lists this unit; the Montana moose hunts on offer are drawn elsewhere. The odds, costs and harvest below are that history, kept for the record.

Tags, 2024
1

1 license · NR capped at 10%

Applicants
384

first choice, NR

Hunter Success
—

not published

Public Land
63%

53% Forest Service

Size
863 mi²

552,287 acres

Deer Lodge Helena Missoula Stevensville 293

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

Every License in Hunting District 293

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it

The last draw held in Hunting District 293 was 2024. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.

293-50 0% (small sample) —

First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2024 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file. Not in the table, with no 2024 result: 293-20.

Draw results: Montana FWP 2024 Moose Drawing Statistics Report, retrieved Sep 1, 2026.

If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): $137.50 ($137.50 to apply). Open Mar 1 – May 1, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

Harvest

Year Hunters Moose Success
2025 2 2 100%
2024 2 1 50%
2023 2 1 50%
2022 2 2 100%
2021 2 2 100%
2020 2 2 100%
2019 2 2 100%
2018 0 0 —
2017 2 2 100%
2016 2 2 100%
2015 2 2 100%
2014 2 2 100%
2013 2 2 100%
2012 2 2 100%
2011 2 2 100%
2010 2 2 100%
2009 2 2 100%
2008 2 1 50%
2007 2 1 50%
2006 2 2 100%
2005 2 2 100%

2025 split: residents 2 from 2 hunters

What Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks publishes after each season, for everyone who hunted the area: harvest statistics, not draw odds. 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. Source: Montana FWP 2005-2025 FWP Harvest Estimates export.

The Ground

National Forest 292,767 ac 53%
Private 204,567 ac 37%
State trust land 28,056 ac 5%
BLM 16,789 ac 3%
State land 8,615 ac 2%
National Wildlife Refuge 607 ac <1%
County or city land 55 ac <1%
Bureau of Reclamation 0 ac <1%
Department of Defense 0 ac <1%
National Park Service 0 ac <1%
Tribal 0 ac <1%
Other public 0 ac <1%

Source: Montana FWP 2026-2027 Moose Hunting District Landcover….

▸ Sources 9
  1. Montana FWP 2024 Moose Drawing Statistics Report draw results, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  2. Montana Legislature 2026 MCA 87-2-113 Application fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  3. Montana Legislature 2026 MCA 87-2-116 Base hunting license… fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  4. Montana FWP 2026 Hunting Requirements fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  5. Montana FWP 2026 Nonresident License Fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  6. Montana FWP 2005-2025 FWP Harvest Estimates export harvest, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
  7. Montana FWP 2026 Moose Hunting Districts boundary, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
  8. Montana FWP 2026-2027 Moose Hunting District Landcover… land ownership, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
  9. Montana FWP 2026 Moose, Sheep, Goat Hunting Regulations area description, retrieved Sep 1, 2026

About These Numbers

Odds are from the 2024 draw, the latest on file, computed from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks' published results. They are what happened in that draw, not a forecast. Under five tags a percentage carries a *, because one applicant either way swings it. A dash means the agency did not publish the number, and a date marked expected is last cycle's schedule rolled forward. How we compute these.

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We don't take applications: check Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks's site and apply there.

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