Montana Moose — Hunting District 311

Spanish Peaks

Montana Hunting District 311 covers 655,812 acres and lies 16 miles south-west of Manhattan. 27% of it is public land, mostly national forest (16%) and state trust land (6%). In 2025, 2 people hunted moose here and took 2 — 100% of them killed something.

Hunter success (2025):100% Public land:27% Size:655,812 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every moose license type on offer in Hunting District 311, 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
  • 311-50 Moose License 311-50 — 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 311

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

The country

Belgrade Ennis Townsend West Yellowstone Red Lodge
Hunting District 311 within Montana
303 304 306 307 308 310 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 328 329 330 331 340 341 350 360 380 516 Belgrade Ennis Three Forks Livingston Boulder
Hunting District 311 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

  • Private 477,890 ac · 73%
  • National Forest 103,880 ac · 16%
  • State trust land 40,332 ac · 6%
  • BLM 17,116 ac · 3%
  • State land 14,100 ac · 2%
  • County or city land 1,246 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 2 2 100%
2024 2 1 50%
2023 2 1 50%
2022 2 2 100%
2021 5 5 100%
2020 5 4 80%
2019 4 1 25%
2018 5 4 80%
2017 3 3 100%
2016 5 4 80%
2015 5 2 40%
2014 5 4 80%
2013 5 4 80%
2012 5 3 60%
2011 5 2 40%
2010 7 3 43%
2009 7 2 29%
2008 15 10 67%
2007 15 12 80%
2006 13 9 69%
2005 15 12 80%

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