Montana Moose · Hunting District 343 Helena - North
Montana Hunting District 343 covers 277,171 acres and lies 19 miles north-west of Helena and 36 miles north-east of Deer Lodge. 40% of it is public land, mostly national forest (24%) and state trust land (7%). In 2024, 1 person hunted moose here and took 1. Its most applied-for hunt, 343-50, put up 1 tag (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 42 nonresident first-choice applicants.
1 license · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
not published
24% Forest Service
277,171 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in Hunting District 343
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 343-50 | Moose License 343-50 — Antlered Bull | 0% (small sample) | — |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2026 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file.
Draw results: Montana FWP 2026 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | — |
2024 split: residents 1 from 1 hunter
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
| Private | 165,249 ac | 60% |
| National Forest | 67,186 ac | 24% |
| State trust land | 20,178 ac | 7% |
| BLM | 19,152 ac | 7% |
| State land | 5,127 ac | 2% |
| County or city land | 27 ac | <1% |
| Bureau of Reclamation | 0 ac | <1% |
| Department of Defense | 0 ac | <1% |
| National Park Service | 0 ac | <1% |
| National Wildlife Refuge | 0 ac | <1% |
| Tribal | 0 ac | <1% |
| Other public | 0 ac | <1% |
Source: Montana FWP 2026-2027 Moose Hunting District Landcover….
▸ Sources 9
- Montana FWP 2026 Moose Drawing Statistics Report draw results, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- Montana Legislature 2026 MCA 87-2-113 Application fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Montana Legislature 2026 MCA 87-2-116 Base hunting license… fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Montana FWP 2026 Hunting Requirements fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Montana FWP 2026 Nonresident License Fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Montana FWP 2005-2025 FWP Harvest Estimates export harvest, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
- Montana FWP 2026 Moose Hunting Districts boundary, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
- Montana FWP 2026-2027 Moose Hunting District Landcover… land ownership, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
- Montana FWP 2026 Moose, Sheep, Goat Hunting Regulations area description, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
About These Numbers
Odds are from the 2026 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.
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