Montana Moose — Hunting District 361

Hebgen-Upper Madison

Montana Hunting District 361 covers 143,608 acres and lies 8 miles north-west of West Yellowstone and 50 miles south-east of Ennis. 80% of it is public land, mostly national forest (79%) and state land (1%). In 2025, 4 people hunted moose here and took 4 — 100% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 1 tag here for 67 first-choice applicants.

Tags (2026):1 Nonresident share:capped at 10% Applicants:67 Hunter success (2025):100% Public land:80% Size:143,608 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every moose license type on offer in Hunting District 361, 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 · 67 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
  • 361-51 Moose License 361-51 — Antlered Bull 1 tags · 67 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 361

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

The country

West Yellowstone Ennis Belgrade Red Lodge Townsend
Hunting District 361 within Montana
307 309 330 334 362 West Yellowstone
Hunting District 361 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 114,082 ac · 79%
  • Private 14,676 ac · 10%
  • State land 732 ac · 1%
  • National Park Service 129 ac · 0%
  • County or city land 129 ac · 0%
  • BLM 0 ac · 0%
  • Bureau of Reclamation 0 ac · 0%
  • Department of Defense 0 ac · 0%
  • National Wildlife Refuge 0 ac · 0%
  • Tribal 0 ac · 0%
  • State trust land 0 ac · 0%
  • Other public 0 ac · 0%
  • Private or other non-public land 13,858 ac · 10%

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 4 4 100%
2024 4 4 100%
2023 4 4 100%
2022 4 4 100%
2021 4 2 50%
2020 4 4 100%
2015 3 1 33%
2014 5 4 80%
2013 5 1 20%
2012 5 4 80%
2011 5 4 80%
2010 5 5 100%
2009 5 3 60%
2008 5 3 60%
2007 5 5 100%
2006 5 5 100%
2005 5 5 100%

Residents vs nonresidents (2025)

  • Resident 4 taken · 4 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