Montana Mountain Goat · Hunting District 131
Montana Hunting District 131 covers 184,609 acres and lies 13 miles east of Ronan and 44 miles north of Missoula. 88% of it is public land, mostly national forest (85%) and state trust land (3%). In 2017, 1 person hunted mountain goat here and took 1. Its most applied-for hunt, 131-20, put up 1 tag (all residencies) in the 2016 draw for 40 nonresident first-choice applicants.
No more draws here. The last one was 2016.
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks held its 2026 mountain goat draw without Hunting District 131. No current hunt code lists this unit; the Montana mountain goat hunts on offer are drawn elsewhere. The odds, costs and harvest below are that history, kept for the record.
1 license · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
not published
86% Forest Service
184,609 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in Hunting District 131
The last draw held in Hunting District 131 was 2016. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 131-20 | Mountain Goat License 131-20 | <1% (small sample) | — |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2016 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file. Not in the table, with no 2016 result: 131-00.
Draw results: Montana FWP 2016 Mountain Goat 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 | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 | 100% |
| 2008 | 4 | 4 | 100% |
| 2007 | 5 | 5 | 100% |
| 2005 | 4 | 2 | 50% |
2017 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
| National Forest | 156,696 ac | 85% |
| Private | 19,845 ac | 11% |
| State trust land | 5,852 ac | 3% |
| Tribal | 36 ac | <1% |
| County or city land | 18 ac | <1% |
| BLM | 0 ac | <1% |
| Bureau of Reclamation | 0 ac | <1% |
| Department of Defense | 0 ac | <1% |
| National Park Service | 0 ac | <1% |
| State land | 0 ac | <1% |
| National Wildlife Refuge | 0 ac | <1% |
| Other public | 0 ac | <1% |
| Private or other non-public land | 2,160 ac | 1% |
Source: Montana FWP 2026-2027 Mountain Goat Hunting District….
▸ Sources 8
- Montana FWP 2016 Mountain Goat 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 Mountain Goat Hunting Districts boundary, area description, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
- Montana FWP 2026-2027 Mountain Goat Hunting District… land ownership, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
About These Numbers
Odds are from the 2016 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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