Montana Mountain Goat · Hunting District 240 West Bitterroot
Montana Hunting District 240 covers 443,179 acres and lies 9 miles north-west of Hamilton and 38 miles south of Missoula. 77% of it is public land, mostly national forest (77%). Its most applied-for hunt, 240-04, put up 1 tag (all residencies) in the 2011 draw for 38 nonresident first-choice applicants, 1 of whom drew.
No more draws here. The last one was 2011.
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks held its 2026 mountain goat draw without Hunting District 240. 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.
9 licenses · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
not published
77% Forest Service
443,179 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in Hunting District 240
The last draw held in Hunting District 240 was 2011. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 240-00 | Mountain Goat License 240-00 | not open | — | |
| 240-01 | Mountain Goat License 240-01 | not open | — | |
| 240-02 | Mountain Goat License 240-02 | not open | — | |
| 240-03 | Mountain Goat License 240-03 | not open | — | |
| 240-04 | Mountain Goat License 240-04 | <1% (small sample) | — | |
| 240-05 | Mountain Goat License 240-05 | not open | — | |
| 240-06 | Mountain Goat License 240-06 | not open | — | |
| 240-07 | Mountain Goat License 240-07 | not open | — | |
| 240-08 | Mountain Goat License 240-08 | not open | — |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2011 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file. Not in the table, with no 2011 result: 240-20.
Draw results: Montana FWP 2011 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| 2011 | 8 | 3 | 38% |
| 2010 | 11 | 7 | 64% |
| 2009 | 12 | 7 | 58% |
| 2008 | 8 | 4 | 50% |
| 2007 | 10 | 6 | 60% |
| 2005 | 12 | 8 | 67% |
2025 split: residents 0 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 | 340,849 ac | 77% |
| Private | 98,385 ac | 22% |
| State trust land | 1,994 ac | <1% |
| County or city land | 398 ac | <1% |
| State land | 133 ac | <1% |
| BLM | 0 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 Mountain Goat Hunting District….
▸ Sources 9
- Montana FWP 2011 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, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
- Montana FWP 2026-2027 Mountain Goat Hunting District… 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 2011 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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