Montana Mountain Lion — Hunting District 317
Montana Hunting District 317 covers 272,262 acres and lies 19 miles south of Livingston and 32 miles south-east of Bozeman. 67% of it is public land, mostly national forest (63%) and BLM (2%). In 2025, hunters took 2 mountain lion here.
Your chance of drawing here
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks has not offered a mountain lion license in Hunting District 317 in any draw we hold. It has a page because the agency still publishes harvest for it — the Montana mountain lion hunts that are on offer are drawn elsewhere.
The country
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Who owns the ground
- National Forest 170,981 ac · 63%
- Private 90,663 ac · 33%
- BLM 5,173 ac · 2%
- State trust land 4,301 ac · 2%
- County or city land 980 ac · 0%
- State land 54 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: Deer Elk Lion 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 | Harvest |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 |
| 2024 | 3 |
| 2023 | 4 |
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2021 | 1 |
| 2020 | 4 |
| 2019 | 4 |
| 2018 | 4 |
| 2017 | 4 |
| 2016 | 4 |
| 2015 | 4 |
| 2014 | 4 |
Residents vs nonresidents (2025)
- Nonresident 0 taken
- Resident 2 taken
Boundary: Mountain Lion Management Units (2026 and 2027 Seasons)
Harvest: 2025 Reported Mountain Lion Harvest
Harvest: 2024 Reported Mountain Lion Harvest
Harvest: 2023 Reported Mountain Lion Harvest