Montana Mountain Lion — Hunting District 340

Montana Hunting District 340 covers 545,018 acres and lies 18 miles south-east of Butte and 32 miles north of Dillon. 49% of it is public land, mostly BLM (23%) and national forest (19%). In 2025, hunters took 3 mountain lion here.

Public land:49% Size:545,018 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks has not offered a mountain lion license in Hunting District 340 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

Butte Dillon Deer Lodge West Yellowstone Missoula
Hunting District 340 within Montana
211 212 213 214 215 270 301 302 304 305 309 312 314 318 319 320 321 322 331 350 380 Butte Dillon Ennis Boulder Three Forks
Hunting District 340 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

  • Private 278,777 ac · 51%
  • BLM 124,754 ac · 23%
  • National Forest 101,428 ac · 19%
  • State trust land 36,952 ac · 7%
  • County or city land 2,507 ac · 0%
  • State land 327 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 3
2024 2
2023 5
2022 3
2021 3
2020 2
2019 1
2018 3
2017 3
2016 2
2015 2
2014 3

Residents vs nonresidents (2025)

  • Nonresident 0 taken
  • Resident 3 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

How we compute draw odds · All Montana mountain lion hunts