All Hunting in Montana HD 240 - West Bitterroot
The 927-square-mile Bitterroot EMU is located on the west side of the Bitterroot Valley in western Montana. Ninety-two percent of HD 260 is private land. Twenty-one percent (123,420 acres) of the total EMU is elk winter range that lies along the west s...
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Boundary Change. Those portions of Missoula and Ravalli Counties lying within the following described boundary: Beginning at Lolo at the junction of US Highway 12 and US Highway 93, then south on said highway to its junction with Bowman Road (County Road 5800) near the river bridge north of Hamilton, then west along said road to its junction with Ricketts Road (County Road 6200), then southerly along said road to its junction with County Road 531, then southerly along said road (West Bridge Road west to Westside Road, then south) to the Roaring Lion Road, then east along said road to its junction with US Highway 93, then south along said highway to its junction with the Conner Cutoff Road (Road 9830) south of Conner, then west along said road to its junction with the West Fork Bitterroot Road, then southwest on said road to its junction with Trapper Creek, then northwest and west up said creek to the Montana-Idaho border, then northward along said border to US Highway 12 at Lolo Pass, then easterly along said highway to its junction with US Highway 93 at Lolo, the point of beginning.
There is good public access to every drainage in HD 240 but travel into the backcountry is limited to non-motorized methods. Public access to private lands along the Bitterroot River in HD 260 is l... Create a free account to read the rest of this access note!
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The 927-square-mile Bitterroot EMU is located on the west side of the Bitterroot Valley in western Montana. The Lolo and Bitterroot National Forests administer 77% of the 770-square-miles in HD 240... Create a free account to read the rest of this hunting note!
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