All Hunting in Montana HD 590 - Bull Mountains-Pine Ridge

Those portions of Big Horn, Golden Valley, Musselshell and Yellowstone Counties lying within the following-described boundary: Beginning at Billings then north along State Route 3 to US Highway 12 just north of Lavina, then east along said highway to Melstone, then south along the Melstone-Custer Road to Interstate 94 near Custer, then east along said interstate to State Route 47, then south along said route to Interstate 90 at Hardin, then east along said interstate to the Crow Indian Reservation Boundary, then west along the said boundary to the Old Hardin Road (Old Highway 87) at the northwest corner of the reservation, then northwest along the said road to Billings, the point of beginning.

Approximately 6% of the PRH annual herd range of 205 square miles and 12% of the Bull Mountains annual herd range of 858 square miles is comprised of public lands. Most of these public lands are sc... Create a free account to read the rest of this access note!

This 2,877-square-mile EMU includes the Bull Mountains (BM), and the Pine Ridge Hills (PRH) of south-central Montana. The terrain and habitat of tthese two areas are similar, ponderosa pine hills w... Create a free account to read the rest of this hunting note!

HuntScore Tip

Public land and private land percentages can sometime be misleading. A unit may have 80% public land, but a particluar species may only occupy 20% on the entire area. And that 20% species distribution may lie 100% within private lands. Does that sound confusing? Just remember that there are always exceptions to the rule, and land ownership is just one piece of the puzzle.