All Hunting in Montana HD 455 - Beartooth Wildlife Management Area

Those portions of Cascade and Lewis and Clark Counties lying within the following-described boundary: Beginning at the mouth of Meriwether Canyon on the east side of the Missouri river, then northeasterly up the Meriwether Canyon-Mann Gulch divide to the Meriwether Canyon-Willow Creek divide, then northeasterly along said divide to Willow Mountain, then southeasterly along Slip Gulch-Meriwether Canyon-Big Log Gulch divide to Bear Prairie, then northeasterly along Candle Gulch-Hunters Gulch divide to Candle Mountain, then easterly along Willow Creek-Hunters Gulch-Moors Creek divide to Moors Mountain, then northeasterly along the Willow Creek-Elkhorn Creek-Porcupine Creek divide to the posted Beartooth Wildlife Management Area boundary, then east along said boundary to the east boundary fence of the Beartooth Wildlife Management Area near Hump Cabin, then north and west along said boundary fence to Holter Lake, then southerly up said lake and the east shore of the Missouri River to the mouth of Meriwether Canyon, the point of beginning.

There is good access to public lands in this EMU. Some landowners in HD 445 have increased public elk hunting opportunities on private land through the FWP Block Management Program. Others also pro... Create a free account to read the rest of this access note!

This 751-square-mile EMU encompasses the north portion of the Big Belt Mountains between Great Falls and Helena. The EMU includes the Beartooth Wildlife Management Area (BTWMA) and a portion of the... 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.