All Hunting in Montana HD 204 - North Sapphire

Boundary Change. Those portions of Granite, Missoula and Ravalli Counties lying within the following-described boundary: Beginning at Missoula, then east along Interstate 90 to the Rock Creek Interchange, then south along the Rock Creek Road to the Eagle Creek cable crossing, then west along USFS Trail 215 to the Bitterroot Rock Creek Divide, then northerly along said divide to USFS Trail 146 (Cut-Off Gulch Trail), then southwest down said trail to the Burnt Fork Road, then northwest along said road to its junction with the Middle Burnt Fork Road, then northwest along said road to its junction with the Bitterroot Irrigation District Canal (BRID, a.k.a., Big Ditch), then north along said ditch to its intersection with Fescue Slope Road (in Sec 16 T10N R19W), then northwest along said road to Hidden Valley Road South, then west along said road to Hidden Valley Road, then west along said road to Eastside Highway (County Road 203), then north on said highway to the Eightmile Creek Road, then north along said road to the Montana Power Company Power Line, then north on said power line to the south end of Trails End Road, then northerly along said road to the Miller Creek Road, then northerly along said road to US Highway 93, then north along said highway through Missoula to Interstate 90, the point of beginning.

Public lands (USFS, BLM and DNRC) make up approximately 50% of this EMU. Accessibility to USFS land is good, but there is a lack of access to some BLM and DNRC lands within this EMU. Motorized trav... Create a free account to read the rest of this access note!

The 1,490-square-mile Rock Creek EMU is bounded on the north by Interstate 90 between Drummond and Missoula, on the east by Highway 1 between Drummond and Philipsburg, on the south by Highway 38 be... 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.