All Hunting in Montana HD 315 - West Slope Crazy Mountains

Those portions of Meagher, Park and Sweet Grass Counties lying within the following-described boundary: Beginning at US Highway 89 and the Yellowstone River east of Livingston, then northerly along said highway to Sixteen Mile Creek, then easterly up said creek to the Crazy Mountain Divide, then southerly along said divide to the West Fork of Duck Creek near Fairview Peak, then easterly down the West Fork of Duck Creek to Duck Creek, then southerly down said creek to the Yellowstone River, then westerly up said river to US Highway 89, the point of beginning.

Access by road to elk habitat is limited in most of HD 580 where the checkerboard pattern of land ownership complicates management of access. With few exceptions, public access to elk habitat on th... Create a free account to read the rest of this access note!

This 1,708-square-mile EMU includes the Crazy Mountain Range and adjacent foothill and prairie habitats in south central Montana. The area is a mixture of private (78%) and public (22%) lands, incl... 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.