Mountain Lion Hunting in Montana HD 424 - Benchmark

That portion of Lewis and Clark county lying within the following-described boundary: Beginning at the junction of Cutrock Creek and the crest of Lime Ridge, then southerly and westerly along the divide between Beaver Creek and Willow Creek to Fairview Mountain, then northerly and westerly along said divide to Renshaw Mountain, then northerly along the divide between the Lange Creek drainage and the Bighead-Benchmark Creek drainages to the divide between Bighead Creek and Windfall Creek, then westerly along said divide immediately south and west of Windfall Creek to the South Fork of the Sun River, then south along the east bank of the South Fork of the Sun River (the eastern border of the Sun River Game Preserve) to USFS trail 248, then easterly along said trail to USFS trail 212, then southerly along said trail to USFS 232 (Crown Creek trail), then easterly along said trail to USFS Trail 270 (Crown Mountain trail), then northerly along said trail to Ford Creek, then down Ford Creek to the USFS boundary, then northerly along said boundary to the Benchmark road, then northerly along said road to the junction with the Beaver/Willow road, then westerly along Beaver/ Willow road approximately 1/3 of a mile to the USFS boundary, then northerly along said boundary to the crest of Lime Ridge, then northerly along said crest to Cutrock Creek, the point of beginning.

Public access to or through some private lands along the eastern slope of the Rockies and the Blackfoot River drainage is limited or non-existent. Excessive open-road densities in the Blackfoot, Se... Create a free account to read the rest of this access note!

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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.