Unit 104 (Cabinets)
Montana Hunting Guide — Elk
Unit 104 lies in Lincoln County and covers about 754 square miles. Ground runs from 2,417 to 6,411 feet. Montana FWP publishes no per-unit elk success figure we can verify for this unit. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.
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Elk Hunting in Unit 104
Unit 104 lies in Lincoln County and covers about 754 square miles. Ground runs from 2,417 to 6,411 feet. Montana FWP publishes no per-unit elk success figure we can verify for this unit. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.
Where to Find Elk in Unit 104
Montana FWP's material on unit 104 stops at the boundary — there is no agency account of where its elk live. Every place named below sits inside the unit line. Which of them holds animals in your season is for you to find out. The unit lies in Lincoln County. It runs to about 754 square miles.
The lines of the unit: Kootenai River, Silver Butte Pass and Willow Creek Pass
Montana FWP draws unit 104 in Lincoln County with a boundary that runs on USFS Road 6769, USFS Road 9991, US Highway 2 and State Route 37, and on Kootenai River, Silver Butte Pass, Willow Creek Pass and Hydrologic Divide, walked corner by corner in its hunting district legal descriptions. It tells you the shape of the unit and nothing about its inhabitants. Its value is practical — those are the features you will navigate by, and the ridges that separate one day's country from another's.
High ground inside the line: Cabinet Mountains, Bockman Peak and Elephant Peak
Named high points inside the unit include Cabinet Mountains at 8,683 feet, Bockman Peak at 8,154 feet, Elephant Peak at 7,915 feet, Treasure Mountain at 7,653 feet and Mount Snowy at 7,622 feet. Several carry a public-land flag in our data, which makes them the first places to try for a view. Elk on low, open country live on distance and visibility, so they see you first.
Holding ground: McGinnis Meadows, Surprise Draw and Elk Park
Below them sit McGinnis Meadows at 3,428 feet, Surprise Draw at 3,366 feet, Elk Park at 3,210 feet, Carr Draw at 3,085 feet and Pleasant Valley Park at 3,080 feet. That is the low country of the unit — the ground animals drop into when they are pushed or when the weather turns. Two you can watch from a single knob is worth more than five you have to drive between.
Water in this unit
The water inside the unit line comes to 784 mapped stream reaches, 77 lakes, 182 stock tanks and 1 springs. On ground with that many tanks, knowing which two or three hold water in your season is the most useful thing a scouting trip can tell you.
Reading the land status
Our ownership read for this unit is approximate — it comes out as National Forest 60%, Private / Other 32% and State Trust 8%, so treat it as a starting point and check a current land-status layer before you plan a route. The unit runs from 2,417 feet to 6,411 feet, averaging 3,856 — enough relief to separate summer range from winter range.
Unit 104 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
The lay of it
- 2,417–6,411 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 3,856 ft ; peaks can run higher.
- 753.9 sq mi inside the boundary.
Who owns the ground
- National Forest — 60%
- State Trust — 8%
- Private / Other — 32%
Roughly 68% is public. Carry a land-status layer anyway — these are area percentages, not a map of where the boundaries fall.
Water on the ground
- 182 tanks
- 1 springs
- 784 stream segments
- 77 lakes
Counts from mapping data, so this is how many exist, not how many hold water in a dry year. Sitting water only pays where you find fresh tracks.
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Cabinet Mountains (8,683 ft), Elephant Peak (7,915 ft), Treasure Mountain (7,653 ft), Mount Snowy (7,622 ft)
Holding ground: Hanging Valley (6,338 ft), Carney Pass (6,174 ft), Himes Pass (4,926 ft)
Every one of these was tested against the unit polygon before it went on the map. They are starting points, not agency recommendations.
How to Hunt Elk in Unit 104
Elk Success Rates
Montana FWP's 2023 harvest estimates carry no elk row for unit 104 that we can read back to this unit on its own. Where the agency reports a unit inside a grouping, or prints a table our parser cannot resolve to a single column, we leave the number out rather than publish a statewide average as though it had been measured here. Montana FWP's current harvest estimates are the place to check before you apply.
Elk Draw Odds
| Season | Tags | Applicants | Draw % | Pts (n/p) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rifle — B License either sex (resident) | 23 | 370 | 6.2% | — |
| Rifle — B License either sex (nonresident) | 0 | 9 | 0.0% | — |
Data from 2025 draw results. Each row is one residency pool — read the label before the number. This agency publishes no point thresholds, so the Pts column stays blank and these are pool odds, not what a point total draws.
Open in Draw Odds EngineMontana FWP's draw recap has no elk record we can tie to unit 104. That usually means the licence is sold over the counter, is issued under a hunt code covering several units, or was not offered in the years we hold. Rather than estimate a point requirement, we leave it blank — check Montana FWP's own draw recap for the hunt code you mean to apply for.
Unit Logistics & Expectations
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Every fact on this page is tied to a primary source below. Last fact-checked 2026-10-24.
- Montana FWP Hunting District Legal Descriptions, 2026/2027 — deer-elk hunting districts (pp. 19-35) — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks · supports: GMU boundary description, Counties the unit lies in · accessed 2026-10-24
- FWP hunting district feature services — deer/elk, antelope, moose, bighorn sheep and mountain goat districts (2026 and 2027 seasons) — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks · supports: Mapped extent of the unit, Which named ground falls inside the unit line · accessed 2026-10-24