Unit 124 (Arvilla)
Montana Hunting Guide — Elk
Unit 124 lies in Sanders County and covers about 129 square miles. Ground runs from 2,433 to 5,521 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 124
Unit 124 lies in Sanders County and covers about 129 square miles. Ground runs from 2,433 to 5,521 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 124
Montana FWP draws an exact line around unit 124 and says nothing about where the elk stand inside it. 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 Sanders County. It runs to about 129 square miles.
The lines of the unit: Flathead River, Clark Fork River and Combest Peak
Montana FWP draws unit 124 in Sanders County with a boundary that runs on USFS Trail 1714, USFS Road 7592, USFS Trail 404 and USFS Trail 398, and on Flathead River, Clark Fork River, Combest Peak and Greenwood Hill, walked corner by corner in its hunting district legal descriptions. It tells you the shape of the unit and nothing about its inhabitants. What it does give you is the way in: the rivers and highways you cross, and the divides that decide which drainage you end up in.
High ground inside the line: Cherry Peak, Coeur d'Alene Mountains and Eddy Mountain
Named high points inside the unit include Cherry Peak at 7,350 feet, Coeur d'Alene Mountains at 7,338 feet, Eddy Mountain at 6,947 feet, Patricks Knob at 6,819 feet and Sacajawea Peak at 6,596 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: Poacher Gulch
Below them sit Poacher Gulch at 2,865 feet. Those are the basins, parks and bottoms this unit has, and they are what you glass into from above. 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 15 mapped stream reaches, 4 lakes and 12 stock tanks. Nothing in the data says which of them run in autumn, so a scouting trip earns its fuel.
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 2,433 feet to 5,521 feet, averaging 4,044 — enough relief to separate summer range from winter range.
Unit 124 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
The lay of it
- 2,433–5,521 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 4,044 ft ; peaks can run higher.
- 128.7 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
- 12 tanks
- 15 stream segments
- 4 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: Cherry Peak (7,350 ft), Eddy Mountain (6,947 ft), Patricks Knob (6,819 ft), Sacajawea Peak (6,596 ft)
Holding ground: Poacher Gulch (2,865 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 124
Elk Success Rates
Montana FWP's 2023 harvest estimates carry no elk row for unit 124 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
Draw odds data not available for this specific unit/species combination in our database.
Search Montana Draw OddsMontana FWP's draw recap has no elk record we can tie to unit 124. 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