Unit 201 (Ninemile-North Superior)
Montana Hunting Guide — Elk, Mule Deer
Unit 201 lies in Mineral, Missoula and Sanders counties and covers about 1,046 square miles. Ground runs from 3,556 to 6,206 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 201
Unit 201 lies in Mineral, Missoula and Sanders counties and covers about 1,046 square miles. Ground runs from 3,556 to 6,206 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 201
Montana FWP's material on unit 201 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 Mineral, Missoula and Sanders counties. It runs to about 1,046 square miles.
The lines of the unit: Gold Creek, Sheep Mountain and Wisherd Ridge
Montana FWP draws unit 201 in Mineral, Missoula and Sanders counties with a boundary that runs on US Highway 200, Interstate 90, Route 30 and US Highway 93, and on Gold Creek, Sheep Mountain, Wisherd Ridge and Lockwood Point, walked corner by corner in its hunting district legal descriptions. That is a legal description, not a habitat map. Those features are what you will check against the map all week, and the divides among them are the ones that matter.
High ground inside the line: Bitterroot Mountains, Lolo Peak and McLeod Peak
Named high points inside the unit include Bitterroot Mountains at 9,137 feet, Lolo Peak at 9,137 feet, McLeod Peak at 8,610 feet, Murphy Peak at 8,144 feet and Lantern Ridge at 8,041 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: Lion Gulch, Malley Gulch and Cottonwood Gulch
Below them sit Lion Gulch at 4,030 feet, Malley Gulch at 3,989 feet, Cottonwood Gulch at 3,955 feet, Grave Creek Meadow at 3,905 feet and Cooley Gulch at 3,755 feet. These are the folds worth watching, and the ones other hunters walk past on the way to somewhere steeper. 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 256 mapped stream reaches, 39 lakes and 121 stock tanks. 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 3,556 feet to 6,206 feet, averaging 4,633 — enough relief to separate summer range from winter range.
Unit 201 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
The lay of it
- 3,556–6,206 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 4,633 ft ; peaks can run higher.
- 1,045.7 sq mi inside the boundary. Big enough that picking one drainage beats driving three.
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
- 121 tanks
- 256 stream segments
- 39 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: Bitterroot Mountains (9,137 ft), McLeod Peak (8,610 ft), Murphy Peak (8,144 ft), Mosquito Peak (8,034 ft)
Holding ground: Grant Creek Basin (6,509 ft), Gold Creek Meadows (5,712 ft), Siegel Pass (5,115 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 201
Elk Success Rates
Montana FWP's 2023 harvest estimates carry no elk row for unit 201 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) | 147 | 1,091 | 13.5% | — |
| Rifle — B License either sex (nonresident) | 0 | 33 | 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 201. 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