Unit 250 (West Fork Bitterroot)
Montana Hunting Guide — Elk, Mule Deer, Whitetail
Unit 250 lies in Ravalli County and covers about 554 square miles. Ground runs from 4,524 to 8,268 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 250
Unit 250 lies in Ravalli County and covers about 554 square miles. Ground runs from 4,524 to 8,268 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 250
What Montana FWP publishes for unit 250 is a boundary, not a elk map. So the ground below is the unit's own and the read on where to start is ours, labelled as such. The unit lies in Ravalli County. It runs to about 554 square miles.
The lines of the unit: Spade Creek, Piquette Creek and Shook Mountain
Montana FWP draws unit 250 in Ravalli County with a boundary that runs on US Highway 93, USFS Trail 601 and USFS Trail 56, and on Spade Creek, Piquette Creek, Shook Mountain and Medicine Point, walked corner by corner in its hunting district legal descriptions. It tells you the shape of the unit and nothing about its inhabitants. 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: Trapper Peak, Boulder Peak and North Trapper Peak
Named high points inside the unit include Trapper Peak at 10,118 feet, Boulder Peak at 9,767 feet, North Trapper Peak at 9,713 feet, Mount Jerusalem at 9,335 feet and Bare Peak at 9,251 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: Kraft Gulch, Mud Creek Saddle and Took Creek Saddle
Below them sit Kraft Gulch at 5,919 feet, Mud Creek Saddle at 5,829 feet, Took Creek Saddle at 5,798 feet, Took Ridge Saddle at 5,686 feet and Robb Gulch at 5,582 feet. These are the folds worth watching, and the ones other hunters walk past on the way to somewhere steeper. Pick the one with the least road on its upwind side.
Water: Hot Springs, Soda Springs and Boulder Falls
The water inside the unit line comes to 21 mapped stream reaches, 14 lakes and 30 stock tanks. Named sources include Hot Springs, Soda Springs, Boulder Falls and Overwhich Falls. 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 4,524 feet to 8,268 feet, averaging 6,497 — enough relief to separate summer range from winter range.
Unit 250 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
The lay of it
- 4,524–8,268 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 6,497 ft ; peaks can run higher.
- 553.9 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
- 30 tanks
- 21 stream segments
- 14 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: Trapper Peak (10,118 ft), Boulder Peak (9,767 ft), Mount Jerusalem (9,335 ft), Bare Peak (9,251 ft)
Holding ground: Blue Joint Meadows (6,435 ft), Buck Creek Saddle (6,425 ft), Nezperce Pass (6,298 ft), Hot Springs, Soda Springs
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 250
Elk Success Rates
Montana FWP's 2023 harvest estimates carry no elk row for unit 250 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 250. 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