Unit 293 (South Lincoln-Nevada Creek)
Montana Hunting Guide — Elk
Unit 293 lies in Powell and Lewis and Clark counties and covers about 444 square miles. Ground runs from 5,017 to 7,374 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 293
Unit 293 lies in Powell and Lewis and Clark counties and covers about 444 square miles. Ground runs from 5,017 to 7,374 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 293
Montana FWP draws an exact line around unit 293 and says nothing about where the elk stand inside it. 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 Powell and Lewis and Clark counties. It runs to about 444 square miles.
The lines of the unit: Rogers Pass, Continental Divide and MacDonald Pass
Montana FWP draws unit 293 in Powell and Lewis and Clark counties with a boundary that runs on US Highway 12, State Route 141, USFS Road 1163 and State Route 200, and on Rogers Pass, Continental Divide, MacDonald Pass and Ogden Mountain, 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: Black Mountain, Nevada Mountain and Ogden Mountain
Named high points inside the unit include Black Mountain at 8,333 feet, Nevada Mountain at 8,296 feet, Ogden Mountain at 7,407 feet, Anaconda Hill at 7,139 feet and Meyers Hill at 7,137 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: Spring Gulch, Uncle Ben Gulch and Cave Gulch
Below them sit Spring Gulch at 5,990 feet, Uncle Ben Gulch at 5,948 feet, Cave Gulch at 5,945 feet, Mullan Pass at 5,929 feet and American Gulch at 5,924 feet. That is the low country of the unit — the ground animals drop into when they are pushed or when the weather turns. Reaching the edge of one before light beats reaching its middle at noon.
Water: Crazy Horse Spring
The water inside the unit line comes to 113 mapped stream reaches, 8 lakes, 27 stock tanks and 4 springs. Named sources include Crazy Horse Spring. 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 5,017 feet to 7,374 feet, averaging 5,870 — enough relief to separate summer range from winter range.
Unit 293 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
The lay of it
- 5,017–7,374 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 5,870 ft ; peaks can run higher.
- 443.5 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
- 27 tanks
- 4 springs
- 113 stream segments
- 8 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: Black Mountain (8,333 ft), Nevada Mountain (8,296 ft), Ogden Mountain (7,407 ft), Anaconda Hill (7,139 ft)
Holding ground: Faith Gulch (6,222 ft), Flesher Pass (6,152 ft), Cave Gulch (5,945 ft), Crazy Horse Spring
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 293
Elk Success Rates
Montana FWP's 2023 harvest estimates carry no elk row for unit 293 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 293. 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
Planning Notes
Camp Sites
5 developed campgrounds in or beside the unit, including Aspen Grove Campground, Moose Creek campground (free) and Aspen Grove Group Use Area (Helena-Lewis and Clark NF, MT).
Road Conditions
MT 141, US 12 and Nevada Ogden Road are the named routes in the unit. Roughly 36 mi paved, 44 mi gravel and 1 mi four-wheel-drive.
Terrain Difficulty
5,017–7,374 ft, averaging 5,870. Enough relief to separate summer from winter range.
Hunting Pressure
Our land-status read for this unit is approximate, so treat any pressure estimate from it with suspicion and check a current ownership layer.
Weather
Season normals: Sep 69/37°F, 1.3 in.; Oct 53/28°F, 1.6 in.; Nov 38/19°F, 1.4 in..
Cell Service
Verizon 21%, AT&T 14%, T-Mobile 7% of the unit area — modelled coverage, not measured. Assume no signal off the paved road.
Nearest Town
Lincoln (12 mi), Wolf Creek (27 mi), Helena (29 mi)
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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