Unit 310 (Upper Gallatin)
Montana Hunting Guide — Elk
Unit 310 lies in Gallatin and Madison counties and covers about 313 square miles. Ground runs from 7,018 to 9,792 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 310
Unit 310 lies in Gallatin and Madison counties and covers about 313 square miles. Ground runs from 7,018 to 9,792 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 310
Montana FWP's material on unit 310 stops at the boundary — there is no agency account of where its elk live. 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 Gallatin and Madison counties. It runs to about 313 square miles.
The lines of the unit: Gallatin River, Levinski Ridge and Portal Creek-Porcupine Creek
Montana FWP draws unit 310 in Gallatin and Madison counties with a boundary that runs on Highway 64, and on Gallatin River, Levinski Ridge, Portal Creek-Porcupine Creek and Eaglehead Mountain, walked corner by corner in its hunting district legal descriptions. Read it as a frame, not as a hint about animals. 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: Taylor Peaks, Koch Peak and Imp Peak
Named high points inside the unit include Taylor Peaks at 11,267 feet, Koch Peak at 11,267 feet, Imp Peak at 11,168 feet, Tunnel Ridge at 10,822 feet and Woodward Mountain at 10,631 feet. Several carry a public-land flag in our data, which makes them the first places to try for a view. Elk want timber to bed in and open ground to feed on, within a short walk of each other.
Holding ground: Sedge Meadow, Buffalo Horn Pass and Daly Pass
Below them sit Sedge Meadow at 8,595 feet, Buffalo Horn Pass at 8,523 feet, Daly Pass at 8,370 feet, Tepee Pass at 7,620 feet and Cow Flats at 7,071 feet. That is the low country of the unit — the ground animals drop into when they are pushed or when the weather turns. Work out which of them you can see from one position before you pick a camp.
Water: Snowflake Springs
The water inside the unit line comes to 379 mapped stream reaches, 3 lakes and 30 stock tanks. Named sources include Snowflake Springs. 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 17%, BLM 15% 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 7,018 feet to 9,792 feet, averaging 8,089 — enough relief to separate summer range from winter range.
Unit 310 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
The lay of it
- 7,018–9,792 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 8,089 ft ; peaks can run higher.
- 313 sq mi inside the boundary.
Who owns the ground
- National Forest — 60%
- BLM — 15%
- State Trust — 8%
- Private / Other — 17%
Roughly 83% 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
- 379 stream segments
- 3 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: Taylor Peaks (11,267 ft), Imp Peak (11,168 ft), Woodward Mountain (10,631 ft), Skyline Ridge (10,614 ft)
Holding ground: Monument Meadow (9,114 ft), Sage Basin (9,058 ft), Onion Basin (8,801 ft), Snowflake 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 310
Elk Success Rates
Montana FWP's 2023 harvest estimates carry no elk row for unit 310 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 — General either sex (resident) | 5 | 1,228 | 0.4% | — |
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 310. 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.
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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