Unit 315 (West Slope Crazy Mountains)
Montana Hunting Guide — Elk
Unit 315 lies in Meagher, Park and Sweet Grass counties and covers about 579 square miles. Ground runs from 4,598 to 8,458 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 315
Unit 315 lies in Meagher, Park and Sweet Grass counties and covers about 579 square miles. Ground runs from 4,598 to 8,458 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 315
Montana FWP draws an exact line around unit 315 and says nothing about where the elk stand inside it. The country below is verified; where to begin in it is our judgement, not the agency's. The unit lies in Meagher, Park and Sweet Grass counties. It runs to about 579 square miles.
The lines of the unit: Yellowstone River, Sixteen Mile Creek and Crazy Mountain Divide
Montana FWP draws unit 315 in Meagher, Park and Sweet Grass counties with a boundary that runs on US Highway 89, and on Yellowstone River, Sixteen Mile Creek, Crazy Mountain Divide and Duck Creek, walked corner by corner in its hunting district legal descriptions. Read it as a frame, not as a hint about animals. 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: Iddings Peak, Wilsall Peak and Black Mountain
Named high points inside the unit include Iddings Peak at 10,907 feet, Wilsall Peak at 10,561 feet, Black Mountain at 9,270 feet, Sugar Loaf Mountain at 8,579 feet and Davey Butte at 8,205 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: Bear Gulch
Below them sit Bear Gulch at 5,650 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: 01S12E09CCAD01 Spring and Hunters Hot Springs
The water inside the unit line comes to 117 mapped stream reaches, 6 lakes, 5 stock tanks and 1 springs. Named sources include 01S12E09CCAD01 Spring and Hunters Hot 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 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 4,598 feet to 8,458 feet, averaging 5,855 — enough relief to separate summer range from winter range.
Unit 315 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
The lay of it
- 4,598–8,458 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 5,855 ft ; peaks can run higher.
- 578.7 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
- 5 tanks
- 1 springs
- 117 stream segments
- 6 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: Iddings Peak (10,907 ft), Wilsall Peak (10,561 ft), Sugar Loaf Mountain (8,579 ft), Davey Butte (8,205 ft)
Holding ground: 01S12E09CCAD01 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 315
Elk Success Rates
Montana FWP's 2023 harvest estimates carry no elk row for unit 315 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) | 203 | 203 | 100.0% | — |
| Rifle — B License either sex (nonresident) | 69 | 70 | 98.6% | — |
Data from 2022 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 315. 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