Unit 322 (Ruby-Red Rock)
Montana Hunting Guide — Elk
Unit 322 lies in Beaverhead and Madison counties and covers about 455 square miles. Ground runs from 4,776 to 7,522 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 322
Unit 322 lies in Beaverhead and Madison counties and covers about 455 square miles. Ground runs from 4,776 to 7,522 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 322
Montana FWP draws an exact line around unit 322 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 Beaverhead and Madison counties. It runs to about 455 square miles.
What bounds unit 322
Montana FWP draws unit 322 in Beaverhead and Madison counties with a boundary that runs on Route 41 and Highway 287, and on Ruby River, walked corner by corner in its hunting district legal descriptions. Read it as a frame, not as a hint about animals. What it does give you is the way in: the rivers and highways you cross, and the divides that decide which drainage you end up in.
High ground inside the line: Ruby Range and Table Mountain
Named high points inside the unit include Ruby Range at 7,297 feet and Table Mountain at 6,264 feet. None carries a public-land flag we trust, so settle the ownership question before you plan to stand on one. Elk on low, open country live on distance and visibility, so they see you first.
Holding ground: Fossil Basin, Robinson Canyon and Porier Canyon
Below them sit Fossil Basin at 5,854 feet, Robinson Canyon at 5,792 feet, Porier Canyon at 5,775 feet, Spring Canyon at 5,757 feet and Taylor Canyon at 5,577 feet. That is the low country of the unit — the ground animals drop into when they are pushed or when the weather turns. Two you can watch from a single knob is worth more than five you have to drive between.
Water: Mud Spring, Warm Springs and 08S05W01AACC01 Spring
The water inside the unit line comes to 11 mapped stream reaches, 5 lakes and 43 stock tanks. Named sources include Mud Spring, Warm Springs, 08S05W01AACC01 Spring, Antelope Spring and Warwhoop 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 Private / Other 85% and BLM 15%, so treat it as a starting point and check a current land-status layer before you plan a route. The unit runs from 4,776 feet to 7,522 feet, averaging 5,864 — enough relief to separate summer range from winter range.
Unit 322 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
The lay of it
- 4,776–7,522 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 5,864 ft ; peaks can run higher.
- 454.9 sq mi inside the boundary.
Who owns the ground
- BLM — 15%
- Private / Other — 85%
Roughly 15% is public. Carry a land-status layer anyway — these are area percentages, not a map of where the boundaries fall.
Water on the ground
- 43 tanks
- 11 stream segments
- 5 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
Holding ground: Antelope Basin (6,534 ft), Mine Gulch (6,321 ft), South Fork Taylor Canyon (6,103 ft), Mud Spring, Warm Springs, Antelope 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 322
Elk Success Rates
Montana FWP's 2023 harvest estimates carry no elk row for unit 322 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) | 82 | 82 | 100.0% | — |
| Rifle — B License either sex (nonresident) | 10 | 26 | 38.5% | — |
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 322. 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