Unit 339 (Sieben-Sleeping Giant)
Montana Hunting Guide — Elk
Unit 339 lies in Lewis and Clark County and covers about 294 square miles. Ground runs from 3,581 to 7,431 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 339
Unit 339 lies in Lewis and Clark County and covers about 294 square miles. Ground runs from 3,581 to 7,431 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 339
What Montana FWP publishes for unit 339 is a boundary, not a elk map. The country below is verified; where to begin in it is our judgement, not the agency's. The unit lies in Lewis and Clark County. It runs to about 294 square miles.
The lines of the unit: Rock Creek, Wolf Creek and Missouri River
Montana FWP draws unit 339 in Lewis and Clark County with a boundary that runs on Interstate 15 and Highway 279, and on Rock Creek, Wolf Creek, Missouri River and Hauser Dam, 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: Mitchell Mountain, Beartooth Mountain and Baldy Mountain
Named high points inside the unit include Mitchell Mountain at 7,027 feet, Beartooth Mountain at 6,790 feet, Baldy Mountain at 6,121 feet, Stony Point at 5,518 feet and Jackson Peak at 5,057 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: McLeod Basin, Glen Marie Gulch and Levings Gulch
Below them sit McLeod Basin at 4,224 feet, Glen Marie Gulch at 4,192 feet, Levings Gulch at 3,919 feet, Bear Gulch at 3,911 feet and Spring Gulch at 3,851 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 in this unit
The water inside the unit line comes to 21 mapped stream reaches, 7 lakes and 5 stock tanks. 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 3,581 feet to 7,431 feet, averaging 4,716 — enough relief to separate summer range from winter range.
Unit 339 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
The lay of it
- 3,581–7,431 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 4,716 ft ; peaks can run higher.
- 294.3 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
- 5 tanks
- 21 stream segments
- 7 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: Beartooth Mountain (6,790 ft), Rattlesnake Mountain (4,911 ft)
Holding ground: Miners Gulch (4,483 ft), Rose Gulch (4,348 ft), Foster Gulch (3,604 ft)
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 339
Elk Success Rates
Montana FWP's 2023 harvest estimates carry no elk row for unit 339 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) | 34 | 972 | 3.5% | — |
| Rifle — General either sex (nonresident) | 0 | 22 | 0.0% | — |
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 339. 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