Unit 340 (Highlands)
Montana Hunting Guide — Elk, Mule Deer
Unit 340 lies in Beaverhead, Madison, Jefferson and Silver Bow counties and covers about 850 square miles. Ground runs from 4,522 to 8,832 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 340
Unit 340 lies in Beaverhead, Madison, Jefferson and Silver Bow counties and covers about 850 square miles. Ground runs from 4,522 to 8,832 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 340
Montana FWP draws an exact line around unit 340 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 Beaverhead, Madison, Jefferson and Silver Bow counties. It runs to about 850 square miles.
What bounds unit 340
Montana FWP draws unit 340 in Beaverhead, Madison, Jefferson and Silver Bow counties with a boundary that runs on Route 41, Route 55, Interstate 90 and Interstate 15, 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: Table Mountain, Red Mountain and East Peak
Named high points inside the unit include Table Mountain at 10,220 feet, Red Mountain at 10,051 feet, East Peak at 9,873 feet, West Peak at 9,644 feet and Roaring Brook Ridge at 9,565 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: Sawmill Gulch, Pine Gulch and Brazil Gulch
Below them sit Sawmill Gulch at 6,674 feet, Pine Gulch at 6,645 feet, Brazil Gulch at 6,518 feet, Moffet Gulch at 6,517 feet and Pipestone Pass at 6,479 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: Little Cherry Creek Springs, Hot Springs and 02N05W28BDDD01 Spring
The water inside the unit line comes to 85 mapped stream reaches, 6 lakes, 53 stock tanks and 43 springs. Named sources include Little Cherry Creek Springs, Hot Springs, 02N05W28BDDD01 Spring, Elkhorn Spring, Poison Spring and Pole Canyon 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 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 4,522 feet to 8,832 feet, averaging 6,022 — that is a lot of vertical to cover, and it means the season you draw decides which half of the unit you hunt.
Unit 340 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
The lay of it
- 4,522–8,832 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 6,022 ft ; peaks can run higher. That spread means you can hunt two seasons in one day — plan clothing for both ends.
- 849.9 sq mi inside the boundary. Big enough that picking one drainage beats driving three.
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
- 53 tanks
- 43 springs
- 85 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: Table Mountain (10,220 ft), Red Mountain (10,051 ft), Big Mountain (8,796 ft), Negro Mountain (8,366 ft)
Holding ground: Sperry Pasture (8,099 ft), Wilbur Gulch (7,003 ft), Brazil Gulch (6,518 ft), Little Cherry Creek Springs, Hot 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 340
Elk Success Rates
Montana FWP's 2023 harvest estimates carry no elk row for unit 340 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 340. 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