Unit 380 (Radersburg)
Montana Hunting Guide — Elk, Mule Deer
Unit 380 lies in Jefferson, Broadwater and Lewis and Clark counties and covers about 1,040 square miles. Ground runs from 3,800 to 8,451 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 380
Unit 380 lies in Jefferson, Broadwater and Lewis and Clark counties and covers about 1,040 square miles. Ground runs from 3,800 to 8,451 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 380
Montana FWP's material on unit 380 stops at the boundary — there is no agency account of where its elk live. The country below is verified; where to begin in it is our judgement, not the agency's. The unit lies in Jefferson, Broadwater and Lewis and Clark counties. It runs to about 1,040 square miles.
The lines of the unit: Missouri River, Canyon Ferry Reservoir and Canyon Ferry Dam
Montana FWP draws unit 380 in Jefferson, Broadwater and Lewis and Clark counties with a boundary that runs on Route 69, Interstate 90, Route 284 and US Highway 12, and on Missouri River, Canyon Ferry Reservoir and Canyon Ferry Dam, walked corner by corner in its hunting district legal descriptions. That is a legal description, not a habitat map. 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: Elkhorn Peak, Crow Peak and Windy Point
Named high points inside the unit include Elkhorn Peak at 9,411 feet, Crow Peak at 9,409 feet, Windy Point at 9,032 feet, High Peak at 8,537 feet and Casey Peak at 8,500 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: Manley Park, Sheep Park and Half Moon Park
Below them sit Manley Park at 7,295 feet, Sheep Park at 7,161 feet, Half Moon Park at 6,918 feet, DuBois Gulch at 6,870 feet and Rabbit Gulch at 6,822 feet. That is the low country of the unit — the ground animals drop into when they are pushed or when the weather turns. Pick the one with the least road on its upwind side.
Water: Spears Gulch Spring, Mammoth Springs and Hog Hollow Spring
The water inside the unit line comes to 82 mapped stream reaches, 11 lakes, 36 stock tanks and 14 springs. Named sources include Spears Gulch Spring, Mammoth Springs, Hog Hollow Spring, Lower Spring, Swamp Creek Spring and Bonanza 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 3,800 feet to 8,451 feet, averaging 5,394 — that is a lot of vertical to cover, and it means the season you draw decides which half of the unit you hunt.
Unit 380 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
The lay of it
- 3,800–8,451 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 5,394 ft ; peaks can run higher. That spread means you can hunt two seasons in one day — plan clothing for both ends.
- 1,039.6 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
- 36 tanks
- 14 springs
- 82 stream segments
- 11 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: Elkhorn Peak (9,411 ft), High Peak (8,537 ft), Bullock Hill (7,926 ft), Bonanza Ridge (7,515 ft)
Holding ground: Elk Park (7,539 ft), Poe Park (7,506 ft), Radersburg Pass (7,503 ft), Spears Gulch Spring, Mammoth 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 380
Elk Success Rates
Montana FWP's 2023 harvest estimates carry no elk row for unit 380 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 380. 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