Unit 410 (Missouri River Breaks)
Montana Hunting Guide — Elk
Unit 410 lies in Fergus, Garfield and Petroleum counties and covers about 1,591 square miles. Ground runs from 2,694 to 3,342 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 410
Unit 410 lies in Fergus, Garfield and Petroleum counties and covers about 1,591 square miles. Ground runs from 2,694 to 3,342 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 410
Montana FWP draws an exact line around unit 410 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 Fergus, Garfield and Petroleum counties. It runs to about 1,591 square miles.
The lines of the unit: Grass Range, Missouri River and Musselshell River
Montana FWP draws unit 410 in Fergus, Garfield and Petroleum counties with a boundary that runs on Highway 200, US Highway 87, Highway 19 and US Highway 191, and on Grass Range, Missouri River and Musselshell River, 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: Haystack Butte, Three Buttes and Dovetail Butte
Named high points inside the unit include Haystack Butte at 3,351 feet, Three Buttes at 3,338 feet, Dovetail Butte at 3,235 feet, Dunn Ridge at 3,145 feet and Tin Can Hill at 3,035 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: Connoly Coulee, Hanson Flat and Lane Coulee
Below them sit Connoly Coulee at 2,788 feet, Hanson Flat at 2,749 feet, Lane Coulee at 2,734 feet, Bull Springs Coulee at 2,731 feet and Schoneke Coulee at 2,722 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 188 mapped stream reaches, 95 lakes, 1,187 stock tanks and 6 springs. On ground with that many tanks, knowing which two or three hold water in your season is the most useful thing a scouting trip can tell you.
Reading the land status
Our ownership read for this unit is approximate — it comes out as Private / Other 77%, 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 2,694 feet to 3,342 feet, averaging 2,947 — not much relief, so the animals move laterally rather than up and down.
Unit 410 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
The lay of it
- 2,694–3,342 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 2,947 ft ; peaks can run higher.
- 1,590.7 sq mi inside the boundary. Big enough that picking one drainage beats driving three.
Who owns the ground
- BLM — 15%
- State Trust — 8%
- Private / Other — 77%
Roughly 23% is public. Carry a land-status layer anyway — these are area percentages, not a map of where the boundaries fall.
Water on the ground
- 1,187 tanks
- 6 springs
- 188 stream segments
- 95 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: Dovetail Butte (3,235 ft), Button Butte (2,989 ft), Haines Ridge (2,964 ft), Elevator Ridge (2,963 ft)
Holding ground: Kirkendal Flat (2,892 ft), Downer Coulee (2,679 ft), Rasmussen Coulee (2,616 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 410
Elk Success Rates
Montana FWP's 2023 harvest estimates carry no elk row for unit 410 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) | 45 | 948 | 4.7% | — |
| Rifle — B License either sex (nonresident) | 0 | 59 | 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 410. 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