Unit 411 (Snowy Mountains)
Montana Hunting Guide — Elk, Mule Deer
Unit 411 lies in Golden Valley, Fergus and Judith Basin counties and covers about 1,169 square miles. Ground runs from 3,419 to 7,057 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 411
Unit 411 lies in Golden Valley, Fergus and Judith Basin counties and covers about 1,169 square miles. Ground runs from 3,419 to 7,057 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 411
What Montana FWP publishes for unit 411 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 Golden Valley, Fergus and Judith Basin counties. It runs to about 1,169 square miles.
The lines of the unit: Judith Basin, Flat Willow Creek and Red Hill
Montana FWP draws unit 411 in Golden Valley, Fergus and Judith Basin counties with a boundary that runs on Highway 200, US Highway 87 and US Highway 191, and on Judith Basin, Flat Willow Creek, Red Hill and Snowy Mountain Divide, walked corner by corner in its hunting district legal descriptions. That is a legal description, not a habitat map. 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: Greathouse Peak, West Peak and Big Snowy Mountains
Named high points inside the unit include Greathouse Peak at 8,688 feet, West Peak at 8,213 feet, Big Snowy Mountains at 8,164 feet, Jump Off Peak at 7,514 feet and Mount Harlow at 7,251 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: Maynard Coulee, No Name Canyon and Stovepipe Canyon
Below them sit Maynard Coulee at 5,418 feet, No Name Canyon at 5,396 feet, Stovepipe Canyon at 5,357 feet, East Fork Green Pole Canyon at 5,193 feet and Gyp Basin at 5,149 feet. That is the low country of the unit — the ground animals drop into when they are pushed or when the weather turns. Reaching the edge of one before light beats reaching its middle at noon.
Water in this unit
The water inside the unit line comes to 71 mapped stream reaches, 33 lakes, 404 stock tanks and 7 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 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 3,419 feet to 7,057 feet, averaging 4,526 — enough relief to separate summer range from winter range.
Unit 411 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
The lay of it
- 3,419–7,057 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 4,526 ft ; peaks can run higher.
- 1,168.6 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
- 404 tanks
- 7 springs
- 71 stream segments
- 33 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: Greathouse Peak (8,688 ft), West Peak (8,213 ft), Jump Off Peak (7,514 ft), Mount Harlow (7,251 ft)
Holding ground: Half Moon Pass (7,315 ft), North Horsethief Canyon (5,747 ft), Stovepipe Canyon (5,357 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 411
Elk Success Rates
Montana FWP's 2023 harvest estimates carry no elk row for unit 411 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 411. 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