Unit 441 (North Fork Birch Creek-Teton)
Montana Hunting Guide — Elk
Unit 441 lies in Pondera and Teton counties and covers about 595 square miles. Ground runs from 4,190 to 6,795 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 441
Unit 441 lies in Pondera and Teton counties and covers about 595 square miles. Ground runs from 4,190 to 6,795 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 441
What Montana FWP publishes for unit 441 is a boundary, not a elk map. Every place named below sits inside the unit line. Which of them holds animals in your season is for you to find out. The unit lies in Pondera and Teton counties. It runs to about 595 square miles.
The lines of the unit: Teton Pass, Continental Divide and Badger Pass
Montana FWP draws unit 441 in Pondera and Teton counties with a boundary that runs on US Highway 89, USFS Trail 114 and USFS Trail 121, and on Teton Pass, Continental Divide, Badger Pass and Swift Dam, walked corner by corner in its hunting district legal descriptions. It tells you the shape of the unit and nothing about its inhabitants. What it does give you is the way in: the rivers and highways you cross, and the divides that decide which drainage you end up in.
High ground inside the line: Mount Wright, Mount Patrick Gass and Mount Field
Named high points inside the unit include Mount Wright at 8,861 feet, Mount Patrick Gass at 8,573 feet, Mount Field at 8,538 feet, Choteau Mountain at 8,377 feet and Mount Frazier at 8,274 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: Frenchy Gulf, Jones Coulee and Gansman Coulee
Below them sit Frenchy Gulf at 4,682 feet, Jones Coulee at 4,426 feet, Gansman Coulee at 4,417 feet, Ben English Coulee at 4,376 feet and Hagers Coulee at 4,352 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 1,031 mapped stream reaches, 31 lakes and 271 stock tanks. 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 32% 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 4,190 feet to 6,795 feet, averaging 5,055 — enough relief to separate summer range from winter range.
Unit 441 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
The lay of it
- 4,190–6,795 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 5,055 ft ; peaks can run higher.
- 594.5 sq mi inside the boundary.
Who owns the ground
- National Forest — 60%
- State Trust — 8%
- Private / Other — 32%
Roughly 68% is public. Carry a land-status layer anyway — these are area percentages, not a map of where the boundaries fall.
Water on the ground
- 271 tanks
- 1,031 stream segments
- 31 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: Mount Wright (8,861 ft), Mount Patrick Gass (8,573 ft), Mount Field (8,538 ft), Choteau Mountain (8,377 ft)
Holding ground: Hoy Gulch (5,636 ft), Blackleaf Canyon (5,407 ft), Woods Coulee (4,342 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 441
Elk Success Rates
Montana FWP's 2023 harvest estimates carry no elk row for unit 441 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) | 29 | 466 | 6.2% | — |
| Rifle — General either sex (nonresident) | 0 | 16 | 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 441. 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