Unit 442 (Sun River)
Montana Hunting Guide — Elk
Unit 442 lies in Lewis and Clark and Teton counties and covers about 297 square miles. Ground runs from 5,341 to 7,703 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 442
Unit 442 lies in Lewis and Clark and Teton counties and covers about 297 square miles. Ground runs from 5,341 to 7,703 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 442
What Montana FWP publishes for unit 442 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 Lewis and Clark and Teton counties. It runs to about 297 square miles.
The lines of the unit: Sun River, Diversion Dam and Sawtooth Mountain
Montana FWP draws unit 442 in Lewis and Clark and Teton counties with a boundary that runs on USFS Trail 114, and on Sun River, Diversion Dam, Sawtooth Mountain and Cutrock Creek, walked corner by corner in its hunting district legal descriptions. It tells you the shape of the unit and nothing about its inhabitants. 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: Rocky Mountain, Old Baldy and Mount Lockhart
Named high points inside the unit include Rocky Mountain at 9,376 feet, Old Baldy at 9,133 feet, Mount Lockhart at 8,658 feet, Arsenic Mountain at 8,476 feet and Teton Peak at 8,387 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: Ninemile Park, Slim Gulch and Patricks Basin
Below them sit Ninemile Park at 6,005 feet, Slim Gulch at 5,981 feet, Patricks Basin at 5,836 feet, Round Park at 5,797 feet and Beaver Basin at 5,756 feet. Those are the basins, parks and bottoms this unit has, and they are what you glass into from above. Reaching the edge of one before light beats reaching its middle at noon.
Water: Lange Falls and Scattering Springs
The water inside the unit line comes to 13 mapped stream reaches, 2 lakes and 3 stock tanks. Named sources include Lange Falls and Scattering Springs. 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 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 5,341 feet to 7,703 feet, averaging 6,476 — enough relief to separate summer range from winter range.
Unit 442 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
The lay of it
- 5,341–7,703 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 6,476 ft ; peaks can run higher.
- 297.2 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
- 3 tanks
- 13 stream segments
- 2 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: Rocky Mountain (9,376 ft), Old Baldy (9,133 ft), Mount Lockhart (8,658 ft), Arsenic Mountain (8,476 ft)
Holding ground: Headquarters Creek Pass (7,681 ft), Route Creek Pass (7,295 ft), Tenmile Park (6,242 ft), Lange Falls
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 442
Elk Success Rates
Montana FWP's 2023 harvest estimates carry no elk row for unit 442 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) | 23 | 97 | 23.7% | — |
| Rifle — B License either sex (nonresident) | 2 | 10 | 20.0% | — |
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 442. 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