Unit 620 (South Phillips)
Montana Hunting Guide — Elk
Unit 620 lies in Phillips and Valley counties and covers about 1,749 square miles. Ground runs from 2,221 to 2,883 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 620
Unit 620 lies in Phillips and Valley counties and covers about 1,749 square miles. Ground runs from 2,221 to 2,883 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 620
Montana FWP's material on unit 620 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 Phillips and Valley counties. It runs to about 1,749 square miles.
The lines of the unit: Dry Fork, Second Creek and First Creek
Montana FWP draws unit 620 in Phillips and Valley counties with a boundary that runs on US Highway 2 and US Highway 191, and on Dry Fork, Second Creek, First Creek and Content-Larb Creek, walked corner by corner in its hunting district legal descriptions. Read it as a frame, not as a hint about animals. 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: Coburn Butte, Larb Hills and Button Butte
Named high points inside the unit include Coburn Butte at 3,788 feet, Larb Hills at 2,552 feet, Button Butte at 2,476 feet, Spencer Point at 2,410 feet and Dead Mans Hill at 2,405 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: Buckhorn Pit, Parrott Coulee and Turkey Track Pit
Below them sit Buckhorn Pit at 2,706 feet, Parrott Coulee at 2,691 feet, Turkey Track Pit at 2,671 feet, Scott Coulee at 2,649 feet and Sage Hen Coulee at 2,632 feet. That is the low country of the unit — the ground animals drop into when they are pushed or when the weather turns. Work out which of them you can see from one position before you pick a camp.
Water in this unit
The water inside the unit line comes to 11 mapped stream reaches, 81 lakes, 447 stock tanks and 3 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 85% and BLM 15%, so treat it as a starting point and check a current land-status layer before you plan a route. The unit runs from 2,221 feet to 2,883 feet, averaging 2,528 — not much relief, so the animals move laterally rather than up and down.
Unit 620 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
The lay of it
- 2,221–2,883 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 2,528 ft ; peaks can run higher.
- 1,748.7 sq mi inside the boundary. Big enough that picking one drainage beats driving three.
Who owns the ground
- BLM — 15%
- Private / Other — 85%
Roughly 15% is public. Carry a land-status layer anyway — these are area percentages, not a map of where the boundaries fall.
Water on the ground
- 447 tanks
- 3 springs
- 11 stream segments
- 81 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: Button Butte (2,476 ft)
Holding ground: Parrot Flat (2,781 ft), Buckhorn Pit (2,706 ft), Tressler Coulee (2,510 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 620
Elk Success Rates
Montana FWP's 2023 harvest estimates carry no elk row for unit 620 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) | 55 | 742 | 7.4% | — |
| Rifle — General either sex (nonresident) | 4 | 69 | 5.8% | — |
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 620. 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