Unit 630 (South Valley-Lower Missouri Breaks)
Montana Hunting Guide — Elk
Unit 630 lies in Valley and Phillips counties and covers about 1,531 square miles. Ground runs from 2,088 to 2,773 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 630
Unit 630 lies in Valley and Phillips counties and covers about 1,531 square miles. Ground runs from 2,088 to 2,773 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 630
Montana FWP's material on unit 630 stops at the boundary — there is no agency account of where its elk live. 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 Valley and Phillips counties. It runs to about 1,531 square miles.
The lines of the unit: Larb Creek, Willow Creek and Fort Peck Reservoir
Montana FWP draws unit 630 in Valley and Phillips counties with a boundary that runs on US Highway 2 and State Route 24, and on Larb Creek, Willow Creek, Fort Peck Reservoir and Fort Peck Dam, walked corner by corner in its hunting district legal descriptions. It tells you the shape of the unit and nothing about its inhabitants. 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: Murray Hill, Shufeldt Ridge and Middle Eighth Ridge
Named high points inside the unit include Murray Hill at 2,888 feet, Shufeldt Ridge at 2,826 feet, Middle Eighth Ridge at 2,825 feet, Harper Ridge at 2,809 feet and Fifth Ridge at 2,802 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: Craig Coulee, Barber Coulee and Short Coulee
Below them sit Craig Coulee at 2,439 feet, Barber Coulee at 2,423 feet, Short Coulee at 2,421 feet, Long Coulee at 2,413 feet and Black Coulee at 2,409 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 270 mapped stream reaches, 61 lakes and 128 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 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 2,088 feet to 2,773 feet, averaging 2,385 — not much relief, so the animals move laterally rather than up and down.
Unit 630 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
The lay of it
- 2,088–2,773 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 2,385 ft ; peaks can run higher.
- 1,530.8 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
- 128 tanks
- 270 stream segments
- 61 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: Shufeldt Ridge (2,826 ft), Seventh Ridge (2,730 ft), Two Buttes (2,261 ft)
Holding ground: Tony Coulee (2,566 ft), Vanwinkle Coulee (2,463 ft), Short Coulee (2,421 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 630
Elk Success Rates
Montana FWP's 2023 harvest estimates carry no elk row for unit 630 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 630. 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