Montana Mountain Goat

Unit G519 (Fishtail)

Montana Hunting Guide — Mountain Goat

Unit G519 lies in Stillwater and Park counties. Montana FWP publishes no per-unit mountain goat success figure we can verify for this unit. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.

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Mountain Goat Hunting in Unit G519

Unit G519 lies in Stillwater and Park counties. Montana FWP publishes no per-unit mountain goat success figure we can verify for this unit. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.

Where to Find Mountain Goat in Unit G519

Montana FWP draws an exact line around unit G519 and says nothing about where the mountain goat stand inside it. The country below is verified; where to begin in it is our judgement, not the agency's. The unit lies in Stillwater and Park counties.

The lines of the unit: Iceberg Peak, Broadwater River and Clarks Fork

Montana FWP draws unit G519 in Stillwater and Park counties with a boundary that runs on Highway 212 and Route 419, and on Iceberg Peak, Broadwater River, Clarks Fork and Yellowstone River, 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: Granite Range, Mount Wood and Mount Hague

Named high points inside the unit include Granite Range at 12,644 feet, Mount Wood at 12,621 feet, Mount Hague at 12,326 feet, Pyramid Mountain at 12,101 feet and Wolf Mountain at 11,821 feet. Several carry a public-land flag in our data, which makes them the first places to try for a view. Goats live above the trees on cliff and talus and come down only when weather makes them.

Holding ground: Colter Pass, Big Park and McDonald Basin

Below them sit Colter Pass at 8,031 feet, Big Park at 6,590 feet, McDonald Basin at 5,397 feet, Dean Basin at 5,221 feet and Fishtail Plateau at 10,717 feet. That is the low country of the unit — the ground animals drop into when they are pushed or when the weather turns. Pick the one with the least road on its upwind side.

Unit G519 terrain and land status

Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up

Named features inside the unit

Glass from: Granite Range (12,644 ft), Mount Hague (12,326 ft), Pyramid Mountain (12,101 ft), Wolf Mountain (11,821 ft)

Holding ground: Fishtail Plateau (10,717 ft), Stillwater Plateau (10,646 ft), Lulu Pass (9,826 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 Mountain Goat in Unit G519

Montana FWP publishes no mountain goat success figure for unit G519 that we can tie to this unit alone, so we won't quote one. The plan: glass from across the basin, judge the climb honestly, and decide whether a hit animal could be recovered.

Glassing from Sawtooth Mountain, Little Park Mountain and Big Mountain

Take a position on one of Sawtooth Mountain (11,459 ft), Little Park Mountain (11,435 ft), Big Mountain (11,353 ft) and Mount Fox (11,146 ft) and be on it before light. Work the morning with the air falling away from you, then accept that by mid-morning the wind has reversed and the plan has to change with it. A tripod is worth more here than another hour of walking. On the rut hunts, early hunts find goats higher and later hunts find them pushed down by snow.

The way in: Highway 212 and Route 419

We have no road inventory for this unit, so the only routes we can name are the ones Montana FWP draws the boundary with: Highway 212 and Route 419. Those are its edges, not its interior — useful because they are where you leave the pavement, and useless for telling you what the inside is like. Park on the boundary and walk; a unit you can only enter from its rim rewards whoever is willing to leave the truck at the rim.

A first plan from the pins on this page

The map above marks Granite Range, Mount Hague, Pyramid Mountain and Wolf Mountain as places to see from, and Fishtail Plateau, Stillwater Plateau and Lulu Pass as ground to watch. Each pin is a named feature verified to fall inside the unit line, not a spot anyone has hunted. Walk between two of them rather than driving between four, and you will learn more in a day.

What we can't tell you

Some of the ground named above carries no land-status flag we trust, so check ownership on a current layer before you hunt it. We have no mountain goat success figure for this unit that survives checking against Montana FWP's own harvest and hunter counts, and we would rather say so than print a statewide average as though it were measured here.

Montana rules that decide your day

Summarised from FWP regulations. They change — read the current regulations and your permit-tag before you hunt.

Legal shooting hours

Big game may be taken from half an hour before sunrise to half an hour after sunset.

Motorized retrieval

Montana has no general off-road retrieval allowance; travel stays on open routes.

Tagging

Validate the tag and attach it to the carcass before moving the animal.

Leaving meat

Wasting game meat is illegal.

Where you may not shoot

Occupied structures — No discharging a firearm within 150 yards of an occupied dwelling without permission, and no shooting from or across a public road.

Mountain Goat: where to put the shot

Broadside or quartering away, on the back edge of the front leg about a third of the way up the body.

Shots to refuse

Nothing behind or overlapping the animal you picked.
Your maximum range is the farthest you have shot a three-shot group into a paper plate from the rest you are carrying.
Pass the shot you are talking yourself into.

Plan the carry: roughly 40– 120 lb of boned-out meat, before head and hide — two large coolers. ProHunt planning estimate, not an agency figure.

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Mountain Goat Success Rates

Montana FWP's 2023 harvest estimates carry no mountain goat row for unit G519 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.

Mountain Goat Draw Odds

Season	Tags	Applicants	Draw %	Pts (n/p)
Rifle — General either sex (resident)	1	106	0.9%	—

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 Engine

Montana FWP's draw recap has no mountain goat record we can tie to unit G519. 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

Planning Notes

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Camp Sites

Custer Gallatin National Forest trailheads (East Rosebud Lake, West Rosebud, Mystic Lake trailhead) access the plateau. Backcountry camping unrestricted on forest land, with use restrictions near some alpine lakes.

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Water

Abundant. Alpine lakes and snowmelt streams across the Beartooth Plateau provide reliable water. Filter or treat for Giardia.

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Road Conditions

Trailhead access roads (Forest Route 2072, East Rosebud Road) are paved-to-gravel. Early-season storms can close the Beartooth Highway (US-212) over the pass with little warning.

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Terrain Difficulty

Extreme. This is high-alpine Class 2–3 scrambling terrain with real fall exposure. Expect 3,000–5,000 foot elevation gains from trailhead to goat country and regular route-finding around cliff bands.

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Nearest Town

Red Lodge (1 hr via Beartooth Highway) or Cooke City (1.5 hr) for supplies, fuel, and lodging.

Note: Weather can turn life-threatening quickly above treeline. Pack shelter, layers, and emergency gear as if you're winter mountaineering — because you might be by late September.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Colorado unit G519?

Unit G519 lies in Stillwater and Park counties. Montana FWP draws unit G519 with a boundary that runs on Highway 212 and Route 419, and on Iceberg Peak, Broadwater River, Clarks Fork and Yellowstone River, walked corner by corner in its hunting district legal descriptions.

What is the mountain goat success rate in unit G519?

Montana FWP publishes no mountain goat success figure we can tie to unit G519 on its own — the 2023 harvest tables either omit the unit or report it in a grouping we could not read back to it reliably. Rather than quote a statewide average as though it were measured here, we say so. Check Montana FWP's current harvest estimates before you apply.

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Sources & Verification

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 — goat hunting districts (pp. 43-45) — 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