Unit M102 (Eureka)

Montana Hunting Guide — Moose

Unit M102 lies in Lincoln and Flathead counties. Montana FWP publishes no per-unit Shiras moose success figure we can verify for this unit. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.

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Moose Hunting in Unit M102

Unit M102 lies in Lincoln and Flathead counties. Montana FWP publishes no per-unit Shiras moose success figure we can verify for this unit. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.

Where to Find Shiras Moose in Unit M102

Montana FWP's material on unit M102 stops at the boundary — there is no agency account of where its Shiras moose live. The country below is verified; where to begin in it is our judgement, not the agency's. The unit lies in Lincoln and Flathead counties.

The lines of the unit: Cripple Horse Creek, Spring Creek and Bowen Lake

Montana FWP draws unit M102 in Lincoln and Flathead counties with a boundary that runs on USFS Road 835, Highway 93, USFS Road 3500 and USFS Road 36, and on Cripple Horse Creek, Spring Creek and Bowen Lake, 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: McGuire Mountain, Sutton Mountain and Lydia Mountain

Named high points inside the unit include McGuire Mountain at 6,989 feet, Sutton Mountain at 6,863 feet, Lydia Mountain at 6,696 feet, Little Sutton Mountain at 6,659 feet and Pinkham Mountain at 6,333 feet. Several carry a public-land flag in our data, which makes them the first places to try for a view. Moose need standing water and willow, so on dry country they are tied to the few drainages that hold both.

Holding ground: Johnson Draw, Banks Draw and Tobacco Plains

Below them sit Johnson Draw at 3,272 feet, Banks Draw at 3,254 feet, Tobacco Plains at 2,624 feet, Rocky Gulch at 2,612 feet and Iowa Flats at 2,611 feet. Those are the basins, parks and bottoms this unit has, and they are what you glass into from above. Two you can watch from a single knob is worth more than five you have to drive between.

Unit M102 terrain and land status

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

Named features inside the unit

Glass from: McGuire Mountain (6,989 ft), Sutton Mountain (6,863 ft), Lydia Mountain (6,696 ft), Pinkham Mountain (6,333 ft)

Holding ground: Martin Divide (5,382 ft), Tenmile Talus Slope (5,028 ft), Rocky Gulch (2,612 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 Shiras Moose in Unit M102

Montana FWP publishes no Shiras moose success figure for unit M102 that we can tie to this unit alone, so we won't quote one. The plan: walk the willow bottoms slowly at first and last light and look for fresh browse before you look for the animal.

Glassing from Davis Mountain, Warland Peak and Ellsworth Mountain

Take a position on one of Davis Mountain (6,051 ft), Warland Peak (5,952 ft), Ellsworth Mountain (5,901 ft) and Stenerson Mountain (5,824 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. Glass the edges first, then the shaded timber, then the edges again as the light goes. On the rut hunts, late September bulls answer a cow call near water.

The way in: USFS Road 835, Highway 93 and USFS Road 3500

We have no road inventory for this unit, so the only routes we can name are the ones Montana FWP draws the boundary with: USFS Road 835, Highway 93, USFS Road 3500 and USFS Road 36. 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. Check each of them on a current motor-vehicle-use map before you count on it, because a line on a boundary description is not a promise of public access.

A first plan from the pins on this page

The map above marks McGuire Mountain, Sutton Mountain, Lydia Mountain and Pinkham Mountain as places to see from, and Martin Divide, Tenmile Talus Slope and Rocky Gulch 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 Shiras moose 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.

Moose: where to put the shot

Broadside, behind the shoulder and a third up. Moose look slow to react — the first shot has to count.

Shots to refuse

Where it falls decides your next two days. Avoid shots that drop a moose in water or a bog.
A .30-06 class cartridge minimum, with a bullet built for heavy bone.

Plan the carry: roughly 350– 500 lb of boned-out meat, before head and hide — four or more large coolers, or a processor. ProHunt planning estimate, not an agency figure.

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Moose Success Rates

Montana FWP's 2023 harvest estimates carry no Shiras moose row for unit M102 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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Colorado unit M102?

Unit M102 lies in Lincoln and Flathead counties. Montana FWP draws unit M102 with a boundary that runs on USFS Road 835, Highway 93, USFS Road 3500 and USFS Road 36, and on Cripple Horse Creek, Spring Creek and Bowen Lake, walked corner by corner in its hunting district legal descriptions.

What is the Shiras moose success rate in unit M102?

Montana FWP publishes no Shiras moose success figure we can tie to unit M102 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 — moose hunting districts (pp. 36-42) — 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