Unit M105 (East Cabinet Mountains)

Montana Hunting Guide — Moose

Unit M105 lies in Lincoln County. 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 M105

Unit M105 lies in Lincoln County. 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 M105

Montana FWP's material on unit M105 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 County.

The lines of the unit: Bull Lake, Kootenai River and Lower Thompson Lake

Montana FWP draws unit M105 in Lincoln County with a boundary that runs on Route 56, Highway 2 and Route 37, and on Bull Lake, Kootenai River and Lower Thompson Lake, 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: Cabinet Mountains, Bockman Peak and Elephant Peak

Named high points inside the unit include Cabinet Mountains at 8,683 feet, Bockman Peak at 8,154 feet, Elephant Peak at 7,915 feet, Treasure Mountain at 7,653 feet and Mount Snowy at 7,622 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: McGinnis Meadows, Elk Park and Pleasant Valley Park

Below them sit McGinnis Meadows at 3,428 feet, Elk Park at 3,210 feet, Pleasant Valley Park at 3,080 feet, Hanging Valley at 6,338 feet and Carney Pass at 6,174 feet. Those are the basins, parks and bottoms this unit has, and they are what you glass into from above. Work out which of them you can see from one position before you pick a camp.

Unit M105 terrain and land status

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

Named features inside the unit

Glass from: Cabinet Mountains (8,683 ft), Elephant Peak (7,915 ft), Treasure Mountain (7,653 ft), Mount Snowy (7,622 ft)

Holding ground: Hanging Valley (6,338 ft), Carney Pass (6,174 ft), Himes Pass (4,926 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 M105

Montana FWP publishes no Shiras moose success figure for unit M105 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 Flavel Ridge, Sugarloaf Mountain and Dome Mountain

Take a position on one of Flavel Ridge (7,549 ft), Sugarloaf Mountain (7,540 ft), Dome Mountain (7,512 ft) and Lost Horse Mountain (7,475 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. Give a basin forty minutes before you decide it is empty. On the rut hunts, late September bulls answer a cow call near water.

The way in: Route 56, Highway 2 and Route 37

We have no road inventory for this unit, so the only routes we can name are the ones Montana FWP draws the boundary with: Route 56, Highway 2 and Route 37. 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 Cabinet Mountains, Elephant Peak, Treasure Mountain and Mount Snowy as places to see from, and Hanging Valley, Carney Pass and Himes Pass as ground to watch. Each pin is a named feature verified to fall inside the unit line, not a spot anyone has hunted. Take the pair you can reach on one road and treat the rest as a second trip.

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 M105 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.

Moose Draw Odds

Draw odds data not available for this specific unit/species combination in our database.

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Montana FWP's draw recap has no Shiras moose record we can tie to unit M105. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Colorado unit M105?

Unit M105 lies in Lincoln County. Montana FWP draws unit M105 with a boundary that runs on Route 56, Highway 2 and Route 37, and on Bull Lake, Kootenai River and Lower Thompson Lake, walked corner by corner in its hunting district legal descriptions.

What is the Shiras moose success rate in unit M105?

Montana FWP publishes no Shiras moose success figure we can tie to unit M105 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