Unit M211 (Upper Rock Creek)

Montana Hunting Guide — Moose

Unit M211 lies in Granite 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 M211

Unit M211 lies in Granite 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 M211

Montana FWP's material on unit M211 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 Granite County.

The lines of the unit: Bitterroot-Rock Creek Divide, Rock Creek and Continental Divide

Montana FWP draws unit M211 in Granite County with a boundary that runs on Route 38, and on Bitterroot-Rock Creek Divide, Rock Creek, Continental Divide and Bitterroot River-Rock Creek Divide, walked corner by corner in its hunting district legal descriptions. That is a legal description, not a habitat map. 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: Warren Peak, Fish Peak and Kurt Peak

Named high points inside the unit include Warren Peak at 10,419 feet, Fish Peak at 10,221 feet, Kurt Peak at 9,960 feet, McGlaughlin Peak at 9,470 feet and Porter Ridge at 9,413 feet. Several carry a public-land flag in our data, which makes them the first places to try for a view. Moose want willow, water and shade, and they rarely leave the drainage that has all three.

Holding ground: Dexter Basin, Hole in the Wall and Maloney Basin

Below them sit Dexter Basin at 7,917 feet, Hole in the Wall at 7,745 feet, Maloney Basin at 7,353 feet, Frogpond Basin at 7,301 feet and Sand Basin at 6,551 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.

Water: Blue Grotto Spring and Emerine Spring

Named sources include Blue Grotto Spring and Emerine Spring. Nothing in the data says which of them run in autumn, so a scouting trip earns its fuel.

Unit M211 terrain and land status

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

Named features inside the unit

Glass from: Warren Peak (10,419 ft), Fish Peak (10,221 ft), Pintler Peak (9,323 ft)

Holding ground: Goat Flat (9,359 ft), Warren Pass (8,641 ft), Bitterroot Pass (8,415 ft), Blue Grotto Spring, Emerine Spring

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 M211

Montana FWP publishes no Shiras moose success figure for unit M211 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 Sapphire Mountains, Kent Peak and Congdon Peak

Take a position on one of Sapphire Mountains (8,978 ft), Kent Peak (8,974 ft), Congdon Peak (8,844 ft) and Fox Peak (8,774 ft) and be on it before light. In the dark the air runs downhill. Pick an approach that doesn't send it into the country you want to see, and plan to move once the slope warms. Give a basin forty minutes before you decide it is empty. On the rut hunts, late September bulls answer a cow call near water.

A first plan from the pins on this page

The map above marks Warren Peak, Fish Peak and Pintler Peak as places to see from, and Goat Flat, Warren Pass, Bitterroot Pass and Blue Grotto Spring 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 M211 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

Season	Tags	Applicants	Draw %	Pts (n/p)
Rifle — General either sex (resident)	2	262	0.8%	—
Rifle — General either sex (nonresident)	0	75	0.0%	—

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.

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Montana FWP's draw recap has no Shiras moose record we can tie to unit M211. 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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Road Conditions

USFS paved and gravel roads access most trailheads; upper spur roads require 4WD. Snow can close high roads after mid-October.

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Hunting Pressure

Low during the season itself, but pre-season scouting pressure at popular access points is consistent every summer.

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Weather

September is often mild; October brings cold fronts, rain, and early snow at elevation. Pack layers and rain gear.

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Permit Notes

All licenses are issued through FWP's moose special drawing. Confirm the current permit code and apply before deadlines.

Note: Plan meat care in advance — even smaller bulls are a heavy pack-out from willow bottoms.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Colorado unit M211?

Unit M211 lies in Granite County. Montana FWP draws unit M211 with a boundary that runs on Route 38, and on Bitterroot-Rock Creek Divide, Rock Creek, Continental Divide and Bitterroot River-Rock Creek Divide, walked corner by corner in its hunting district legal descriptions.

What is the Shiras moose success rate in unit M211?

Montana FWP publishes no Shiras moose success figure we can tie to unit M211 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