Unit M213 (Flint Creek Range)

Montana Hunting Guide — Moose

Unit M213 lies in Deer Lodge, Granite and Powell 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 M213

Where to Find Shiras Moose in Unit M213

Montana FWP's material on unit M213 stops at the boundary — there is no agency account of where its Shiras moose 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 Deer Lodge, Granite and Powell counties.

What bounds unit M213

Montana FWP draws unit M213 in Deer Lodge, Granite and Powell counties with a boundary that runs on State Route 1 and Interstate 90, walked corner by corner in its hunting district legal descriptions. Read it as a frame, not as a hint about animals. 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: Flint Creek Range, Mount Powell and Deer Lodge Mountain

Named high points inside the unit include Flint Creek Range at 10,183 feet, Mount Powell at 10,183 feet, Deer Lodge Mountain at 9,753 feet, Racetrack Peak at 9,508 feet and Pikes Peak Ridge at 9,343 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: Deerlodge Basin, Marble Park and Horseshoe Basin

Below them sit Deerlodge Basin at 7,625 feet, Marble Park at 7,569 feet, Horseshoe Basin at 6,998 feet, Indian Meadows at 6,957 feet and Johnson Basin at 6,815 feet. That is the low country of the unit — the ground animals drop into when they are pushed or when the weather turns. Reaching the edge of one before light beats reaching its middle at noon.

Unit M213 terrain and land status

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

Named features inside the unit

Glass from: Flint Creek Range (10,183 ft), Deer Lodge Mountain (9,753 ft), Racetrack Peak (9,508 ft), Pikes Peak Ridge (9,343 ft)

Holding ground: Racetrack Pass (8,516 ft), Fred Burr Pass (8,082 ft), Deerlodge Basin (7,625 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 M213

Montana FWP publishes no Shiras moose success figure for unit M213 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 Twin Peaks, Baldy and Olson Mountain

Take a position on one of Twin Peaks (9,064 ft), Baldy (8,983 ft), Olson Mountain (8,845 ft) and Thornton Ridge (8,822 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: State Route 1 and Interstate 90

We have no road inventory for this unit, so the only routes we can name are the ones Montana FWP draws the boundary with: State Route 1 and Interstate 90. 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. Pick the edge nearest the country you mean to hunt and work in from it on foot, rather than driving the perimeter looking for a way through.

A first plan from the pins on this page

The map above marks Flint Creek Range, Deer Lodge Mountain, Racetrack Peak and Pikes Peak Ridge as places to see from, and Racetrack Pass, Fred Burr Pass and Deerlodge Basin 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 M213 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 M213?

Unit M213 lies in Deer Lodge, Granite and Powell counties. Montana FWP draws unit M213 with a boundary that runs on State Route 1 and Interstate 90, walked corner by corner in its hunting district legal descriptions.

What is the Shiras moose success rate in unit M213?

Montana FWP publishes no Shiras moose success figure we can tie to unit M213 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