Unit M293 (Upper Blackfoot)
Montana Hunting Guide — Moose
Unit M293 lies in Powell and Lewis and Clark 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 M293
Unit M293 lies in Powell and Lewis and Clark 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 M293
Montana FWP's material on unit M293 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 Powell and Lewis and Clark counties.
The lines of the unit: Rogers Pass, Continental Divide and McDonald Pass
Montana FWP draws unit M293 in Powell and Lewis and Clark counties with a boundary that runs on US Highway 12, State Route 141 and State Route 200, and on Rogers Pass, Continental Divide, McDonald Pass and Monture Creek, walked corner by corner in its hunting district legal descriptions. Read it as a frame, not as a hint about animals. What it does give you is the way in: the rivers and highways you cross, and the divides that decide which drainage you end up in.
High ground inside the line: Red Mountain, Echo Mountain and Black Mountain
Named high points inside the unit include Red Mountain at 9,392 feet, Echo Mountain at 8,434 feet, Black Mountain at 8,333 feet, Nevada Mountain at 8,296 feet and Stonewall Mountain at 8,248 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: Flesher Pass, Cadotte Pass and Dago Gulch
Below them sit Flesher Pass at 6,152 feet, Cadotte Pass at 6,069 feet, Dago Gulch at 6,046 feet, Indian Meadows at 6,044 feet and Spring Gulch at 5,990 feet. These are the folds worth watching, and the ones other hunters walk past on the way to somewhere steeper. Reaching the edge of one before light beats reaching its middle at noon.
Water: Crazy Horse Spring
Named sources include Crazy Horse Spring. Nothing in the data says which of them run in autumn, so a scouting trip earns its fuel.
Unit M293 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Red Mountain (9,392 ft), Echo Mountain (8,434 ft), Black Mountain (8,333 ft), Nevada Mountain (8,296 ft)
Holding ground: Echo Pass (7,404 ft), Faith Gulch (6,222 ft), Porcupine Basin (6,173 ft), Crazy Horse 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 M293
Moose Success Rates
Montana FWP's 2023 harvest estimates carry no Shiras moose row for unit M293 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 | 639 | 0.3% | — |
| Rifle — General either sex (nonresident) | 0 | 384 | 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.
Open in Draw Odds EngineMontana FWP's draw recap has no Shiras moose record we can tie to unit M293. 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
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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