Unit M300 (Medicine Lodge-Lima Peaks)
Montana Hunting Guide — Moose
Unit M300 lies in Beaverhead 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 M300
Unit M300 lies in Beaverhead 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 M300
Montana FWP draws an exact line around unit M300 and says nothing about where the Shiras moose stand inside it. Every place named below sits inside the unit line. Which of them holds animals in your season is for you to find out. The unit lies in Beaverhead County.
The lines of the unit: Clark Canyon Dam, Bannack Pass and Horse Prairie Creek
Montana FWP draws unit M300 in Beaverhead County with a boundary that runs on Interstate 15 and Route 324, and on Clark Canyon Dam, Bannack Pass, Horse Prairie Creek and Monida Pass, 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: Garfield Mountain, Lima Peaks and Maiden Peak
Named high points inside the unit include Garfield Mountain at 10,949 feet, Lima Peaks at 10,694 feet, Maiden Peak at 10,216 feet, Ellis Peak at 9,683 feet and Dixon Mountain at 9,667 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: Tonsilitis Canyon, French Gulch and Porcupine Canyon
Below them sit Tonsilitis Canyon at 7,317 feet, French Gulch at 7,209 feet, Porcupine Canyon at 7,188 feet, Morrison Canyon at 7,045 feet and Two Springs Gulch at 6,904 feet. That is the low country of the unit — the ground animals drop into when they are pushed or when the weather turns. Pick the one with the least road on its upwind side.
Water: Porcupine Spring, Ayers Canyon Spring and Cabin Spring
Named sources include Porcupine Spring, Ayers Canyon Spring, Cabin Spring, Bear Canyon Spring, Continental Spring and Round Timber Spring. Nothing in the data says which of them run in autumn, so a scouting trip earns its fuel.
Unit M300 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Garfield Mountain (10,949 ft), Lima Peaks (10,694 ft), Maiden Peak (10,216 ft), Ellis Peak (9,683 ft)
Holding ground: Muddy Hole Basin (8,275 ft), Lake Gulch (8,220 ft), French Gulch (7,209 ft), Porcupine Spring, Ayers Canyon 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 M300
Moose Success Rates
Montana FWP's 2023 harvest estimates carry no Shiras moose row for unit M300 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 | 47 | 4.3% | — |
| Rifle — General either sex (nonresident) | 0 | 5 | 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 M300. 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