Unit M301 (Horse Prairie)

Montana Hunting Guide — Moose

Unit M301 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 M301

Unit M301 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 M301

Montana FWP draws an exact line around unit M301 and says nothing about where the Shiras moose stand inside it. 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 Beaverhead County.

The lines of the unit: Bannack Pass, Horse Prairie Creek and Bloody Dick-Big Hole Divide

Montana FWP draws unit M301 in Beaverhead County with a boundary that runs on Interstate 15, Route 278 and Route 324, and on Bannack Pass, Horse Prairie Creek, Bloody Dick-Big Hole Divide and Big Hole-Selway 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: Bloody Dick Peak, Big Hole Divide and Harrison Peak

Named high points inside the unit include Bloody Dick Peak at 9,797 feet, Big Hole Divide at 9,797 feet, Harrison Peak at 9,347 feet, Black Mountain at 9,179 feet and Selway Mountain at 8,896 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: Bear Gulch, Poverty Flats and Hamilton Gulch

Below them sit Bear Gulch at 6,685 feet, Poverty Flats at 6,496 feet, Hamilton Gulch at 6,476 feet, Big Hollow at 6,447 feet and Roberts Gulch at 6,391 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: 09S11W27ABBD01 Spring, School Section Spring and Magpie Spring

Named sources include 09S11W27ABBD01 Spring, School Section Spring, Magpie Spring, 09S13W14DBAB01 Well, Houlihan Springs and Upper Magpie Spring. Nothing in the data says which of them run in autumn, so a scouting trip earns its fuel.

Unit M301 terrain and land status

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

Named features inside the unit

Glass from: Bloody Dick Peak (9,797 ft), Harrison Peak (9,347 ft), Black Mountain (9,179 ft), Selway Mountain (8,896 ft)

Holding ground: Black Canyon (7,002 ft), Browns Canyon (6,893 ft), Hughes Gulch (6,791 ft), 09S11W27ABBD01 Spring, School Section 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 M301

Montana FWP publishes no Shiras moose success figure for unit M301 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 Rocky Hills, Henneberry Ridge and Burns Mountain

Take a position on one of Rocky Hills (7,385 ft), Henneberry Ridge (6,944 ft), Burns Mountain (6,733 ft) and Timber Butte (6,682 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: Interstate 15, Route 278 and Route 324

We have no road inventory for this unit, so the only routes we can name are the ones Montana FWP draws the boundary with: Interstate 15, Route 278 and Route 324. 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 Bloody Dick Peak, Harrison Peak, Black Mountain and Selway Mountain as places to see from, and Black Canyon, Browns Canyon, Hughes Gulch and 09S11W27ABBD01 Spring as ground to watch. Each pin is a named feature verified to fall inside the unit line, not a spot anyone has hunted. Join two of them into a morning: be on the first before light, move to the second once the thermals turn.

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 M301 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 M301. 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 M301?

Unit M301 lies in Beaverhead County. Montana FWP draws unit M301 with a boundary that runs on Interstate 15, Route 278 and Route 324, and on Bannack Pass, Horse Prairie Creek, Bloody Dick-Big Hole Divide and Big Hole-Selway Creek Divide, walked corner by corner in its hunting district legal descriptions.

What is the Shiras moose success rate in unit M301?

Montana FWP publishes no Shiras moose success figure we can tie to unit M301 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