Unit M302 (East Big Hole)
Montana Hunting Guide — Moose
Unit M302 lies in Beaverhead, Deer Lodge and Silver Bow 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 M302
Unit M302 lies in Beaverhead, Deer Lodge and Silver Bow 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 M302
Montana FWP draws an exact line around unit M302 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, Deer Lodge and Silver Bow counties.
The lines of the unit: Teddy Creek, Bryant Creek and Foolhen Divide
Montana FWP draws unit M302 in Beaverhead, Deer Lodge and Silver Bow counties with a boundary that runs on Route 43 and Route 278, and on Teddy Creek, Bryant Creek, Foolhen Divide and Foolhen Mountain, 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: Deer Peak, Foolhen Mountain and Shaw Mountain
Named high points inside the unit include Deer Peak at 9,147 feet, Foolhen Mountain at 9,068 feet, Shaw Mountain at 8,951 feet, Camp Mountain at 8,728 feet and Butch Hill at 8,158 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: Open Park, Richards Park and Knight Gulch
Below them sit Open Park at 7,342 feet, Richards Park at 7,292 feet, Knight Gulch at 6,922 feet, Moose Park at 6,818 feet and Moose Meadows at 6,773 feet. That is the low country of the unit — the ground animals drop into when they are pushed or when the weather turns. Two you can watch from a single knob is worth more than five you have to drive between.
Unit M302 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Deer Peak (9,147 ft), Foolhen Mountain (9,068 ft), Shaw Mountain (8,951 ft), Butch Hill (8,158 ft)
Holding ground: Star Park (8,058 ft), Bible Camp Park (7,732 ft), Triangle Park (7,497 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 M302
Moose Success Rates
Montana FWP's 2023 harvest estimates carry no Shiras moose row for unit M302 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 | 192 | 1.0% | — |
| Rifle — General either sex (nonresident) | 1 | 83 | 1.2% | — |
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 M302. 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