Unit M311 (Spanish Peaks)

Montana Hunting Guide — Moose

Unit M311 lies in Madison, Gallatin, Jefferson and Broadwater 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 M311

Where to Find Shiras Moose in Unit M311

Montana FWP draws an exact line around unit M311 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 Madison, Gallatin, Jefferson and Broadwater counties.

The lines of the unit: Gallatin River, Red Knob Mountain and Trail Creek

Montana FWP draws unit M311 in Madison, Gallatin, Jefferson and Broadwater counties with a boundary that runs on Highway 64, US Highway 287, Highway 287 and Route 359, and on Gallatin River, Red Knob Mountain, Trail Creek and Ennis Lake, walked corner by corner in its hunting district legal descriptions. That is a legal description, not a habitat map. 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: Gallatin Peak, Spanish Peaks and Wilson Peak

Named high points inside the unit include Gallatin Peak at 10,975 feet, Spanish Peaks at 10,975 feet, Wilson Peak at 10,669 feet, Jumbo Mountain at 10,418 feet and Blaze Mountain at 10,342 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: Green Hollow, Spanish Creek Basin and Cowboy Canyon

Below them sit Green Hollow at 5,638 feet, Spanish Creek Basin at 5,609 feet, Cowboy Canyon at 5,462 feet, Beckman Flat at 5,397 feet and Madison Plateau at 5,181 feet. Those are the basins, parks and bottoms this unit has, and they are what you glass into from above. Pick the one with the least road on its upwind side.

Water: Huller Springs and Round Spring

Named sources include Huller Springs and Round Spring. Nothing in the data says which of them run in autumn, so a scouting trip earns its fuel.

Unit M311 terrain and land status

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

Named features inside the unit

Glass from: Gallatin Peak (10,975 ft), Wilson Peak (10,669 ft), Jumbo Mountain (10,418 ft), Blaze Mountain (10,342 ft)

Holding ground: Bear Basin (9,007 ft), Greer Gulch (4,882 ft), Huller Springs, Round 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 M311

Montana FWP publishes no Shiras moose success figure for unit M311 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 Spanish Breaks, Finnegan Ridge and Elk Mountain

Take a position on one of Spanish Breaks (6,820 ft), Finnegan Ridge (6,707 ft), Elk Mountain (6,593 ft) and London Hills (6,309 ft) and be on it before light. In the dark the air runs downhill. Pick an approach that doesn't send it into the country you want to see, and plan to move once the slope warms. A tripod is worth more here than another hour of walking. On the rut hunts, late September bulls answer a cow call near water.

The way in: Highway 64, US Highway 287 and Highway 287

We have no road inventory for this unit, so the only routes we can name are the ones Montana FWP draws the boundary with: Highway 64, US Highway 287, Highway 287, Route 359 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 Gallatin Peak, Wilson Peak, Jumbo Mountain and Blaze Mountain as places to see from, and Bear Basin, Greer Gulch, Huller Springs and Round 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 M311 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	169	1.2%	—
Rifle — General either sex (nonresident)	0	40	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.

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Montana FWP's draw recap has no Shiras moose record we can tie to unit M311. 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

Planning Notes

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Terrain Difficulty

Strenuous. Willow bottoms and sidehill timber require slow, quiet movement, and recovery from creek corridors can mean extended pack-outs.

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Hunting Pressure

Pressure is low because of the tiny permit quota, but non-moose hunters and anglers may be present along popular drainage access points.

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Weather

Plan for cold mornings, possible early snow, and wet willow bottoms. Layered systems and waterproof boots are non-negotiable.

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Permit Notes

All HD 311-50 licenses are issued through the FWP special drawing. Review current regulations and apply before posted deadlines.

Note: Coordinate early with FWP biologists for the most current moose sighting and recent harvest information inside HD 311-50.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Colorado unit M311?

Unit M311 lies in Madison, Gallatin, Jefferson and Broadwater counties. Montana FWP draws unit M311 with a boundary that runs on Highway 64, US Highway 287, Highway 287 and Route 359, and on Gallatin River, Red Knob Mountain, Trail Creek and Ennis Lake, walked corner by corner in its hunting district legal descriptions.

What is the Shiras moose success rate in unit M311?

Montana FWP publishes no Shiras moose success figure we can tie to unit M311 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