Unit M323 (South Big Hole)
Montana Hunting Guide — Moose
Unit M323 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 M323
Unit M323 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 M323
What Montana FWP publishes for unit M323 is a boundary, not a Shiras moose map. The country below is verified; where to begin in it is our judgement, not the agency's. The unit lies in Beaverhead County.
The lines of the unit: Dry Creek, Big Lake Creek and Bloody Dick-Big Hole Divide
Montana FWP draws unit M323 in Beaverhead County with a boundary that runs on Route 278, and on Dry Creek, Big Lake Creek, Bloody Dick-Big Hole Divide and Big Hole-Horse Prairie Divide, walked corner by corner in its hunting district legal descriptions. It tells you the shape of the unit and nothing about its inhabitants. 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: Homer Youngs Peak, Hirschy Mountain and Painter Peak
Named high points inside the unit include Homer Youngs Peak at 10,611 feet, Hirschy Mountain at 10,384 feet, Painter Peak at 9,597 feet, Tash Peak at 9,289 feet and Browns Peak at 8,974 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: Dunkwaden Flats, Gravelle Park and Harrison Gulch
Below them sit Dunkwaden Flats at 7,179 feet, Gravelle Park at 7,055 feet, Harrison Gulch at 6,671 feet, Bailey Gulch at 6,658 feet and Marys Gulch at 6,589 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.
Unit M323 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Homer Youngs Peak (10,611 ft), Hirschy Mountain (10,384 ft), Painter Peak (9,597 ft)
Holding ground: Moose Meadow (8,133 ft), Berry Meadows (7,603 ft), Skinner Meadows (7,360 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 M323
Moose Success Rates
Montana FWP's 2023 harvest estimates carry no Shiras moose row for unit M323 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) | 5 | 110 | 4.5% | — |
| Rifle — General either sex (nonresident) | 0 | 12 | 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 M323. 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