Unit S123 (Cabinet Mountains)
Montana Hunting Guide — Bighorn Sheep
Unit S123 lies in Lincoln and Sanders counties. Montana FWP publishes no per-unit bighorn sheep success figure we can verify for this unit. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.
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Bighorn Sheep Hunting in Unit S123
Unit S123 lies in Lincoln and Sanders counties. Montana FWP publishes no per-unit bighorn sheep success figure we can verify for this unit. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.
Where to Find Bighorn Sheep in Unit S123
Montana FWP's material on unit S123 stops at the boundary — there is no agency account of where its bighorn sheep live. 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 Lincoln and Sanders counties.
The lines of the unit: Kootenai River, Silver Butte and Willow Creek
Montana FWP draws unit S123 in Lincoln and Sanders counties with a boundary that runs on Route 37, Highway 2, USFS Road 054 and USFS Road 154, and on Kootenai River, Silver Butte, Willow Creek and Vermilion River, 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: Snowshoe Peak, Cabinet Mountains and Vimy Ridge
Named high points inside the unit include Snowshoe Peak at 8,706 feet, Cabinet Mountains at 8,683 feet, Vimy Ridge at 8,566 feet, A Peak at 8,537 feet and Bockman Peak at 8,154 feet. Several carry a public-land flag in our data, which makes them the first places to try for a view. Sheep on lower country still need rock, and on a desert unit the rock is the whole hunt.
Holding ground: Moran Basin, Himes Pass and Iron Meadow
Below them sit Moran Basin at 5,582 feet, Himes Pass at 4,926 feet, Iron Meadow at 4,438 feet, Silver Butte Pass at 4,251 feet and Rock Creek Meadows at 3,802 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: Vermilion Falls
Named sources include Vermilion Falls. Nothing in the data says which of them run in autumn, so a scouting trip earns its fuel.
Unit S123 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Snowshoe Peak (8,706 ft), Elephant Peak (7,915 ft), Saint Paul Peak (7,666 ft), Treasure Mountain (7,653 ft)
Holding ground: Milwaukee Pass (6,673 ft), Hanging Valley (6,338 ft), Carney Pass (6,174 ft), Vermilion Falls
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 Bighorn Sheep in Unit S123
Bighorn Sheep Success Rates
Montana FWP's 2023 harvest estimates carry no bighorn sheep row for unit S123 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.
Bighorn Sheep Draw Odds
Draw odds data not available for this specific unit/species combination in our database.
Search Montana Draw OddsMontana FWP's draw recap has no bighorn sheep record we can tie to unit S123. 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 — sheep hunting districts (pp. 10-13) — 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