Unit S250 (West Fork Bitterroot)
Montana Hunting Guide — Bighorn Sheep
Unit S250 lies in Ravalli County. 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 S250
Unit S250 lies in Ravalli County. 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 S250
What Montana FWP publishes for unit S250 is a boundary, not a bighorn sheep map. 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 Ravalli County.
The lines of the unit: Trapper Creek, Spade Creek and Piquette Creek
Montana FWP draws unit S250 in Ravalli County with a boundary that runs on USFS Trail 601 and USFS Trail 56, and on Trapper Creek, Spade Creek, Piquette Creek and Shook Mountain, walked corner by corner in its hunting district legal descriptions. Read it as a frame, not as a hint about animals. 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: Trapper Peak, Boulder Peak and North Trapper Peak
Named high points inside the unit include Trapper Peak at 10,118 feet, Boulder Peak at 9,767 feet, North Trapper Peak at 9,713 feet, Mount Jerusalem at 9,335 feet and Bare Peak at 9,251 feet. Several carry a public-land flag in our data, which makes them the first places to try for a view. Sheep need rock to escape into and will not stand far from it.
Holding ground: Kraft Gulch, Mud Creek Saddle and Took Creek Saddle
Below them sit Kraft Gulch at 5,919 feet, Mud Creek Saddle at 5,829 feet, Took Creek Saddle at 5,798 feet, Took Ridge Saddle at 5,686 feet and Robb Gulch at 5,582 feet. These are the folds worth watching, and the ones other hunters walk past on the way to somewhere steeper. Pick the one with the least road on its upwind side.
Water: Hot Springs, Soda Springs and Boulder Falls
Named sources include Hot Springs, Soda Springs, Boulder Falls and Overwhich Falls. Nothing in the data says which of them run in autumn, so a scouting trip earns its fuel.
Unit S250 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Trapper Peak (10,118 ft), Boulder Peak (9,767 ft), Mount Jerusalem (9,335 ft), Bare Peak (9,251 ft)
Holding ground: Blue Joint Meadows (6,435 ft), Buck Creek Saddle (6,425 ft), Nezperce Pass (6,298 ft), Hot Springs, Soda Springs
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 S250
Bighorn Sheep Success Rates
Montana FWP's 2023 harvest estimates carry no bighorn sheep row for unit S250 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
| Season | Tags | Applicants | Draw % | Pts (n/p) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rifle — General either sex (resident) | 1 | 212 | 0.5% | — |
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 bighorn sheep record we can tie to unit S250. 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