Unit S261 (Skalkaho)
Montana Hunting Guide — Bighorn Sheep
Unit S261 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 S261
Unit S261 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 S261
Montana FWP draws an exact line around unit S261 and says nothing about where the bighorn sheep stand inside it. The country below is verified; where to begin in it is our judgement, not the agency's. The unit lies in Ravalli County.
The lines of the unit: Burntfork Creek, Dome Shaped Mountain and Sapphire Divide
Montana FWP draws unit S261 in Ravalli County with a boundary that runs on Highway 269, USFS Trail 102, USFS Road 75 and US Highway 93, and on Burntfork Creek, Dome Shaped Mountain, Sapphire Divide and Rye Creek, 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: Skalkaho Mountain, Palisade Mountain and Willow Mountain
Named high points inside the unit include Skalkaho Mountain at 8,453 feet, Palisade Mountain at 8,449 feet, Willow Mountain at 8,176 feet, Dominic Buttes at 7,953 feet and Owen Point at 7,695 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: Two Bear Meadows, Two Meadows and Coyote Meadows
Below them sit Two Bear Meadows at 6,805 feet, Two Meadows at 6,744 feet, Coyote Meadows at 6,589 feet, Gods Little Acre Meadows at 6,564 feet and Barnett Meadows at 6,562 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: Sleeping Child Hot Springs, Mountain House Spring and Camp Spring
Named sources include Sleeping Child Hot Springs, Mountain House Spring, Camp Spring and Balsam Spring. Nothing in the data says which of them run in autumn, so a scouting trip earns its fuel.
Unit S261 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Skalkaho Mountain (8,453 ft), Palisade Mountain (8,449 ft), Willow Mountain (8,176 ft), Owen Point (7,695 ft)
Holding ground: Mosquito Meadows (8,155 ft), Skalkaho Basin (7,640 ft), Deer Meadows (7,196 ft), Sleeping Child Hot Springs, Mountain House 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 Bighorn Sheep in Unit S261
Bighorn Sheep Success Rates
Montana FWP's 2023 harvest estimates carry no bighorn sheep row for unit S261 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 | 537 | 0.2% | — |
| Rifle — General either sex (nonresident) | 1 | 700 | 0.1% | — |
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 S261. 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