Unit S270 (East Fork Bitterroot)
Montana Hunting Guide — Bighorn Sheep
Unit S270 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 S270
Unit S270 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 S270
What Montana FWP publishes for unit S270 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: Rye Creek, Spade Creek and Piquette Creek
Montana FWP draws unit S270 in Ravalli County with a boundary that runs on US Highway 93, USFS Trail 601 and USFS Trail 56, and on Rye 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: Bare Hill, Saddle Mountain and Cliff Point
Named high points inside the unit include Bare Hill at 8,741 feet, Saddle Mountain at 8,460 feet, Cliff Point at 8,303 feet, Lewis and Clark Ridge at 8,185 feet and Shook Mountain at 7,559 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: Bear Creek Saddle, Kurtz Flats and Sheeps Head Flat
Below them sit Bear Creek Saddle at 5,747 feet, Kurtz Flats at 5,595 feet, Sheeps Head Flat at 5,137 feet, Echo Gulch at 5,130 feet and Dowling Gulch at 4,884 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: Clough Springs, Pollywog Spring and Star Falls
Named sources include Clough Springs, Pollywog Spring and Star Falls. Nothing in the data says which of them run in autumn, so a scouting trip earns its fuel.
Unit S270 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Bare Hill (8,741 ft), Saddle Mountain (8,460 ft), Cliff Point (8,303 ft), Shook Mountain (7,559 ft)
Holding ground: Buck Ridge Meadows (7,894 ft), Porcupine Saddle (7,165 ft), Lick Creek Saddle (6,752 ft), Clough Springs, Pollywog 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 S270
Bighorn Sheep Success Rates
Montana FWP's 2023 harvest estimates carry no bighorn sheep row for unit S270 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) | 6 | 2,009 | 0.3% | — |
| Rifle — General either sex (nonresident) | 1 | 1,556 | 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 S270. 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