Unit S424 (Ford Creek)
Montana Hunting Guide — Bighorn Sheep
Unit S424 lies in Lewis and Clark 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 S424
Unit S424 lies in Lewis and Clark 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 S424
Montana FWP's material on unit S424 stops at the boundary — there is no agency account of where its bighorn sheep live. Every place named below sits inside the unit line. Which of them holds animals in your season is for you to find out. The unit lies in Lewis and Clark County.
The lines of the unit: Sun River, Elk Creek and Steamboat Mountain
Montana FWP draws unit S424 in Lewis and Clark County with a boundary that runs on Highway 287, and on Sun River, Elk Creek, Steamboat Mountain and Elk Creek-Dearborn RiverStraight Creek, walked corner by corner in its hunting district legal descriptions. That is a legal description, not a habitat map. 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: Crown Mountain, Cigarette Rock and Steamboat Mountain
Named high points inside the unit include Crown Mountain at 8,382 feet, Cigarette Rock at 8,263 feet, Steamboat Mountain at 8,250 feet, Renshaw Mountain at 8,230 feet and Fairview Mountain at 8,227 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: Elbow Pass, Fairview Plateau and Welcome Pass
Below them sit Elbow Pass at 6,545 feet, Fairview Plateau at 6,491 feet, Welcome Pass at 6,153 feet, Elk Pass at 5,979 feet and Cataract Basin at 5,893 feet. Those are the basins, parks and bottoms this unit has, and they are what you glass into from above. Work out which of them you can see from one position before you pick a camp.
Water: Lange Falls and Cataract Falls
Named sources include Lange Falls and Cataract Falls. Nothing in the data says which of them run in autumn, so a scouting trip earns its fuel.
Unit S424 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Crown Mountain (8,382 ft), Cigarette Rock (8,263 ft), Steamboat Mountain (8,250 ft), Renshaw Mountain (8,230 ft)
Holding ground: Ford Creek Plateau (7,172 ft), Halfmoon Park (7,123 ft), Honeymoon Basin (7,119 ft), Lange Falls, Cataract 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 S424
Bighorn Sheep Success Rates
Montana FWP's 2023 harvest estimates carry no bighorn sheep row for unit S424 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 | 787 | 0.1% | — |
| Rifle — General either sex (nonresident) | 1 | 560 | 0.2% | — |
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 S424. 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