Unit S455 (Beartooth WMA-Gates of the Mountains Wilderness Area)
Montana Hunting Guide — Bighorn Sheep
Unit S455 lies in Cascade and Lewis and Clark 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 S455
Unit S455 lies in Cascade and Lewis and Clark 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 S455
Montana FWP draws an exact line around unit S455 and says nothing about where the bighorn sheep stand inside it. 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 Cascade and Lewis and Clark counties.
The lines of the unit: Beaver Creek, Missouri River and Tyrel Creek
Montana FWP draws unit S455 in Cascade and Lewis and Clark counties with a boundary that runs on Beaver Creek, Missouri River, Tyrel Creek and Hound Creek, walked corner by corner in its hunting district legal descriptions. That is a legal description, not a habitat map. 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: Moors Mountain, Shellrock Ridge and Candle Mountain
Named high points inside the unit include Moors Mountain at 7,961 feet, Shellrock Ridge at 7,844 feet, Candle Mountain at 7,431 feet, Sheep Mountain at 7,355 feet and Willow Mountain at 7,139 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: Slip Gulch, Sulphur Gulch and Gilman Gulch
Below them sit Slip Gulch at 4,902 feet, Sulphur Gulch at 4,899 feet, Gilman Gulch at 4,892 feet, Wosinek Flats at 4,885 feet and Candle Gulch at 4,801 feet. That is the low country of the unit — the ground animals drop into when they are pushed or when the weather turns. Work out which of them you can see from one position before you pick a camp.
Water: 18N01W35____02 Well
Named sources include 18N01W35____02 Well. Nothing in the data says which of them run in autumn, so a scouting trip earns its fuel.
Unit S455 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Moors Mountain (7,961 ft), Shellrock Ridge (7,844 ft), Candle Mountain (7,431 ft), Sheep Mountain (7,355 ft)
Holding ground: Bear Prairie (6,051 ft), Tender Gulch (5,811 ft), Left Fork Big Log Gulch (4,579 ft), 18N01W35____02 Well
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 S455
Bighorn Sheep Success Rates
Montana FWP's 2023 harvest estimates carry no bighorn sheep row for unit S455 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 S455. 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