Unit S482 (Fergus)
Montana Hunting Guide — Bighorn Sheep
Unit S482 lies in Fergus 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 S482
Unit S482 lies in Fergus 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 S482
Montana FWP draws an exact line around unit S482 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 Fergus County.
The lines of the unit: Missouri River and Arrow Creek
Montana FWP draws unit S482 in Fergus County with a boundary that runs on Highway 191, Route 80 and Route 81, and on Missouri River and Arrow 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: North Moccasin Mountains, Sheepherder Peak and Indian Graves Butte
Named high points inside the unit include North Moccasin Mountains at 5,573 feet, Sheepherder Peak at 3,942 feet, Indian Graves Butte at 3,871 feet, Seventytwo Hills at 3,863 feet and Seventytwo Bench at 3,803 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: Sennett Canyon, McClure Gulch and Marshall Flat
Below them sit Sennett Canyon at 3,967 feet, McClure Gulch at 3,907 feet, Marshall Flat at 3,620 feet, Woodhawk Hill at 3,512 feet and Freeze Out Coulee at 3,485 feet. These are the folds worth watching, and the ones other hunters walk past on the way to somewhere steeper. Work out which of them you can see from one position before you pick a camp.
Unit S482 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: North Moccasin Mountains (5,573 ft), Coal Hill (3,459 ft), Whiskey Ridge (3,404 ft), Cutbank Ridge (3,387 ft)
Holding ground: The Divide (3,149 ft), Burnshed Coulee (3,139 ft), Ming Coulee (3,052 ft)
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 S482
Bighorn Sheep Success Rates
Montana FWP's 2023 harvest estimates carry no bighorn sheep row for unit S482 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) | 4 | 4,969 | 0.1% | — |
| Rifle — General either sex (nonresident) | 1 | 1,059 | 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 S482. 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