YOUR 2025 HUNT WEST DASHBOARD

FOR THE ELK NEMESES

OVERVIEW

Welcome to your Hunt West Dashboard. Please use this page as a reference for links to resources we discuss in videos, and to find Hunt Plans. This includes OnX Hunt Maps links, as well as any additional descriptions and videos created to help you understand how to make the most of your hunting plans. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out. Cheers! - JB

YOUR MONTANA ELK HUNT DISTRICTS

  1. HD 580 | Northern Crazies

OVERVIEW: More Rugged, Big Country

  • Private Mixed with Big Mountain Burn

  • Big Backcountry Mountain Access

  • Glassable & Physical Mountain Range

  • 5,141 Elk (Over Objective)

  • 1130 Square Miles (4.5 Elk/Sq. Mi.)

  • 22% Public Lands

  • Archery & Rifle Regs: Either-sex Elk

3. HD 452 | Castle Mountains

OVERVIEW: Small Unit With Local Intel

  • Waypoints from HW Hunter

  • Limited Glassing

  • Small ATV/Motorbike Trails

  • 1,683 Elk (Over Objective)

  • 160 Square Miles (10 Elk/Sq. Mi.)

  • 37% Public Lands

  • Archery & Rifle Regs: Brow-Tined Bull or Antlerless Elk

2. HD 540 | SE Little Belts

OVERVIEW: More Elk, More People

  • Known For Being Good

  • Lots of Roads for Accessing Areas

  • Some Glassing Opportunities

  • 1448 Elk (At Objective)

  • 584 Square Miles (2.5 Elk/Sq. Mi.)

  • 34% Public Lands

  • Archery & Rifle Regs: Either-sex Elk

2025 HUNT PLAN OVERVIEW

DAY EXAMPLE ITINERARY

SEPTEMBER 28, 2025 | White Sulpher Springs, MT

MORNING GAME PLAN

Wake Up: 4:30 AM

Start Hiking: 5:30 AM

Aim for 1.5-2 miles per hour to identified feature; glassing knob, wallow, meadow, etc.

Listen & Call For Bugles and/or Glass: 6:30 AM

SUNRISE IS 7:08 AM

Run & Gun Calling: 6:30-9:45 AM

Check likely pockets for elk. Cover 3-4 Miles.

Hunt Back to Truck: 9:45–11:00 am

Take Nap: 11:00 AM–12:00 PM

EVENING GAME PLAN

Move Areas & Eat Lunch: 1:00 PM

Start Hiking: 1:30 PM

Locate Wallow to Sit & Do a Calling Sequence: 2:30 PM

Take another nap on the wallow if slow.

Run & Gun Calling: 5:00-8:00 PM

Check likely pockets for elk. Cover 3-4 Miles.

SUNSET IS 7:24 PM

Hike Back to Truck: 8:00 PM

Finishing the hike out to the truck in the dark should be a couple of miles of easy-to-navigate terrain.

Dinner: 9:00 PM

Sleep: 10:30 PM to 4:30 AM

HUNT PLAN BREAKDOWN

Video coming soon…

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES