Montana · Deer Hunting Data

Montana Deer Unit 317

Sightings, hotspots, and hunt insights for Montana Game Management Unit 317.

Montana's Unit 317 is a wall of vertical: a steep, west-facing front on the Absaroka Range where deer country climbs from Yellowstone River bottomland near 4,900 feet to alpine above 10,900-foot Emigrant Peak in only a handful of horizontal miles. Deer stack by elevation and season, sliding off the high basins onto the 7,000 to 8,500-foot mid-mountain benches at the mouths of parallel creeks like Mill, Big, and Emigrant once the first snows hit, then wintering down on south-facing slopes near the private valley floor. The pack breaks it all down: Unit Overview and Topography, Vegetation and Hydrology, Seasonal Expectations, Logistics and Access, plus a one-page Essential Recon summary. Study the unit on our interactive map, then export the points you choose to onX or your favorite hunting map.
255
Total Deer Spotted
44
Hotspots Identified
Active
Status · Data Available
Montana Deer Unit 317 boundary map
Unit 317 boundary within Montana · orange area is covered by this data pack

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The Montana - Deer Data Pack includes detailed heat maps, GPS coordinates, and unit-by-unit hotspots for every Montana Deer unit, including Unit 317. Study the unit on our interactive map and export the points you choose to onX or your favorite hunting map.

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How this data was collected

Data Hunt Guide aggregates publicly available sighting reports from across the web (social media, hunting forums, harvest reports, and trail-camera shares) and uses a proprietary algorithm to identify high-activity zones (hotspots) within each unit. Our team verifies coordinates manually before publication.