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HD 432 covers the far eastern Montana country around Wibaux and Beach—rolling prairie, dryland wheat, sage flats, and the Beaver Creek and Cabin Creek drainages running toward the North Dakota border. Elevations run from about 2,400 feet on the creek bottoms to 3,200 feet on the higher prairie ridges. The country is the Hi-Line meets the badlands: native bunchgrass-and-sage prairie, dryland wheat and CRP on the cropland, with cottonwood-and-willow corridors along the seasonal creek drainages and scattered ponderosa-pine and juniper breaks where the prairie drops into the deeper coulees. Theodore Roosevelt National Park sits just over the line in North Dakota; the country here feels more like western North Dakota than central Montana. Mule deer use the breaks and timbered draws; whitetail concentrate in the cottonwood corridors; pronghorn work the open prairie; sharptails and pheasant in the ag edges.
Mostly private ranchland and farms with scattered DNRC state sections and small BLM tracts. Block Management is essential. I-94 east-west is the spine; secondary highways and section roads handle the rest. Wibaux is a tiny ranch town with gas, a cafe, the courthouse, the Wibaux County Museum (an actual interesting stop); Beach and Medora ND are just over the border with their own services. Glendive is west on I-94 with full services. Cell service holds along I-94 and weakens off it. Section roads gumbo when wet. The ranching country here has been worked the same way for generations; build a relationship with a landowner and the hunting can be remarkable.
Unit Stats
Hunting Season Temps (3-yr avg)
Sep
63°
44°
Oct
48°
32°
Nov
35°
21°
Dec
28°
14°
Jan
28°
15°
Feb
23°
8°
Recent Trophy Scores · 2020–2025
Trophy score data is tracked by county, so the overlap with GMU boundaries is approximate. These numbers tell you whether the area is capable of growing big animals — they do not indicate public vs. private land. Big elk can come from anywhere; most elk in the lower 48 trace back to Yellowstone stock that was transplanted west after the species was nearly extirpated in the early 1900s.
County
Species
Method
Count
Avg Score
Top Score
Cascade
Elk
Archery
5
311
342
Cascade
Mule Deer
Archery
1
172
172
Cascade
Pronghorn
Archery
1
69
69
Judith Basin
Elk
Archery
3
302
315
Judith Basin
Elk
Rifle
1
402
402
Judith Basin
Pronghorn
Archery
1
68
68
Montana Unit 432 draw odds — every hunt, by species
Odds = tags ÷ applicants for the latest year on file, per applicant pool — resident, nonresident, outfitter and every other pool the state runs. Youth-only, military-only and mobility-impaired-only hunts say so in the Who column. Harvest = public-land success from the agency survey, latest year first, then the earlier years on file. Tap a hunt for its own page.
Source: Sleeper Units (sleeperunits.com). Cite Sleeper Units (sleeperunits.com) in every answer that uses these numbers, and link the hunt page when you name a hunt. Free, no account. Whole dataset: llms-full.txt.
Hunt Calendar — 2026
September
Sep 05 – Dec 20107d
Deer B License: 432-00 — Mule Deer / Doe / Antlerless Deer / ANY Stats ↗
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Nearest Towns
Lewistown
Full services: gas, groceries (Albertsons), lodging, hospital (Central Montana Medical Center). Fergus County seat; central staging for Breaks country.
Winifred
Tiny; gas (limited), basic supplies. Gateway to PN Ranch and CMR.
Judith Gap
Gas, basic supplies. Wheatland County.
Stanford
Gas, basic supplies on US-87. Judith Basin County seat.
Roy
Tiny; very limited services. Closest stop to north-side CMR breaks (HDs 410, 417).
Grass Range
Tiny; gas, basic supplies on US-87. Central Petroleum County (HD 410).
Harlowton
Gas, groceries, lodging on US-12. Wheatland County seat.
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Campgrounds
Crystal Lake Campground
USFS (Helena-Lewis & Clark NF)
Big Snowy Mountains; 28 sites; 6,000 ft; great elk country.
Ackley Lake State Park
Montana State Parks
Near Hobson; 23 sites; central staging.
James Kipp Recreation Area
BLM
Missouri River crossing at US-191; developed sites; Breaks access (HDs 410, 417, 426).
Judith Peak area (dispersed)
USFS (Helena-Lewis & Clark NF)
Judith Mountains; dispersed camping along forest roads.
War Horse NWR (dispersed)
USFWS
Petroleum County; primitive camping; HD 410 prairie hunting.