Quick Tips
- Bring a shotgun for hunting grouse, pheasant and waterfowl
- Consider buying a mule deer tag
- Bowhunters can buy an archery elk tag
On The Ground
Moose in this unit live on a mixture of private and public land north and northwest of Soda Springs and west of Blackfoot Reservoir.
Hunters here have a chance to tag bull moose with antlers spreading 34-38” wide, with a bull occasionally exceeding 40”. Plan to hunt during the rut from mid-September through early October
Terrain
This unit includes the Chesterfield and Sawmill ranges, Reservoir Hill, the Soda Springs Hills and the Ninety Percent Range. Parts below the Windy and Sawmill ridges in the Chesterfield Range are steep, but much of the mountainous terrain is moderately steep to fairly flat. Almost all of the ridges and peaks are below 7,000 feet above sea level with a few ridges and peaks barely exceeding that mark. Between the ranges flat to slightly inclined dry farms, irrigated fields, meadows and flats and short foothills can be found. Valleys are mostly in the 5,500 to 6,250-foot range.
Roughly 420 square miles
35.9% public land
Elevations from 6,100-7,300 feet
Vegetation
Low country is made up of flat to slightly inclined range land and farm land. Draws and washes are full of sagebrush and grass with willows and riparian brush along creeks. Meadows are choked with cattails, sedges and bulrushes. Some fields are planted in the Conservation Reserve Program and are covered with crested wheatgrass, while others are planted in dry farm grain. Some foothills are covered by sagebrush and maple brush with scattered juniper woods and patches of aspens. Mountains are open on western and southern exposures and timbered or heavily brushed on north and east exposures. Large aspen woods and conifer forests of firs, pines and spruces grow above 6,500 feet. Serviceberry, chokecherry, bitterbrush and sagebrush are the main browse plants found here, while dense bigtooth maple brush provides excellent cover for deer and elk.
Access
More than half of this unit is private land, some of which blocks access to public sections, but hunters can get within a short hike of most public land on access roads. Some private acreage is leased to outfitters or groups of hunters. Hunters can hike a few miles to reach public areas that get little hunting pressure. The northern sector can be reached by a quarter-mile-wide strip of land that borders state property.
ATVs can be used only on roads that can be used by full-size vehicles
Four-wheel-drive vehicles are recommended
GPS units with land ownership memory cards are recommended
Camping and Lodging
Lodging is available in Soda Springs. Most hunters camp on BLM or state land like areas near Twentyfour Mile Reservoir.
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