Quick Tips
- Coyotes and jackrabbits provide shooting action
- Buy a deer tag
- Bring a shotgun for chukar partridge hunting
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This unit produces a few moose every year in the Little Lost River Valley north of Howe and parts of the Lemhi and Lost River ranges.
This area provides hunters with good success rates and good opportunities for nice representative bulls.
This unit contains most of the Little Lost River Valley and parts of the Lemhi and Lost River Ranges. The valley is flat and is fringed by rolling foothills which give way to steep mountains. The mountains on both sides rise above timberline with main ridges that run for many miles. High points include Diamond Peak, Trail Peak, Big Windy Peak, Sheep Mountain, Iron Creek Point and Bear Mountain. Some cliffs and rugged peaks are in the high country, and some land below timberline is so steep that no trees or brush grow on it. The valley drops from about 6,700 feet in the north to about 5,000 feet in the south.
Lowlands are covered with wild grasses, sagebrush, willows, cottonwoods, alders and birches along creeks and lowland rivers. Some junipers and mahoganies grow on some foothills, low ridges and in some draws. Above them grow conifers like Douglas fir, Engelmann spruce and ponderosa pine with subalpine fir, aspen, blue spruce, white pine and limber pine higher on the mountains. Timberline varies from about 9,000 to 9,500 feet. Above the timberline lichens, mosses, low shrubs and wild grasses on thin soils and in alpine basins can be found.
Hunters enjoy good access to most public land. Large crop fields and some private rangeland are found along lowland river bottoms, especially near Howe and north and south of Clyde. Hunters can hike or drive around all private tracts to reach foothills above. Some of the high country is roadless. The main road is Little Lost River Highway that leads north out of Howe along the Little Lost River. Roads provide access up many canyons. The Forest Service has designated several trails for motorcycles, but hunters can not drive motorcycles in this unit except on roads open to and designed for full-size vehicles.
Lodging is available in Arco about 20 miles from Howe. Camping options include Arco Inn Motel, the D K Motel and the Lost River Motel. Timber Creek Campground is about 40 miles north of Howe.
Roughly 945 square miles
91.6% public land
Elevations from 5,300-11,000 feet
Hunters can drive ATVs only on roads built for full-size vehicles
Four-wheel-drive is recommended