Moose in this unit live in mountainous terrain between the Wyoming border and Palisades Reservoir and between Teton and Swan Valleys. A lot of the land is rugged, remote and roadless.

This is a good place for hunters with horses to look for a big moose. ATV and four-wheel-drive trails are limited, so the areas near them get enough hunting pressure that bulls don’t get as old in the roadless part of the unit.

Rough terrain in the Caribou-Targhee National Forest takes up most of this unit, which borders Wyoming from Alpine to Victor and is on the north and northeast side of Palisades Reservoir and the South Fork of the Snake River to Swan Valley. Some flat farmland and marshy ground can be found in Swan Valley and the south end of Teton Valley. Some of the mountains are rugged and steep.

The mountains are a blend of open, brushy and forested slopes, valleys, canyons and draws. Low shrubs, grasses, forbs and wildflowers grow in open areas. Most of the land above 7,500 feet is covered with exposed rock, talus slopes, cliffs and rugged peaks. Plants in brushy areas vary from bigtooth maple and serviceberry to chokecherry and river birch. Stringers of conifers are common in high country, lower slopes and deep canyons are heavily timbered with conifers like spruces, firs and pines and aspen. Cottonwoods, riparian shrubs and willows grow near the Snake River.

Hunters have good access to public land. The main roads are Highway 31 in the north and Highway 26, which runs along the southern border by the South Fork of the Snake River and along Palisades Reservoir. About 7 miles of ATV roads branch from Lower Rainey Creek Trailhead east of Swan Valley. Some of those roads morph into motorcycle trails, which connect with Highway 31 to the northwest. Also branching from Highway 31 is Mike Spencer Canyon Road, which is open to full-size vehicles and leads to two or three motorcycle trails and an ATV trail that goes inside National Forest boundaries and connects with Highway 33. A lot of this unit is roadless and is only open to hikers or hunters on horseback.

Hunters typically camp at trailheads. The closest campground is at Pine Creek on the south side of Highway 31 about 4 miles west of Victor. It has 10 campsites. In late September, the campground closes and services are shut off, but hunters can use sites for primitive camping. South Elk, Blowout and Alpine campgrounds are along Palisades Reservoir. Lodging can be found in Victor and Driggs.