The Fleecer unit consists of portions of Silver Bow and Deer Lodge Counties southwest of Butte. Beaverhead Deerlodge National Forest, Mount Haggin, and Fleecer Mountain Wildlife Management Area plus sections of BLM lands offer thousands of acres of public land access. Big Hole River creates the southern Boundary along Montana Route 43. Residents must apply for an antlered bull limited license.

Mount Haggin near American, First Chance, and Moose Creeks might be a good area to begin your hunt in late September between 7,500 and 8,000 feet. Consider heading towards Fleecer Ridge and Fleecer Peak during mid-October through November looking for bulls near Jerry, Crazy Swede and Parker Creeks. If the snow depth is high spend time glassing on BLM lands along the lower sections of Jerry Creek.

Continental Divide helps to define the northern boundary with Burnt Mountain sitting above 8,000 feet. Mount Fleecer is the highest peak in the area raising some 9,400 feet. Fleecer Ridge runs north west of Mount Fleecer connecting with the Continental Divide near Burnt Mountain. A number of other timbered peaks have elevations between 8,000 and 9,000 feet. Drainages and gulches carry rain and snowmelt south of the divide emptying into the Big Hole River.

Foothills have stands of pinyon/juniper, ponderosa and open short grass south facing slopes. Mountain slopes are forested with spruce, fir, aspen, whitebark pine, and subalpine larch. Alpine basins are a covered with a wide variety of wildflowers, mosses and lichens. Open rangelands have short grasses of buffalo and blue grama, sagebrush, bitterbrush and rabbitbrush. Hay meadows along with cottonwoods and willows line the Big Hole River.

A good road system is provided by Beaverhead Deerlodge National Forest. Specific restrictions apply for travel on Wildlife Management Areas. Old logging trails offer the adventurous hiker good access into new growth on clear cuts. Forest service roads and trails can become muddy, rutted and impassable during periods of heavy rain or snow. Be prepared with chains or winch on four wheel drive vehicles.

Beaverhead Deerlodge National Forests, BLM, and Wildlife Management Areas have camping opportunities. Forest-wide stay limit: Camping in an area, campsite, or developed campground is limited to 16 accumulated days within any 30 day period. Wise River has limited lodging and restaurants. Communities of Anaconda and Butte offer a variety of lodging, café and restaurants, medical facilities and gas and diesel.