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Montana · Elk · District 007

Montana elk b licence 007-00

How many people put this elk b licencefirst and how many of them drew it — year by year, separately for each of the four pools Montana draws, and separately at every bonus point level. Every figure comes from a Fish, Wildlife & Parks report linked at the foot of this page.

What the 2026 drawing did

Montana set a quota of 800 on 007-00 in 2026 and drew 800 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, 8 nonresident landowner applicants put it first and 8 drew, 100.00%; 18 resident landowner applicants put it first and 18 drew, 100.00%; 271 nonresident applicants put it first and 72 drew, 26.57%; 1,046 resident applicants put it first and 702 drew, 67.11%.

Published in 11 of the drawing years FWP has posted, 2016 to 2026.

Drawing pool

First-choice success rate, by pool and year

The rate is the first-choice applicants in a pool who drew, divided by the first-choice applicants in that pool. Both are exact integers FWP printed in the same row, and it is the measure the department's own drawing statistics tool publishes: "the percentage of 1st choice applicants that were successful". A dash means nobody in that pool applied, so the draw answered nothing — absent, not nought.
YearPoolPool capPut it firstDrew on first choiceFirst-choice success ratePut it 2nd or 3rdDrew on 2nd or 3rd
2026Nonresident802717226.57%910
2026Resident8001,04670267.11%6120
2026Nonresident landowner8088100.00%——
2026Resident landowner1201818100.00%——
2025Nonresident803127724.68%930
2025Resident80099069770.40%4340
2025Nonresident landowner8033100.00%——
2025Resident landowner1202323100.00%——
2024Nonresident802977725.93%920
2024Resident80096470673.24%4080
2024Nonresident landowner8022100.00%——
2024Resident landowner1201515100.00%——
2023Nonresident802987725.84%760
2023Resident80082470986.04%3840
2023Nonresident landowner8011100.00%——
2023Resident landowner1201313100.00%——
2022Nonresident802467932.11%830
2022Resident80076571293.07%4390
2022Nonresident landowner8011100.00%——
2022Resident landowner12088100.00%——
2021Nonresident802587830.23%850
2021Resident800567567100.00%389148
2021Nonresident landowner8022100.00%——
2021Resident landowner12055100.00%——
2020Nonresident802138037.56%350
2020Resident800452452100.00%358263
2020Nonresident landowner8000———
2020Resident landowner12055100.00%——
2019Nonresident80141141100.00%4442
2019Resident800303303100.00%250250
2019Nonresident landowner8011100.00%——
2019Resident landowner12044100.00%——
2018Nonresident8012212199.18%2221
2018Resident800282282100.00%258258
2018Nonresident landowner8011100.00%——
2018Resident landowner12088100.00%——
2017Nonresident50805062.50%350
2017Resident500219219100.00%282226
2017Nonresident landowner5000———
2017Resident landowner7555100.00%——
2016Nonresident504949100.00%3127
2016Resident500132132100.00%275275
2016Nonresident landowner5000———
2016Resident landowner7555100.00%——

Pool cap is FWP's own QTA column, and it is a ceiling rather than an allocation. The resident regular cap equals the overall quota; the nonresident caps are ten per cent of it and cover landowner and regular nonresidents together; the resident landowner cap is fifteen per cent. The department states plainly that the ceiling is not a floor: "although the nonresident quotas are set at 10%, that entire quota may not be drawn by nonresidents", and that if every resident applicant draws, nonresidents may go over ten per cent.

Landowner rows are a different drawing, not a subset of the one below them.Landowner preference is the first stage, worth up to fifteen per cent of the quota to resident landowners, and its applicants are counted apart from the regular pool throughout. FWP publishes the landowner pools at first choice only, which is why their second and third columns are dashes rather than noughts.

Draw rate at each bonus point level

One row per bonus point level per pool per year, exactly as FWP's Detailed Bonus Point report publishes it. The rate is that level's successes divided by its applications — both exact integers in the same printed row.
YearPoolBonus pointsAppliedDrewDrew at this level
2026Nonresident05359.43%
2026Nonresident11001919.00%
2026Nonresident2762634.21%
2026Nonresident3261246.15%
2026Nonresident410550.00%
2026Nonresident56583.33%
2026Resident030813543.83%
2026Resident154938770.49%
2026Resident215114394.70%
2026Resident3272696.30%
2026Resident477100.00%
2026Resident533100.00%
2026Resident611100.00%
2026Nonresident landowner022100.00%
2026Nonresident landowner155100.00%
2026Nonresident landowner211100.00%
2026Resident landowner077100.00%
2026Resident landowner199100.00%
2026Resident landowner222100.00%
2025Nonresident05359.43%
2025Nonresident11211814.88%
2025Nonresident2892426.97%
2025Nonresident3321650.00%
2025Nonresident410770.00%
2025Nonresident544100.00%
2025Nonresident633100.00%
2025Resident031615850.00%
2025Resident151138274.76%
2025Resident213312795.49%
2025Resident31919100.00%
2025Resident499100.00%
2025Resident522100.00%
2025Nonresident landowner011100.00%
2025Nonresident landowner122100.00%
2025Resident landowner066100.00%
2025Resident landowner11515100.00%
2025Resident landowner211100.00%
2025Resident landowner311100.00%
2024Nonresident06557.69%
2024Nonresident11331914.29%
2024Nonresident2632641.27%
2024Nonresident3272074.07%
2024Nonresident48675.00%
2024Nonresident611100.00%
2024Resident034018755.00%
2024Resident149939879.76%
2024Resident2898595.51%
2024Resident32323100.00%
2024Resident499100.00%
2024Resident533100.00%
2024Resident611100.00%
2024Nonresident landowner011100.00%
2024Nonresident landowner111100.00%
2024Resident landowner055100.00%
2024Resident landowner199100.00%
2024Resident landowner211100.00%
2023Nonresident11322317.42%
2023Nonresident2532750.94%
2023Nonresident3301860.00%
2023Nonresident422100.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated8178.64%
2023Resident139536692.66%
2023Resident28181100.00%
2023Resident31313100.00%
2023Resident433100.00%
2023Resident555100.00%
2023Residentnot stated32724173.70%
2023Nonresident landowner111100.00%
2023Resident landowner177100.00%
2023Resident landowner311100.00%
2023Resident landownernot stated55100.00%
2022Nonresident1842327.38%
2022Nonresident2542648.15%
2022Nonresident3151493.33%
2022Nonresidentnot stated931617.20%
2022Resident132932398.18%
2022Resident27575100.00%
2022Resident31515100.00%
2022Resident466100.00%
2022Resident522100.00%
2022Resident611100.00%
2022Residentnot stated33729086.05%
2022Nonresident landowner311100.00%
2022Resident landowner111100.00%
2022Resident landownernot stated77100.00%
2021Nonresident01393323.74%
2021Nonresident123834.78%
2021Nonresident244100.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated923335.87%
2021Resident0223223100.00%
2021Resident15959100.00%
2021Resident21414100.00%
2021Resident322100.00%
2021Resident411100.00%
2021Residentnot stated268268100.00%
2021Nonresident landowner011100.00%
2021Nonresident landowner211100.00%
2021Resident landownernot stated55100.00%
2020Nonresident0852832.94%
2020Nonresident117847.06%
2020Nonresident211100.00%
2020Nonresident311100.00%
2020Nonresidentnot stated1094238.53%
2020Resident0179179100.00%
2020Resident15757100.00%
2020Resident299100.00%
2020Resident355100.00%
2020Resident411100.00%
2020Residentnot stated201201100.00%
2020Resident landowner011100.00%
2020Resident landownernot stated44100.00%
2019Nonresident06060100.00%
2019Nonresident133100.00%
2019Nonresident211100.00%
2019Nonresidentnot stated7777100.00%
2019Resident0109109100.00%
2019Resident13939100.00%
2019Resident244100.00%
2019Resident333100.00%
2019Residentnot stated148148100.00%
2019Nonresident landownernot stated11100.00%
2019Resident landownernot stated44100.00%
2018Nonresident0484797.92%
2018Nonresident11616100.00%
2018Nonresident244100.00%
2018Nonresidentnot stated5454100.00%
2018Resident0109109100.00%
2018Resident13737100.00%
2018Resident244100.00%
2018Resident311100.00%
2018Residentnot stated131131100.00%
2018Nonresident landownernot stated11100.00%
2018Resident landowner044100.00%
2018Resident landownernot stated44100.00%
2017Nonresident0291655.17%
2017Nonresident16583.33%
2017Nonresident244100.00%
2017Nonresidentnot stated412560.98%
2017Resident07575100.00%
2017Resident12424100.00%
2017Resident266100.00%
2017Resident311100.00%
2017Residentnot stated113113100.00%
2017Resident landowner011100.00%
2017Resident landownernot stated44100.00%
2016Nonresident01313100.00%
2016Nonresident155100.00%
2016Nonresidentnot stated3131100.00%
2016Resident05353100.00%
2016Resident11313100.00%
2016Resident255100.00%
2016Resident411100.00%
2016Residentnot stated6060100.00%
2016Resident landowner022100.00%
2016Resident landownernot stated33100.00%

No bonus point level guarantees a licence in Montana, and this page does not publish one. FWP squares your bonus points and adds them to your current application as extra chances — three points give ten chances, ten points give a hundred and one — so the drawing is a weighted lottery and not a queue. More points is better odds every time, and a place in line never.

Not stated is FWP's own blank cell, and it is not the same as nought. The department's reports frequently carry both a nought-point row and a blank one for the same pool in the same year, with different application counts, and both are inside the district total it prints. FWP does not say what separates them, so they are shown apart rather than added together into a "no points" figure it never published.

Sources for this licence

Other licences in these districts

Bonus points are one of Montana's two point systems and the only one that applies here. The other, preference points, exists on nonresident combination licences alone and works in the opposite way. See how these numbers are produced and checked, or the Montana application deadlines.