Montana · Elk · District 270

Montana elk b licence 270-01

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 300 on 270-01 in 2026 and drew 300 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, no nonresident landowner applicant put it first; no resident landowner applicant put it first; 55 nonresident applicants put it first and 16 drew, 29.09%; 622 resident applicants put it first and 284 drew, 45.66%.

Published in 11 of the drawing years FWP has posted, 2014 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.
Year	Pool	Pool cap	Put it first	Drew on first choice	First-choice success rate	Put it 2nd or 3rd	Drew on 2nd or 3rd
2026	Nonresident	30	55	16	29.09%	75	0
2026	Resident	300	622	284	45.66%	788	0
2026	Nonresident landowner	30	0	0	—	—	—
2026	Resident landowner	45	0	0	—	—	—
2025	Nonresident	30	71	30	42.25%	69	0
2025	Resident	300	596	270	45.30%	758	0
2025	Nonresident landowner	30	0	0	—	—	—
2025	Resident landowner	45	0	0	—	—	—
2024	Nonresident	30	87	27	31.03%	55	0
2024	Resident	300	649	272	41.91%	628	0
2024	Nonresident landowner	30	0	0	—	—	—
2024	Resident landowner	45	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2023	Nonresident	20	68	18	26.47%	47	0
2023	Resident	200	579	182	31.43%	574	0
2023	Nonresident landowner	20	0	0	—	—	—
2023	Resident landowner	30	0	0	—	—	—
2022	Nonresident	20	48	15	31.25%	44	0
2022	Resident	200	463	185	39.96%	453	0
2022	Nonresident landowner	20	0	0	—	—	—
2022	Resident landowner	30	0	0	—	—	—
2021	Nonresident	10	64	7	10.94%	37	0
2021	Resident	100	556	93	16.73%	520	0
2021	Nonresident landowner	10	0	0	—	—	—
2021	Resident landowner	15	0	0	—	—	—
2020	Nonresident	10	48	3	6.25%	27	0
2020	Resident	100	512	97	18.95%	395	0
2020	Nonresident landowner	10	0	0	—	—	—
2020	Resident landowner	15	0	0	—	—	—
2019	Nonresident	10	23	3	13.04%	16	0
2019	Resident	100	386	97	25.13%	241	0
2019	Nonresident landowner	10	0	0	—	—	—
2019	Resident landowner	15	0	0	—	—	—
2018	Nonresident	10	21	6	28.57%	23	0
2018	Resident	100	397	94	23.68%	271	0
2018	Nonresident landowner	10	0	0	—	—	—
2018	Resident landowner	15	0	0	—	—	—
2015	Nonresident	12	0	0	—	0	0
2015	Resident	125	35	35	100.00%	10	10
2015	Nonresident landowner	12	0	0	—	—	—
2015	Resident landowner	19	0	0	—	—	—
2014	Nonresident	10	0	0	—	0	0
2014	Resident	100	43	43	100.00%	5	5
2014	Nonresident landowner	10	0	0	—	—	—
2014	Resident landowner	15	0	0	—	—	—

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.
Year	Pool	Bonus points	Applied	Drew	Drew at this level
2026	Nonresident	0	20	3	15.00%
2026	Nonresident	1	25	4	16.00%
2026	Nonresident	2	5	4	80.00%
2026	Nonresident	3	3	3	100.00%
2026	Nonresident	4	2	2	100.00%
2026	Resident	0	221	42	19.00%
2026	Resident	1	222	93	41.89%
2026	Resident	2	116	92	79.31%
2026	Resident	3	43	38	88.37%
2026	Resident	4	19	18	94.74%
2026	Resident	5	1	1	100.00%
2025	Nonresident	0	18	5	27.78%
2025	Nonresident	1	41	15	36.59%
2025	Nonresident	2	8	6	75.00%
2025	Nonresident	3	3	3	100.00%
2025	Nonresident	4	1	1	100.00%
2025	Resident	0	206	46	22.33%
2025	Resident	1	210	89	42.38%
2025	Resident	2	121	84	69.42%
2025	Resident	3	44	36	81.82%
2025	Resident	4	9	9	100.00%
2025	Resident	5	5	5	100.00%
2025	Resident	6	1	1	100.00%
2024	Nonresident	0	29	3	10.34%
2024	Nonresident	1	46	16	34.78%
2024	Nonresident	2	6	4	66.67%
2024	Nonresident	3	6	4	66.67%
2024	Resident	0	228	40	17.54%
2024	Resident	1	218	82	37.61%
2024	Resident	2	146	97	66.44%
2024	Resident	3	31	27	87.10%
2024	Resident	4	17	17	100.00%
2024	Resident	5	8	8	100.00%
2024	Resident	6	1	1	100.00%
2024	Resident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2023	Nonresident	1	26	8	30.77%
2023	Nonresident	2	11	7	63.64%
2023	Nonresident	3	1	1	100.00%
2023	Nonresident	not stated	30	2	6.67%
2023	Resident	1	228	59	25.88%
2023	Resident	2	89	56	62.92%
2023	Resident	3	38	30	78.95%
2023	Resident	4	10	7	70.00%
2023	Resident	5	4	4	100.00%
2023	Resident	6	1	1	100.00%
2023	Resident	not stated	209	25	11.96%
2022	Nonresident	1	24	12	50.00%
2022	Nonresident	4	1	1	100.00%
2022	Nonresident	not stated	23	2	8.70%
2022	Resident	1	144	46	31.94%
2022	Resident	2	86	51	59.30%
2022	Resident	3	48	38	79.17%
2022	Resident	4	22	22	100.00%
2022	Resident	5	1	1	100.00%
2022	Resident	not stated	162	27	16.67%
2021	Nonresident	0	26	1	3.85%
2021	Nonresident	1	4	1	25.00%
2021	Nonresident	2	2	1	50.00%
2021	Nonresident	3	2	1	50.00%
2021	Nonresident	not stated	30	3	10.00%
2021	Resident	0	149	19	12.75%
2021	Resident	1	102	20	19.61%
2021	Resident	2	50	18	36.00%
2021	Resident	3	10	5	50.00%
2021	Resident	4	6	5	83.33%
2021	Resident	5	1	1	100.00%
2021	Resident	8	1	1	100.00%
2021	Resident	not stated	237	24	10.13%
2020	Nonresident	0	26	2	7.69%
2020	Nonresident	1	3	0	0.00%
2020	Nonresident	2	2	0	0.00%
2020	Nonresident	not stated	17	1	5.88%
2020	Resident	0	207	28	13.53%
2020	Resident	1	69	13	18.84%
2020	Resident	2	30	19	63.33%
2020	Resident	3	11	10	90.91%
2020	Resident	4	4	3	75.00%
2020	Resident	not stated	191	24	12.57%
2019	Nonresident	0	14	2	14.29%
2019	Nonresident	1	1	0	0.00%
2019	Nonresident	not stated	8	1	12.50%
2019	Resident	0	147	26	17.69%
2019	Resident	1	81	32	39.51%
2019	Resident	2	27	14	51.85%
2019	Resident	3	8	5	62.50%
2019	Resident	4	2	2	100.00%
2019	Resident	not stated	121	18	14.88%
2018	Nonresident	0	15	4	26.67%
2018	Nonresident	1	1	0	0.00%
2018	Nonresident	not stated	5	2	40.00%
2018	Resident	0	183	30	16.39%
2018	Resident	1	61	18	29.51%
2018	Resident	2	18	10	55.56%
2018	Resident	3	7	6	85.71%
2018	Resident	4	1	1	100.00%
2018	Resident	5	1	1	100.00%
2018	Resident	not stated	126	28	22.22%
2015	Resident	0	17	17	100.00%
2015	Resident	1	2	2	100.00%
2015	Resident	not stated	16	16	100.00%
2014	Resident	0	21	21	100.00%
2014	Resident	1	3	3	100.00%
2014	Resident	2	2	2	100.00%
2014	Resident	not stated	17	17	100.00%

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

2026 Elk B Drawing Statistics Report.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2026-06-15, fetched 2026-09-03
2025 Elk B Drawing Statistics Report.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2025-06-16, fetched 2026-09-03
2024 Elk B Drawing Statistics Report.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2024-06-18, fetched 2026-09-03
2023 Elk B Drawing Statistics Report.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2023-06-19, fetched 2026-09-03
2022 Elk B Drawing Statistics Report.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2022-06-13, fetched 2026-09-03
2021 elk b stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2021-06-18, fetched 2026-09-03
2020 elk b stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2020-06-11, fetched 2026-09-03
2019 elk b stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2019-07-15, fetched 2026-09-03
2018 elk b stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2018-07-16, fetched 2026-09-03
2015 Elk B stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2015-07-20, fetched 2026-09-03
2014 elk B stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2014-07-21, fetched 2026-09-03
2026 Elk B Detailed Bonus Point Drawing Statistics.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2026-06-16, fetched 2026-09-03
2025 Elk B Detailed Bonus Point Drawing Statistics.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2025-06-16, fetched 2026-09-03
2024 Elk B Detailed Bonus Point Drawing Statistics.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2024-06-18, fetched 2026-09-03
2023 Elk B Detailed Bonus Point Drawing Statistics.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2023-06-21, fetched 2026-09-03
2022 Elk B Bonus Point Drawing Statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2009-05, fetched 2026-09-03
2021 DEA detailed bonus point statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2009-00, fetched 2026-09-03
2020 deer elk antelope detailed bonus point statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2009-00, fetched 2026-09-03
2019 DEA detailed bonus point statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2009-00, fetched 2026-09-03
2018 elk b detailed statistics.xlsx — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2018-03-01, fetched 2026-09-03
2015 dea detailed statistics final.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2015-03-01, fetched 2026-09-03
2014 dea detailed statistics.xlsx — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2014-07-22, fetched 2026-09-03

Other licences in these districts

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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.