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Montana · Elk · District 282

Montana elk b licence 282-00

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 25 on 282-00 in 2026 and drew 25 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, no nonresident landowner applicant put it first; 1 resident landowner applicant put it first and 1 drew, 100.00%; 10 nonresident applicants put it first and none of them drew; 794 resident applicants put it first and 24 drew, 3.02%.

Published in 13 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.
YearPoolPool capPut it firstDrew on first choiceFirst-choice success ratePut it 2nd or 3rdDrew on 2nd or 3rd
2026Nonresident21000.00%50
2026Resident25794243.02%2020
2026Nonresident landowner200———
2026Resident landowner411100.00%——
2025Nonresident2600.00%30
2025Resident25615243.90%1770
2025Nonresident landowner200———
2025Resident landowner411100.00%——
2024Nonresident2500.00%60
2024Resident25648253.86%1720
2024Nonresident landowner200———
2024Resident landowner400———
2023Nonresident25120.00%40
2023Resident25644243.73%1610
2023Nonresident landowner200———
2023Resident landowner400———
2022Nonresident2900.00%30
2022Resident25705253.55%1360
2022Nonresident landowner200———
2022Resident landowner400———
2021Nonresident21200.00%90
2021Resident25995242.41%1550
2021Nonresident landowner200———
2021Resident landowner411100.00%——
2020Nonresident2800.00%10
2020Resident25851252.94%930
2020Nonresident landowner200———
2020Resident landowner400———
2019Nonresident2900.00%00
2019Resident25801243.00%760
2019Nonresident landowner200———
2019Resident landowner411100.00%——
2018Nonresident5500.00%40
2018Resident50912495.37%1040
2018Nonresident landowner500———
2018Resident landowner811100.00%——
2017Nonresident2700.00%00
2017Resident25691243.47%1070
2017Nonresident landowner200———
2017Resident landowner411100.00%——
2016Nonresident25120.00%30
2016Resident25552234.17%1230
2016Nonresident landowner200———
2016Resident landowner411100.00%——
2015Nonresident2200.00%10
2015Resident25551244.36%1390
2015Nonresident landowner200———
2015Resident landowner411100.00%——
2014Nonresident2400.00%60
2014Resident25551244.36%1410
2014Nonresident landowner200———
2014Resident landowner411100.00%——

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
2026Nonresident0500.00%
2026Nonresident1200.00%
2026Nonresident2100.00%
2026Nonresident4100.00%
2026Nonresident11100.00%
2026Resident08700.00%
2026Resident116610.60%
2026Resident213210.76%
2026Resident310210.98%
2026Resident49222.17%
2026Resident55835.17%
2026Resident64112.44%
2026Resident73126.45%
2026Resident829413.79%
2026Resident916212.50%
2026Resident101516.67%
2026Resident1110220.00%
2026Resident127114.29%
2026Resident135120.00%
2026Resident143266.67%
2026Resident landowner011100.00%
2025Nonresident0100.00%
2025Nonresident1200.00%
2025Nonresident3100.00%
2025Nonresident6100.00%
2025Nonresident10100.00%
2025Resident07711.30%
2025Resident112143.31%
2025Resident210100.00%
2025Resident37800.00%
2025Resident45223.85%
2025Resident54836.25%
2025Resident63126.45%
2025Resident73412.94%
2025Resident823521.74%
2025Resident91815.56%
2025Resident10900.00%
2025Resident111000.00%
2025Resident125120.00%
2025Resident135120.00%
2025Resident1411100.00%
2025Resident1622100.00%
2025Resident landowner211100.00%
2024Nonresident0100.00%
2024Nonresident1200.00%
2024Nonresident2100.00%
2024Nonresident9100.00%
2024Resident010900.00%
2024Resident111821.69%
2024Resident210400.00%
2024Resident37111.41%
2024Resident47456.76%
2024Resident54137.32%
2024Resident64149.76%
2024Resident730310.00%
2024Resident822313.64%
2024Resident91218.33%
2024Resident1012216.67%
2024Resident116116.67%
2024Resident12400.00%
2024Resident13200.00%
2024Resident15200.00%
2023Nonresident12150.00%
2023Nonresident8100.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated200.00%
2023Resident111700.00%
2023Resident28611.16%
2023Resident38844.55%
2023Resident44912.04%
2023Resident55647.14%
2023Resident64124.88%
2023Resident73438.82%
2023Resident816212.50%
2023Resident91516.67%
2023Resident1014321.43%
2023Resident116233.33%
2023Resident12400.00%
2023Resident143133.33%
2023Residentnot stated11500.00%
2022Nonresident1100.00%
2022Nonresident2200.00%
2022Nonresident7100.00%
2022Nonresidentnot stated500.00%
2022Resident113300.00%
2022Resident29133.30%
2022Resident311610.86%
2022Resident47822.56%
2022Resident56058.33%
2022Resident64648.70%
2022Resident724312.50%
2022Resident819210.53%
2022Resident921419.05%
2022Resident10700.00%
2022Resident11400.00%
2022Resident122150.00%
2022Residentnot stated10400.00%
2021Nonresident0400.00%
2021Nonresident1300.00%
2021Nonresident4100.00%
2021Nonresident5100.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated300.00%
2021Resident023600.00%
2021Resident117200.00%
2021Resident212332.44%
2021Resident39511.05%
2021Resident47211.39%
2021Resident543511.63%
2021Resident632618.75%
2021Resident73213.13%
2021Resident816318.75%
2021Resident98225.00%
2021Resident107114.29%
2021Resident1111100.00%
2021Residentnot stated15800.00%
2021Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2020Nonresident0200.00%
2020Nonresident1100.00%
2020Nonresident3100.00%
2020Nonresident4100.00%
2020Nonresidentnot stated300.00%
2020Resident020021.00%
2020Resident114810.68%
2020Resident212210.82%
2020Resident38733.45%
2020Resident44712.13%
2020Resident53837.89%
2020Resident638513.16%
2020Resident71715.88%
2020Resident812433.33%
2020Resident99333.33%
2020Resident102150.00%
2020Residentnot stated13100.00%
2019Nonresident0600.00%
2019Nonresident2100.00%
2019Nonresident3100.00%
2019Nonresidentnot stated100.00%
2019Resident020131.49%
2019Resident115300.00%
2019Resident211332.65%
2019Resident36546.15%
2019Resident45024.00%
2019Resident545511.11%
2019Resident61700.00%
2019Resident71119.09%
2019Resident816531.25%
2019Resident94125.00%
2019Residentnot stated12600.00%
2019Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2018Nonresident0100.00%
2018Nonresident1100.00%
2018Nonresident2100.00%
2018Nonresidentnot stated200.00%
2018Resident024220.83%
2018Resident116710.60%
2018Resident210165.94%
2018Resident365812.31%
2018Resident46369.52%
2018Resident522313.64%
2018Resident622731.82%
2018Resident725832.00%
2018Resident811654.55%
2018Residentnot stated19421.03%
2018Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2017Nonresident0200.00%
2017Nonresident1500.00%
2017Resident017800.00%
2017Resident111686.90%
2017Resident29677.29%
2017Resident36934.35%
2017Resident42813.57%
2017Resident52300.00%
2017Resident626311.54%
2017Resident716212.50%
2017Residentnot stated13900.00%
2017Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2016Nonresident0100.00%
2016Nonresident211100.00%
2016Nonresident4100.00%
2016Nonresidentnot stated200.00%
2016Resident012900.00%
2016Resident19566.32%
2016Resident27556.67%
2016Resident33725.41%
2016Resident42827.14%
2016Resident52926.90%
2016Resident620210.00%
2016Residentnot stated13942.88%
2016Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2015Nonresident0100.00%
2015Nonresident1100.00%
2015Resident014210.70%
2015Resident111310.88%
2015Resident25259.62%
2015Resident34149.76%
2015Resident438410.53%
2015Resident536616.67%
2015Residentnot stated12932.33%
2015Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2014Nonresident0300.00%
2014Nonresident3100.00%
2014Resident014410.69%
2014Resident18844.55%
2014Resident25547.27%
2014Resident35459.26%
2014Resident4581017.24%
2014Residentnot stated15200.00%
2014Resident landownernot stated11100.00%

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.