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Montana · Elk · District 319

Montana elk b licence 319-00

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 500 on 319-00 in 2026 and drew 500 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, 2 nonresident landowner applicants put it first and 2 drew, 100.00%; 4 resident landowner applicants put it first and 4 drew, 100.00%; 147 nonresident applicants put it first and 42 drew, 28.57%; 1,348 resident applicants put it first and 452 drew, 33.53%.

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
2026Nonresident501474228.57%430
2026Resident5001,34845233.53%5390
2026Nonresident landowner5022100.00%——
2026Resident landowner7544100.00%——
2025Nonresident501243830.65%470
2025Resident5001,23045737.15%4220
2025Nonresident landowner5022100.00%——
2025Resident landowner7533100.00%——
2024Nonresident401142421.05%400
2024Resident4001,22437030.23%4720
2024Nonresident landowner4022100.00%——
2024Resident landowner6044100.00%——
2023Nonresident40911920.88%510
2023Resident4001,13437432.98%4020
2023Nonresident landowner4022100.00%——
2023Resident landowner6055100.00%——
2022Nonresident401012322.77%480
2022Resident4001,14937132.29%3060
2022Nonresident landowner4011100.00%——
2022Resident landowner6055100.00%——
2021Nonresident40722534.72%260
2021Resident40090737341.12%3600
2021Nonresident landowner4000———
2021Resident landowner6022100.00%——
2020Nonresident40641929.69%70
2020Resident40082937745.48%2590
2020Nonresident landowner4011100.00%——
2020Resident landowner6033100.00%——
2019Nonresident40512039.22%70
2019Resident40076137649.41%1940
2019Nonresident landowner4011100.00%——
2019Resident landowner6033100.00%——
2018Nonresident40491938.78%220
2018Resident40086337643.57%2460
2018Nonresident landowner4011100.00%——
2018Resident landowner6044100.00%——
2017Nonresident40311651.61%70
2017Resident40073737851.29%3250
2017Nonresident landowner4011100.00%——
2017Resident landowner6055100.00%——
2016Nonresident2533721.21%210
2016Resident25076523630.85%3550
2016Nonresident landowner2511100.00%——
2016Resident landowner3866100.00%——
2015Nonresident25262076.92%50
2015Resident25031822671.07%2840
2015Nonresident landowner2511100.00%——
2015Resident landowner3833100.00%——
2014Nonresident300—00
2014Resident301162824.14%2650
2014Nonresident landowner300———
2014Resident landowner522100.00%——

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
2026Nonresident026519.23%
2026Nonresident1892224.72%
2026Nonresident215426.67%
2026Nonresident312650.00%
2026Nonresident455100.00%
2026Resident02843110.92%
2026Resident154312823.57%
2026Resident232615547.55%
2026Resident31499765.10%
2026Resident4373286.49%
2026Resident555100.00%
2026Resident644100.00%
2026Nonresident landowner011100.00%
2026Nonresident landowner111100.00%
2026Resident landowner033100.00%
2026Resident landowner111100.00%
2025Nonresident038410.53%
2025Nonresident1531528.30%
2025Nonresident2251456.00%
2025Nonresident35240.00%
2025Nonresident422100.00%
2025Nonresident511100.00%
2025Resident02643011.36%
2025Resident143610223.39%
2025Resident232515848.62%
2025Resident314911476.51%
2025Resident4474493.62%
2025Resident566100.00%
2025Resident633100.00%
2025Nonresident landowner011100.00%
2025Nonresident landowner111100.00%
2025Resident landowner022100.00%
2025Resident landowner111100.00%
2024Nonresident034514.71%
2024Nonresident1621016.13%
2024Nonresident212541.67%
2024Nonresident36466.67%
2024Resident03023912.91%
2024Resident14788617.99%
2024Resident229013947.93%
2024Resident31207965.83%
2024Resident4302583.33%
2024Resident53133.33%
2024Resident611100.00%
2024Nonresident landowner022100.00%
2024Resident landowner033100.00%
2024Resident landowner111100.00%
2023Nonresident14149.76%
2023Nonresident216956.25%
2023Nonresident322100.00%
2023Nonresident511100.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated3139.68%
2023Resident14009924.75%
2023Resident225312147.83%
2023Resident31208772.50%
2023Resident4252288.00%
2023Resident53266.67%
2023Resident611100.00%
2023Residentnot stated3324212.65%
2023Nonresident landownernot stated22100.00%
2023Resident landowner111100.00%
2023Resident landownernot stated44100.00%
2022Nonresident1411024.39%
2022Nonresident210440.00%
2022Nonresident35360.00%
2022Nonresident411100.00%
2022Nonresidentnot stated44511.36%
2022Resident145313229.14%
2022Resident226611944.74%
2022Resident3785570.51%
2022Resident4212095.24%
2022Resident511100.00%
2022Residentnot stated3304413.33%
2022Nonresident landownernot stated11100.00%
2022Resident landownernot stated55100.00%
2021Nonresident0361233.33%
2021Nonresident17571.43%
2021Nonresident222100.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated27622.22%
2021Resident035811231.28%
2021Resident119411157.22%
2021Resident2473778.72%
2021Resident399100.00%
2021Resident455100.00%
2021Residentnot stated2949933.67%
2021Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2020Nonresident037924.32%
2020Nonresident14375.00%
2020Nonresident322100.00%
2020Nonresidentnot stated21523.81%
2020Resident034211734.21%
2020Resident11308565.38%
2020Resident2655889.23%
2020Resident355100.00%
2020Resident42150.00%
2020Resident611100.00%
2020Residentnot stated28411038.73%
2020Nonresident landownernot stated11100.00%
2020Resident landownernot stated33100.00%
2019Nonresident0291137.93%
2019Nonresident16583.33%
2019Nonresident23133.33%
2019Nonresidentnot stated13323.08%
2019Resident026411844.70%
2019Resident11629357.41%
2019Resident2464086.96%
2019Resident3201995.00%
2019Resident411100.00%
2019Residentnot stated26810539.18%
2019Nonresident landownernot stated11100.00%
2019Resident landowner011100.00%
2019Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2018Nonresident018950.00%
2018Nonresident17457.14%
2018Nonresidentnot stated24625.00%
2018Resident033512637.61%
2018Resident11296953.49%
2018Resident2725981.94%
2018Resident31010100.00%
2018Resident433100.00%
2018Resident511100.00%
2018Resident711100.00%
2018Residentnot stated31210734.29%
2018Nonresident landownernot stated11100.00%
2018Resident landowner111100.00%
2018Resident landownernot stated33100.00%
2017Nonresident05120.00%
2017Nonresident122100.00%
2017Nonresidentnot stated241354.17%
2017Resident02119745.97%
2017Resident116910562.13%
2017Resident2494489.80%
2017Resident3161593.75%
2017Resident444100.00%
2017Resident511100.00%
2017Resident622100.00%
2017Residentnot stated28511038.60%
2017Nonresident landownernot stated11100.00%
2017Resident landowner011100.00%
2017Resident landownernot stated44100.00%
2016Nonresident01000.00%
2016Nonresident111100.00%
2016Nonresident32150.00%
2016Nonresidentnot stated20525.00%
2016Resident02746724.45%
2016Resident1934245.16%
2016Resident2402152.50%
2016Resident3171376.47%
2016Resident45480.00%
2016Resident511100.00%
2016Resident62150.00%
2016Residentnot stated3338726.13%
2016Nonresident landownernot stated11100.00%
2016Resident landowner022100.00%
2016Resident landownernot stated44100.00%
2015Nonresident010880.00%
2015Nonresidentnot stated161275.00%
2015Resident0824453.66%
2015Resident1544990.74%
2015Resident2323196.88%
2015Resident31212100.00%
2015Resident433100.00%
2015Resident511100.00%
2015Residentnot stated1348664.18%
2015Nonresident landownernot stated11100.00%
2015Resident landownernot stated33100.00%
2014Resident035617.14%
2014Resident120420.00%
2014Resident212650.00%
2014Resident32150.00%
2014Resident42150.00%
2014Residentnot stated451022.22%
2014Resident landownernot stated22100.00%

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.