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Montana · Elk · District 380

Montana elk b licence 380-01

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 2025 drawing did

Montana set a quota of 125 on 380-01 in 2025 and drew 125 — 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%; 30 nonresident applicants put it first and 5 drew, 16.67%; 648 resident applicants put it first and 119 drew, 18.36%.

This licence code stops appearing after 2025. FWP's 2026 reports do not carry it, and this site does not map a retired code onto a current one — the department renumbered its licence-type suffixes and has published nothing saying which old code became which new one. What is below is the record of the 12 years it was drawn.

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
2025Nonresident1230516.67%230
2025Resident12564811918.36%7670
2025Nonresident landowner1200———
2025Resident landowner1911100.00%——
2024Nonresident1228310.71%200
2024Resident12574911715.62%7790
2024Nonresident landowner1200———
2024Resident landowner1955100.00%——
2023Nonresident1727414.81%350
2023Resident17570716723.62%7050
2023Nonresident landowner1700———
2023Resident landowner2644100.00%——
2022Nonresident35381128.95%320
2022Resident35069133548.48%6110
2022Nonresident landowner3500———
2022Resident landowner5344100.00%——
2021Nonresident35251040.00%350
2021Resident35083633940.55%7190
2021Nonresident landowner3500———
2021Resident landowner5311100.00%——
2020Nonresident3519947.37%370
2020Resident35073033746.16%6250
2020Nonresident landowner3500———
2020Resident landowner5344100.00%——
2019Nonresident2518950.00%310
2019Resident25051923946.05%4630
2019Nonresident landowner2500———
2019Resident landowner3822100.00%——
2018Nonresident1517423.53%360
2018Resident15064214422.43%5490
2018Nonresident landowner1500———
2018Resident landowner2322100.00%——
2017Nonresident3516425.00%200
2017Resident35083134141.03%5040
2017Nonresident landowner3500———
2017Resident landowner5355100.00%——
2016Nonresident35161275.00%190
2016Resident35067133549.93%5310
2016Nonresident landowner3500———
2016Resident landowner5333100.00%——
2015Nonresident259444.44%110
2015Resident25047424351.27%5550
2015Nonresident landowner2500———
2015Resident landowner3833100.00%——
2014Nonresident158450.00%130
2014Resident15046014130.65%5710
2014Nonresident landowner1500———
2014Resident landowner2355100.00%——

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
2025Nonresident0800.00%
2025Nonresident115213.33%
2025Nonresident2300.00%
2025Nonresident311100.00%
2025Nonresident42150.00%
2025Nonresident511100.00%
2025Resident014385.59%
2025Resident1159116.92%
2025Resident21693118.34%
2025Resident31133127.43%
2025Resident4442556.82%
2025Resident513861.54%
2025Resident644100.00%
2025Resident72150.00%
2025Resident9100.00%
2025Resident landowner011100.00%
2024Nonresident0500.00%
2024Nonresident11100.00%
2024Nonresident29333.33%
2024Nonresident3200.00%
2024Nonresident4100.00%
2024Resident017074.12%
2024Resident1244135.33%
2024Resident22063818.45%
2024Resident3863136.05%
2024Resident4271659.26%
2024Resident510660.00%
2024Resident611100.00%
2024Resident733100.00%
2024Resident822100.00%
2024Resident landowner033100.00%
2024Resident landowner122100.00%
2023Nonresident11317.69%
2023Nonresident26233.33%
2023Nonresident3100.00%
2023Nonresident411100.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated600.00%
2023Resident12936221.16%
2023Resident21163530.17%
2023Resident3653046.15%
2023Resident4322165.63%
2023Resident522100.00%
2023Resident63266.67%
2023Resident1011100.00%
2023Residentnot stated195147.18%
2023Resident landowner122100.00%
2023Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2022Nonresident115426.67%
2022Nonresident26350.00%
2022Nonresident333100.00%
2022Nonresident411100.00%
2022Nonresidentnot stated1300.00%
2022Resident125310541.50%
2022Resident21409567.86%
2022Resident3776787.01%
2022Resident4212095.24%
2022Resident533100.00%
2022Resident611100.00%
2022Resident711100.00%
2022Residentnot stated1954322.05%
2022Resident landowner311100.00%
2022Resident landownernot stated33100.00%
2021Nonresident012325.00%
2021Nonresident16350.00%
2021Nonresident222100.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated5240.00%
2021Resident03069230.07%
2021Resident11659758.79%
2021Resident2574578.95%
2021Resident3211990.48%
2021Resident444100.00%
2021Residentnot stated2838228.98%
2021Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2020Nonresident07114.29%
2020Nonresident122100.00%
2020Nonresident222100.00%
2020Nonresidentnot stated8450.00%
2020Resident02749835.77%
2020Resident11539260.13%
2020Resident2796784.81%
2020Resident3222195.45%
2020Resident422100.00%
2020Resident511100.00%
2020Residentnot stated1995628.14%
2020Resident landownernot stated44100.00%
2019Nonresident06116.67%
2019Nonresident111100.00%
2019Nonresident211100.00%
2019Nonresidentnot stated10660.00%
2019Resident01524831.58%
2019Resident11387554.35%
2019Resident2656092.31%
2019Resident31515100.00%
2019Resident444100.00%
2019Resident522100.00%
2019Residentnot stated1433524.48%
2019Resident landowner011100.00%
2019Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2018Nonresident04125.00%
2018Nonresident12150.00%
2018Nonresident211100.00%
2018Nonresident3100.00%
2018Nonresidentnot stated9111.11%
2018Resident02824716.67%
2018Resident11273325.98%
2018Resident2452453.33%
2018Resident3201470.00%
2018Resident43266.67%
2018Resident544100.00%
2018Resident6100.00%
2018Residentnot stated1602012.50%
2018Resident landowner011100.00%
2018Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2017Nonresident0600.00%
2017Nonresident1100.00%
2017Nonresident211100.00%
2017Nonresidentnot stated8337.50%
2017Resident033311434.23%
2017Resident11557950.97%
2017Resident2593966.10%
2017Resident3332781.82%
2017Resident466100.00%
2017Resident53266.67%
2017Residentnot stated2427430.58%
2017Resident landowner022100.00%
2017Resident landownernot stated33100.00%
2016Nonresident04250.00%
2016Nonresident13266.67%
2016Nonresident222100.00%
2016Nonresident311100.00%
2016Nonresidentnot stated6583.33%
2016Resident026410539.77%
2016Resident11277559.06%
2016Resident2584475.86%
2016Resident3312580.65%
2016Resident4131184.62%
2016Resident522100.00%
2016Resident644100.00%
2016Residentnot stated1726940.12%
2016Resident landowner022100.00%
2016Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2015Nonresident04125.00%
2015Nonresidentnot stated5360.00%
2015Resident01626741.36%
2015Resident11037168.93%
2015Resident2443170.45%
2015Resident3231982.61%
2015Resident433100.00%
2015Residentnot stated1395237.41%
2015Resident landowner011100.00%
2015Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2014Nonresident03133.33%
2014Nonresidentnot stated5360.00%
2014Resident01633420.86%
2014Resident1923841.30%
2014Resident2452453.33%
2014Resident3191473.68%
2014Resident46583.33%
2014Residentnot stated1352619.26%
2014Resident landowner111100.00%
2014Resident landownernot stated44100.00%

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. This hunt shows it in 2025: in the nonresident pool every applicant at 3 points drew, and 1 of 2 at 4 did notin the resident pool every applicant at 6 points drew, and 1 of 2 at 7, 1 of 1 at 9 did not.

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.