Montana · Elk · District 399

Montana elk b licence 399-00

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 399-00 in 2026 and drew 500 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, no nonresident landowner applicant put it first; 2 resident landowner applicants put it first and 2 drew, 100.00%; 296 nonresident applicants put it first and 47 drew, 15.88%; 2,028 resident applicants put it first and 451 drew, 22.24%.

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.
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	50	296	47	15.88%	36	0
2026	Resident	500	2,028	451	22.24%	424	0
2026	Nonresident landowner	50	0	0	—	—	—
2026	Resident landowner	75	2	2	100.00%	—	—
2025	Nonresident	50	349	49	14.04%	30	0
2025	Resident	500	2,080	448	21.54%	450	0
2025	Nonresident landowner	50	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2025	Resident landowner	75	2	2	100.00%	—	—
2024	Nonresident	50	373	47	12.60%	39	0
2024	Resident	500	2,117	450	21.26%	445	0
2024	Nonresident landowner	50	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2024	Resident landowner	75	2	2	100.00%	—	—
2023	Nonresident	50	495	46	9.29%	52	0
2023	Resident	500	2,378	446	18.76%	401	0
2023	Nonresident landowner	50	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2023	Resident landowner	75	7	7	100.00%	—	—
2022	Nonresident	50	468	48	10.26%	36	0
2022	Resident	500	2,105	443	21.05%	435	0
2022	Nonresident landowner	50	2	2	100.00%	—	—
2022	Resident landowner	75	7	7	100.00%	—	—
2021	Nonresident	100	546	98	17.95%	54	0
2021	Resident	1,000	3,181	890	27.98%	398	0
2021	Nonresident landowner	100	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2021	Resident landowner	150	11	11	100.00%	—	—
2020	Nonresident	75	329	69	20.97%	29	0
2020	Resident	750	2,864	671	23.43%	361	0
2020	Nonresident landowner	75	0	0	—	—	—
2020	Resident landowner	113	10	10	100.00%	—	—
2019	Nonresident	75	336	74	22.02%	25	0
2019	Resident	750	2,519	663	26.32%	328	0
2019	Nonresident landowner	75	0	0	—	—	—
2019	Resident landowner	113	13	13	100.00%	—	—
2018	Nonresident	75	391	71	18.16%	26	0
2018	Resident	750	2,907	655	22.53%	409	0
2018	Nonresident landowner	75	0	0	—	—	—
2018	Resident landowner	113	24	24	100.00%	—	—
2017	Nonresident	50	151	37	24.50%	27	0
2017	Resident	500	1,633	451	27.62%	359	0
2017	Nonresident landowner	50	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2017	Resident landowner	75	11	11	100.00%	—	—
2016	Nonresident	50	170	40	23.53%	23	0
2016	Resident	500	1,832	448	24.45%	539	0
2016	Nonresident landowner	50	0	0	—	—	—
2016	Resident landowner	75	12	12	100.00%	—	—

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.
Year	Pool	Bonus points	Applied	Drew	Drew at this level
2026	Nonresident	0	74	4	5.41%
2026	Nonresident	1	98	8	8.16%
2026	Nonresident	2	59	11	18.64%
2026	Nonresident	3	35	12	34.29%
2026	Nonresident	4	20	8	40.00%
2026	Nonresident	5	6	2	33.33%
2026	Nonresident	6	3	1	33.33%
2026	Nonresident	7	1	1	100.00%
2026	Resident	0	297	12	4.04%
2026	Resident	1	636	68	10.69%
2026	Resident	2	475	95	20.00%
2026	Resident	3	347	127	36.60%
2026	Resident	4	176	91	51.70%
2026	Resident	5	71	41	57.75%
2026	Resident	6	22	16	72.73%
2026	Resident	7	3	1	33.33%
2026	Resident	8	1	0	0.00%
2026	Resident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2026	Resident landowner	2	1	1	100.00%
2025	Nonresident	0	95	1	1.05%
2025	Nonresident	1	102	8	7.84%
2025	Nonresident	2	67	13	19.40%
2025	Nonresident	3	46	7	15.22%
2025	Nonresident	4	23	10	43.48%
2025	Nonresident	5	10	6	60.00%
2025	Nonresident	6	3	2	66.67%
2025	Nonresident	7	1	1	100.00%
2025	Nonresident	8	2	1	50.00%
2025	Resident	0	354	15	4.24%
2025	Resident	1	664	79	11.90%
2025	Resident	2	532	119	22.37%
2025	Resident	3	309	113	36.57%
2025	Resident	4	161	83	51.55%
2025	Resident	5	50	34	68.00%
2025	Resident	6	4	0	0.00%
2025	Resident	7	5	4	80.00%
2025	Resident	10	1	1	100.00%
2025	Nonresident landowner	0	1	1	100.00%
2025	Resident landowner	1	2	2	100.00%
2024	Nonresident	0	98	3	3.06%
2024	Nonresident	1	138	11	7.97%
2024	Nonresident	2	73	6	8.22%
2024	Nonresident	3	37	10	27.03%
2024	Nonresident	4	19	11	57.89%
2024	Nonresident	5	8	6	75.00%
2024	Resident	0	420	21	5.00%
2024	Resident	1	717	75	10.46%
2024	Resident	2	513	116	22.61%
2024	Resident	3	292	128	43.84%
2024	Resident	4	128	69	53.91%
2024	Resident	5	35	31	88.57%
2024	Resident	6	9	7	77.78%
2024	Resident	7	1	1	100.00%
2024	Resident	8	2	2	100.00%
2024	Nonresident landowner	0	1	1	100.00%
2024	Resident landowner	2	2	2	100.00%
2023	Nonresident	1	190	13	6.84%
2023	Nonresident	2	93	11	11.83%
2023	Nonresident	3	41	12	29.27%
2023	Nonresident	4	15	2	13.33%
2023	Nonresident	5	4	3	75.00%
2023	Nonresident	6	1	1	100.00%
2023	Nonresident	7	1	1	100.00%
2023	Nonresident	not stated	150	3	2.00%
2023	Resident	1	855	100	11.70%
2023	Resident	2	498	104	20.88%
2023	Resident	3	269	110	40.89%
2023	Resident	4	132	80	60.61%
2023	Resident	5	34	18	52.94%
2023	Resident	6	6	6	100.00%
2023	Resident	7	1	1	100.00%
2023	Resident	8	1	1	100.00%
2023	Resident	not stated	582	26	4.47%
2023	Nonresident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2023	Resident landowner	1	4	4	100.00%
2023	Resident landowner	not stated	3	3	100.00%
2022	Nonresident	1	223	16	7.17%
2022	Nonresident	2	70	10	14.29%
2022	Nonresident	3	25	8	32.00%
2022	Nonresident	4	9	6	66.67%
2022	Nonresident	5	3	1	33.33%
2022	Nonresident	6	1	1	100.00%
2022	Nonresident	7	1	1	100.00%
2022	Nonresident	not stated	136	5	3.68%
2022	Resident	1	692	96	13.87%
2022	Resident	2	512	137	26.76%
2022	Resident	3	250	100	40.00%
2022	Resident	4	100	57	57.00%
2022	Resident	5	20	15	75.00%
2022	Resident	6	4	2	50.00%
2022	Resident	7	1	1	100.00%
2022	Resident	13	1	1	100.00%
2022	Resident	not stated	525	34	6.48%
2022	Nonresident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2022	Nonresident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2022	Resident landowner	1	2	2	100.00%
2022	Resident landowner	2	1	1	100.00%
2022	Resident landowner	not stated	4	4	100.00%
2021	Nonresident	0	268	38	14.18%
2021	Nonresident	1	74	24	32.43%
2021	Nonresident	2	30	14	46.67%
2021	Nonresident	3	8	7	87.50%
2021	Nonresident	4	4	3	75.00%
2021	Nonresident	not stated	162	12	7.41%
2021	Resident	0	1,050	175	16.67%
2021	Resident	1	634	194	30.60%
2021	Resident	2	363	213	58.68%
2021	Resident	3	143	119	83.22%
2021	Resident	4	24	22	91.67%
2021	Resident	5	6	4	66.67%
2021	Resident	6	2	1	50.00%
2021	Resident	not stated	959	162	16.89%
2021	Nonresident landowner	0	1	1	100.00%
2021	Resident landowner	0	1	1	100.00%
2021	Resident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2021	Resident landowner	2	1	1	100.00%
2021	Resident landowner	not stated	8	8	100.00%
2020	Nonresident	0	151	21	13.91%
2020	Nonresident	1	42	11	26.19%
2020	Nonresident	2	17	9	52.94%
2020	Nonresident	3	7	6	85.71%
2020	Nonresident	4	2	2	100.00%
2020	Nonresident	not stated	110	20	18.18%
2020	Resident	0	1,031	136	13.19%
2020	Resident	1	579	149	25.73%
2020	Resident	2	321	154	47.98%
2020	Resident	3	107	82	76.64%
2020	Resident	4	20	17	85.00%
2020	Resident	5	4	3	75.00%
2020	Resident	not stated	802	130	16.21%
2020	Resident landowner	0	2	2	100.00%
2020	Resident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2020	Resident landowner	not stated	7	7	100.00%
2019	Nonresident	0	141	28	19.86%
2019	Nonresident	1	38	9	23.68%
2019	Nonresident	2	19	11	57.89%
2019	Nonresident	3	2	1	50.00%
2019	Nonresident	4	1	1	100.00%
2019	Nonresident	not stated	135	24	17.78%
2019	Resident	0	835	130	15.57%
2019	Resident	1	557	163	29.26%
2019	Resident	2	280	148	52.86%
2019	Resident	3	99	83	83.84%
2019	Resident	4	19	13	68.42%
2019	Resident	5	2	2	100.00%
2019	Resident	6	1	0	0.00%
2019	Resident	not stated	726	124	17.08%
2019	Resident landowner	0	3	3	100.00%
2019	Resident landowner	not stated	10	10	100.00%
2018	Nonresident	0	144	26	18.06%
2018	Nonresident	1	39	6	15.38%
2018	Nonresident	2	10	8	80.00%
2018	Nonresident	3	5	3	60.00%
2018	Nonresident	6	1	1	100.00%
2018	Nonresident	not stated	192	27	14.06%
2018	Resident	0	1,056	160	15.15%
2018	Resident	1	538	139	25.84%
2018	Resident	2	297	170	57.24%
2018	Resident	3	68	41	60.29%
2018	Resident	4	24	21	87.50%
2018	Resident	5	10	10	100.00%
2018	Resident	6	2	2	100.00%
2018	Resident	7	1	0	0.00%
2018	Resident	not stated	911	112	12.29%
2018	Resident landowner	0	5	5	100.00%
2018	Resident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2018	Resident landowner	2	1	1	100.00%
2018	Resident landowner	not stated	17	17	100.00%
2017	Nonresident	0	54	14	25.93%
2017	Nonresident	1	11	5	45.45%
2017	Nonresident	2	4	0	0.00%
2017	Nonresident	5	1	0	0.00%
2017	Nonresident	not stated	81	18	22.22%
2017	Resident	0	547	130	23.77%
2017	Resident	1	358	122	34.08%
2017	Resident	2	110	53	48.18%
2017	Resident	3	43	26	60.47%
2017	Resident	4	10	5	50.00%
2017	Resident	5	4	3	75.00%
2017	Resident	6	1	1	100.00%
2017	Resident	7	1	1	100.00%
2017	Resident	not stated	559	110	19.68%
2017	Nonresident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2017	Resident landowner	0	3	3	100.00%
2017	Resident landowner	not stated	8	8	100.00%
2016	Nonresident	0	46	13	28.26%
2016	Nonresident	1	11	6	54.55%
2016	Nonresident	3	1	0	0.00%
2016	Nonresident	not stated	112	21	18.75%
2016	Resident	0	673	153	22.73%
2016	Resident	1	259	85	32.82%
2016	Resident	2	92	40	43.48%
2016	Resident	3	29	14	48.28%
2016	Resident	4	9	8	88.89%
2016	Resident	5	5	5	100.00%
2016	Resident	6	1	1	100.00%
2016	Resident	not stated	764	142	18.59%
2016	Resident landowner	0	2	2	100.00%
2016	Resident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2016	Resident landowner	3	1	1	100.00%
2016	Resident landowner	not stated	8	8	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
2017 elk b stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2017-07-18, fetched 2026-09-03
2016 elk b stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2016-07-18, 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
2017 dea detailed bonus point statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2009-00, fetched 2026-09-03
2016 dea detailed bp stats.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2016-03-01, fetched 2026-09-03

Other licences in these districts

Elk B licence 398-82 Elk B licence 398-83 Elk B licence 398-84 Elk B licence 398-85 Elk B licence 399-01 Elk B licence 401-80 Elk B licence 410-00 Elk B licence 410-01 Elk permit 399-01 All Montana elk All Montana species

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.