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Montana · Elk · District 411

Montana elk b licence 411-00

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 1,200 on 411-00 in 2026 and drew 1,200 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, 7 nonresident landowner applicants put it first and 7 drew, 100.00%; 5 resident landowner applicants put it first and 5 drew, 100.00%; 118 nonresident applicants put it first and 112 drew, 94.92%; 1,106 resident applicants put it first and 1,076 drew, 97.29%.

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
2026Nonresident12011811294.92%240
2026Resident1,2001,1061,07697.29%3230
2026Nonresident landowner12077100.00%——
2026Resident landowner18055100.00%——
2025Nonresident12011911899.16%260
2025Resident1,200985985100.00%28387
2025Nonresident landowner12022100.00%——
2025Resident landowner18088100.00%——
2024Nonresident120113113100.00%244
2024Resident1,200943943100.00%331130
2024Nonresident landowner12011100.00%——
2024Resident landowner18099100.00%——
2023Nonresident12013211990.15%340
2023Resident1,200856856100.00%350217
2023Nonresident landowner12011100.00%——
2023Resident landowner18077100.00%——
2022Nonresident1205757100.00%3030
2022Resident1,200759759100.00%260260
2022Nonresident landowner12011100.00%——
2022Resident landowner1801212100.00%——
2021Nonresident80947984.04%220
2021Resident800653653100.00%23462
2021Nonresident landowner8011100.00%——
2021Resident landowner12055100.00%——
2020Nonresident1005151100.00%88
2020Resident1,000462462100.00%215215
2020Nonresident landowner10022100.00%——
2020Resident landowner15055100.00%——
2019Nonresident403737100.00%72
2019Resident400266266100.00%9391
2019Nonresident landowner4000———
2019Resident landowner6044100.00%——
2018Nonresident401515100.00%88
2018Resident400229229100.00%9898
2018Nonresident landowner4000———
2018Resident landowner6022100.00%——
2017Nonresident402222100.00%77
2017Resident400218218100.00%182152
2017Nonresident landowner4011100.00%——
2017Resident landowner6000———
2016Nonresident403131100.00%1111
2016Resident400170170100.00%135135
2016Nonresident landowner4022100.00%——
2016Resident landowner6000———
2015Nonresident2066100.00%00
2015Resident2009191100.00%116102
2015Nonresident landowner2000———
2015Resident landowner3011100.00%——
2014Nonresident4022100.00%1212
2014Resident4009191100.00%8080
2014Nonresident landowner4000———
2014Resident landowner6011100.00%——

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
2026Nonresident0464086.96%
2026Nonresident16868100.00%
2026Nonresident222100.00%
2026Nonresident311100.00%
2026Nonresident411100.00%
2026Resident050647994.66%
2026Resident151351099.42%
2026Resident24848100.00%
2026Resident32525100.00%
2026Resident455100.00%
2026Resident566100.00%
2026Resident611100.00%
2026Resident711100.00%
2026Resident811100.00%
2026Nonresident landowner177100.00%
2026Resident landowner033100.00%
2026Resident landowner122100.00%
2025Nonresident0444397.73%
2025Nonresident16161100.00%
2025Nonresident299100.00%
2025Nonresident311100.00%
2025Nonresident444100.00%
2025Resident0433433100.00%
2025Resident1472472100.00%
2025Resident24848100.00%
2025Resident32424100.00%
2025Resident466100.00%
2025Resident511100.00%
2025Resident611100.00%
2025Nonresident landowner122100.00%
2025Resident landowner044100.00%
2025Resident landowner144100.00%
2024Nonresident05858100.00%
2024Nonresident14747100.00%
2024Nonresident277100.00%
2024Nonresident511100.00%
2024Resident0441441100.00%
2024Resident1421421100.00%
2024Resident25555100.00%
2024Resident31717100.00%
2024Resident499100.00%
2024Nonresident landowner111100.00%
2024Resident landowner066100.00%
2024Resident landowner133100.00%
2023Nonresident1636298.41%
2023Nonresident299100.00%
2023Nonresident322100.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated584679.31%
2023Resident1354354100.00%
2023Resident23939100.00%
2023Resident31515100.00%
2023Resident466100.00%
2023Resident511100.00%
2023Residentnot stated441441100.00%
2023Nonresident landowner111100.00%
2023Resident landowner133100.00%
2023Resident landownernot stated44100.00%
2022Nonresident12020100.00%
2022Nonresident211100.00%
2022Nonresidentnot stated3636100.00%
2022Resident1318318100.00%
2022Resident23434100.00%
2022Resident31111100.00%
2022Resident455100.00%
2022Residentnot stated391391100.00%
2022Nonresident landowner111100.00%
2022Resident landowner188100.00%
2022Resident landownernot stated44100.00%
2021Nonresident0463882.61%
2021Nonresident311100.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated474085.11%
2021Resident0261261100.00%
2021Resident13939100.00%
2021Resident21111100.00%
2021Resident366100.00%
2021Residentnot stated336336100.00%
2021Nonresident landowner011100.00%
2021Resident landowner022100.00%
2021Resident landownernot stated33100.00%
2020Nonresident01515100.00%
2020Nonresident122100.00%
2020Nonresidentnot stated3434100.00%
2020Resident0189189100.00%
2020Resident11616100.00%
2020Resident266100.00%
2020Resident344100.00%
2020Resident411100.00%
2020Residentnot stated246246100.00%
2020Nonresident landowner022100.00%
2020Resident landowner033100.00%
2020Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2019Nonresident01212100.00%
2019Nonresidentnot stated2525100.00%
2019Resident0101101100.00%
2019Resident11111100.00%
2019Resident211100.00%
2019Resident322100.00%
2019Residentnot stated151151100.00%
2019Resident landownernot stated44100.00%
2018Nonresident011100.00%
2018Nonresidentnot stated1414100.00%
2018Resident06868100.00%
2018Resident11414100.00%
2018Resident21010100.00%
2018Resident311100.00%
2018Residentnot stated136136100.00%
2018Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2017Nonresident01111100.00%
2017Nonresident111100.00%
2017Nonresidentnot stated1010100.00%
2017Resident07474100.00%
2017Resident11818100.00%
2017Resident255100.00%
2017Resident333100.00%
2017Residentnot stated118118100.00%
2017Nonresident landowner011100.00%
2016Nonresident01919100.00%
2016Nonresidentnot stated1212100.00%
2016Resident06767100.00%
2016Resident11313100.00%
2016Resident211100.00%
2016Resident311100.00%
2016Resident511100.00%
2016Residentnot stated8787100.00%
2016Nonresident landowner022100.00%
2015Nonresident011100.00%
2015Nonresidentnot stated55100.00%
2015Resident04242100.00%
2015Resident111100.00%
2015Resident311100.00%
2015Residentnot stated4747100.00%
2015Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2014Nonresidentnot stated22100.00%
2014Resident02929100.00%
2014Resident11212100.00%
2014Resident233100.00%
2014Resident311100.00%
2014Residentnot stated4646100.00%
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.