Montana · Elk · District 422

Montana elk b licence 422-00

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 200 on 422-00 in 2026 and drew 200 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, no nonresident landowner applicant put it first; no resident landowner applicant put it first; 19 nonresident applicants put it first and 19 drew, 100.00%; 105 resident applicants put it first and 105 drew, 100.00%.

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.
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	20	19	19	100.00%	9	1
2026	Resident	200	105	105	100.00%	83	75
2026	Nonresident landowner	20	0	0	—	—	—
2026	Resident landowner	30	0	0	—	—	—
2025	Nonresident	20	26	20	76.92%	12	0
2025	Resident	200	101	101	100.00%	107	79
2025	Nonresident landowner	20	0	0	—	—	—
2025	Resident landowner	30	0	0	—	—	—
2024	Nonresident	20	36	20	55.56%	5	0
2024	Resident	200	117	117	100.00%	101	63
2024	Nonresident landowner	20	0	0	—	—	—
2024	Resident landowner	30	0	0	—	—	—
2023	Nonresident	20	29	29	100.00%	4	4
2023	Resident	200	93	93	100.00%	54	54
2023	Nonresident landowner	20	0	0	—	—	—
2023	Resident landowner	30	0	0	—	—	—
2022	Nonresident	20	30	20	66.67%	14	0
2022	Resident	200	101	101	100.00%	83	79
2022	Nonresident landowner	20	0	0	—	—	—
2022	Resident landowner	30	0	0	—	—	—
2021	Nonresident	20	55	48	87.27%	3	3
2021	Resident	200	65	65	100.00%	64	64
2021	Nonresident landowner	20	0	0	—	—	—
2021	Resident landowner	30	0	0	—	—	—
2020	Nonresident	20	45	42	93.33%	4	4
2020	Resident	200	67	67	100.00%	59	59
2020	Nonresident landowner	20	0	0	—	—	—
2020	Resident landowner	30	0	0	—	—	—
2019	Nonresident	20	25	22	88.00%	3	3
2019	Resident	200	71	71	100.00%	40	40
2019	Nonresident landowner	20	0	0	—	—	—
2019	Resident landowner	30	0	0	—	—	—
2018	Nonresident	20	27	27	100.00%	4	4
2018	Resident	200	95	95	100.00%	58	58
2018	Nonresident landowner	20	0	0	—	—	—
2018	Resident landowner	30	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2017	Nonresident	20	27	20	74.07%	3	0
2017	Resident	200	126	126	100.00%	60	54
2017	Nonresident landowner	20	0	0	—	—	—
2017	Resident landowner	30	0	0	—	—	—
2016	Nonresident	20	18	18	100.00%	2	2
2016	Resident	200	78	78	100.00%	62	62
2016	Nonresident landowner	20	0	0	—	—	—
2016	Resident landowner	30	2	2	100.00%	—	—
2015	Nonresident	35	23	23	100.00%	0	0
2015	Resident	350	64	64	100.00%	44	44
2015	Nonresident landowner	35	0	0	—	—	—
2015	Resident landowner	53	0	0	—	—	—
2014	Nonresident	20	18	18	100.00%	3	3
2014	Resident	200	49	49	100.00%	37	37
2014	Nonresident landowner	20	0	0	—	—	—
2014	Resident landowner	30	0	0	—	—	—

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	9	9	100.00%
2026	Nonresident	1	10	10	100.00%
2026	Resident	0	44	44	100.00%
2026	Resident	1	49	49	100.00%
2026	Resident	2	5	5	100.00%
2026	Resident	3	5	5	100.00%
2026	Resident	4	2	2	100.00%
2025	Nonresident	0	14	8	57.14%
2025	Nonresident	1	12	12	100.00%
2025	Resident	0	43	43	100.00%
2025	Resident	1	50	50	100.00%
2025	Resident	2	5	5	100.00%
2025	Resident	3	3	3	100.00%
2024	Nonresident	0	19	7	36.84%
2024	Nonresident	1	16	12	75.00%
2024	Nonresident	2	1	1	100.00%
2024	Resident	0	49	49	100.00%
2024	Resident	1	52	52	100.00%
2024	Resident	2	11	11	100.00%
2024	Resident	3	4	4	100.00%
2024	Resident	5	1	1	100.00%
2023	Nonresident	1	9	9	100.00%
2023	Nonresident	2	5	5	100.00%
2023	Nonresident	not stated	15	15	100.00%
2023	Resident	1	30	30	100.00%
2023	Resident	2	10	10	100.00%
2023	Resident	3	5	5	100.00%
2023	Resident	not stated	48	48	100.00%
2022	Nonresident	1	6	6	100.00%
2022	Nonresident	2	5	5	100.00%
2022	Nonresident	not stated	19	9	47.37%
2022	Resident	1	24	24	100.00%
2022	Resident	2	9	9	100.00%
2022	Resident	3	3	3	100.00%
2022	Resident	5	3	3	100.00%
2022	Resident	not stated	62	62	100.00%
2021	Nonresident	0	24	19	79.17%
2021	Nonresident	not stated	31	29	93.55%
2021	Resident	0	18	18	100.00%
2021	Resident	1	7	7	100.00%
2021	Resident	2	2	2	100.00%
2021	Resident	not stated	38	38	100.00%
2020	Nonresident	0	7	5	71.43%
2020	Nonresident	not stated	38	37	97.37%
2020	Resident	0	26	26	100.00%
2020	Resident	1	2	2	100.00%
2020	Resident	2	4	4	100.00%
2020	Resident	3	1	1	100.00%
2020	Resident	4	1	1	100.00%
2020	Resident	not stated	33	33	100.00%
2019	Nonresident	0	7	6	85.71%
2019	Nonresident	2	1	1	100.00%
2019	Nonresident	not stated	17	15	88.24%
2019	Resident	0	27	27	100.00%
2019	Resident	1	4	4	100.00%
2019	Resident	2	2	2	100.00%
2019	Resident	3	1	1	100.00%
2019	Resident	not stated	37	37	100.00%
2018	Nonresident	0	3	3	100.00%
2018	Nonresident	not stated	24	24	100.00%
2018	Resident	0	45	45	100.00%
2018	Resident	1	7	7	100.00%
2018	Resident	3	1	1	100.00%
2018	Resident	4	1	1	100.00%
2018	Resident	not stated	41	41	100.00%
2018	Resident landowner	5	1	1	100.00%
2017	Nonresident	0	2	1	50.00%
2017	Nonresident	1	1	1	100.00%
2017	Nonresident	not stated	24	18	75.00%
2017	Resident	0	38	38	100.00%
2017	Resident	1	9	9	100.00%
2017	Resident	2	4	4	100.00%
2017	Resident	3	1	1	100.00%
2017	Resident	not stated	74	74	100.00%
2016	Nonresident	not stated	18	18	100.00%
2016	Resident	0	29	29	100.00%
2016	Resident	1	6	6	100.00%
2016	Resident	2	1	1	100.00%
2016	Resident	not stated	42	42	100.00%
2016	Resident landowner	not stated	2	2	100.00%
2015	Nonresident	not stated	23	23	100.00%
2015	Resident	0	23	23	100.00%
2015	Resident	1	2	2	100.00%
2015	Resident	2	1	1	100.00%
2015	Resident	3	1	1	100.00%
2015	Resident	not stated	37	37	100.00%
2014	Nonresident	0	1	1	100.00%
2014	Nonresident	not stated	17	17	100.00%
2014	Resident	0	18	18	100.00%
2014	Resident	1	8	8	100.00%
2014	Resident	2	3	3	100.00%
2014	Resident	not stated	20	20	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
2015 Elk B stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2015-07-20, fetched 2026-09-03
2014 elk B stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2014-07-21, 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
2015 dea detailed statistics final.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2015-03-01, fetched 2026-09-03
2014 dea detailed statistics.xlsx — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2014-07-22, fetched 2026-09-03

Other licences in these districts

Elk B licence 416-80 Elk B licence 417-02 Elk B licence 417-80 Elk B licence 417-81 Elk B licence 422-80 Elk B licence 425-00 Elk B licence 425-01 Elk B licence 425-02 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.