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Montana · Elk · District 622

Montana elk b licence 622-00

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 50 on 622-00 in 2026 and drew 50 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, no nonresident landowner applicant put it first; 3 resident landowner applicants put it first and 3 drew, 100.00%; 45 nonresident applicants put it first and 3 drew, 6.67%; 622 resident applicants put it first and 44 drew, 7.07%.

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
2026Nonresident54536.67%480
2026Resident50622447.07%5360
2026Nonresident landowner500———
2026Resident landowner833100.00%——
2025Nonresident56046.67%640
2025Resident50696426.03%5190
2025Nonresident landowner500———
2025Resident landowner844100.00%——
2024Nonresident512121.65%770
2024Resident50895414.58%6160
2024Nonresident landowner500———
2024Resident landowner877100.00%——
2023Nonresident301133026.55%670
2023Resident30088026329.89%4750
2023Nonresident landowner3000———
2023Resident landowner4577100.00%——
2022Nonresident301532315.03%520
2022Resident3001,11427224.42%4120
2022Nonresident landowner3000———
2022Resident landowner4555100.00%——
2021Nonresident501605031.25%530
2021Resident5001,09144540.79%4680
2021Nonresident landowner5000———
2021Resident landowner7555100.00%——
2020Nonresident501484631.08%510
2020Resident5001,08745141.49%4180
2020Nonresident landowner5000———
2020Resident landowner7533100.00%——
2019Nonresident501004444.00%200
2019Resident50088945451.07%2770
2019Nonresident landowner5000———
2019Resident landowner7522100.00%——
2018Nonresident501144741.23%190
2018Resident50087244551.03%3140
2018Nonresident landowner5011100.00%——
2018Resident landowner7577100.00%——
2017Nonresident501054441.90%130
2017Resident50097345146.35%3720
2017Nonresident landowner5000———
2017Resident landowner7555100.00%——
2016Nonresident50844351.19%240
2016Resident50099345245.52%4250
2016Nonresident landowner5000———
2016Resident landowner7555100.00%——
2015Nonresident50833845.78%280
2015Resident5001,06645542.68%5760
2015Nonresident landowner5000———
2015Resident landowner7577100.00%——
2014Nonresident50882730.68%200
2014Resident5001,06546743.85%6110
2014Nonresident landowner5000———
2014Resident landowner7566100.00%——

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
2026Nonresident01300.00%
2026Nonresident1700.00%
2026Nonresident25120.00%
2026Nonresident3800.00%
2026Nonresident46116.67%
2026Nonresident5200.00%
2026Nonresident6200.00%
2026Nonresident72150.00%
2026Resident011800.00%
2026Resident112964.65%
2026Resident28633.49%
2026Resident3150128.00%
2026Resident4861213.95%
2026Resident5361130.56%
2026Resident61200.00%
2026Resident7500.00%
2026Resident landowner022100.00%
2026Resident landowner111100.00%
2025Nonresident0900.00%
2025Nonresident1600.00%
2025Nonresident22200.00%
2025Nonresident312325.00%
2025Nonresident46116.67%
2025Nonresident5200.00%
2025Nonresident6300.00%
2025Resident012521.60%
2025Resident114232.11%
2025Resident219584.10%
2025Resident3136118.09%
2025Resident4661218.18%
2025Resident525416.00%
2025Resident6500.00%
2025Resident711100.00%
2025Resident911100.00%
2025Resident landowner044100.00%
2024Nonresident01700.00%
2024Nonresident15400.00%
2024Nonresident21915.26%
2024Nonresident31815.56%
2024Nonresident4800.00%
2024Nonresident5400.00%
2024Nonresident7100.00%
2024Resident018321.09%
2024Resident132172.18%
2024Resident2206115.34%
2024Resident312897.03%
2024Resident43638.33%
2024Resident517952.94%
2024Resident6200.00%
2024Resident7100.00%
2024Resident8100.00%
2024Resident landowner044100.00%
2024Resident landowner133100.00%
2023Nonresident132515.63%
2023Nonresident229931.03%
2023Nonresident315960.00%
2023Nonresident49555.56%
2023Nonresident511100.00%
2023Nonresident6100.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated2613.85%
2023Resident13166821.52%
2023Resident22088339.90%
2023Resident3895258.43%
2023Resident4583560.34%
2023Resident510990.00%
2023Resident811100.00%
2023Residentnot stated198157.58%
2023Resident landowner122100.00%
2023Resident landownernot stated55100.00%
2022Nonresident1611016.39%
2022Nonresident229310.34%
2022Nonresident39444.44%
2022Nonresident46466.67%
2022Nonresidentnot stated4824.17%
2022Resident14416514.74%
2022Resident22339139.06%
2022Resident31496845.64%
2022Resident4231252.17%
2022Resident58787.50%
2022Resident611100.00%
2022Residentnot stated2592810.81%
2022Resident landowner111100.00%
2022Resident landownernot stated44100.00%
2021Nonresident0681116.18%
2021Nonresident127933.33%
2021Nonresident2161062.50%
2021Nonresident322100.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated471838.30%
2021Resident042414233.49%
2021Resident126213150.00%
2021Resident2715678.87%
2021Resident3252288.00%
2021Resident499100.00%
2021Residentnot stated3008528.33%
2021Resident landowner022100.00%
2021Resident landownernot stated33100.00%
2020Nonresident0721723.61%
2020Nonresident127933.33%
2020Nonresident210770.00%
2020Nonresidentnot stated391333.33%
2020Resident044515033.71%
2020Resident120210953.96%
2020Resident2887079.55%
2020Resident3121191.67%
2020Resident422100.00%
2020Resident522100.00%
2020Residentnot stated33610731.85%
2020Resident landowner011100.00%
2020Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2019Nonresident0471838.30%
2019Nonresident119947.37%
2019Nonresident233100.00%
2019Nonresidentnot stated311445.16%
2019Resident038215741.10%
2019Resident116811367.26%
2019Resident2696492.75%
2019Resident31919100.00%
2019Resident422100.00%
2019Resident511100.00%
2019Residentnot stated2489839.52%
2019Resident landowner011100.00%
2019Resident landowner111100.00%
2018Nonresident0502040.00%
2018Nonresident1191368.42%
2018Nonresident255100.00%
2018Nonresident311100.00%
2018Nonresidentnot stated39820.51%
2018Resident033414041.92%
2018Resident119211358.85%
2018Resident2625690.32%
2018Resident3252496.00%
2018Resident466100.00%
2018Resident622100.00%
2018Resident711100.00%
2018Residentnot stated25010341.20%
2018Nonresident landownernot stated11100.00%
2018Resident landowner022100.00%
2018Resident landownernot stated55100.00%
2017Nonresident0371232.43%
2017Nonresident116743.75%
2017Nonresident28562.50%
2017Nonresidentnot stated442045.45%
2017Resident040114636.41%
2017Resident117310460.12%
2017Resident2846172.62%
2017Resident31515100.00%
2017Resident46583.33%
2017Resident522100.00%
2017Resident611100.00%
2017Residentnot stated29111740.21%
2017Resident landowner022100.00%
2017Resident landownernot stated33100.00%
2016Nonresident0291655.17%
2016Nonresident111436.36%
2016Nonresident233100.00%
2016Nonresident322100.00%
2016Nonresidentnot stated391846.15%
2016Resident041116038.93%
2016Resident118211060.44%
2016Resident2685783.82%
2016Resident3201785.00%
2016Resident49777.78%
2016Resident522100.00%
2016Residentnot stated3019932.89%
2016Resident landowner011100.00%
2016Resident landownernot stated44100.00%
2015Nonresident0341647.06%
2015Nonresident114857.14%
2015Nonresident25480.00%
2015Nonresident311100.00%
2015Nonresidentnot stated29931.03%
2015Resident042213732.46%
2015Resident120612761.65%
2015Resident2624979.03%
2015Resident3211780.95%
2015Resident466100.00%
2015Residentnot stated34911934.10%
2015Resident landowner033100.00%
2015Resident landownernot stated44100.00%
2014Nonresident042921.43%
2014Nonresident17228.57%
2014Nonresident211100.00%
2014Nonresidentnot stated381539.47%
2014Resident046116736.23%
2014Resident120111657.71%
2014Resident2745067.57%
2014Resident3161381.25%
2014Resident466100.00%
2014Residentnot stated30711537.46%
2014Resident landowner011100.00%
2014Resident landownernot stated55100.00%

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.