Montana · Elk · District 799

Montana elk b licence 799-00

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 600 on 799-00 in 2026 and drew 600 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, 4 nonresident landowner applicants put it first and 4 drew, 100.00%; 13 resident landowner applicants put it first and 13 drew, 100.00%; 250 nonresident applicants put it first and 56 drew, 22.40%; 1,584 resident applicants put it first and 527 drew, 33.27%.

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	60	250	56	22.40%	95	0
2026	Resident	600	1,584	527	33.27%	207	0
2026	Nonresident landowner	60	4	4	100.00%	—	—
2026	Resident landowner	90	13	13	100.00%	—	—
2025	Nonresident	60	267	58	21.72%	80	0
2025	Resident	600	1,474	525	35.62%	152	0
2025	Nonresident landowner	60	2	2	100.00%	—	—
2025	Resident landowner	90	15	15	100.00%	—	—
2024	Nonresident	60	196	55	28.06%	92	0
2024	Resident	600	1,353	531	39.25%	149	0
2024	Nonresident landowner	60	2	2	100.00%	—	—
2024	Resident landowner	90	12	12	100.00%	—	—
2023	Nonresident	60	234	56	23.93%	66	0
2023	Resident	600	1,316	534	40.58%	154	0
2023	Nonresident landowner	60	2	2	100.00%	—	—
2023	Resident landowner	90	8	8	100.00%	—	—
2022	Nonresident	60	216	60	27.78%	48	0
2022	Resident	600	1,135	536	47.22%	138	0
2022	Nonresident landowner	60	0	0	—	—	—
2022	Resident landowner	90	4	4	100.00%	—	—
2021	Nonresident	60	209	60	28.71%	55	0
2021	Resident	600	1,101	535	48.59%	130	0
2021	Nonresident landowner	60	0	0	—	—	—
2021	Resident landowner	90	5	5	100.00%	—	—
2020	Nonresident	60	91	50	54.95%	37	0
2020	Resident	600	962	539	56.03%	119	0
2020	Nonresident landowner	60	0	0	—	—	—
2020	Resident landowner	90	11	11	100.00%	—	—
2019	Nonresident	60	108	60	55.56%	23	0
2019	Resident	600	807	534	66.17%	107	0
2019	Nonresident landowner	60	0	0	—	—	—
2019	Resident landowner	90	6	6	100.00%	—	—
2018	Nonresident	60	74	53	71.62%	20	0
2018	Resident	600	819	539	65.81%	97	0
2018	Nonresident landowner	60	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2018	Resident landowner	90	7	7	100.00%	—	—
2017	Nonresident	40	50	27	54.00%	8	0
2017	Resident	400	765	369	48.24%	81	0
2017	Nonresident landowner	40	0	0	—	—	—
2017	Resident landowner	60	4	4	100.00%	—	—
2016	Nonresident	40	70	32	45.71%	3	0
2016	Resident	400	744	361	48.52%	77	0
2016	Nonresident landowner	40	0	0	—	—	—
2016	Resident landowner	60	7	7	100.00%	—	—
2015	Nonresident	20	40	11	27.50%	3	0
2015	Resident	200	665	186	27.97%	112	0
2015	Nonresident landowner	20	0	0	—	—	—
2015	Resident landowner	30	3	3	100.00%	—	—
2014	Nonresident	20	47	12	25.53%	5	0
2014	Resident	200	574	180	31.36%	90	0
2014	Nonresident landowner	20	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2014	Resident landowner	30	7	7	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	57	1	1.75%
2026	Nonresident	1	95	12	12.63%
2026	Nonresident	2	61	24	39.34%
2026	Nonresident	3	25	12	48.00%
2026	Nonresident	4	10	5	50.00%
2026	Nonresident	5	2	2	100.00%
2026	Resident	0	334	49	14.67%
2026	Resident	1	664	151	22.74%
2026	Resident	2	395	188	47.59%
2026	Resident	3	147	100	68.03%
2026	Resident	4	37	32	86.49%
2026	Resident	5	3	3	100.00%
2026	Resident	6	2	2	100.00%
2026	Resident	7	1	1	100.00%
2026	Resident	9	1	1	100.00%
2026	Nonresident landowner	0	2	2	100.00%
2026	Nonresident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2026	Nonresident landowner	4	1	1	100.00%
2026	Resident landowner	0	4	4	100.00%
2026	Resident landowner	1	8	8	100.00%
2026	Resident landowner	2	1	1	100.00%
2025	Nonresident	0	55	4	7.27%
2025	Nonresident	1	106	12	11.32%
2025	Nonresident	2	75	26	34.67%
2025	Nonresident	3	18	8	44.44%
2025	Nonresident	4	7	4	57.14%
2025	Nonresident	5	4	2	50.00%
2025	Nonresident	6	1	1	100.00%
2025	Nonresident	7	1	1	100.00%
2025	Resident	0	335	45	13.43%
2025	Resident	1	609	160	26.27%
2025	Resident	2	378	200	52.91%
2025	Resident	3	125	96	76.80%
2025	Resident	4	23	20	86.96%
2025	Resident	5	2	2	100.00%
2025	Resident	6	2	2	100.00%
2025	Nonresident landowner	0	1	1	100.00%
2025	Nonresident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2025	Resident landowner	0	5	5	100.00%
2025	Resident landowner	1	8	8	100.00%
2025	Resident landowner	2	2	2	100.00%
2024	Nonresident	0	47	8	17.02%
2024	Nonresident	1	86	11	12.79%
2024	Nonresident	2	40	20	50.00%
2024	Nonresident	3	14	10	71.43%
2024	Nonresident	4	6	3	50.00%
2024	Nonresident	5	3	3	100.00%
2024	Resident	0	344	68	19.77%
2024	Resident	1	603	190	31.51%
2024	Resident	2	303	186	61.39%
2024	Resident	3	84	68	80.95%
2024	Resident	4	15	15	100.00%
2024	Resident	5	4	4	100.00%
2024	Nonresident landowner	1	2	2	100.00%
2024	Resident landowner	0	4	4	100.00%
2024	Resident landowner	1	7	7	100.00%
2024	Resident landowner	2	1	1	100.00%
2023	Nonresident	1	98	10	10.20%
2023	Nonresident	2	43	17	39.53%
2023	Nonresident	3	26	21	80.77%
2023	Nonresident	4	1	0	0.00%
2023	Nonresident	5	1	1	100.00%
2023	Nonresident	6	1	1	100.00%
2023	Nonresident	not stated	64	6	9.38%
2023	Resident	1	590	225	38.14%
2023	Resident	2	270	165	61.11%
2023	Resident	3	65	56	86.15%
2023	Resident	4	12	11	91.67%
2023	Resident	5	1	1	100.00%
2023	Resident	not stated	378	76	20.11%
2023	Nonresident landowner	3	1	1	100.00%
2023	Nonresident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2023	Resident landowner	1	4	4	100.00%
2023	Resident landowner	not stated	4	4	100.00%
2022	Nonresident	1	101	23	22.77%
2022	Nonresident	2	33	20	60.61%
2022	Nonresident	3	7	7	100.00%
2022	Nonresident	4	2	2	100.00%
2022	Nonresident	5	1	1	100.00%
2022	Nonresident	not stated	72	7	9.72%
2022	Resident	1	489	222	45.40%
2022	Resident	2	207	153	73.91%
2022	Resident	3	48	45	93.75%
2022	Resident	4	9	9	100.00%
2022	Resident	5	1	1	100.00%
2022	Resident	not stated	381	106	27.82%
2022	Resident landowner	2	3	3	100.00%
2022	Resident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2021	Nonresident	0	98	22	22.45%
2021	Nonresident	1	19	9	47.37%
2021	Nonresident	2	4	4	100.00%
2021	Nonresident	not stated	88	25	28.41%
2021	Resident	0	492	207	42.07%
2021	Resident	1	184	118	64.13%
2021	Resident	2	47	43	91.49%
2021	Resident	3	7	6	85.71%
2021	Resident	4	2	2	100.00%
2021	Resident	not stated	369	159	43.09%
2021	Resident landowner	0	2	2	100.00%
2021	Resident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2021	Resident landowner	not stated	2	2	100.00%
2020	Nonresident	0	46	27	58.70%
2020	Nonresident	1	12	7	58.33%
2020	Nonresident	2	4	4	100.00%
2020	Nonresident	not stated	29	12	41.38%
2020	Resident	0	420	214	50.95%
2020	Resident	1	133	97	72.93%
2020	Resident	2	24	23	95.83%
2020	Resident	3	5	5	100.00%
2020	Resident	not stated	380	200	52.63%
2020	Resident landowner	0	5	5	100.00%
2020	Resident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2020	Resident landowner	not stated	5	5	100.00%
2019	Nonresident	0	51	25	49.02%
2019	Nonresident	1	6	5	83.33%
2019	Nonresident	2	2	2	100.00%
2019	Nonresident	not stated	49	28	57.14%
2019	Resident	0	369	220	59.62%
2019	Resident	1	105	88	83.81%
2019	Resident	2	18	18	100.00%
2019	Resident	3	4	4	100.00%
2019	Resident	not stated	311	204	65.59%
2019	Resident landowner	0	5	5	100.00%
2019	Resident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2018	Nonresident	0	38	28	73.68%
2018	Nonresident	1	8	7	87.50%
2018	Nonresident	2	1	1	100.00%
2018	Nonresident	not stated	27	17	62.96%
2018	Resident	0	340	202	59.41%
2018	Resident	1	115	99	86.09%
2018	Resident	2	36	36	100.00%
2018	Resident	3	16	15	93.75%
2018	Resident	4	2	2	100.00%
2018	Resident	not stated	310	185	59.68%
2018	Nonresident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2018	Resident landowner	not stated	7	7	100.00%
2017	Nonresident	0	20	10	50.00%
2017	Nonresident	1	6	4	66.67%
2017	Nonresident	2	5	5	100.00%
2017	Nonresident	3	1	1	100.00%
2017	Nonresident	not stated	18	7	38.89%
2017	Resident	0	287	133	46.34%
2017	Resident	1	110	68	61.82%
2017	Resident	2	49	38	77.55%
2017	Resident	3	11	9	81.82%
2017	Resident	4	2	2	100.00%
2017	Resident	not stated	306	119	38.89%
2017	Resident landowner	not stated	4	4	100.00%
2016	Nonresident	0	24	11	45.83%
2016	Nonresident	1	13	6	46.15%
2016	Nonresident	2	4	3	75.00%
2016	Nonresident	not stated	29	12	41.38%
2016	Resident	0	254	100	39.37%
2016	Resident	1	115	67	58.26%
2016	Resident	2	54	42	77.78%
2016	Resident	3	13	12	92.31%
2016	Resident	4	1	1	100.00%
2016	Resident	not stated	307	139	45.28%
2016	Resident landowner	0	2	2	100.00%
2016	Resident landowner	not stated	5	5	100.00%
2015	Nonresident	0	20	7	35.00%
2015	Nonresident	1	10	2	20.00%
2015	Nonresident	2	1	1	100.00%
2015	Nonresident	not stated	9	1	11.11%
2015	Resident	0	249	54	21.69%
2015	Resident	1	129	53	41.09%
2015	Resident	2	33	15	45.45%
2015	Resident	3	6	4	66.67%
2015	Resident	not stated	248	60	24.19%
2015	Resident landowner	0	1	1	100.00%
2015	Resident landowner	not stated	2	2	100.00%
2014	Nonresident	0	28	8	28.57%
2014	Nonresident	1	1	1	100.00%
2014	Nonresident	not stated	18	3	16.67%
2014	Resident	0	236	62	26.27%
2014	Resident	1	70	35	50.00%
2014	Resident	2	16	7	43.75%
2014	Resident	3	1	1	100.00%
2014	Resident	4	1	1	100.00%
2014	Resident	not stated	250	74	29.60%
2014	Nonresident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2014	Resident landowner	0	3	3	100.00%
2014	Resident landowner	not stated	4	4	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 700-00 Elk B licence 700-80 Elk B licence 798-01 Elk B licence 798-81 Elk B licence 799-80 Elk B licence 900-00 Elk B licence 900-80 Elk permit 100-00 Elk permit 799-00 Elk permit 799-15 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.