Montana · Elk · District 212

Montana elk permit 212-00

How many people put this elk permitfirst 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 2021 drawing did

Montana set a quota of 30 on 212-00 in 2021 and drew 30 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, no nonresident landowner applicant put it first; no resident landowner applicant put it first; 1 nonresident applicant put it first and none of them drew; 47 resident applicants put it first and 30 drew, 63.83%.

This licence code stops appearing after 2021. FWP's 2026 reports do not carry it, and this site does not map a retired code onto a current one — the department renumbered its licence-type suffixes and has published nothing saying which old code became which new one. What is below is the record of the 10 years it was drawn.

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
2021	Nonresident	3	1	0	0.00%	5	0
2021	Resident	30	47	30	63.83%	30	0
2021	Nonresident landowner	3	0	0	—	—	—
2021	Resident landowner	5	0	0	—	—	—
2020	Nonresident	3	4	3	75.00%	4	0
2020	Resident	30	38	27	71.05%	33	0
2020	Nonresident landowner	3	0	0	—	—	—
2020	Resident landowner	5	0	0	—	—	—
2019	Nonresident	20	8	8	100.00%	5	5
2019	Resident	200	71	71	100.00%	54	54
2019	Nonresident landowner	20	0	0	—	—	—
2019	Resident landowner	30	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2018	Nonresident	20	6	6	100.00%	6	6
2018	Resident	200	106	106	100.00%	86	80
2018	Nonresident landowner	20	0	0	—	—	—
2018	Resident landowner	30	2	2	100.00%	—	—
2017	Nonresident	20	5	5	100.00%	12	11
2017	Resident	200	89	89	100.00%	111	94
2017	Nonresident landowner	20	0	0	—	—	—
2017	Resident landowner	30	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2016	Nonresident	20	14	14	100.00%	13	6
2016	Resident	200	106	106	100.00%	82	73
2016	Nonresident landowner	20	0	0	—	—	—
2016	Resident landowner	30	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2009	Nonresident	40	18	18	100.00%	1	0
2009	Resident	400	353	353	100.00%	105	27
2009	Nonresident landowner	40	0	0	—	—	—
2009	Resident landowner	60	2	2	100.00%	—	—
2008	Nonresident	40	16	15	93.75%	3	0
2008	Resident	400	403	382	94.79%	190	0
2008	Nonresident landowner	40	0	0	—	—	—
2008	Resident landowner	60	3	3	100.00%	—	—
2007	Nonresident	20	5	5	100.00%	1	0
2007	Resident	200	206	195	94.66%	135	0
2007	Nonresident landowner	20	0	0	—	—	—
2007	Resident landowner	30	0	0	—	—	—
2006	Nonresident	20	8	8	100.00%	9	0
2006	Resident	200	206	192	93.20%	120	0
2006	Nonresident landowner	20	0	0	—	—	—
2006	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
2021	Nonresident	0	1	0	0.00%
2021	Resident	0	11	6	54.55%
2021	Resident	1	3	3	100.00%
2021	Resident	2	2	2	100.00%
2021	Resident	not stated	31	19	61.29%
2020	Nonresident	0	1	1	100.00%
2020	Nonresident	not stated	3	2	66.67%
2020	Resident	0	6	3	50.00%
2020	Resident	1	6	6	100.00%
2020	Resident	not stated	26	18	69.23%
2019	Nonresident	0	3	3	100.00%
2019	Nonresident	not stated	5	5	100.00%
2019	Resident	0	22	22	100.00%
2019	Resident	1	3	3	100.00%
2019	Resident	2	1	1	100.00%
2019	Resident	4	1	1	100.00%
2019	Resident	not stated	44	44	100.00%
2019	Resident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2018	Nonresident	0	1	1	100.00%
2018	Nonresident	1	2	2	100.00%
2018	Nonresident	not stated	3	3	100.00%
2018	Resident	0	31	31	100.00%
2018	Resident	1	8	8	100.00%
2018	Resident	2	1	1	100.00%
2018	Resident	3	1	1	100.00%
2018	Resident	7	1	1	100.00%
2018	Resident	not stated	64	64	100.00%
2018	Resident landowner	not stated	2	2	100.00%
2017	Nonresident	not stated	5	5	100.00%
2017	Resident	0	31	31	100.00%
2017	Resident	1	1	1	100.00%
2017	Resident	2	1	1	100.00%
2017	Resident	not stated	56	56	100.00%
2017	Resident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2016	Nonresident	0	4	4	100.00%
2016	Nonresident	not stated	10	10	100.00%
2016	Resident	0	26	26	100.00%
2016	Resident	1	5	5	100.00%
2016	Resident	2	3	3	100.00%
2016	Resident	3	1	1	100.00%
2016	Resident	not stated	71	71	100.00%
2016	Resident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2009	Nonresident	0	6	6	100.00%
2009	Nonresident	1	1	1	100.00%
2009	Nonresident	not stated	11	11	100.00%
2009	Resident	0	108	108	100.00%
2009	Resident	1	14	14	100.00%
2009	Resident	2	5	5	100.00%
2009	Resident	3	2	2	100.00%
2009	Resident	5	1	1	100.00%
2009	Resident	not stated	223	223	100.00%
2009	Resident landowner	0	1	1	100.00%
2009	Resident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2008	Nonresident	0	3	3	100.00%
2008	Nonresident	not stated	13	12	92.31%
2008	Resident	0	125	115	92.00%
2008	Resident	1	16	16	100.00%
2008	Resident	2	7	7	100.00%
2008	Resident	3	4	4	100.00%
2008	Resident	4	1	1	100.00%
2008	Resident	5	1	1	100.00%
2008	Resident	not stated	249	238	95.58%
2008	Resident landowner	not stated	3	3	100.00%
2007	Nonresident	0	1	1	100.00%
2007	Nonresident	2	1	1	100.00%
2007	Nonresident	not stated	3	3	100.00%
2007	Resident	0	34	32	94.12%
2007	Resident	1	6	6	100.00%
2007	Resident	2	1	1	100.00%
2007	Resident	3	2	2	100.00%
2007	Resident	not stated	163	154	94.48%
2006	Nonresident	0	2	2	100.00%
2006	Nonresident	not stated	6	6	100.00%
2006	Resident	0	41	39	95.12%
2006	Resident	1	4	4	100.00%
2006	Resident	2	3	3	100.00%
2006	Resident	3	1	1	100.00%
2006	Resident	not stated	157	145	92.36%

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

2021 elk permit stats old format.xlsx.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2021-04-27, fetched 2026-09-03
2020 elk permit stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2020-04-14, fetched 2026-09-03
2019 elk permit stats updated.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2019-04-26, fetched 2026-09-03
2018 elk permit stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2018-04-24, fetched 2026-09-03
2017 elk permit stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2017-04-24, fetched 2026-09-03
2016 elk permit stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2016-04-19, fetched 2026-09-03
2009 ELK PERMIT STATS.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2009-07-21, fetched 2026-09-03
2008 ELK_PERMIT_stats for update.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2008-07-22, fetched 2026-09-03
2007 ELK_PERMIT_stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2007-07-23, fetched 2026-09-03
2006 ELK_PERMIT_stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2006-07-25, 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 permit detailed bonus point statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2009-00, 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
2009 dea detailed statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2009-07-23, fetched 2026-09-03
2008 dea detailed statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2008-07-31, fetched 2026-09-03
2007 dea detailed statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2007-10-30, fetched 2026-09-03
2006 dea detailed statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2006-09-11, fetched 2026-09-03

Other licences in these districts

Elk B licence 212-00 Elk B licence 212-01 Elk B licence 212-80 Elk B licence 212-81 Elk permit 210-02 Elk permit 210-03 Elk permit 210-04 Elk permit 211-00 Elk permit 212-01 Elk permit 212-45 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.