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Montana · Elk · District 250

Montana elk permit 250-45

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 2026 drawing did

Montana set a quota of 45 on 250-45 in 2026 and drew 45 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, no nonresident landowner applicant put it first; no resident landowner applicant put it first; 69 nonresident applicants put it first and 2 drew, 2.90%; 1,513 resident applicants put it first and 43 drew, 2.84%.

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
2026Nonresident46922.90%360
2026Resident451,513432.84%4650
2026Nonresident landowner400———
2026Resident landowner700———
2025Nonresident46722.99%320
2025Resident451,661432.59%4020
2025Nonresident landowner400———
2025Resident landowner700———
2024Nonresident48611.16%360
2024Resident451,586442.77%3320
2024Nonresident landowner400———
2024Resident landowner700———
2023Nonresident46922.90%280
2023Resident451,413433.04%3210
2023Nonresident landowner400———
2023Resident landowner700———
2022Nonresident48822.27%190
2022Resident451,196433.60%2370
2022Nonresident landowner400———
2022Resident landowner700———
2021Nonresident46700.00%500
2021Resident451,121454.01%1950
2021Nonresident landowner400———
2021Resident landowner700———
2020Nonresident45435.56%240
2020Resident451,109423.79%1560
2020Nonresident landowner400———
2020Resident landowner700———
2019Nonresident46600.00%270
2019Resident451,001454.50%2040
2019Nonresident landowner400———
2019Resident landowner700———
2018Nonresident46523.08%330
2018Resident45850435.06%1580
2018Nonresident landowner400———
2018Resident landowner700———
2017Nonresident36934.35%170
2017Resident35739324.33%1720
2017Nonresident landowner300———
2017Resident landowner600———
2016Nonresident34636.52%220
2016Resident35735324.35%1800
2016Nonresident landowner300———
2016Resident landowner600———
2015Nonresident23400.00%140
2015Resident25580254.31%1780
2015Nonresident landowner200———
2015Resident landowner400———

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%
2026Nonresident11900.00%
2026Nonresident2800.00%
2026Nonresident3200.00%
2026Nonresident4500.00%
2026Nonresident5800.00%
2026Nonresident6400.00%
2026Nonresident7100.00%
2026Nonresident83133.33%
2026Nonresident9400.00%
2026Nonresident102150.00%
2026Resident013310.75%
2026Resident124410.41%
2026Resident222110.45%
2026Resident318821.06%
2026Resident416710.60%
2026Resident513921.44%
2026Resident611743.42%
2026Resident77568.00%
2026Resident85735.26%
2026Resident958610.34%
2026Resident103300.00%
2026Resident1127725.93%
2026Resident121218.33%
2026Resident1311218.18%
2026Resident1413215.38%
2026Resident15300.00%
2026Resident165240.00%
2026Resident176233.33%
2026Resident19100.00%
2026Resident20300.00%
2025Nonresident0800.00%
2025Nonresident11500.00%
2025Nonresident21200.00%
2025Nonresident3400.00%
2025Nonresident49111.11%
2025Nonresident5400.00%
2025Nonresident64125.00%
2025Nonresident7200.00%
2025Nonresident8200.00%
2025Nonresident9200.00%
2025Nonresident10100.00%
2025Nonresident11300.00%
2025Nonresident16100.00%
2025Resident011800.00%
2025Resident133410.30%
2025Resident224810.40%
2025Resident320310.49%
2025Resident418200.00%
2025Resident514842.70%
2025Resident611487.02%
2025Resident78544.71%
2025Resident87645.26%
2025Resident94636.52%
2025Resident103213.13%
2025Resident1127725.93%
2025Resident121218.33%
2025Resident131317.69%
2025Resident145240.00%
2025Resident155120.00%
2025Resident165240.00%
2025Resident17200.00%
2025Resident182150.00%
2025Resident19300.00%
2025Resident2311100.00%
2024Nonresident01500.00%
2024Nonresident11500.00%
2024Nonresident21500.00%
2024Nonresident31200.00%
2024Nonresident41000.00%
2024Nonresident5300.00%
2024Nonresident6200.00%
2024Nonresident7700.00%
2024Nonresident8300.00%
2024Nonresident9100.00%
2024Nonresident10100.00%
2024Nonresident122150.00%
2024Resident013800.00%
2024Resident134600.00%
2024Resident223841.68%
2024Resident322710.44%
2024Resident414910.67%
2024Resident511754.27%
2024Resident69777.22%
2024Resident78033.75%
2024Resident85858.62%
2024Resident93512.86%
2024Resident1030310.00%
2024Resident1118422.22%
2024Resident1221523.81%
2024Resident136116.67%
2024Resident146116.67%
2024Resident157114.29%
2024Resident16300.00%
2024Resident17300.00%
2024Resident18400.00%
2024Resident1911100.00%
2024Resident20100.00%
2024Resident2111100.00%
2023Nonresident11200.00%
2023Nonresident21600.00%
2023Nonresident31200.00%
2023Nonresident4600.00%
2023Nonresident53133.33%
2023Nonresident6500.00%
2023Nonresident7100.00%
2023Nonresident82150.00%
2023Nonresident9300.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated900.00%
2023Resident132400.00%
2023Resident224420.82%
2023Resident317521.14%
2023Resident412543.20%
2023Resident510854.63%
2023Resident69577.37%
2023Resident76046.67%
2023Resident83738.11%
2023Resident93213.13%
2023Resident102214.55%
2023Resident1119421.05%
2023Resident128112.50%
2023Resident135120.00%
2023Resident144125.00%
2023Resident154250.00%
2023Resident16400.00%
2023Resident17300.00%
2023Resident182150.00%
2023Resident1911100.00%
2023Resident2122100.00%
2023Residentnot stated13910.72%
2022Nonresident02800.00%
2022Nonresident11900.00%
2022Nonresident21300.00%
2022Nonresident3600.00%
2022Nonresident46116.67%
2022Nonresident57114.29%
2022Nonresident7100.00%
2022Nonresident10100.00%
2022Nonresidentnot stated700.00%
2022Resident027700.00%
2022Resident119210.52%
2022Resident212921.55%
2022Resident311621.72%
2022Resident49811.02%
2022Resident57633.95%
2022Resident64037.50%
2022Resident744613.64%
2022Resident826726.92%
2022Resident917211.76%
2022Resident101000.00%
2022Resident119333.33%
2022Resident1213323.08%
2022Resident13500.00%
2022Resident144250.00%
2022Resident152150.00%
2022Resident163133.33%
2022Resident173133.33%
2022Resident183266.67%
2022Resident196233.33%
2022Residentnot stated12310.81%
2021Nonresident02700.00%
2021Nonresident11300.00%
2021Nonresident2700.00%
2021Nonresident3400.00%
2021Nonresident4300.00%
2021Nonresident5100.00%
2021Nonresident6300.00%
2021Nonresident10100.00%
2021Nonresident13100.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated700.00%
2021Resident026800.00%
2021Resident118321.09%
2021Resident212310.81%
2021Resident311210.89%
2021Resident49655.21%
2021Resident551815.69%
2021Resident652815.38%
2021Resident728517.86%
2021Resident822313.64%
2021Resident91300.00%
2021Resident1011327.27%
2021Resident1110110.00%
2021Resident12500.00%
2021Resident134125.00%
2021Resident147342.86%
2021Resident153266.67%
2021Resident163266.67%
2021Resident17100.00%
2021Resident18300.00%
2021Residentnot stated12600.00%
2020Nonresident01700.00%
2020Nonresident1700.00%
2020Nonresident2800.00%
2020Nonresident36233.33%
2020Nonresident4300.00%
2020Nonresident5400.00%
2020Nonresident1011100.00%
2020Nonresident14100.00%
2020Nonresidentnot stated700.00%
2020Resident026120.77%
2020Resident117600.00%
2020Resident213621.47%
2020Resident310132.97%
2020Resident47545.33%
2020Resident565710.77%
2020Resident635514.29%
2020Resident726311.54%
2020Resident826519.23%
2020Resident917211.76%
2020Resident1015213.33%
2020Resident117114.29%
2020Resident1210220.00%
2020Resident138112.50%
2020Resident145120.00%
2020Resident158225.00%
2020Resident17500.00%
2020Residentnot stated13300.00%
2019Nonresident02700.00%
2019Nonresident11600.00%
2019Nonresident2800.00%
2019Nonresident3500.00%
2019Nonresident4300.00%
2019Nonresident5100.00%
2019Nonresident6100.00%
2019Nonresidentnot stated500.00%
2019Resident026310.38%
2019Resident116521.21%
2019Resident211221.79%
2019Resident37911.27%
2019Resident47422.70%
2019Resident54612.17%
2019Resident6371232.43%
2019Resident72015.00%
2019Resident817317.65%
2019Resident91119.09%
2019Resident1015320.00%
2019Resident1112325.00%
2019Resident127342.86%
2019Resident139222.22%
2019Resident1411327.27%
2019Resident154250.00%
2019Resident168337.50%
2019Residentnot stated11100.00%
2018Nonresident02514.00%
2018Nonresident11100.00%
2018Nonresident2800.00%
2018Nonresident3400.00%
2018Nonresident4200.00%
2018Nonresident7100.00%
2018Nonresident8100.00%
2018Nonresident1211100.00%
2018Nonresidentnot stated1200.00%
2018Resident023100.00%
2018Resident116200.00%
2018Resident29422.13%
2018Resident36800.00%
2018Resident45147.84%
2018Resident53625.56%
2018Resident619210.53%
2018Resident717317.65%
2018Resident811436.36%
2018Resident913323.08%
2018Resident1011327.27%
2018Resident116233.33%
2018Resident127228.57%
2018Resident1310440.00%
2018Resident146583.33%
2018Resident1510770.00%
2018Residentnot stated9800.00%
2017Nonresident02314.35%
2017Nonresident11000.00%
2017Nonresident2500.00%
2017Nonresident3400.00%
2017Nonresident4200.00%
2017Nonresident54125.00%
2017Nonresident6200.00%
2017Nonresident7200.00%
2017Nonresident8200.00%
2017Nonresident1211100.00%
2017Nonresidentnot stated1400.00%
2017Resident019563.08%
2017Resident113010.77%
2017Resident29788.25%
2017Resident35823.45%
2017Resident43412.94%
2017Resident52114.76%
2017Resident62114.76%
2017Resident713323.08%
2017Resident810110.00%
2017Resident915426.67%
2017Resident1010220.00%
2017Resident11400.00%
2017Resident12800.00%
2017Resident136116.67%
2017Resident149111.11%
2017Residentnot stated10800.00%
2016Nonresident02727.41%
2016Nonresident1500.00%
2016Nonresident26116.67%
2016Nonresident3100.00%
2016Nonresident4200.00%
2016Nonresident5100.00%
2016Nonresident7100.00%
2016Nonresident11100.00%
2016Nonresident12100.00%
2016Nonresidentnot stated100.00%
2016Resident024210.41%
2016Resident112043.33%
2016Resident28011.25%
2016Resident33937.69%
2016Resident42200.00%
2016Resident527518.52%
2016Resident616425.00%
2016Resident721314.29%
2016Resident81516.67%
2016Resident98112.50%
2016Resident107228.57%
2016Resident118225.00%
2016Resident123133.33%
2016Resident13400.00%
2016Residentnot stated12343.25%
2015Nonresident01100.00%
2015Nonresident1700.00%
2015Nonresident3200.00%
2015Nonresident4200.00%
2015Nonresident6200.00%
2015Nonresident10100.00%
2015Nonresidentnot stated900.00%
2015Resident018031.67%
2015Resident19355.38%
2015Resident24424.55%
2015Resident328621.43%
2015Resident423313.04%
2015Resident52114.76%
2015Resident62015.00%
2015Resident71100.00%
2015Resident8600.00%
2015Resident9400.00%
2015Resident1011327.27%
2015Resident117114.29%
2015Resident12300.00%
2015Residentnot stated12900.00%
2014Nonresident0900.00%
2014Nonresident1100.00%
2014Nonresident2100.00%
2014Nonresident3100.00%
2014Nonresident5100.00%
2014Nonresidentnot stated800.00%
2014Resident013121.53%
2014Resident15511.82%
2014Resident24412.27%
2014Resident32627.69%
2014Resident417211.76%
2014Resident518211.11%
2014Resident61200.00%
2014Resident78337.50%
2014Resident86116.67%
2014Resident97228.57%
2014Resident107457.14%
2014Resident114125.00%
2014Residentnot stated10421.92%
2014Resident landowner011100.00%
2014Resident landowner511100.00%

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.