Montana · Elk · District 394

Montana elk permit 394-00

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 400 on 394-00 in 2021 and drew 400 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, no nonresident landowner applicant put it first; no resident landowner applicant put it first; 18 nonresident applicants put it first and 5 drew, 27.78%; 712 resident applicants put it first and 395 drew, 55.48%.

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 6 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	40	18	5	27.78%	8	0
2021	Resident	400	712	395	55.48%	263	0
2021	Nonresident landowner	40	0	0	—	—	—
2021	Resident landowner	60	0	0	—	—	—
2020	Nonresident	40	26	13	50.00%	12	0
2020	Resident	400	586	386	65.87%	216	0
2020	Nonresident landowner	40	0	0	—	—	—
2020	Resident landowner	60	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2019	Nonresident	40	12	12	100.00%	6	0
2019	Resident	400	458	387	84.50%	127	0
2019	Nonresident landowner	40	0	0	—	—	—
2019	Resident landowner	60	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2018	Nonresident	40	28	15	53.57%	5	0
2018	Resident	400	658	384	58.36%	214	0
2018	Nonresident landowner	40	0	0	—	—	—
2018	Resident landowner	60	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2017	Nonresident	80	44	36	81.82%	7	0
2017	Resident	800	870	761	87.47%	276	0
2017	Nonresident landowner	80	0	0	—	—	—
2017	Resident landowner	120	3	3	100.00%	—	—
2016	Nonresident	80	25	23	92.00%	9	0
2016	Resident	800	868	773	89.06%	332	0
2016	Nonresident landowner	80	0	0	—	—	—
2016	Resident landowner	120	4	4	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
2021	Nonresident	0	7	3	42.86%
2021	Nonresident	1	1	0	0.00%
2021	Nonresident	2	1	0	0.00%
2021	Nonresident	3	1	1	100.00%
2021	Nonresident	not stated	8	1	12.50%
2021	Resident	0	285	140	49.12%
2021	Resident	1	87	64	73.56%
2021	Resident	2	14	13	92.86%
2021	Resident	3	4	4	100.00%
2021	Resident	4	12	12	100.00%
2021	Resident	5	4	4	100.00%
2021	Resident	6	3	3	100.00%
2021	Resident	8	2	2	100.00%
2021	Resident	9	1	1	100.00%
2021	Resident	10	1	1	100.00%
2021	Resident	13	2	2	100.00%
2021	Resident	14	1	1	100.00%
2021	Resident	not stated	296	148	50.00%
2020	Nonresident	0	12	5	41.67%
2020	Nonresident	1	6	5	83.33%
2020	Nonresident	not stated	8	3	37.50%
2020	Resident	0	208	126	60.58%
2020	Resident	1	55	43	78.18%
2020	Resident	2	22	22	100.00%
2020	Resident	3	14	14	100.00%
2020	Resident	4	5	5	100.00%
2020	Resident	5	7	7	100.00%
2020	Resident	6	6	6	100.00%
2020	Resident	7	2	2	100.00%
2020	Resident	8	5	5	100.00%
2020	Resident	9	1	1	100.00%
2020	Resident	10	4	4	100.00%
2020	Resident	11	3	3	100.00%
2020	Resident	13	3	3	100.00%
2020	Resident	not stated	251	145	57.77%
2020	Resident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2019	Nonresident	0	3	3	100.00%
2019	Nonresident	1	2	2	100.00%
2019	Nonresident	2	1	1	100.00%
2019	Nonresident	not stated	6	6	100.00%
2019	Resident	0	179	148	82.68%
2019	Resident	1	59	55	93.22%
2019	Resident	2	12	12	100.00%
2019	Resident	3	4	4	100.00%
2019	Resident	4	1	1	100.00%
2019	Resident	5	1	1	100.00%
2019	Resident	15	1	1	100.00%
2019	Resident	not stated	201	165	82.09%
2019	Resident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2018	Nonresident	0	12	6	50.00%
2018	Nonresident	1	2	1	50.00%
2018	Nonresident	not stated	14	8	57.14%
2018	Resident	0	267	149	55.81%
2018	Resident	1	38	27	71.05%
2018	Resident	2	5	5	100.00%
2018	Resident	3	5	5	100.00%
2018	Resident	4	4	4	100.00%
2018	Resident	5	4	4	100.00%
2018	Resident	6	1	1	100.00%
2018	Resident	7	1	1	100.00%
2018	Resident	8	2	2	100.00%
2018	Resident	10	1	1	100.00%
2018	Resident	11	1	1	100.00%
2018	Resident	not stated	329	184	55.93%
2018	Resident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2017	Nonresident	0	18	13	72.22%
2017	Nonresident	2	1	1	100.00%
2017	Nonresident	not stated	25	22	88.00%
2017	Resident	0	317	274	86.44%
2017	Resident	1	32	32	100.00%
2017	Resident	2	14	14	100.00%
2017	Resident	3	16	16	100.00%
2017	Resident	4	10	10	100.00%
2017	Resident	5	4	4	100.00%
2017	Resident	6	6	6	100.00%
2017	Resident	7	6	6	100.00%
2017	Resident	8	2	2	100.00%
2017	Resident	10	1	1	100.00%
2017	Resident	11	1	1	100.00%
2017	Resident	not stated	461	395	85.68%
2017	Resident landowner	not stated	3	3	100.00%
2016	Nonresident	0	4	4	100.00%
2016	Nonresident	3	2	2	100.00%
2016	Nonresident	not stated	19	17	89.47%
2016	Resident	0	288	258	89.58%
2016	Resident	1	52	52	100.00%
2016	Resident	2	20	20	100.00%
2016	Resident	3	15	15	100.00%
2016	Resident	4	16	16	100.00%
2016	Resident	5	12	12	100.00%
2016	Resident	6	9	9	100.00%
2016	Resident	7	1	1	100.00%
2016	Resident	8	3	3	100.00%
2016	Resident	9	3	3	100.00%
2016	Resident	not stated	449	384	85.52%
2016	Resident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2016	Resident landowner	not stated	3	3	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

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
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

Other licences in these districts

Elk B licence 394-00 Elk permit 380-20 Elk permit 391-00 Elk permit 392-00 Elk permit 392-01 Elk permit 396-00 Elk permit 399-01 Elk permit 401-00 Elk permit 401-15 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.