Montana · Elk · District 417

Montana elk permit 417-20

(First & Only). 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 225 on 417-20 in 2026 and drew 225 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, 3 nonresident landowner applicants put it first and 3 drew, 100.00%; 20 resident landowner applicants put it first and 20 drew, 100.00%; 140 nonresident applicants put it first and 19 drew, 13.57%; 919 resident applicants put it first and 183 drew, 19.91%.

Published in 21 of the drawing years FWP has posted, 2006 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	22	140	19	13.57%	0	0
2026	Resident	225	919	183	19.91%	0	0
2026	Nonresident landowner	22	3	3	100.00%	—	—
2026	Resident landowner	34	20	20	100.00%	—	—
2025	Nonresident	22	113	19	16.81%	0	0
2025	Resident	225	803	183	22.79%	0	0
2025	Nonresident landowner	22	2	2	100.00%	—	—
2025	Resident landowner	34	21	21	100.00%	—	—
2024	Nonresident	22	136	21	15.44%	0	0
2024	Resident	225	836	184	22.01%	0	0
2024	Nonresident landowner	22	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2024	Resident landowner	34	19	19	100.00%	—	—
2023	Nonresident	10	141	8	5.67%	0	0
2023	Resident	100	944	77	8.16%	0	0
2023	Nonresident landowner	10	2	2	100.00%	—	—
2023	Resident landowner	15	20	13	65.00%	—	—
2022	Nonresident	22	98	21	21.43%	0	0
2022	Resident	225	628	187	29.78%	0	0
2022	Nonresident landowner	22	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2022	Resident landowner	34	16	16	100.00%	—	—
2021	Nonresident	22	140	20	14.29%	63	0
2021	Resident	225	1,052	182	17.30%	878	0
2021	Nonresident landowner	22	0	0	—	—	—
2021	Resident landowner	34	23	23	100.00%	—	—
2020	Nonresident	22	128	21	16.41%	59	0
2020	Resident	225	961	185	19.25%	724	0
2020	Nonresident landowner	22	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2020	Resident landowner	34	18	18	100.00%	—	—
2019	Nonresident	10	105	8	7.62%	66	0
2019	Resident	100	757	77	10.17%	722	0
2019	Nonresident landowner	10	0	0	—	—	—
2019	Resident landowner	15	30	15	50.00%	—	—
2018	Nonresident	10	117	7	5.98%	69	0
2018	Resident	100	671	78	11.62%	652	0
2018	Nonresident landowner	10	1	0	0.00%	—	—
2018	Resident landowner	15	21	15	71.43%	—	—
2017	Nonresident	10	117	4	3.42%	97	0
2017	Resident	100	697	81	11.62%	826	0
2017	Nonresident landowner	10	2	1	50.00%	—	—
2017	Resident landowner	15	26	14	53.85%	—	—
2016	Nonresident	10	114	9	7.89%	60	0
2016	Resident	100	657	76	11.57%	775	0
2016	Nonresident landowner	10	2	1	50.00%	—	—
2016	Resident landowner	15	27	14	51.85%	—	—
2015	Nonresident	10	85	8	9.41%	69	0
2015	Resident	100	604	77	12.75%	850	0
2015	Nonresident landowner	10	2	1	50.00%	—	—
2015	Resident landowner	15	21	14	66.67%	—	—
2013	Nonresident	10	98	5	5.10%	62	0
2013	Resident	100	685	80	11.68%	992	0
2013	Nonresident landowner	10	1	0	0.00%	—	—
2013	Resident landowner	15	20	15	75.00%	—	—
2012	Nonresident	10	108	8	7.41%	70	0
2012	Resident	100	815	77	9.45%	889	0
2012	Nonresident landowner	10	2	1	50.00%	—	—
2012	Resident landowner	15	20	14	70.00%	—	—
2011	Nonresident	10	89	10	11.24%	67	0
2011	Resident	100	767	75	9.78%	876	0
2011	Nonresident landowner	10	1	0	0.00%	—	—
2011	Resident landowner	15	22	15	68.18%	—	—
2010	Nonresident	10	90	9	10.00%	95	0
2010	Resident	100	847	76	8.97%	891	0
2010	Nonresident landowner	10	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2010	Resident landowner	15	21	14	66.67%	—	—
2009	Nonresident	10	87	6	6.90%	52	0
2009	Resident	100	788	79	10.03%	629	0
2009	Nonresident landowner	10	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2009	Resident landowner	15	22	14	63.64%	—	—
2008	Nonresident	12	72	6	8.33%	41	0
2008	Resident	125	880	100	11.36%	708	0
2008	Nonresident landowner	12	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2008	Resident landowner	19	25	18	72.00%	—	—
2007	Nonresident	12	78	7	8.97%	47	0
2007	Resident	125	842	99	11.76%	727	0
2007	Nonresident landowner	12	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2007	Resident landowner	19	24	18	75.00%	—	—
2006	Nonresident	12	80	7	8.75%	60	0
2006	Resident	125	935	99	10.59%	754	0
2006	Nonresident landowner	12	0	0	—	—	—
2006	Resident landowner	19	21	19	90.48%	—	—

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	4	0	0.00%
2026	Nonresident	1	27	1	3.70%
2026	Nonresident	2	20	0	0.00%
2026	Nonresident	3	16	0	0.00%
2026	Nonresident	4	13	1	7.69%
2026	Nonresident	5	12	1	8.33%
2026	Nonresident	6	19	4	21.05%
2026	Nonresident	7	13	4	30.77%
2026	Nonresident	8	3	2	66.67%
2026	Nonresident	9	12	5	41.67%
2026	Nonresident	10	1	1	100.00%
2026	Resident	0	86	3	3.49%
2026	Resident	1	230	11	4.78%
2026	Resident	2	187	22	11.76%
2026	Resident	3	131	29	22.14%
2026	Resident	4	102	23	22.55%
2026	Resident	5	83	33	39.76%
2026	Resident	6	38	19	50.00%
2026	Resident	7	22	16	72.73%
2026	Resident	8	15	11	73.33%
2026	Resident	9	9	3	33.33%
2026	Resident	10	7	6	85.71%
2026	Resident	11	3	1	33.33%
2026	Resident	12	3	3	100.00%
2026	Resident	14	1	1	100.00%
2026	Resident	16	1	1	100.00%
2026	Resident	19	1	1	100.00%
2026	Nonresident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2026	Nonresident landowner	2	1	1	100.00%
2026	Nonresident landowner	6	1	1	100.00%
2026	Resident landowner	0	13	13	100.00%
2026	Resident landowner	1	6	6	100.00%
2026	Resident landowner	2	1	1	100.00%
2025	Nonresident	0	6	0	0.00%
2025	Nonresident	1	25	0	0.00%
2025	Nonresident	2	16	0	0.00%
2025	Nonresident	3	8	1	12.50%
2025	Nonresident	4	21	3	14.29%
2025	Nonresident	5	10	1	10.00%
2025	Nonresident	6	12	4	33.33%
2025	Nonresident	7	5	4	80.00%
2025	Nonresident	8	6	3	50.00%
2025	Nonresident	9	3	3	100.00%
2025	Nonresident	10	1	0	0.00%
2025	Resident	0	92	1	1.09%
2025	Resident	1	209	10	4.78%
2025	Resident	2	125	15	12.00%
2025	Resident	3	134	35	26.12%
2025	Resident	4	103	36	34.95%
2025	Resident	5	62	30	48.39%
2025	Resident	6	26	15	57.69%
2025	Resident	7	19	13	68.42%
2025	Resident	8	11	9	81.82%
2025	Resident	9	7	6	85.71%
2025	Resident	10	2	2	100.00%
2025	Resident	11	3	3	100.00%
2025	Resident	12	2	1	50.00%
2025	Resident	13	4	4	100.00%
2025	Resident	14	1	0	0.00%
2025	Resident	16	1	1	100.00%
2025	Resident	17	1	1	100.00%
2025	Resident	22	1	1	100.00%
2025	Nonresident landowner	2	2	2	100.00%
2025	Resident landowner	0	9	9	100.00%
2025	Resident landowner	1	6	6	100.00%
2025	Resident landowner	2	4	4	100.00%
2025	Resident landowner	3	1	1	100.00%
2025	Resident landowner	5	1	1	100.00%
2024	Nonresident	0	8	0	0.00%
2024	Nonresident	1	20	0	0.00%
2024	Nonresident	2	23	3	13.04%
2024	Nonresident	3	16	1	6.25%
2024	Nonresident	4	27	0	0.00%
2024	Nonresident	5	13	1	7.69%
2024	Nonresident	6	7	4	57.14%
2024	Nonresident	7	14	6	42.86%
2024	Nonresident	8	2	2	100.00%
2024	Nonresident	9	2	1	50.00%
2024	Nonresident	10	3	2	66.67%
2024	Nonresident	12	1	1	100.00%
2024	Resident	0	82	2	2.44%
2024	Resident	1	188	12	6.38%
2024	Resident	2	175	23	13.14%
2024	Resident	3	139	29	20.86%
2024	Resident	4	118	44	37.29%
2024	Resident	5	46	22	47.83%
2024	Resident	6	35	14	40.00%
2024	Resident	7	16	10	62.50%
2024	Resident	8	9	5	55.56%
2024	Resident	9	9	7	77.78%
2024	Resident	10	5	4	80.00%
2024	Resident	11	2	1	50.00%
2024	Resident	12	5	5	100.00%
2024	Resident	15	3	3	100.00%
2024	Resident	17	1	1	100.00%
2024	Resident	20	2	2	100.00%
2024	Resident	21	1	0	0.00%
2024	Nonresident landowner	0	1	1	100.00%
2024	Resident landowner	0	8	8	100.00%
2024	Resident landowner	1	3	3	100.00%
2024	Resident landowner	2	2	2	100.00%
2024	Resident landowner	3	2	2	100.00%
2024	Resident landowner	4	2	2	100.00%
2024	Resident landowner	5	1	1	100.00%
2024	Resident landowner	6	1	1	100.00%
2023	Nonresident	1	22	0	0.00%
2023	Nonresident	2	28	0	0.00%
2023	Nonresident	3	21	1	4.76%
2023	Nonresident	4	13	3	23.08%
2023	Nonresident	5	17	2	11.76%
2023	Nonresident	6	19	2	10.53%
2023	Nonresident	7	8	0	0.00%
2023	Nonresident	8	1	0	0.00%
2023	Nonresident	12	1	0	0.00%
2023	Nonresident	not stated	11	0	0.00%
2023	Resident	1	251	5	1.99%
2023	Resident	2	189	12	6.35%
2023	Resident	3	160	11	6.88%
2023	Resident	4	73	10	13.70%
2023	Resident	5	44	9	20.45%
2023	Resident	6	28	4	14.29%
2023	Resident	7	22	7	31.82%
2023	Resident	8	9	6	66.67%
2023	Resident	9	9	2	22.22%
2023	Resident	10	3	0	0.00%
2023	Resident	11	3	0	0.00%
2023	Resident	12	4	2	50.00%
2023	Resident	13	1	0	0.00%
2023	Resident	14	3	1	33.33%
2023	Resident	15	1	1	100.00%
2023	Resident	16	1	0	0.00%
2023	Resident	17	3	3	100.00%
2023	Resident	18	1	1	100.00%
2023	Resident	20	2	2	100.00%
2023	Resident	21	1	1	100.00%
2023	Resident	not stated	129	0	0.00%
2023	Nonresident landowner	2	1	1	100.00%
2023	Nonresident landowner	3	1	1	100.00%
2023	Resident landowner	1	2	1	50.00%
2023	Resident landowner	2	3	2	66.67%
2023	Resident landowner	5	2	2	100.00%
2023	Resident landowner	not stated	13	8	61.54%
2022	Nonresident	0	18	3	16.67%
2022	Nonresident	1	19	3	15.79%
2022	Nonresident	2	11	1	9.09%
2022	Nonresident	3	10	6	60.00%
2022	Nonresident	4	10	1	10.00%
2022	Nonresident	5	2	2	100.00%
2022	Nonresident	6	6	2	33.33%
2022	Nonresident	7	3	3	100.00%
2022	Nonresident	10	1	0	0.00%
2022	Nonresident	not stated	18	0	0.00%
2022	Resident	0	172	18	10.47%
2022	Resident	1	114	19	16.67%
2022	Resident	2	83	21	25.30%
2022	Resident	3	57	26	45.61%
2022	Resident	4	45	27	60.00%
2022	Resident	5	27	22	81.48%
2022	Resident	6	20	16	80.00%
2022	Resident	7	15	12	80.00%
2022	Resident	8	9	8	88.89%
2022	Resident	9	6	5	83.33%
2022	Resident	10	2	2	100.00%
2022	Resident	11	3	3	100.00%
2022	Resident	13	1	1	100.00%
2022	Resident	14	1	1	100.00%
2022	Resident	15	1	1	100.00%
2022	Resident	18	1	1	100.00%
2022	Resident	19	1	1	100.00%
2022	Resident	not stated	70	3	4.29%
2022	Nonresident landowner	4	1	1	100.00%
2022	Resident landowner	0	4	4	100.00%
2022	Resident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2022	Resident landowner	not stated	11	11	100.00%
2021	Nonresident	0	55	0	0.00%
2021	Nonresident	1	15	1	6.67%
2021	Nonresident	2	19	4	21.05%
2021	Nonresident	3	16	1	6.25%
2021	Nonresident	4	11	6	54.55%
2021	Nonresident	5	7	2	28.57%
2021	Nonresident	6	1	1	100.00%
2021	Nonresident	7	1	1	100.00%
2021	Nonresident	8	1	1	100.00%
2021	Nonresident	9	1	1	100.00%
2021	Nonresident	14	1	1	100.00%
2021	Nonresident	not stated	12	1	8.33%
2021	Resident	0	312	14	4.49%
2021	Resident	1	166	11	6.63%
2021	Resident	2	151	32	21.19%
2021	Resident	3	118	34	28.81%
2021	Resident	4	56	15	26.79%
2021	Resident	5	49	19	38.78%
2021	Resident	6	30	12	40.00%
2021	Resident	7	19	10	52.63%
2021	Resident	8	5	4	80.00%
2021	Resident	9	9	9	100.00%
2021	Resident	10	7	7	100.00%
2021	Resident	11	3	2	66.67%
2021	Resident	12	5	4	80.00%
2021	Resident	13	3	1	33.33%
2021	Resident	15	1	1	100.00%
2021	Resident	17	1	1	100.00%
2021	Resident	18	1	1	100.00%
2021	Resident	not stated	116	5	4.31%
2021	Resident landowner	0	7	7	100.00%
2021	Resident landowner	1	3	3	100.00%
2021	Resident landowner	2	1	1	100.00%
2021	Resident landowner	3	1	1	100.00%
2021	Resident landowner	not stated	11	11	100.00%
2020	Nonresident	0	30	0	0.00%
2020	Nonresident	1	29	1	3.45%
2020	Nonresident	2	18	3	16.67%
2020	Nonresident	3	7	2	28.57%
2020	Nonresident	4	7	1	14.29%
2020	Nonresident	5	5	3	60.00%
2020	Nonresident	6	4	4	100.00%
2020	Nonresident	7	1	1	100.00%
2020	Nonresident	8	7	6	85.71%
2020	Nonresident	not stated	20	0	0.00%
2020	Resident	0	246	15	6.10%
2020	Resident	1	164	7	4.27%
2020	Resident	2	151	25	16.56%
2020	Resident	3	70	17	24.29%
2020	Resident	4	65	25	38.46%
2020	Resident	5	43	18	41.86%
2020	Resident	6	29	20	68.97%
2020	Resident	7	13	9	69.23%
2020	Resident	8	13	8	61.54%
2020	Resident	9	13	10	76.92%
2020	Resident	10	13	12	92.31%
2020	Resident	11	6	5	83.33%
2020	Resident	12	4	3	75.00%
2020	Resident	13	1	1	100.00%
2020	Resident	14	2	2	100.00%
2020	Resident	15	1	1	100.00%
2020	Resident	16	1	1	100.00%
2020	Resident	17	2	2	100.00%
2020	Resident	not stated	124	4	3.23%
2020	Nonresident landowner	2	1	1	100.00%
2020	Resident landowner	0	3	3	100.00%
2020	Resident landowner	1	3	3	100.00%
2020	Resident landowner	3	1	1	100.00%
2020	Resident landowner	8	1	1	100.00%
2020	Resident landowner	not stated	10	10	100.00%
2019	Nonresident	0	30	1	3.33%
2019	Nonresident	1	17	0	0.00%
2019	Nonresident	2	9	0	0.00%
2019	Nonresident	3	7	1	14.29%
2019	Nonresident	4	6	1	16.67%
2019	Nonresident	5	2	2	100.00%
2019	Nonresident	6	1	0	0.00%
2019	Nonresident	7	3	1	33.33%
2019	Nonresident	9	2	1	50.00%
2019	Nonresident	not stated	28	1	3.57%
2019	Resident	0	187	2	1.07%
2019	Resident	1	148	4	2.70%
2019	Resident	2	99	9	9.09%
2019	Resident	3	63	6	9.52%
2019	Resident	4	63	13	20.63%
2019	Resident	5	33	8	24.24%
2019	Resident	6	17	10	58.82%
2019	Resident	7	10	2	20.00%
2019	Resident	8	11	4	36.36%
2019	Resident	9	11	6	54.55%
2019	Resident	10	8	4	50.00%
2019	Resident	11	4	3	75.00%
2019	Resident	12	2	2	100.00%
2019	Resident	14	1	1	100.00%
2019	Resident	15	3	2	66.67%
2019	Resident	16	1	1	100.00%
2019	Resident	not stated	81	0	0.00%
2019	Resident landowner	0	10	4	40.00%
2019	Resident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2019	Resident landowner	2	1	1	100.00%
2019	Resident landowner	not stated	18	9	50.00%
2018	Nonresident	0	53	0	0.00%
2018	Nonresident	1	13	1	7.69%
2018	Nonresident	2	14	1	7.14%
2018	Nonresident	3	5	1	20.00%
2018	Nonresident	4	5	1	20.00%
2018	Nonresident	5	6	1	16.67%
2018	Nonresident	6	6	1	16.67%
2018	Nonresident	7	2	1	50.00%
2018	Nonresident	not stated	12	0	0.00%
2018	Resident	0	173	8	4.62%
2018	Resident	1	111	1	0.90%
2018	Resident	2	86	6	6.98%
2018	Resident	3	61	6	9.84%
2018	Resident	4	55	7	12.73%
2018	Resident	5	26	6	23.08%
2018	Resident	6	21	7	33.33%
2018	Resident	7	13	8	61.54%
2018	Resident	8	12	6	50.00%
2018	Resident	9	7	3	42.86%
2018	Resident	10	9	5	55.56%
2018	Resident	11	4	3	75.00%
2018	Resident	12	4	2	50.00%
2018	Resident	13	4	3	75.00%
2018	Resident	14	4	4	100.00%
2018	Resident	15	3	2	66.67%
2018	Resident	not stated	72	1	1.39%
2018	Nonresident landowner	0	1	0	0.00%
2018	Resident landowner	0	5	3	60.00%
2018	Resident landowner	1	4	3	75.00%
2018	Resident landowner	2	1	1	100.00%
2018	Resident landowner	not stated	11	8	72.73%
2017	Nonresident	0	39	2	5.13%
2017	Nonresident	1	19	0	0.00%
2017	Nonresident	2	8	0	0.00%
2017	Nonresident	3	5	0	0.00%
2017	Nonresident	4	4	0	0.00%
2017	Nonresident	5	6	0	0.00%
2017	Nonresident	6	1	0	0.00%
2017	Nonresident	11	1	1	100.00%
2017	Nonresident	12	1	1	100.00%
2017	Nonresident	not stated	32	0	0.00%
2017	Resident	0	190	7	3.68%
2017	Resident	1	112	10	8.93%
2017	Resident	2	76	6	7.89%
2017	Resident	3	52	4	7.69%
2017	Resident	4	32	10	31.25%
2017	Resident	5	27	8	29.63%
2017	Resident	6	27	10	37.04%
2017	Resident	7	13	5	38.46%
2017	Resident	8	15	2	13.33%
2017	Resident	9	9	4	44.44%
2017	Resident	10	3	1	33.33%
2017	Resident	11	5	4	80.00%
2017	Resident	12	10	5	50.00%
2017	Resident	13	2	0	0.00%
2017	Resident	14	8	2	25.00%
2017	Resident	not stated	104	3	2.88%
2017	Nonresident landowner	2	1	1	100.00%
2017	Nonresident landowner	not stated	1	0	0.00%
2017	Resident landowner	0	4	1	25.00%
2017	Resident landowner	1	6	5	83.33%
2017	Resident landowner	2	1	1	100.00%
2017	Resident landowner	3	1	1	100.00%
2017	Resident landowner	4	1	1	100.00%
2017	Resident landowner	not stated	13	5	38.46%
2016	Nonresident	0	28	1	3.57%
2016	Nonresident	1	15	1	6.67%
2016	Nonresident	2	9	1	11.11%
2016	Nonresident	3	6	1	16.67%
2016	Nonresident	4	8	2	25.00%
2016	Nonresident	5	2	0	0.00%
2016	Nonresident	6	2	0	0.00%
2016	Nonresident	7	1	0	0.00%
2016	Nonresident	10	3	1	33.33%
2016	Nonresident	not stated	39	2	5.13%
2016	Resident	0	154	7	4.55%
2016	Resident	1	108	11	10.19%
2016	Resident	2	72	16	22.22%
2016	Resident	3	47	7	14.89%
2016	Resident	4	40	8	20.00%
2016	Resident	5	32	4	12.50%
2016	Resident	6	18	6	33.33%
2016	Resident	7	19	2	10.53%
2016	Resident	8	12	4	33.33%
2016	Resident	9	5	2	40.00%
2016	Resident	10	7	1	14.29%
2016	Resident	11	5	2	40.00%
2016	Resident	12	4	2	50.00%
2016	Resident	13	5	2	40.00%
2016	Resident	not stated	116	2	1.72%
2016	Nonresident landowner	0	1	1	100.00%
2016	Nonresident landowner	1	1	0	0.00%
2016	Resident landowner	0	9	3	33.33%
2016	Resident landowner	1	2	2	100.00%
2016	Resident landowner	2	1	1	100.00%
2016	Resident landowner	not stated	15	8	53.33%
2015	Nonresident	0	24	0	0.00%
2015	Nonresident	1	7	1	14.29%
2015	Nonresident	2	9	0	0.00%
2015	Nonresident	3	7	1	14.29%
2015	Nonresident	4	4	1	25.00%
2015	Nonresident	7	3	3	100.00%
2015	Nonresident	8	2	2	100.00%
2015	Nonresident	not stated	28	0	0.00%
2015	Resident	0	151	7	4.64%
2015	Resident	1	90	5	5.56%
2015	Resident	2	62	9	14.52%
2015	Resident	3	42	6	14.29%
2015	Resident	4	41	9	21.95%
2015	Resident	5	28	6	21.43%
2015	Resident	6	34	8	23.53%
2015	Resident	7	14	6	42.86%
2015	Resident	8	10	6	60.00%
2015	Resident	9	10	5	50.00%
2015	Resident	10	6	1	16.67%
2015	Resident	11	4	1	25.00%
2015	Resident	12	4	1	25.00%
2015	Resident	not stated	101	7	6.93%
2015	Nonresident landowner	0	1	0	0.00%
2015	Nonresident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2015	Resident landowner	0	8	6	75.00%
2015	Resident landowner	1	3	2	66.67%
2015	Resident landowner	2	1	1	100.00%
2015	Resident landowner	4	1	1	100.00%
2015	Resident landowner	not stated	8	4	50.00%
2014	Nonresident	0	24	4	16.67%
2014	Nonresident	1	10	0	0.00%
2014	Nonresident	2	7	1	14.29%
2014	Nonresident	3	1	0	0.00%
2014	Nonresident	4	1	0	0.00%
2014	Nonresident	5	1	0	0.00%
2014	Nonresident	6	4	1	25.00%
2014	Nonresident	7	1	0	0.00%
2014	Nonresident	not stated	21	1	4.76%
2014	Resident	0	143	6	4.20%
2014	Resident	1	78	8	10.26%
2014	Resident	2	72	15	20.83%
2014	Resident	3	53	7	13.21%
2014	Resident	4	34	6	17.65%
2014	Resident	5	37	6	16.22%
2014	Resident	6	16	5	31.25%
2014	Resident	7	11	3	27.27%
2014	Resident	8	12	6	50.00%
2014	Resident	9	10	6	60.00%
2014	Resident	10	13	5	38.46%
2014	Resident	11	6	2	33.33%
2014	Resident	not stated	87	3	3.45%
2014	Nonresident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2014	Resident landowner	0	3	1	33.33%
2014	Resident landowner	1	2	2	100.00%
2014	Resident landowner	4	2	2	100.00%
2014	Resident landowner	6	1	1	100.00%
2014	Resident landowner	not stated	13	8	61.54%
2013	Nonresident	0	27	0	0.00%
2013	Nonresident	1	13	3	23.08%
2013	Nonresident	2	5	0	0.00%
2013	Nonresident	3	3	1	33.33%
2013	Nonresident	5	1	0	0.00%
2013	Nonresident	7	1	0	0.00%
2013	Nonresident	not stated	47	1	2.13%
2013	Resident	0	150	4	2.67%
2013	Resident	1	108	12	11.11%
2013	Resident	2	70	4	5.71%
2013	Resident	3	55	9	16.36%
2013	Resident	4	60	12	20.00%
2013	Resident	5	27	5	18.52%
2013	Resident	6	18	7	38.89%
2013	Resident	7	14	3	21.43%
2013	Resident	8	15	5	33.33%
2013	Resident	9	10	4	40.00%
2013	Resident	10	12	4	33.33%
2013	Resident	not stated	141	11	7.80%
2013	Nonresident landowner	0	1	0	0.00%
2013	Resident landowner	0	3	2	66.67%
2013	Resident landowner	1	3	3	100.00%
2013	Resident landowner	2	3	2	66.67%
2013	Resident landowner	not stated	11	8	72.73%
2012	Nonresident	0	40	0	0.00%
2012	Nonresident	1	14	1	7.14%
2012	Nonresident	2	2	0	0.00%
2012	Nonresident	3	3	1	33.33%
2012	Nonresident	4	6	3	50.00%
2012	Nonresident	5	1	0	0.00%
2012	Nonresident	6	1	1	100.00%
2012	Nonresident	7	2	1	50.00%
2012	Nonresident	8	2	0	0.00%
2012	Nonresident	not stated	36	1	2.78%
2012	Resident	0	204	4	1.96%
2012	Resident	1	114	10	8.77%
2012	Resident	2	81	8	9.88%
2012	Resident	3	94	10	10.64%
2012	Resident	4	57	9	15.79%
2012	Resident	5	27	5	18.52%
2012	Resident	6	23	5	21.74%
2012	Resident	7	21	7	33.33%
2012	Resident	8	16	6	37.50%
2012	Resident	9	17	5	29.41%
2012	Resident	not stated	155	8	5.16%
2012	Nonresident landowner	0	1	1	100.00%
2012	Nonresident landowner	not stated	1	0	0.00%
2012	Resident landowner	0	4	3	75.00%
2012	Resident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2012	Resident landowner	2	2	2	100.00%
2012	Resident landowner	not stated	13	8	61.54%
2011	Nonresident	0	19	2	10.53%
2011	Nonresident	1	7	0	0.00%
2011	Nonresident	2	10	4	40.00%
2011	Nonresident	3	5	0	0.00%
2011	Nonresident	5	3	1	33.33%
2011	Nonresident	6	5	0	0.00%
2011	Nonresident	7	4	2	50.00%
2011	Nonresident	not stated	35	1	2.86%
2011	Resident	0	166	6	3.61%
2011	Resident	1	111	7	6.31%
2011	Resident	2	90	9	10.00%
2011	Resident	3	54	10	18.52%
2011	Resident	4	43	11	25.58%
2011	Resident	5	33	11	33.33%
2011	Resident	6	26	5	19.23%
2011	Resident	7	16	4	25.00%
2011	Resident	8	18	6	33.33%
2011	Resident	not stated	203	6	2.96%
2011	Nonresident landowner	not stated	1	0	0.00%
2011	Resident landowner	0	5	2	40.00%
2011	Resident landowner	1	3	3	100.00%
2011	Resident landowner	not stated	14	10	71.43%
2010	Nonresident	0	26	2	7.69%
2010	Nonresident	1	9	1	11.11%
2010	Nonresident	2	5	2	40.00%
2010	Nonresident	3	1	1	100.00%
2010	Nonresident	4	3	1	33.33%
2010	Nonresident	5	3	0	0.00%
2010	Nonresident	6	3	1	33.33%
2010	Nonresident	7	1	1	100.00%
2010	Nonresident	not stated	39	0	0.00%
2010	Resident	0	191	5	2.62%
2010	Resident	1	136	13	9.56%
2010	Resident	2	91	13	14.29%
2010	Resident	3	54	6	11.11%
2010	Resident	4	63	10	15.87%
2010	Resident	5	31	4	12.90%
2010	Resident	6	45	12	26.67%
2010	Resident	7	29	10	34.48%
2010	Resident	not stated	200	3	1.50%
2010	Nonresident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2010	Resident landowner	0	9	5	55.56%
2010	Resident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2010	Resident landowner	not stated	11	8	72.73%
2009	Nonresident	0	37	5	13.51%
2009	Nonresident	1	5	1	20.00%
2009	Nonresident	2	4	0	0.00%
2009	Nonresident	3	2	0	0.00%
2009	Nonresident	4	5	0	0.00%
2009	Nonresident	5	4	0	0.00%
2009	Nonresident	6	3	0	0.00%
2009	Nonresident	not stated	27	0	0.00%
2009	Resident	0	185	6	3.24%
2009	Resident	1	119	7	5.88%
2009	Resident	2	73	7	9.59%
2009	Resident	3	76	14	18.42%
2009	Resident	4	48	9	18.75%
2009	Resident	5	48	11	22.92%
2009	Resident	6	48	16	33.33%
2009	Resident	not stated	183	9	4.92%
2009	Nonresident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2009	Resident landowner	0	4	3	75.00%
2009	Resident landowner	1	2	2	100.00%
2009	Resident landowner	2	2	2	100.00%
2009	Resident landowner	not stated	14	7	50.00%
2008	Nonresident	0	30	0	0.00%
2008	Nonresident	1	4	0	0.00%
2008	Nonresident	2	5	3	60.00%
2008	Nonresident	3	4	1	25.00%
2008	Nonresident	4	3	0	0.00%
2008	Nonresident	5	2	0	0.00%
2008	Nonresident	not stated	24	2	8.33%
2008	Resident	0	206	8	3.88%
2008	Resident	1	115	9	7.83%
2008	Resident	2	108	22	20.37%
2008	Resident	3	82	20	24.39%
2008	Resident	4	74	14	18.92%
2008	Resident	5	64	14	21.88%
2008	Resident	not stated	224	13	5.80%
2008	Nonresident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2008	Resident landowner	0	8	7	87.50%
2008	Resident landowner	1	2	0	0.00%
2008	Resident landowner	5	1	1	100.00%
2008	Resident landowner	not stated	14	10	71.43%
2007	Nonresident	0	26	4	15.38%
2007	Nonresident	1	6	0	0.00%
2007	Nonresident	2	6	1	16.67%
2007	Nonresident	3	7	1	14.29%
2007	Nonresident	4	4	0	0.00%
2007	Nonresident	not stated	29	1	3.45%
2007	Resident	0	186	13	6.99%
2007	Resident	1	154	13	8.44%
2007	Resident	2	105	15	14.29%
2007	Resident	3	87	15	17.24%
2007	Resident	4	111	27	24.32%
2007	Resident	not stated	193	16	8.29%
2007	Nonresident landowner	0	1	1	100.00%
2007	Resident landowner	0	5	5	100.00%
2007	Resident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2007	Resident landowner	2	1	1	100.00%
2007	Resident landowner	3	1	1	100.00%
2007	Resident landowner	4	2	2	100.00%
2007	Resident landowner	not stated	14	8	57.14%
2006	Nonresident	0	15	2	13.33%
2006	Nonresident	1	8	0	0.00%
2006	Nonresident	2	8	0	0.00%
2006	Nonresident	3	4	1	25.00%
2006	Nonresident	not stated	45	4	8.89%
2006	Resident	0	216	10	4.63%
2006	Resident	1	144	16	11.11%
2006	Resident	2	159	27	16.98%
2006	Resident	3	194	33	17.01%
2006	Resident	not stated	220	13	5.91%
2006	Resident landowner	0	3	1	33.33%
2006	Resident landowner	1	3	3	100.00%
2006	Resident landowner	not stated	15	15	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 Permit Drawing Statistics Report.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2026-04-17, fetched 2026-09-03
2025 Elk Permit Drawing Statistics Report.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2025-04-17, fetched 2026-09-03
2024 Elk Permit Drawing Statistics Report.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2024-04-18, fetched 2026-09-03
2023 Elk Permit Drawing Statistics Report.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2023-06-21, fetched 2026-09-03
2022 Elk Permit Drawing Statistics Report (Original Drawing).xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2022-04-14, fetched 2026-09-03
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
2015 elk permit stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2015-04-15, fetched 2026-09-03
2013 elk permit stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2013-04-24, fetched 2026-09-03
2012 elk permit stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2012-04-18, fetched 2026-09-03
2011 elk permit stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2011-07-19, fetched 2026-09-03
2010 elk permit stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2010-07-20, 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
2026 Elk Permit Detailed Bonus Point Drawing Statistics.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2026-04-17, fetched 2026-09-03
2025 Elk Permit Detailed Bonus Point Drawing Statistics.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2025-04-17, fetched 2026-09-03
2024 Elk Permit Detailed Bonus Point Drawing Statistics.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2024-04-18, fetched 2026-09-03
2023 Elk Permit Bonus Point Drawing Statistics Report.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2023-04-24, fetched 2026-09-03
2022 Elk Permit Bonus Point Drawing Statistics Report (Original Drawing).xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2009-00, 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
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
2013 dea detailed bonus point stats.xlsx — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2013-08-12, fetched 2026-09-03
2012 dea detailed stats1.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2012-10-26, fetched 2026-09-03
2011 dea detailed statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2011-08-09, fetched 2026-09-03
2010 dea detailed statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2010-07-23, 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 417-02 Elk B licence 417-80 Elk B licence 417-81 Elk permit 412-00 Elk permit 412-20 Elk permit 413-00 Elk permit 417-00 Elk permit 417-21 Elk permit 418-00 Elk permit 420-15 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.