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Montana · Elk · District 441

Montana elk permit 441-20

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 35 on 441-20 in 2026 and drew 35 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, 1 nonresident landowner applicant put it first and 1 drew, 100.00%; 11 resident landowner applicants put it first and 5 drew, 45.45%; 12 nonresident applicants put it first and 1 drew, 8.33%; 514 resident applicants put it first and 28 drew, 5.45%.

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.
YearPoolPool capPut it firstDrew on first choiceFirst-choice success ratePut it 2nd or 3rdDrew on 2nd or 3rd
2026Nonresident31218.33%110
2026Resident35514285.45%2500
2026Nonresident landowner311100.00%——
2026Resident landowner611545.45%——
2025Nonresident31600.00%70
2025Resident35466296.22%2250
2025Nonresident landowner300———
2025Resident landowner613646.15%——
2024Nonresident31300.00%90
2024Resident35488295.94%2120
2024Nonresident landowner300———
2024Resident landowner68675.00%——
2023Nonresident31600.00%60
2023Resident35468296.20%1990
2023Nonresident landowner300———
2023Resident landowner612650.00%——
2022Nonresident31616.25%20
2022Resident35414286.76%1620
2022Nonresident landowner311100.00%——
2022Resident landowner611545.45%——
2021Nonresident32600.00%120
2021Resident35456296.36%2180
2021Nonresident landowner300———
2021Resident landowner68675.00%——
2020Nonresident31800.00%60
2020Resident35421296.89%1530
2020Nonresident landowner300———
2020Resident landowner666100.00%——
2019Nonresident33100.00%70
2019Resident35411297.06%1640
2019Nonresident landowner300———
2019Resident landowner67685.71%——
2018Nonresident34412.27%170
2018Resident35392287.14%2120
2018Nonresident landowner300———
2018Resident landowner68675.00%——
2017Nonresident33825.26%100
2017Resident35385277.01%1980
2017Nonresident landowner300———
2017Resident landowner69666.67%——
2016Nonresident32514.00%140
2016Resident35432286.48%2040
2016Nonresident landowner300———
2016Resident landowner68675.00%——
2015Nonresident32400.00%120
2015Resident35463306.48%2680
2015Nonresident landowner300———
2015Resident landowner655100.00%——
2013Nonresident31900.00%190
2013Resident35510305.88%2630
2013Nonresident landowner300———
2013Resident landowner58562.50%——
2012Nonresident31400.00%110
2012Resident30510254.90%2490
2012Nonresident landowner300———
2012Resident landowner511545.45%——
2011Nonresident31600.00%100
2011Resident30537254.66%2160
2011Nonresident landowner300———
2011Resident landowner513538.46%——
2010Nonresident31900.00%100
2010Resident30544254.60%1720
2010Nonresident landowner300———
2010Resident landowner58562.50%——
2009Nonresident31600.00%10
2009Resident30407256.14%980
2009Nonresident landowner300———
2009Resident landowner56583.33%——
2008Nonresident31300.00%00
2008Resident30415256.02%830
2008Nonresident landowner300———
2008Resident landowner511545.45%——
2007Nonresident31317.69%70
2007Resident30369246.50%1060
2007Nonresident landowner300———
2007Resident landowner510550.00%——
2006Nonresident3600.00%60
2006Resident30330257.58%1120
2006Nonresident landowner300———
2006Resident landowner555100.00%——

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.
YearPoolBonus pointsAppliedDrewDrew at this level
2026Nonresident0100.00%
2026Nonresident1300.00%
2026Nonresident3100.00%
2026Nonresident4300.00%
2026Nonresident6200.00%
2026Nonresident811100.00%
2026Nonresident9100.00%
2026Resident06500.00%
2026Resident18011.25%
2026Resident26811.47%
2026Resident36634.55%
2026Resident46211.61%
2026Resident54000.00%
2026Resident634514.71%
2026Resident722313.64%
2026Resident821628.57%
2026Resident920315.00%
2026Resident10900.00%
2026Resident118112.50%
2026Resident123133.33%
2026Resident132150.00%
2026Resident143133.33%
2026Resident154125.00%
2026Resident16100.00%
2026Nonresident landowner411100.00%
2026Resident landowner05240.00%
2026Resident landowner1100.00%
2026Resident landowner23133.33%
2026Resident landowner311100.00%
2026Resident landowner611100.00%
2025Nonresident0300.00%
2025Nonresident1100.00%
2025Nonresident2200.00%
2025Nonresident3600.00%
2025Nonresident4100.00%
2025Nonresident5100.00%
2025Nonresident8200.00%
2025Resident04500.00%
2025Resident17000.00%
2025Resident27500.00%
2025Resident37122.82%
2025Resident44212.38%
2025Resident53725.41%
2025Resident62613.85%
2025Resident7311032.26%
2025Resident821314.29%
2025Resident91500.00%
2025Resident107114.29%
2025Resident117457.14%
2025Resident124250.00%
2025Resident13200.00%
2025Resident14300.00%
2025Resident2111100.00%
2025Resident2211100.00%
2025Resident2311100.00%
2025Resident landowner05120.00%
2025Resident landowner13133.33%
2025Resident landowner22150.00%
2025Resident landowner411100.00%
2025Resident landowner611100.00%
2025Resident landowner911100.00%
2024Nonresident0100.00%
2024Nonresident1200.00%
2024Nonresident2300.00%
2024Nonresident3100.00%
2024Nonresident4200.00%
2024Nonresident5100.00%
2024Nonresident6100.00%
2024Nonresident7200.00%
2024Resident04600.00%
2024Resident19400.00%
2024Resident27411.35%
2024Resident35311.89%
2024Resident45411.85%
2024Resident53812.63%
2024Resident64237.14%
2024Resident728725.00%
2024Resident816425.00%
2024Resident913430.77%
2024Resident1011218.18%
2024Resident117228.57%
2024Resident12200.00%
2024Resident132150.00%
2024Resident14100.00%
2024Resident1511100.00%
2024Resident20100.00%
2024Resident212150.00%
2024Resident22100.00%
2024Resident landowner02150.00%
2024Resident landowner12150.00%
2024Resident landowner211100.00%
2024Resident landowner311100.00%
2024Resident landowner511100.00%
2024Resident landowner611100.00%
2023Nonresident1500.00%
2023Nonresident2300.00%
2023Nonresident3200.00%
2023Nonresident5100.00%
2023Nonresident6100.00%
2023Nonresident7100.00%
2023Nonresident11100.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated200.00%
2023Resident110610.94%
2023Resident26035.00%
2023Resident36246.45%
2023Resident44212.38%
2023Resident54025.00%
2023Resident62328.70%
2023Resident723521.74%
2023Resident822313.64%
2023Resident910220.00%
2023Resident108225.00%
2023Resident114125.00%
2023Resident123133.33%
2023Resident133133.33%
2023Resident1511100.00%
2023Resident19100.00%
2023Resident20100.00%
2023Resident21100.00%
2023Residentnot stated5200.00%
2023Resident landowner1100.00%
2023Resident landowner22150.00%
2023Resident landowner33266.67%
2023Resident landowner411100.00%
2023Resident landowner611100.00%
2023Resident landownernot stated4125.00%
2022Nonresident0400.00%
2022Nonresident1500.00%
2022Nonresident2400.00%
2022Nonresident3100.00%
2022Nonresident4100.00%
2022Nonresident611100.00%
2022Resident07300.00%
2022Resident16834.41%
2022Resident23712.70%
2022Resident34912.04%
2022Resident432515.63%
2022Resident52528.00%
2022Resident624312.50%
2022Resident7900.00%
2022Resident812325.00%
2022Resident9600.00%
2022Resident108225.00%
2022Resident116116.67%
2022Resident1211100.00%
2022Resident1311100.00%
2022Resident1411100.00%
2022Resident152150.00%
2022Resident1633100.00%
2022Resident17100.00%
2022Resident18100.00%
2022Resident19100.00%
2022Residentnot stated4800.00%
2022Nonresident landowner211100.00%
2022Resident landowner0200.00%
2022Resident landowner12150.00%
2022Resident landowner22150.00%
2022Resident landowner311100.00%
2022Resident landownernot stated4250.00%
2021Nonresident0600.00%
2021Nonresident1400.00%
2021Nonresident2100.00%
2021Nonresident3300.00%
2021Nonresident5100.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated1100.00%
2021Resident08400.00%
2021Resident15800.00%
2021Resident25811.72%
2021Resident34249.52%
2021Resident43100.00%
2021Resident53026.67%
2021Resident613215.38%
2021Resident716318.75%
2021Resident89111.11%
2021Resident910440.00%
2021Resident108225.00%
2021Resident112150.00%
2021Resident1244100.00%
2021Resident132150.00%
2021Resident14200.00%
2021Resident15200.00%
2021Resident1611100.00%
2021Resident1722100.00%
2021Resident182150.00%
2021Residentnot stated7800.00%
2021Resident landowner03266.67%
2021Resident landowner12150.00%
2021Resident landownernot stated33100.00%
2020Nonresident0600.00%
2020Nonresident1200.00%
2020Nonresident2100.00%
2020Nonresident3300.00%
2020Nonresident5200.00%
2020Nonresident7100.00%
2020Nonresidentnot stated300.00%
2020Resident07911.27%
2020Resident16100.00%
2020Resident25800.00%
2020Resident33300.00%
2020Resident43538.57%
2020Resident521314.29%
2020Resident625728.00%
2020Resident77114.29%
2020Resident811218.18%
2020Resident91119.09%
2020Resident104250.00%
2020Resident116233.33%
2020Resident122150.00%
2020Resident134250.00%
2020Resident14200.00%
2020Resident1511100.00%
2020Resident16100.00%
2020Resident176350.00%
2020Residentnot stated5400.00%
2020Resident landowner011100.00%
2020Resident landowner111100.00%
2020Resident landowner311100.00%
2020Resident landowner422100.00%
2020Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2019Nonresident01300.00%
2019Nonresident1500.00%
2019Nonresident2200.00%
2019Nonresident4100.00%
2019Nonresident6100.00%
2019Nonresidentnot stated900.00%
2019Resident08411.19%
2019Resident16223.23%
2019Resident23925.13%
2019Resident33412.94%
2019Resident42727.41%
2019Resident53213.13%
2019Resident613753.85%
2019Resident710110.00%
2019Resident810220.00%
2019Resident910440.00%
2019Resident109222.22%
2019Resident113133.33%
2019Resident126233.33%
2019Resident133133.33%
2019Resident14100.00%
2019Resident15100.00%
2019Resident16300.00%
2019Residentnot stated6300.00%
2019Resident landowner0100.00%
2019Resident landowner133100.00%
2019Resident landowner222100.00%
2019Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2018Nonresident01900.00%
2018Nonresident1400.00%
2018Nonresident3300.00%
2018Nonresident5100.00%
2018Nonresident1111100.00%
2018Nonresidentnot stated1600.00%
2018Resident09500.00%
2018Resident15935.08%
2018Resident23612.78%
2018Resident32600.00%
2018Resident429413.79%
2018Resident519421.05%
2018Resident619210.53%
2018Resident711218.18%
2018Resident810330.00%
2018Resident910330.00%
2018Resident102150.00%
2018Resident117457.14%
2018Resident12500.00%
2018Resident142150.00%
2018Resident15400.00%
2018Residentnot stated5600.00%
2018Resident landowner011100.00%
2018Resident landowner13133.33%
2018Resident landowner211100.00%
2018Resident landowner411100.00%
2018Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2017Nonresident02000.00%
2017Nonresident1300.00%
2017Nonresident24125.00%
2017Nonresident3100.00%
2017Nonresident42150.00%
2017Nonresident10100.00%
2017Nonresidentnot stated700.00%
2017Resident07411.35%
2017Resident15823.45%
2017Resident23425.88%
2017Resident343716.28%
2017Resident42700.00%
2017Resident51317.69%
2017Resident613215.38%
2017Resident71516.67%
2017Resident89222.22%
2017Resident95240.00%
2017Resident10600.00%
2017Resident114250.00%
2017Resident126350.00%
2017Resident134125.00%
2017Resident14400.00%
2017Residentnot stated6711.49%
2017Resident landowner02150.00%
2017Resident landowner14375.00%
2017Resident landowner311100.00%
2017Resident landownernot stated2150.00%
2016Nonresident0900.00%
2016Nonresident1300.00%
2016Nonresident2100.00%
2016Nonresident3300.00%
2016Nonresident811100.00%
2016Nonresident9100.00%
2016Nonresidentnot stated700.00%
2016Resident07134.23%
2016Resident15823.45%
2016Resident25858.62%
2016Resident33313.03%
2016Resident420315.00%
2016Resident526311.54%
2016Resident61616.25%
2016Resident71119.09%
2016Resident85120.00%
2016Resident910110.00%
2016Resident1010330.00%
2016Resident11500.00%
2016Resident127228.57%
2016Resident137114.29%
2016Residentnot stated9311.08%
2016Resident landowner033100.00%
2016Resident landowner511100.00%
2016Resident landowner711100.00%
2016Resident landownernot stated3133.33%
2015Nonresident0800.00%
2015Nonresident1300.00%
2015Nonresident2300.00%
2015Nonresident7100.00%
2015Nonresident8100.00%
2015Nonresidentnot stated800.00%
2015Resident011043.64%
2015Resident17568.00%
2015Resident23925.13%
2015Resident32613.85%
2015Resident429310.34%
2015Resident532618.75%
2015Resident616212.50%
2015Resident710220.00%
2015Resident81119.09%
2015Resident91218.33%
2015Resident103133.33%
2015Resident11700.00%
2015Resident12500.00%
2015Residentnot stated8811.14%
2015Resident landowner022100.00%
2015Resident landowner111100.00%
2015Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2014Nonresident0700.00%
2014Nonresident13266.67%
2014Nonresident6100.00%
2014Nonresident7100.00%
2014Nonresidentnot stated600.00%
2014Resident08622.33%
2014Resident14812.08%
2014Resident23126.45%
2014Resident337410.81%
2014Resident429620.69%
2014Resident520315.00%
2014Resident61218.33%
2014Resident712216.67%
2014Resident811218.18%
2014Resident97114.29%
2014Resident108225.00%
2014Resident115240.00%
2014Residentnot stated7200.00%
2014Resident landowner011100.00%
2014Resident landowner411100.00%
2014Resident landowner611100.00%
2014Resident landowner711100.00%
2014Resident landownernot stated3133.33%
2013Nonresident0400.00%
2013Nonresident1100.00%
2013Nonresident2300.00%
2013Nonresident5100.00%
2013Nonresident6100.00%
2013Nonresidentnot stated900.00%
2013Resident09700.00%
2013Resident16457.81%
2013Resident26569.23%
2013Resident36223.23%
2013Resident443511.63%
2013Resident520210.00%
2013Resident620525.00%
2013Resident71516.67%
2013Resident811218.18%
2013Resident91119.09%
2013Resident101218.33%
2013Residentnot stated8700.00%
2013Resident landowner022100.00%
2013Resident landowner111100.00%
2013Resident landownernot stated5240.00%
2012Nonresident0500.00%
2012Nonresident1100.00%
2012Nonresident4100.00%
2012Nonresident5100.00%
2012Nonresidentnot stated600.00%
2012Resident010800.00%
2012Resident17933.80%
2012Resident27356.85%
2012Resident347714.89%
2012Resident42528.00%
2012Resident52428.33%
2012Resident61900.00%
2012Resident719421.05%
2012Resident819210.53%
2012Resident91000.00%
2012Residentnot stated8100.00%
2012Resident landowner03266.67%
2012Resident landowner1100.00%
2012Resident landowner511100.00%
2012Resident landowner611100.00%
2012Resident landownernot stated5120.00%
2011Nonresident0300.00%
2011Nonresident1100.00%
2011Nonresident2100.00%
2011Nonresident3300.00%
2011Nonresident4300.00%
2011Nonresidentnot stated500.00%
2011Resident011532.61%
2011Resident18133.70%
2011Resident25635.36%
2011Resident33326.06%
2011Resident423417.39%
2011Resident51815.56%
2011Resident62229.09%
2011Resident716318.75%
2011Resident817317.65%
2011Residentnot stated14810.68%
2011Resident landowner02150.00%
2011Resident landownernot stated11436.36%
2010Nonresident0400.00%
2010Nonresident1400.00%
2010Nonresidentnot stated1100.00%
2010Resident011921.68%
2010Resident17500.00%
2010Resident24037.50%
2010Resident32514.00%
2010Resident428621.43%
2010Resident530723.33%
2010Resident620315.00%
2010Resident717211.76%
2010Residentnot stated18710.53%
2010Resident landowner011100.00%
2010Resident landowner1100.00%
2010Resident landowner222100.00%
2010Resident landownernot stated4250.00%
2009Nonresident0400.00%
2009Nonresident1300.00%
2009Nonresident2400.00%
2009Nonresident4100.00%
2009Nonresident6100.00%
2009Nonresidentnot stated300.00%
2009Resident09122.20%
2009Resident15247.69%
2009Resident24000.00%
2009Resident329413.79%
2009Resident43425.88%
2009Resident526311.54%
2009Resident633515.15%
2009Residentnot stated10154.95%
2009Resident landowner02150.00%
2009Resident landowner311100.00%
2009Resident landownernot stated33100.00%
2008Nonresident0500.00%
2008Nonresident2100.00%
2008Nonresident3200.00%
2008Nonresident5100.00%
2008Nonresidentnot stated400.00%
2008Resident09822.04%
2008Resident15635.36%
2008Resident242511.90%
2008Resident34237.14%
2008Resident434411.76%
2008Resident540615.00%
2008Residentnot stated9722.06%
2008Resident landowner0200.00%
2008Resident landowner211100.00%
2008Resident landowner311100.00%
2008Resident landownernot stated7342.86%
2007Nonresident0200.00%
2007Nonresident111100.00%
2007Nonresident2200.00%
2007Nonresident4100.00%
2007Nonresidentnot stated700.00%
2007Resident08256.10%
2007Resident14324.65%
2007Resident24748.51%
2007Resident342511.90%
2007Resident44636.52%
2007Residentnot stated10454.81%
2007Resident landowner12150.00%
2007Resident landowner211100.00%
2007Resident landownernot stated7342.86%
2006Nonresident0300.00%
2006Nonresident1100.00%
2006Nonresidentnot stated200.00%
2006Resident07633.95%
2006Resident15559.09%
2006Resident256814.29%
2006Resident36169.84%
2006Residentnot stated8233.66%
2006Resident landowner011100.00%
2006Resident landowner211100.00%
2006Resident landownernot stated33100.00%

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. This hunt shows it in 2026: in the nonresident pool every applicant at 8 points drew, and 1 of 1 at 9 did not.

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.