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Montana · Elk · District 445

Montana elk permit 445-20

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 445-20 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%; 6 resident landowner applicants put it first and 5 drew, 83.33%; 28 nonresident applicants put it first and 1 drew, 3.57%; 710 resident applicants put it first and 28 drew, 3.94%.

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
2026Nonresident32813.57%250
2026Resident35710283.94%3440
2026Nonresident landowner311100.00%——
2026Resident landowner66583.33%——
2025Nonresident34025.00%200
2025Resident35668284.19%2930
2025Nonresident landowner300———
2025Resident landowner655100.00%——
2024Nonresident34137.32%80
2024Resident35689294.21%2620
2024Nonresident landowner300———
2024Resident landowner633100.00%——
2023Nonresident33326.06%60
2023Resident35647284.33%2510
2023Nonresident landowner300———
2023Resident landowner56583.33%——
2022Nonresident33500.00%110
2022Resident35452337.30%2170
2022Nonresident landowner300———
2022Resident landowner522100.00%——
2021Nonresident33612.78%100
2021Resident30517244.64%2100
2021Nonresident landowner300———
2021Resident landowner555100.00%——
2020Nonresident44924.08%190
2020Resident40529336.24%2600
2020Nonresident landowner400———
2020Resident landowner655100.00%——
2019Nonresident54300.00%450
2019Resident50553488.68%2690
2019Nonresident landowner500———
2019Resident landowner822100.00%——
2018Nonresident44612.17%300
2018Resident40492336.71%3020
2018Nonresident landowner400———
2018Resident landowner611654.55%——
2017Nonresident45100.00%180
2017Resident40516346.59%3470
2017Nonresident landowner400———
2017Resident landowner69666.67%——
2016Nonresident44100.00%270
2016Resident40492346.91%3890
2016Nonresident landowner400———
2016Resident landowner67685.71%——
2015Nonresident43700.00%320
2015Resident40427347.96%4560
2015Nonresident landowner400———
2015Resident landowner67685.71%——
2013Nonresident43812.63%160
2013Resident40526346.46%4110
2013Nonresident landowner400———
2013Resident landowner655100.00%——
2012Nonresident44924.08%290
2012Resident40639325.01%4690
2012Nonresident landowner400———
2012Resident landowner69666.67%——
2011Nonresident537410.81%130
2011Resident50515397.57%2380
2011Nonresident landowner500———
2011Resident landowner877100.00%——
2010Nonresident53213.13%140
2010Resident503994110.28%2160
2010Nonresident landowner500———
2010Resident landowner888100.00%——
2009Nonresident51700.00%100
2009Resident503854210.91%1410
2009Nonresident landowner500———
2009Resident landowner811872.73%——
2008Nonresident52314.35%40
2008Resident503284112.50%1140
2008Nonresident landowner500———
2008Resident landowner89888.89%——
2007Nonresident521419.05%120
2007Resident502774114.80%1370
2007Nonresident landowner500———
2007Resident landowner855100.00%——
2006Nonresident41400.00%00
2006Resident402443413.93%1240
2006Nonresident landowner400———
2006Resident landowner666100.00%——

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
2026Nonresident0200.00%
2026Nonresident1400.00%
2026Nonresident2600.00%
2026Nonresident3100.00%
2026Nonresident4400.00%
2026Nonresident5200.00%
2026Nonresident6200.00%
2026Nonresident7100.00%
2026Nonresident8100.00%
2026Nonresident9300.00%
2026Nonresident11100.00%
2026Nonresident1211100.00%
2026Resident04600.00%
2026Resident18600.00%
2026Resident27933.80%
2026Resident38100.00%
2026Resident49033.33%
2026Resident57356.85%
2026Resident64112.44%
2026Resident73738.11%
2026Resident83937.69%
2026Resident94237.14%
2026Resident102328.70%
2026Resident1117211.76%
2026Resident121600.00%
2026Resident1314321.43%
2026Resident14600.00%
2026Resident15700.00%
2026Resident16700.00%
2026Resident17100.00%
2026Resident19100.00%
2026Resident22100.00%
2026Resident23200.00%
2026Nonresident landowner011100.00%
2026Resident landowner04375.00%
2026Resident landowner211100.00%
2026Resident landowner511100.00%
2025Nonresident0300.00%
2025Nonresident11400.00%
2025Nonresident2600.00%
2025Nonresident3500.00%
2025Nonresident42150.00%
2025Nonresident5200.00%
2025Nonresident6200.00%
2025Nonresident7100.00%
2025Nonresident8100.00%
2025Nonresident10200.00%
2025Nonresident112150.00%
2025Resident05100.00%
2025Resident18211.22%
2025Resident28911.12%
2025Resident38600.00%
2025Resident46634.55%
2025Resident56158.20%
2025Resident64536.67%
2025Resident74812.08%
2025Resident84336.98%
2025Resident926311.54%
2025Resident1018211.11%
2025Resident1116212.50%
2025Resident121100.00%
2025Resident13600.00%
2025Resident14800.00%
2025Resident155120.00%
2025Resident16200.00%
2025Resident1711100.00%
2025Resident182150.00%
2025Resident1911100.00%
2025Resident21100.00%
2025Resident landowner022100.00%
2025Resident landowner211100.00%
2025Resident landowner711100.00%
2025Resident landowner911100.00%
2024Nonresident0100.00%
2024Nonresident1900.00%
2024Nonresident21100.00%
2024Nonresident3100.00%
2024Nonresident4800.00%
2024Nonresident55120.00%
2024Nonresident62150.00%
2024Nonresident73133.33%
2024Nonresident10100.00%
2024Resident06300.00%
2024Resident18611.16%
2024Resident211110.90%
2024Resident37733.90%
2024Resident48533.53%
2024Resident54412.27%
2024Resident65435.56%
2024Resident755610.91%
2024Resident83200.00%
2024Resident924416.67%
2024Resident1015213.33%
2024Resident1111218.18%
2024Resident126116.67%
2024Resident13800.00%
2024Resident14700.00%
2024Resident15400.00%
2024Resident1611100.00%
2024Resident17300.00%
2024Resident2011100.00%
2024Resident21200.00%
2024Resident landowner011100.00%
2024Resident landowner211100.00%
2024Resident landowner611100.00%
2023Nonresident1900.00%
2023Nonresident2100.00%
2023Nonresident3700.00%
2023Nonresident45120.00%
2023Nonresident6200.00%
2023Nonresident7100.00%
2023Nonresident8100.00%
2023Nonresident92150.00%
2023Nonresident10100.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated400.00%
2023Resident112600.00%
2023Resident27511.33%
2023Resident38000.00%
2023Resident44312.33%
2023Resident56634.55%
2023Resident66557.69%
2023Resident73638.33%
2023Resident825416.00%
2023Resident91500.00%
2023Resident1010110.00%
2023Resident118337.50%
2023Resident121218.33%
2023Resident1311327.27%
2023Resident144125.00%
2023Resident15400.00%
2023Resident1622100.00%
2023Resident19100.00%
2023Resident20100.00%
2023Residentnot stated6200.00%
2023Resident landowner12150.00%
2023Resident landowner222100.00%
2023Resident landowner311100.00%
2023Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2022Nonresident0400.00%
2022Nonresident1500.00%
2022Nonresident2500.00%
2022Nonresident3700.00%
2022Nonresident4500.00%
2022Nonresident5300.00%
2022Nonresident6100.00%
2022Nonresident8100.00%
2022Nonresidentnot stated400.00%
2022Resident08011.25%
2022Resident15723.51%
2022Resident25111.96%
2022Resident35000.00%
2022Resident45411.85%
2022Resident53625.56%
2022Resident62627.69%
2022Resident710110.00%
2022Resident811327.27%
2022Resident99333.33%
2022Resident1011436.36%
2022Resident1111436.36%
2022Resident126583.33%
2022Resident13300.00%
2022Resident14100.00%
2022Resident1622100.00%
2022Resident1722100.00%
2022Residentnot stated3200.00%
2022Resident landowner211100.00%
2022Resident landowner411100.00%
2021Nonresident0600.00%
2021Nonresident1800.00%
2021Nonresident2400.00%
2021Nonresident3300.00%
2021Nonresident4200.00%
2021Nonresident6100.00%
2021Nonresident8100.00%
2021Nonresident1811100.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated1000.00%
2021Resident08200.00%
2021Resident16200.00%
2021Resident25811.72%
2021Resident36500.00%
2021Resident45147.84%
2021Resident54124.88%
2021Resident62727.41%
2021Resident72229.09%
2021Resident813215.38%
2021Resident913215.38%
2021Resident1011218.18%
2021Resident118112.50%
2021Resident124125.00%
2021Resident13400.00%
2021Resident1411100.00%
2021Resident155240.00%
2021Resident163266.67%
2021Resident17100.00%
2021Residentnot stated4600.00%
2021Resident landowner011100.00%
2021Resident landowner111100.00%
2021Resident landownernot stated33100.00%
2020Nonresident01100.00%
2020Nonresident11600.00%
2020Nonresident2700.00%
2020Nonresident3300.00%
2020Nonresident4200.00%
2020Nonresident53133.33%
2020Nonresident7300.00%
2020Nonresident1011100.00%
2020Nonresidentnot stated300.00%
2020Resident08311.20%
2020Resident17200.00%
2020Resident27334.11%
2020Resident35911.69%
2020Resident44349.30%
2020Resident533412.12%
2020Resident62827.14%
2020Resident722313.64%
2020Resident819210.53%
2020Resident917317.65%
2020Resident101200.00%
2020Resident1110220.00%
2020Resident126116.67%
2020Resident133133.33%
2020Resident146116.67%
2020Resident154250.00%
2020Resident163266.67%
2020Resident1711100.00%
2020Residentnot stated3500.00%
2020Resident landowner022100.00%
2020Resident landowner111100.00%
2020Resident landowner711100.00%
2020Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2019Nonresident01600.00%
2019Nonresident1600.00%
2019Nonresident2600.00%
2019Nonresident3100.00%
2019Nonresident6100.00%
2019Nonresidentnot stated1300.00%
2019Resident09988.08%
2019Resident19800.00%
2019Resident25000.00%
2019Resident34812.08%
2019Resident42727.41%
2019Resident533515.15%
2019Resident628310.71%
2019Resident732721.88%
2019Resident81715.88%
2019Resident913430.77%
2019Resident1012650.00%
2019Resident117228.57%
2019Resident124250.00%
2019Resident138225.00%
2019Resident146350.00%
2019Resident153266.67%
2019Resident16200.00%
2019Residentnot stated6600.00%
2019Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2018Nonresident02200.00%
2018Nonresident1700.00%
2018Nonresident2400.00%
2018Nonresident3100.00%
2018Nonresident5100.00%
2018Nonresident84125.00%
2018Nonresidentnot stated700.00%
2018Resident09711.03%
2018Resident17611.32%
2018Resident25323.77%
2018Resident33113.23%
2018Resident431412.90%
2018Resident53725.41%
2018Resident62813.57%
2018Resident722313.64%
2018Resident813323.08%
2018Resident912325.00%
2018Resident108225.00%
2018Resident119555.56%
2018Resident12500.00%
2018Resident1310220.00%
2018Resident142150.00%
2018Resident153266.67%
2018Residentnot stated5000.00%
2018Resident landowner03266.67%
2018Resident landowner111100.00%
2018Resident landownernot stated7342.86%
2017Nonresident01400.00%
2017Nonresident1400.00%
2017Nonresident2100.00%
2017Nonresident3200.00%
2017Nonresident4200.00%
2017Nonresident5200.00%
2017Nonresident6100.00%
2017Nonresident7200.00%
2017Nonresident8100.00%
2017Nonresidentnot stated2200.00%
2017Resident011421.75%
2017Resident16711.49%
2017Resident23738.11%
2017Resident34025.00%
2017Resident44025.00%
2017Resident54648.70%
2017Resident635514.29%
2017Resident711436.36%
2017Resident81616.25%
2017Resident98112.50%
2017Resident1012325.00%
2017Resident115120.00%
2017Resident126116.67%
2017Resident134250.00%
2017Resident14200.00%
2017Residentnot stated7022.86%
2017Resident landowner0100.00%
2017Resident landowner111100.00%
2017Resident landowner311100.00%
2017Resident landownernot stated6466.67%
2016Nonresident0900.00%
2016Nonresident1100.00%
2016Nonresident2200.00%
2016Nonresident4200.00%
2016Nonresident5100.00%
2016Nonresident6200.00%
2016Nonresident7100.00%
2016Nonresidentnot stated2300.00%
2016Resident010110.99%
2016Resident16657.58%
2016Resident24424.55%
2016Resident34748.51%
2016Resident44936.12%
2016Resident539410.26%
2016Resident61700.00%
2016Resident716425.00%
2016Resident810220.00%
2016Resident911327.27%
2016Resident106116.67%
2016Resident114125.00%
2016Resident12400.00%
2016Resident137342.86%
2016Residentnot stated7011.43%
2016Resident landowner011100.00%
2016Resident landownernot stated6583.33%
2015Nonresident01000.00%
2015Nonresident1300.00%
2015Nonresident2200.00%
2015Nonresident5200.00%
2015Nonresident6200.00%
2015Nonresidentnot stated1800.00%
2015Resident09622.08%
2015Resident14536.67%
2015Resident25823.45%
2015Resident35135.88%
2015Resident435411.43%
2015Resident528621.43%
2015Resident619315.79%
2015Resident714428.57%
2015Resident81119.09%
2015Resident9600.00%
2015Resident10400.00%
2015Resident115360.00%
2015Resident125360.00%
2015Residentnot stated4900.00%
2015Resident landowner055100.00%
2015Resident landownernot stated2150.00%
2014Nonresident0900.00%
2014Nonresident15120.00%
2014Nonresident2200.00%
2014Nonresident4300.00%
2014Nonresident5100.00%
2014Nonresident7200.00%
2014Nonresidentnot stated1000.00%
2014Resident010510.95%
2014Resident15535.45%
2014Resident26757.46%
2014Resident34149.76%
2014Resident443613.95%
2014Resident52328.70%
2014Resident618211.11%
2014Resident718211.11%
2014Resident89444.44%
2014Resident97228.57%
2014Resident10800.00%
2014Resident117114.29%
2014Residentnot stated6311.59%
2014Resident landowner111100.00%
2014Resident landownernot stated55100.00%
2013Nonresident01400.00%
2013Nonresident1100.00%
2013Nonresident25120.00%
2013Nonresident3200.00%
2013Nonresident4200.00%
2013Nonresident6100.00%
2013Nonresidentnot stated1300.00%
2013Resident011621.72%
2013Resident17745.19%
2013Resident26434.69%
2013Resident36146.56%
2013Resident433618.18%
2013Resident52627.69%
2013Resident621419.05%
2013Resident716212.50%
2013Resident81000.00%
2013Resident98337.50%
2013Resident1014214.29%
2013Residentnot stated8022.50%
2013Resident landownernot stated55100.00%
2012Nonresident0800.00%
2012Nonresident1700.00%
2012Nonresident2200.00%
2012Nonresident34125.00%
2012Nonresident4100.00%
2012Nonresident52150.00%
2012Nonresident9100.00%
2012Nonresidentnot stated2400.00%
2012Resident015763.82%
2012Resident111032.73%
2012Resident28356.02%
2012Resident35435.56%
2012Resident44424.55%
2012Resident52514.00%
2012Resident62229.09%
2012Resident713323.08%
2012Resident819210.53%
2012Resident915213.33%
2012Residentnot stated9433.19%
2012Resident landowner03266.67%
2012Resident landowner111100.00%
2012Resident landownernot stated5360.00%
2011Nonresident08225.00%
2011Nonresident111100.00%
2011Nonresident2600.00%
2011Nonresident4200.00%
2011Nonresident5100.00%
2011Nonresident7100.00%
2011Nonresidentnot stated1815.56%
2011Resident012564.80%
2011Resident110077.00%
2011Resident25823.45%
2011Resident33339.09%
2011Resident423313.04%
2011Resident519210.53%
2011Resident624625.00%
2011Resident722418.18%
2011Resident822418.18%
2011Residentnot stated8922.25%
2011Resident landowner022100.00%
2011Resident landownernot stated55100.00%
2010Nonresident0800.00%
2010Nonresident1800.00%
2010Nonresident2100.00%
2010Nonresident3200.00%
2010Nonresident6100.00%
2010Nonresident711100.00%
2010Nonresidentnot stated1100.00%
2010Resident09233.26%
2010Resident15747.02%
2010Resident23213.13%
2010Resident326415.38%
2010Resident4371027.03%
2010Resident5331030.30%
2010Resident62129.52%
2010Resident719631.58%
2010Residentnot stated8211.22%
2010Resident landowner011100.00%
2010Resident landowner211100.00%
2010Resident landownernot stated66100.00%
2009Nonresident0800.00%
2009Nonresident1100.00%
2009Nonresident2200.00%
2009Nonresident4100.00%
2009Nonresidentnot stated500.00%
2009Resident09344.30%
2009Resident15259.62%
2009Resident235720.00%
2009Resident3511019.61%
2009Resident429517.24%
2009Resident522313.64%
2009Resident624520.83%
2009Residentnot stated7633.95%
2009Resident landowner02150.00%
2009Resident landowner111100.00%
2009Resident landowner311100.00%
2009Resident landownernot stated7571.43%
2008Nonresident0800.00%
2008Nonresident16116.67%
2008Nonresident3100.00%
2008Nonresident4100.00%
2008Nonresidentnot stated700.00%
2008Resident07022.86%
2008Resident150612.00%
2008Resident246919.57%
2008Resident3381026.32%
2008Resident427622.22%
2008Resident526623.08%
2008Residentnot stated7022.86%
2008Resident landowner022100.00%
2008Resident landowner211100.00%
2008Resident landowner411100.00%
2008Resident landownernot stated5480.00%
2007Nonresident09111.11%
2007Nonresident23266.67%
2007Nonresident33133.33%
2007Nonresident4100.00%
2007Nonresidentnot stated500.00%
2007Resident060610.00%
2007Resident159915.25%
2007Resident23226.25%
2007Resident334617.65%
2007Resident4341132.35%
2007Residentnot stated58712.07%
2007Resident landownernot stated55100.00%
2006Nonresident0500.00%
2006Nonresident1400.00%
2006Nonresidentnot stated500.00%
2006Resident07045.71%
2006Resident136616.67%
2006Resident2411024.39%
2006Resident334926.47%
2006Residentnot stated6357.94%
2006Resident landowner033100.00%
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.

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.