Montana · Elk · District 590

Montana elk permit 590-21

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 80 on 590-21 in 2021 and drew 80 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, 3 nonresident landowner applicants put it first and 2 drew, 66.67%; 14 resident landowner applicants put it first and 10 drew, 71.43%; 10 nonresident applicants put it first and 4 drew, 40.00%; 166 resident applicants put it first and 64 drew, 38.55%.

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 16 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	8	10	4	40.00%	10	0
2021	Resident	80	166	64	38.55%	153	0
2021	Nonresident landowner	8	3	2	66.67%	—	—
2021	Resident landowner	12	14	10	71.43%	—	—
2020	Nonresident	8	30	8	26.67%	8	0
2020	Resident	80	158	60	37.97%	135	0
2020	Nonresident landowner	8	0	0	—	—	—
2020	Resident landowner	12	12	12	100.00%	—	—
2019	Nonresident	8	19	8	42.11%	12	0
2019	Resident	80	134	60	44.78%	139	0
2019	Nonresident landowner	8	0	0	—	—	—
2019	Resident landowner	12	12	12	100.00%	—	—
2018	Nonresident	8	13	6	46.15%	10	0
2018	Resident	80	168	62	36.90%	147	0
2018	Nonresident landowner	8	0	0	—	—	—
2018	Resident landowner	12	14	12	85.71%	—	—
2017	Nonresident	8	12	2	16.67%	8	0
2017	Resident	80	173	66	38.15%	133	0
2017	Nonresident landowner	8	1	0	0.00%	—	—
2017	Resident landowner	12	13	12	92.31%	—	—
2016	Nonresident	8	10	4	40.00%	8	0
2016	Resident	80	171	64	37.43%	152	0
2016	Nonresident landowner	8	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2016	Resident landowner	12	12	11	91.67%	—	—
2015	Nonresident	8	14	5	35.71%	5	0
2015	Resident	80	179	65	36.31%	126	0
2015	Nonresident landowner	8	0	0	—	—	—
2015	Resident landowner	12	10	10	100.00%	—	—
2013	Nonresident	8	29	1	3.45%	8	0
2013	Resident	80	245	67	27.35%	169	0
2013	Nonresident landowner	8	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2013	Resident landowner	12	13	11	84.62%	—	—
2012	Nonresident	8	41	6	14.63%	10	0
2012	Resident	80	257	66	25.68%	107	0
2012	Nonresident landowner	8	0	0	—	—	—
2012	Resident landowner	12	8	8	100.00%	—	—
2011	Nonresident	8	22	3	13.64%	13	0
2011	Resident	80	245	68	27.76%	126	0
2011	Nonresident landowner	8	0	0	—	—	—
2011	Resident landowner	12	9	9	100.00%	—	—
2010	Nonresident	8	8	2	25.00%	3	0
2010	Resident	80	214	66	30.84%	107	0
2010	Nonresident landowner	8	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2010	Resident landowner	12	12	11	91.67%	—	—
2009	Nonresident	8	6	0	0.00%	4	0
2009	Resident	80	203	70	34.48%	100	0
2009	Nonresident landowner	8	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2009	Resident landowner	12	9	9	100.00%	—	—
2008	Nonresident	8	5	1	20.00%	2	0
2008	Resident	80	221	68	30.77%	82	0
2008	Nonresident landowner	8	0	0	—	—	—
2008	Resident landowner	12	11	11	100.00%	—	—
2007	Nonresident	8	9	1	11.11%	9	0
2007	Resident	80	257	67	26.07%	153	0
2007	Nonresident landowner	8	0	0	—	—	—
2007	Resident landowner	12	12	12	100.00%	—	—
2006	Nonresident	8	12	2	16.67%	5	0
2006	Resident	80	252	66	26.19%	155	0
2006	Nonresident landowner	8	0	0	—	—	—
2006	Resident landowner	12	12	12	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	3	1	33.33%
2021	Nonresident	1	4	1	25.00%
2021	Nonresident	2	1	1	100.00%
2021	Nonresident	4	1	1	100.00%
2021	Resident	0	58	21	36.21%
2021	Resident	1	32	14	43.75%
2021	Resident	2	14	8	57.14%
2021	Resident	3	5	3	60.00%
2021	Resident	4	7	7	100.00%
2021	Resident	6	2	2	100.00%
2021	Resident	8	2	2	100.00%
2021	Resident	not stated	42	7	16.67%
2021	Nonresident landowner	0	2	1	50.00%
2021	Nonresident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2021	Resident landowner	0	7	4	57.14%
2021	Resident landowner	1	2	2	100.00%
2021	Resident landowner	5	1	1	100.00%
2021	Resident landowner	not stated	4	3	75.00%
2020	Nonresident	0	20	4	20.00%
2020	Nonresident	1	7	2	28.57%
2020	Nonresident	2	2	2	100.00%
2020	Nonresident	not stated	1	0	0.00%
2020	Resident	0	55	15	27.27%
2020	Resident	1	32	16	50.00%
2020	Resident	2	12	11	91.67%
2020	Resident	3	6	5	83.33%
2020	Resident	6	1	1	100.00%
2020	Resident	15	1	1	100.00%
2020	Resident	not stated	51	11	21.57%
2020	Resident landowner	0	6	6	100.00%
2020	Resident landowner	not stated	6	6	100.00%
2019	Nonresident	0	5	2	40.00%
2019	Nonresident	1	1	0	0.00%
2019	Nonresident	2	3	3	100.00%
2019	Nonresident	3	1	1	100.00%
2019	Nonresident	not stated	9	2	22.22%
2019	Resident	0	56	15	26.79%
2019	Resident	1	26	16	61.54%
2019	Resident	2	9	9	100.00%
2019	Resident	3	7	7	100.00%
2019	Resident	4	1	1	100.00%
2019	Resident	not stated	35	12	34.29%
2019	Resident landowner	0	6	6	100.00%
2019	Resident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2019	Resident landowner	not stated	5	5	100.00%
2018	Nonresident	0	10	4	40.00%
2018	Nonresident	1	3	2	66.67%
2018	Resident	0	54	8	14.81%
2018	Resident	1	23	9	39.13%
2018	Resident	2	16	11	68.75%
2018	Resident	3	7	6	85.71%
2018	Resident	4	1	1	100.00%
2018	Resident	5	2	2	100.00%
2018	Resident	6	1	1	100.00%
2018	Resident	not stated	62	24	38.71%
2018	Resident landowner	0	5	4	80.00%
2018	Resident landowner	not stated	9	8	88.89%
2017	Nonresident	0	4	0	0.00%
2017	Nonresident	1	2	0	0.00%
2017	Nonresident	2	1	1	100.00%
2017	Nonresident	not stated	4	1	25.00%
2017	Resident	0	53	16	30.19%
2017	Resident	1	33	17	51.52%
2017	Resident	2	12	5	41.67%
2017	Resident	3	6	5	83.33%
2017	Resident	4	1	1	100.00%
2017	Resident	5	2	1	50.00%
2017	Resident	9	1	1	100.00%
2017	Resident	not stated	64	20	31.25%
2017	Nonresident landowner	not stated	1	0	0.00%
2017	Resident landowner	0	4	4	100.00%
2017	Resident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2017	Resident landowner	2	1	1	100.00%
2017	Resident landowner	5	1	1	100.00%
2017	Resident landowner	not stated	6	5	83.33%
2016	Nonresident	0	6	1	16.67%
2016	Nonresident	3	2	1	50.00%
2016	Nonresident	8	1	1	100.00%
2016	Nonresident	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2016	Resident	0	56	15	26.79%
2016	Resident	1	24	6	25.00%
2016	Resident	2	11	9	81.82%
2016	Resident	3	8	7	87.50%
2016	Resident	4	4	4	100.00%
2016	Resident	5	1	1	100.00%
2016	Resident	not stated	66	22	33.33%
2016	Nonresident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2016	Resident landowner	0	7	6	85.71%
2016	Resident landowner	2	1	1	100.00%
2016	Resident landowner	not stated	4	4	100.00%
2015	Nonresident	0	4	1	25.00%
2015	Nonresident	1	2	1	50.00%
2015	Nonresident	3	1	1	100.00%
2015	Nonresident	4	2	2	100.00%
2015	Nonresident	not stated	5	0	0.00%
2015	Resident	0	63	13	20.63%
2015	Resident	1	23	13	56.52%
2015	Resident	2	10	5	50.00%
2015	Resident	3	12	10	83.33%
2015	Resident	4	5	4	80.00%
2015	Resident	5	2	2	100.00%
2015	Resident	6	1	1	100.00%
2015	Resident	10	3	3	100.00%
2015	Resident	not stated	60	14	23.33%
2015	Resident landowner	0	3	3	100.00%
2015	Resident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2015	Resident landowner	not stated	6	6	100.00%
2014	Nonresident	0	12	2	16.67%
2014	Nonresident	1	4	1	25.00%
2014	Nonresident	2	6	1	16.67%
2014	Nonresident	3	4	1	25.00%
2014	Nonresident	not stated	3	1	33.33%
2014	Resident	0	57	13	22.81%
2014	Resident	1	42	18	42.86%
2014	Resident	2	18	5	27.78%
2014	Resident	3	12	7	58.33%
2014	Resident	4	5	3	60.00%
2014	Resident	5	2	1	50.00%
2014	Resident	8	1	1	100.00%
2014	Resident	not stated	77	14	18.18%
2014	Nonresident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2014	Resident landowner	0	7	5	71.43%
2014	Resident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2014	Resident landowner	not stated	5	5	100.00%
2013	Nonresident	0	12	0	0.00%
2013	Nonresident	1	7	1	14.29%
2013	Nonresident	2	3	0	0.00%
2013	Nonresident	6	1	0	0.00%
2013	Nonresident	not stated	6	0	0.00%
2013	Resident	0	70	12	17.14%
2013	Resident	1	45	15	33.33%
2013	Resident	2	18	7	38.89%
2013	Resident	3	12	3	25.00%
2013	Resident	4	3	3	100.00%
2013	Resident	6	2	1	50.00%
2013	Resident	7	1	1	100.00%
2013	Resident	8	2	1	50.00%
2013	Resident	10	1	1	100.00%
2013	Resident	not stated	89	23	25.84%
2013	Nonresident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2013	Resident landowner	0	3	2	66.67%
2013	Resident landowner	not stated	10	9	90.00%
2012	Nonresident	0	21	2	9.52%
2012	Nonresident	1	5	1	20.00%
2012	Nonresident	2	1	0	0.00%
2012	Nonresident	3	1	0	0.00%
2012	Nonresident	9	1	0	0.00%
2012	Nonresident	not stated	12	3	25.00%
2012	Resident	0	101	25	24.75%
2012	Resident	1	45	14	31.11%
2012	Resident	2	23	7	30.43%
2012	Resident	3	13	7	53.85%
2012	Resident	4	3	2	66.67%
2012	Resident	5	1	1	100.00%
2012	Resident	6	2	1	50.00%
2012	Resident	8	1	1	100.00%
2012	Resident	not stated	68	8	11.76%
2012	Resident landowner	0	5	5	100.00%
2012	Resident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2012	Resident landowner	not stated	2	2	100.00%
2011	Nonresident	0	11	1	9.09%
2011	Nonresident	1	1	0	0.00%
2011	Nonresident	not stated	10	2	20.00%
2011	Resident	0	71	13	18.31%
2011	Resident	1	36	15	41.67%
2011	Resident	2	19	7	36.84%
2011	Resident	3	10	8	80.00%
2011	Resident	4	1	1	100.00%
2011	Resident	5	3	2	66.67%
2011	Resident	6	2	2	100.00%
2011	Resident	7	4	3	75.00%
2011	Resident	8	1	1	100.00%
2011	Resident	not stated	98	16	16.33%
2011	Resident landowner	0	2	2	100.00%
2011	Resident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2011	Resident landowner	2	1	1	100.00%
2011	Resident landowner	not stated	5	5	100.00%
2010	Nonresident	1	1	1	100.00%
2010	Nonresident	3	1	0	0.00%
2010	Nonresident	not stated	6	1	16.67%
2010	Resident	0	48	8	16.67%
2010	Resident	1	23	4	17.39%
2010	Resident	2	14	10	71.43%
2010	Resident	3	12	11	91.67%
2010	Resident	4	5	5	100.00%
2010	Resident	5	4	3	75.00%
2010	Resident	7	1	1	100.00%
2010	Resident	not stated	106	24	22.64%
2010	Nonresident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2010	Resident landowner	0	5	4	80.00%
2010	Resident landowner	1	2	2	100.00%
2010	Resident landowner	not stated	5	5	100.00%
2009	Nonresident	0	5	0	0.00%
2009	Nonresident	2	1	0	0.00%
2009	Resident	0	63	21	33.33%
2009	Resident	1	31	11	35.48%
2009	Resident	2	17	10	58.82%
2009	Resident	3	7	4	57.14%
2009	Resident	4	4	3	75.00%
2009	Resident	5	1	1	100.00%
2009	Resident	6	4	3	75.00%
2009	Resident	not stated	76	17	22.37%
2009	Nonresident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2009	Resident landowner	0	3	3	100.00%
2009	Resident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2009	Resident landowner	3	1	1	100.00%
2009	Resident landowner	not stated	4	4	100.00%
2008	Nonresident	0	1	0	0.00%
2008	Nonresident	1	1	1	100.00%
2008	Nonresident	2	1	0	0.00%
2008	Nonresident	not stated	2	0	0.00%
2008	Resident	0	64	8	12.50%
2008	Resident	1	34	18	52.94%
2008	Resident	2	18	7	38.89%
2008	Resident	3	18	11	61.11%
2008	Resident	4	6	4	66.67%
2008	Resident	5	4	4	100.00%
2008	Resident	not stated	77	16	20.78%
2008	Resident landowner	0	4	4	100.00%
2008	Resident landowner	1	2	2	100.00%
2008	Resident landowner	2	1	1	100.00%
2008	Resident landowner	4	1	1	100.00%
2008	Resident landowner	not stated	3	3	100.00%
2007	Nonresident	0	5	0	0.00%
2007	Nonresident	1	2	0	0.00%
2007	Nonresident	3	1	1	100.00%
2007	Nonresident	not stated	1	0	0.00%
2007	Resident	0	63	15	23.81%
2007	Resident	1	28	13	46.43%
2007	Resident	2	29	11	37.93%
2007	Resident	3	15	5	33.33%
2007	Resident	4	5	4	80.00%
2007	Resident	not stated	117	19	16.24%
2007	Resident landowner	0	3	3	100.00%
2007	Resident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2007	Resident landowner	not stated	8	8	100.00%
2006	Nonresident	0	3	0	0.00%
2006	Nonresident	1	1	0	0.00%
2006	Nonresident	2	3	2	66.67%
2006	Nonresident	not stated	5	0	0.00%
2006	Resident	0	59	12	20.34%
2006	Resident	1	45	9	20.00%
2006	Resident	2	31	15	48.39%
2006	Resident	3	14	10	71.43%
2006	Resident	not stated	103	20	19.42%
2006	Resident landowner	0	5	5	100.00%
2006	Resident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2006	Resident landowner	2	1	1	100.00%
2006	Resident landowner	not stated	5	5	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
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
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 590-00 Elk B licence 590-80 Elk B licence 590-81 Elk permit 580-21 Elk permit 580-22 Elk permit 590-15 Elk permit 590-20 Elk permit 595-21 Elk permit 620-00 Elk permit 620-15 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.