Montana · Elk · District 631

Montana elk permit 631-21

(Archery License Required). 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 200 on 631-21 in 2021 and drew 200 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, no nonresident landowner applicant put it first; no resident landowner applicant put it first; 44 nonresident applicants put it first and 20 drew, 45.45%; 193 resident applicants put it first and 180 drew, 93.26%.

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	20	44	20	45.45%	45	0
2021	Resident	200	193	180	93.26%	107	0
2021	Nonresident landowner	20	0	0	—	—	—
2021	Resident landowner	30	0	0	—	—	—
2020	Nonresident	20	59	18	30.51%	53	0
2020	Resident	200	170	169	99.41%	60	13
2020	Nonresident landowner	20	0	0	—	—	—
2020	Resident landowner	30	0	0	—	—	—
2019	Nonresident	20	87	20	22.99%	48	0
2019	Resident	200	214	179	83.64%	60	0
2019	Nonresident landowner	20	0	0	—	—	—
2019	Resident landowner	30	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2018	Nonresident	20	87	20	22.99%	66	0
2018	Resident	200	197	180	91.37%	49	0
2018	Nonresident landowner	20	0	0	—	—	—
2018	Resident landowner	30	0	0	—	—	—
2017	Nonresident	20	74	20	27.03%	64	0
2017	Resident	200	177	175	98.87%	92	5
2017	Nonresident landowner	20	0	0	—	—	—
2017	Resident landowner	30	0	0	—	—	—
2016	Nonresident	20	58	18	31.03%	42	0
2016	Resident	200	234	182	77.78%	79	0
2016	Nonresident landowner	20	0	0	—	—	—
2016	Resident landowner	30	0	0	—	—	—
2015	Nonresident	20	75	20	26.67%	68	0
2015	Resident	200	223	180	80.72%	113	0
2015	Nonresident landowner	20	0	0	—	—	—
2015	Resident landowner	30	0	0	—	—	—
2013	Nonresident	20	76	20	26.32%	47	0
2013	Resident	200	237	180	75.95%	62	0
2013	Nonresident landowner	20	0	0	—	—	—
2013	Resident landowner	30	0	0	—	—	—
2012	Nonresident	20	60	18	30.00%	45	0
2012	Resident	200	254	182	71.65%	73	0
2012	Nonresident landowner	20	0	0	—	—	—
2012	Resident landowner	30	0	0	—	—	—
2011	Nonresident	20	60	20	33.33%	60	0
2011	Resident	200	210	180	85.71%	94	0
2011	Nonresident landowner	20	0	0	—	—	—
2011	Resident landowner	30	0	0	—	—	—
2010	Nonresident	20	57	20	35.09%	47	0
2010	Resident	200	227	180	79.30%	98	0
2010	Nonresident landowner	20	0	0	—	—	—
2010	Resident landowner	30	0	0	—	—	—
2009	Nonresident	20	33	20	60.61%	48	0
2009	Resident	200	220	180	81.82%	53	0
2009	Nonresident landowner	20	0	0	—	—	—
2009	Resident landowner	30	0	0	—	—	—
2008	Nonresident	20	18	13	72.22%	30	0
2008	Resident	200	201	187	93.03%	49	0
2008	Nonresident landowner	20	0	0	—	—	—
2008	Resident landowner	30	0	0	—	—	—
2007	Nonresident	20	22	20	90.91%	13	0
2007	Resident	200	195	180	92.31%	43	0
2007	Nonresident landowner	20	0	0	—	—	—
2007	Resident landowner	30	0	0	—	—	—
2006	Nonresident	20	31	20	64.52%	0	0
2006	Resident	200	208	180	86.54%	45	0
2006	Nonresident landowner	20	0	0	—	—	—
2006	Resident landowner	30	0	0	—	—	—

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	12	0	0.00%
2021	Nonresident	1	10	1	10.00%
2021	Nonresident	2	10	9	90.00%
2021	Nonresident	3	7	5	71.43%
2021	Nonresident	4	4	4	100.00%
2021	Nonresident	5	1	1	100.00%
2021	Resident	0	106	100	94.34%
2021	Resident	1	11	11	100.00%
2021	Resident	2	5	5	100.00%
2021	Resident	3	4	4	100.00%
2021	Resident	4	2	2	100.00%
2021	Resident	5	2	2	100.00%
2021	Resident	6	4	4	100.00%
2021	Resident	8	2	2	100.00%
2021	Resident	9	1	1	100.00%
2021	Resident	not stated	56	49	87.50%
2020	Nonresident	0	14	2	14.29%
2020	Nonresident	1	14	3	21.43%
2020	Nonresident	2	17	4	23.53%
2020	Nonresident	3	8	4	50.00%
2020	Nonresident	4	3	3	100.00%
2020	Nonresident	5	2	2	100.00%
2020	Nonresident	not stated	1	0	0.00%
2020	Resident	0	99	98	98.99%
2020	Resident	1	20	20	100.00%
2020	Resident	2	2	2	100.00%
2020	Resident	3	4	4	100.00%
2020	Resident	4	2	2	100.00%
2020	Resident	5	1	1	100.00%
2020	Resident	6	1	1	100.00%
2020	Resident	11	1	1	100.00%
2020	Resident	not stated	40	40	100.00%
2019	Nonresident	0	28	3	10.71%
2019	Nonresident	1	22	5	22.73%
2019	Nonresident	2	22	9	40.91%
2019	Nonresident	3	4	2	50.00%
2019	Nonresident	5	2	1	50.00%
2019	Nonresident	not stated	9	0	0.00%
2019	Resident	0	128	104	81.25%
2019	Resident	1	22	20	90.91%
2019	Resident	2	7	7	100.00%
2019	Resident	3	3	3	100.00%
2019	Resident	4	2	2	100.00%
2019	Resident	5	1	1	100.00%
2019	Resident	9	1	1	100.00%
2019	Resident	not stated	50	41	82.00%
2019	Resident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2018	Nonresident	0	33	5	15.15%
2018	Nonresident	1	32	9	28.13%
2018	Nonresident	2	4	2	50.00%
2018	Nonresident	3	4	3	75.00%
2018	Nonresident	4	2	0	0.00%
2018	Nonresident	not stated	12	1	8.33%
2018	Resident	0	124	112	90.32%
2018	Resident	1	13	13	100.00%
2018	Resident	2	4	4	100.00%
2018	Resident	3	1	1	100.00%
2018	Resident	not stated	55	50	90.91%
2017	Nonresident	0	46	10	21.74%
2017	Nonresident	1	10	3	30.00%
2017	Nonresident	2	4	0	0.00%
2017	Nonresident	3	3	2	66.67%
2017	Nonresident	not stated	11	5	45.45%
2017	Resident	0	102	102	100.00%
2017	Resident	1	26	25	96.15%
2017	Resident	2	5	4	80.00%
2017	Resident	not stated	44	44	100.00%
2016	Nonresident	0	24	2	8.33%
2016	Nonresident	1	11	5	45.45%
2016	Nonresident	2	8	5	62.50%
2016	Nonresident	3	4	2	50.00%
2016	Nonresident	not stated	11	4	36.36%
2016	Resident	0	127	99	77.95%
2016	Resident	1	29	28	96.55%
2016	Resident	2	3	3	100.00%
2016	Resident	3	3	3	100.00%
2016	Resident	4	2	2	100.00%
2016	Resident	6	1	1	100.00%
2016	Resident	7	1	1	100.00%
2016	Resident	not stated	68	45	66.18%
2015	Nonresident	0	27	6	22.22%
2015	Nonresident	1	20	10	50.00%
2015	Nonresident	2	5	1	20.00%
2015	Nonresident	3	1	0	0.00%
2015	Nonresident	4	1	0	0.00%
2015	Nonresident	6	1	0	0.00%
2015	Nonresident	not stated	20	3	15.00%
2015	Resident	0	124	96	77.42%
2015	Resident	1	26	26	100.00%
2015	Resident	2	7	7	100.00%
2015	Resident	3	2	1	50.00%
2015	Resident	5	1	1	100.00%
2015	Resident	6	2	2	100.00%
2015	Resident	9	1	1	100.00%
2015	Resident	not stated	60	46	76.67%
2014	Nonresident	0	27	3	11.11%
2014	Nonresident	1	9	7	77.78%
2014	Nonresident	2	5	3	60.00%
2014	Nonresident	3	2	1	50.00%
2014	Nonresident	4	1	1	100.00%
2014	Nonresident	5	2	1	50.00%
2014	Nonresident	11	1	1	100.00%
2014	Nonresident	not stated	10	2	20.00%
2014	Resident	0	84	84	100.00%
2014	Resident	1	30	30	100.00%
2014	Resident	2	5	5	100.00%
2014	Resident	3	4	4	100.00%
2014	Resident	4	1	1	100.00%
2014	Resident	5	1	1	100.00%
2014	Resident	6	1	1	100.00%
2014	Resident	7	1	1	100.00%
2014	Resident	not stated	53	52	98.11%
2013	Nonresident	0	37	8	21.62%
2013	Nonresident	1	14	3	21.43%
2013	Nonresident	2	5	4	80.00%
2013	Nonresident	3	4	3	75.00%
2013	Nonresident	4	1	0	0.00%
2013	Nonresident	not stated	15	2	13.33%
2013	Resident	0	103	69	66.99%
2013	Resident	1	42	36	85.71%
2013	Resident	2	11	9	81.82%
2013	Resident	3	9	9	100.00%
2013	Resident	4	2	2	100.00%
2013	Resident	9	1	1	100.00%
2013	Resident	not stated	69	54	78.26%
2012	Nonresident	0	23	3	13.04%
2012	Nonresident	1	7	4	57.14%
2012	Nonresident	2	10	5	50.00%
2012	Nonresident	3	3	3	100.00%
2012	Nonresident	not stated	17	3	17.65%
2012	Resident	0	122	78	63.93%
2012	Resident	1	34	31	91.18%
2012	Resident	2	8	7	87.50%
2012	Resident	3	4	4	100.00%
2012	Resident	6	2	2	100.00%
2012	Resident	9	1	1	100.00%
2012	Resident	not stated	83	59	71.08%
2011	Nonresident	0	29	14	48.28%
2011	Nonresident	1	9	3	33.33%
2011	Nonresident	2	4	1	25.00%
2011	Nonresident	not stated	18	2	11.11%
2011	Resident	0	96	78	81.25%
2011	Resident	1	29	29	100.00%
2011	Resident	2	7	7	100.00%
2011	Resident	3	2	2	100.00%
2011	Resident	4	2	2	100.00%
2011	Resident	5	1	1	100.00%
2011	Resident	6	1	1	100.00%
2011	Resident	7	1	1	100.00%
2011	Resident	not stated	71	59	83.10%
2010	Nonresident	0	26	9	34.62%
2010	Nonresident	1	13	6	46.15%
2010	Nonresident	not stated	18	5	27.78%
2010	Resident	0	106	78	73.58%
2010	Resident	1	36	34	94.44%
2010	Resident	2	6	6	100.00%
2010	Resident	3	5	5	100.00%
2010	Resident	4	1	1	100.00%
2010	Resident	5	2	2	100.00%
2010	Resident	not stated	71	54	76.06%
2009	Nonresident	0	17	9	52.94%
2009	Nonresident	1	1	1	100.00%
2009	Nonresident	not stated	15	10	66.67%
2009	Resident	0	104	77	74.04%
2009	Resident	1	18	18	100.00%
2009	Resident	2	6	6	100.00%
2009	Resident	3	1	1	100.00%
2009	Resident	4	1	1	100.00%
2009	Resident	5	1	1	100.00%
2009	Resident	not stated	89	76	85.39%
2008	Nonresident	0	6	4	66.67%
2008	Nonresident	1	3	3	100.00%
2008	Nonresident	not stated	9	6	66.67%
2008	Resident	0	100	91	91.00%
2008	Resident	1	20	20	100.00%
2008	Resident	2	2	2	100.00%
2008	Resident	3	4	4	100.00%
2008	Resident	not stated	75	70	93.33%
2007	Nonresident	0	9	8	88.89%
2007	Nonresident	1	2	2	100.00%
2007	Nonresident	3	1	1	100.00%
2007	Nonresident	not stated	10	9	90.00%
2007	Resident	0	87	81	93.10%
2007	Resident	1	24	24	100.00%
2007	Resident	2	4	4	100.00%
2007	Resident	3	1	1	100.00%
2007	Resident	4	3	3	100.00%
2007	Resident	not stated	76	67	88.16%
2006	Nonresident	0	7	4	57.14%
2006	Nonresident	1	2	2	100.00%
2006	Nonresident	2	2	2	100.00%
2006	Nonresident	not stated	20	12	60.00%
2006	Resident	0	89	77	86.52%
2006	Resident	1	16	16	100.00%
2006	Resident	2	4	4	100.00%
2006	Resident	3	5	5	100.00%
2006	Resident	not stated	94	78	82.98%

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 631-00 Elk B licence 631-01 Elk B licence 631-80 Elk B licence 631-81 Elk permit 630-21 Elk permit 631-00 Elk permit 631-01 Elk permit 631-20 Elk permit 632-00 Elk permit 632-20 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.