Montana · Elk · District 900

Montana elk permit 900-20

(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 4,000 on 900-20 in 2021 and drew 4,000 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, 15 nonresident landowner applicants put it first and 15 drew, 100.00%; 17 resident landowner applicants put it first and 17 drew, 100.00%; 880 nonresident applicants put it first and 383 drew, 43.52%; 4,210 resident applicants put it first and 3,585 drew, 85.15%.

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 8 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	400	880	383	43.52%	160	0
2021	Resident	4,000	4,210	3,585	85.15%	1,853	0
2021	Nonresident landowner	400	15	15	100.00%	—	—
2021	Resident landowner	600	17	17	100.00%	—	—
2020	Nonresident	400	1,073	387	36.07%	171	0
2020	Resident	4,000	3,749	3,591	95.79%	1,846	0
2020	Nonresident landowner	400	12	12	100.00%	—	—
2020	Resident landowner	600	10	10	100.00%	—	—
2019	Nonresident	370	1,125	355	31.56%	185	0
2019	Resident	3,700	3,499	3,313	94.68%	2,406	0
2019	Nonresident landowner	370	11	11	100.00%	—	—
2019	Resident landowner	555	21	21	100.00%	—	—
2018	Nonresident	370	1,102	351	31.85%	191	0
2018	Resident	3,700	3,054	3,043	99.64%	2,762	270
2018	Nonresident landowner	370	16	16	100.00%	—	—
2018	Resident landowner	555	20	20	100.00%	—	—
2017	Nonresident	370	1,052	351	33.37%	205	0
2017	Resident	3,700	2,757	2,751	99.78%	2,606	566
2017	Nonresident landowner	370	18	18	100.00%	—	—
2017	Resident landowner	555	14	14	100.00%	—	—
2016	Nonresident	370	931	357	38.35%	178	0
2016	Resident	3,700	2,279	2,273	99.74%	2,957	1,046
2016	Nonresident landowner	370	13	13	100.00%	—	—
2016	Resident landowner	555	11	11	100.00%	—	—
2015	Nonresident	370	808	357	44.18%	158	0
2015	Resident	3,700	2,006	2,006	100.00%	2,916	1,315
2015	Nonresident landowner	370	11	11	100.00%	—	—
2015	Resident landowner	555	11	11	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	253	61	24.11%
2021	Nonresident	1	244	92	37.70%
2021	Nonresident	2	143	101	70.63%
2021	Nonresident	3	90	75	83.33%
2021	Nonresident	4	30	28	93.33%
2021	Nonresident	5	9	9	100.00%
2021	Nonresident	6	2	2	100.00%
2021	Nonresident	7	2	2	100.00%
2021	Nonresident	9	1	1	100.00%
2021	Nonresident	not stated	106	12	11.32%
2021	Resident	0	2,012	1,698	84.39%
2021	Resident	1	347	335	96.54%
2021	Resident	2	136	136	100.00%
2021	Resident	3	76	76	100.00%
2021	Resident	4	28	28	100.00%
2021	Resident	5	22	21	95.45%
2021	Resident	6	11	11	100.00%
2021	Resident	7	6	6	100.00%
2021	Resident	8	3	3	100.00%
2021	Resident	9	2	2	100.00%
2021	Resident	10	5	5	100.00%
2021	Resident	12	2	2	100.00%
2021	Resident	14	1	1	100.00%
2021	Resident	15	1	1	100.00%
2021	Resident	17	1	1	100.00%
2021	Resident	not stated	1,557	1,259	80.86%
2021	Nonresident landowner	0	6	6	100.00%
2021	Nonresident landowner	1	2	2	100.00%
2021	Nonresident landowner	2	3	3	100.00%
2021	Nonresident landowner	not stated	4	4	100.00%
2021	Resident landowner	0	6	6	100.00%
2021	Resident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2021	Resident landowner	not stated	10	10	100.00%
2020	Nonresident	0	373	55	14.75%
2020	Nonresident	1	287	98	34.15%
2020	Nonresident	2	168	105	62.50%
2020	Nonresident	3	98	78	79.59%
2020	Nonresident	4	18	17	94.44%
2020	Nonresident	5	14	13	92.86%
2020	Nonresident	6	1	1	100.00%
2020	Nonresident	9	1	1	100.00%
2020	Nonresident	11	1	1	100.00%
2020	Nonresident	13	1	1	100.00%
2020	Nonresident	14	1	1	100.00%
2020	Nonresident	not stated	110	16	14.55%
2020	Resident	0	1,732	1,636	94.46%
2020	Resident	1	299	298	99.67%
2020	Resident	2	115	115	100.00%
2020	Resident	3	44	44	100.00%
2020	Resident	4	26	26	100.00%
2020	Resident	5	16	16	100.00%
2020	Resident	6	9	8	88.89%
2020	Resident	7	4	4	100.00%
2020	Resident	8	5	5	100.00%
2020	Resident	9	7	7	100.00%
2020	Resident	11	1	1	100.00%
2020	Resident	14	1	1	100.00%
2020	Resident	not stated	1,490	1,430	95.97%
2020	Nonresident landowner	0	8	8	100.00%
2020	Nonresident landowner	not stated	4	4	100.00%
2020	Resident landowner	0	4	4	100.00%
2020	Resident landowner	3	1	1	100.00%
2020	Resident landowner	not stated	5	5	100.00%
2019	Nonresident	0	453	79	17.44%
2019	Nonresident	1	304	109	35.86%
2019	Nonresident	2	163	94	57.67%
2019	Nonresident	3	52	38	73.08%
2019	Nonresident	4	18	12	66.67%
2019	Nonresident	5	3	3	100.00%
2019	Nonresident	6	1	1	100.00%
2019	Nonresident	7	1	1	100.00%
2019	Nonresident	10	1	1	100.00%
2019	Nonresident	not stated	129	17	13.18%
2019	Resident	0	1,490	1,395	93.62%
2019	Resident	1	276	275	99.64%
2019	Resident	2	114	114	100.00%
2019	Resident	3	48	48	100.00%
2019	Resident	4	18	18	100.00%
2019	Resident	5	16	16	100.00%
2019	Resident	6	11	11	100.00%
2019	Resident	7	4	4	100.00%
2019	Resident	8	4	4	100.00%
2019	Resident	9	2	2	100.00%
2019	Resident	10	2	2	100.00%
2019	Resident	11	2	2	100.00%
2019	Resident	13	1	1	100.00%
2019	Resident	14	1	1	100.00%
2019	Resident	not stated	1,510	1,420	94.04%
2019	Nonresident landowner	0	5	5	100.00%
2019	Nonresident landowner	2	1	1	100.00%
2019	Nonresident landowner	not stated	5	5	100.00%
2019	Resident landowner	0	9	9	100.00%
2019	Resident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2019	Resident landowner	not stated	11	11	100.00%
2018	Nonresident	0	534	125	23.41%
2018	Nonresident	1	283	105	37.10%
2018	Nonresident	2	97	56	57.73%
2018	Nonresident	3	41	31	75.61%
2018	Nonresident	4	6	5	83.33%
2018	Nonresident	5	2	2	100.00%
2018	Nonresident	6	2	2	100.00%
2018	Nonresident	9	2	2	100.00%
2018	Nonresident	12	1	1	100.00%
2018	Nonresident	not stated	134	22	16.42%
2018	Resident	0	1,252	1,247	99.60%
2018	Resident	1	188	186	98.94%
2018	Resident	2	74	74	100.00%
2018	Resident	3	48	48	100.00%
2018	Resident	4	23	23	100.00%
2018	Resident	5	14	14	100.00%
2018	Resident	6	12	12	100.00%
2018	Resident	7	7	7	100.00%
2018	Resident	8	5	5	100.00%
2018	Resident	9	7	7	100.00%
2018	Resident	10	2	2	100.00%
2018	Resident	not stated	1,422	1,418	99.72%
2018	Nonresident landowner	0	9	9	100.00%
2018	Nonresident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2018	Nonresident landowner	not stated	6	6	100.00%
2018	Resident landowner	0	7	7	100.00%
2018	Resident landowner	1	2	2	100.00%
2018	Resident landowner	2	1	1	100.00%
2018	Resident landowner	not stated	10	10	100.00%
2017	Nonresident	0	519	138	26.59%
2017	Nonresident	1	218	93	42.66%
2017	Nonresident	2	97	58	59.79%
2017	Nonresident	3	19	17	89.47%
2017	Nonresident	4	2	2	100.00%
2017	Nonresident	5	2	2	100.00%
2017	Nonresident	not stated	195	41	21.03%
2017	Resident	0	955	951	99.58%
2017	Resident	1	196	195	99.49%
2017	Resident	2	80	79	98.75%
2017	Resident	3	47	47	100.00%
2017	Resident	4	29	29	100.00%
2017	Resident	5	16	16	100.00%
2017	Resident	6	12	12	100.00%
2017	Resident	7	10	10	100.00%
2017	Resident	8	6	6	100.00%
2017	Resident	9	5	5	100.00%
2017	Resident	10	2	2	100.00%
2017	Resident	11	2	2	100.00%
2017	Resident	13	1	1	100.00%
2017	Resident	14	2	2	100.00%
2017	Resident	not stated	1,394	1,394	100.00%
2017	Nonresident landowner	0	5	5	100.00%
2017	Nonresident landowner	1	2	2	100.00%
2017	Nonresident landowner	2	1	1	100.00%
2017	Nonresident landowner	not stated	10	10	100.00%
2017	Resident landowner	0	7	7	100.00%
2017	Resident landowner	not stated	7	7	100.00%
2016	Nonresident	0	444	142	31.98%
2016	Nonresident	1	198	100	50.51%
2016	Nonresident	2	46	33	71.74%
2016	Nonresident	3	15	12	80.00%
2016	Nonresident	4	3	2	66.67%
2016	Nonresident	5	2	2	100.00%
2016	Nonresident	7	1	1	100.00%
2016	Nonresident	9	1	1	100.00%
2016	Nonresident	not stated	221	64	28.96%
2016	Resident	0	747	743	99.46%
2016	Resident	1	146	146	100.00%
2016	Resident	2	69	69	100.00%
2016	Resident	3	46	46	100.00%
2016	Resident	4	28	28	100.00%
2016	Resident	5	11	11	100.00%
2016	Resident	6	12	11	91.67%
2016	Resident	7	13	13	100.00%
2016	Resident	8	4	4	100.00%
2016	Resident	9	2	2	100.00%
2016	Resident	11	4	4	100.00%
2016	Resident	12	1	1	100.00%
2016	Resident	13	1	1	100.00%
2016	Resident	not stated	1,195	1,194	99.92%
2016	Nonresident landowner	0	6	6	100.00%
2016	Nonresident landowner	not stated	7	7	100.00%
2016	Resident landowner	0	5	5	100.00%
2016	Resident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2016	Resident landowner	2	1	1	100.00%
2016	Resident landowner	not stated	4	4	100.00%
2015	Nonresident	0	404	153	37.87%
2015	Nonresident	1	126	70	55.56%
2015	Nonresident	2	36	27	75.00%
2015	Nonresident	3	9	8	88.89%
2015	Nonresident	4	1	1	100.00%
2015	Nonresident	6	2	2	100.00%
2015	Nonresident	8	2	2	100.00%
2015	Nonresident	10	1	1	100.00%
2015	Nonresident	not stated	227	93	40.97%
2015	Resident	0	660	660	100.00%
2015	Resident	1	105	105	100.00%
2015	Resident	2	54	54	100.00%
2015	Resident	3	31	31	100.00%
2015	Resident	4	16	16	100.00%
2015	Resident	5	11	11	100.00%
2015	Resident	6	7	7	100.00%
2015	Resident	7	2	2	100.00%
2015	Resident	8	3	3	100.00%
2015	Resident	9	3	3	100.00%
2015	Resident	10	2	2	100.00%
2015	Resident	11	1	1	100.00%
2015	Resident	12	1	1	100.00%
2015	Resident	not stated	1,110	1,110	100.00%
2015	Nonresident landowner	0	4	4	100.00%
2015	Nonresident landowner	not stated	7	7	100.00%
2015	Resident landowner	0	2	2	100.00%
2015	Resident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2015	Resident landowner	4	1	1	100.00%
2015	Resident landowner	6	1	1	100.00%
2015	Resident landowner	not stated	6	6	100.00%
2014	Nonresident	0	310	133	42.90%
2014	Nonresident	1	108	83	76.85%
2014	Nonresident	2	27	24	88.89%
2014	Nonresident	3	8	7	87.50%
2014	Nonresident	4	3	3	100.00%
2014	Nonresident	6	1	1	100.00%
2014	Nonresident	7	1	1	100.00%
2014	Nonresident	not stated	239	102	42.68%
2014	Resident	0	513	510	99.42%
2014	Resident	1	101	101	100.00%
2014	Resident	2	50	49	98.00%
2014	Resident	3	17	17	100.00%
2014	Resident	4	12	12	100.00%
2014	Resident	5	9	9	100.00%
2014	Resident	6	4	4	100.00%
2014	Resident	7	2	2	100.00%
2014	Resident	8	6	6	100.00%
2014	Resident	9	2	2	100.00%
2014	Resident	10	3	3	100.00%
2014	Resident	11	3	3	100.00%
2014	Resident	not stated	870	866	99.54%
2014	Nonresident landowner	0	5	5	100.00%
2014	Nonresident landowner	1	2	2	100.00%
2014	Nonresident landowner	not stated	5	5	100.00%
2014	Resident landowner	0	2	2	100.00%
2014	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. This hunt shows it in 2021: in the resident pool every applicant at 2 points drew, and 1 of 22 at 5 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

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
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

Other licences in these districts

Elk B licence 900-00 Elk B licence 900-80 Elk permit 799-15 Elk permit 799-20 Elk permit 799-21 Elk permit 900-15 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.