Montana Elk 260-80
Elk B License 260-80 in Hunting District 260, rifle only. 13% public land, mostly County or city land.
No nonresident draw results are on file for this hunt. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks publishes resident results only, or none by residency. The numbers below are the resident draw.
No longer drawn. The last draw was 2013.
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks held its 2026 elk draw without 260-80. The odds, costs and history below are that record, not an offer.
Your odds at 0 points · 2013 draw
1 of 15 applicants at 0 points drew
Years to draw on points: —
- Tags
- 5
- Applicants
- 34
- Success
- —
First-choice residents, standard draw.
Points Needed to Draw
No cut was published in enough years to chart one.
Bonus points (squared) — no cut to track: each point adds entries to the draw rather than a place in line.
What It Costs · 2026 Resident Fees
The $5 application fee per species (deer, elk, antelope and mountain lion drawings) is not refunded. The $10 base hunting license is not refunded. The $8 conservation license is not refunded. A bonus point bought with an application (per species) is $2. Drawing adds the $20 Elk B license (antlerless elk; the chart's 'Elk B License - Drawing only $25.00' is this $20 plus the $5 application fee).
Optional, not counted above: Bonus point only (no application) (July 1 - Sept 30, per species) $15.
▸ Every Fee, With Sources
- Application fee per species (deer, elk, antelope and mountain lion drawings) · paid at application $5 Montana Legislature 2026 MCA 87-2-113 Application fees
- Base hunting license · paid at application $10 Montana Legislature 2026 MCA 87-2-116 Base hunting license…
- Conservation license · paid at application $8 Montana FWP 2026 Hunting Requirements
- Bonus point bought with an application (per species) · paid with the application, drawn or not; skip it and no point is added this year $2 Montana Legislature 2026 MCA 87-2-113 Application fees
- Elk B license (antlerless elk; the chart's 'Elk B License - Drawing only $25.00' is this $20 plus the $5 application fee) · paid if drawn $20 Montana FWP 2026 Deer, Elk, Antelope Hunting Regulations
Details
Odds by Point Level · 2013 Draw
| Points | Chance | Applied | Drew |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 ← you | 10% | 15 | 1 |
| 1 | 19% | 7 | 1 |
| 2 | 42% | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | 83% | — | — |
| 4–10 | 100% same at every level | — | — |
Monte Carlo over published bonus-point pools. A dash means Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks did not publish a count for that level: it prints exact counts around the cut and folds the rest into a band. As a lower choice, 260-80 drew no one in 2013, so lower-choice odds are left out.
Draw results: Montana FWP 2013 Elk B License Drawing Statistics Report, p. 2, retrieved Sep 1, 2026.
How It Hunted, 2025
| Who | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| All of Hunting District 260 | — | 33 | — |
Across every license type in Hunting District 260, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks counted 33 elk taken in 2025 (hunter counts not published). Montana's figures blend mandatory reporting with a phone and mail survey. FWP does not publish district-level hunter counts for elk or antelope, so success rates are missing for those. Source: Montana FWP 2025 Elk Harvest Estimates; Montana FWP 2024 Elk Harvest Estimates.
▸ Year-by-Year Numbers 4 draws
The standard draw for residents, one row per year.
| Year | Tags | Applicants | Per Tag | Points Needed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | — | Montana FWP 2013 Elk B License Drawing Statistics Report, p. 2 |
| 2012 | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | — | Montana FWP 2012 Elk B License Drawing Statistics Report, p. 2 |
| 2011 | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | — | Montana FWP 2011 Elk B License Drawing Statistics Report, p. 2 |
| 2010 | 5 | 35 | 7 | — | Montana FWP 2010 Elk B License Drawing Statistics Report, p. 2 |
Other Licenses Valid in Hunting District 260
- 260-00 Elk B License 260-00 50 tags · 64 applied 68%
Odds at your points, resident, standard class where offered. * fewer than 5 tags.
▸ Legal Cartridges 23 on file for Montana elk
23 cartridges on file are legal for elk with a rifle in Montana. Rules and sources: Montana hunting laws.
▸ Sources 15
- Montana FWP 2013 Elk B License Drawing Statistics Report, p. 2 · draw results, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- Montana FWP 2012 Elk B License Drawing Statistics Report, p. 2 · earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- Montana FWP 2011 Elk B License Drawing Statistics Report, p. 2 · earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- Montana FWP 2010 Elk B License Drawing Statistics Report, p. 2 · earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- Montana Legislature 2026 MCA 87-2-117 License bonus point system draw rules, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Montana Legislature 2026 MCA 87-2-113 Application fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Montana Legislature 2026 MCA 87-2-116 Base hunting license… fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Montana FWP 2026 Hunting Requirements fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Montana FWP 2026 Deer, Elk, Antelope Hunting Regulations fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Montana FWP 2025 Elk Harvest Estimates harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Montana FWP 2024 Elk Harvest Estimates harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Montana FWP 2023 Elk Harvest Estimates harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Montana FWP 2022 Elk Harvest Estimates harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Montana FWP 2026 Deer and Elk Hunting Districts boundary, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Montana FWP 2026-2027 Deer Elk Lion Hunting District… land ownership, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
About These Numbers
Odds are from the 2013 draw, the latest on file, computed from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks' published results (monte Carlo over published bonus-point pools). They are what happened in that draw, not a forecast. Under five tags a percentage carries a *, because one applicant either way swings it. A dash means the agency did not publish the number, and a date marked expected is last cycle's schedule rolled forward. How we compute these.
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