Montana Elk 410-21 — Hunting District 410, Permit

Elk Permit 410-21 — Either-sex Elk [ARCHERY ONLY]

What you may take
Elk Permit 410-21 — Either-sex Elk [ARCHERY ONLY] (any)
Weapon
Archery
Archery gear only — no rifle season on this license.
Where
Hunting District 410
47% public of 1,011,082 acres
Season (2026)
Sep 5 – Oct 18, 2026
Tags (2026)
100
for 341 first-choice applicants · nonresidents capped at 10%

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Odds by point level — 2026 draw

Odds have not been computed for this draw yet.

What it costs (2026 nonresident fees)

Cash to apply
$65
Out of pocket if unsuccessful
$65
Total if drawn
tag fee not on file
Refunded if unsuccessful
$0
Application fee per species (deer, elk, antelope and mountain lion drawings) · paid at application $5 source
Bow and arrow license (Class A-2; required for archery-only seasons/districts) · paid if drawn $10 source
Base hunting license (annual, assessed with first hunting license or application) · paid at application $50 source
Conservation license (prerequisite for all licenses) · paid at application $10 source
Bonus point bought with an application (per species; required for accumulated points to count) · only for a point bought without applying — an unsuccessful applicant gets the point free $20 source

Optional, not counted above: Bonus point only (no application) (July 1 - Sept 30, per species) $25.

Not applying this year? A point-only purchase costs $20 (Jul 1 – Sep 30, expected) and adds a point for next year's draw.

Next application window: opens Mar 1, closes Apr 1, 2027 (expected) · results ~April 15. Last cycle's schedule rolled forward — confirm when the agency publishes.

Point creep & years to draw

Insufficient history (0 of 3 draws) — a creep trend needs at least three draw years with a published drew-out level.

Seasons (2026)

Split 1: Sep 5 – Oct 18, 2026 p. 88

How this tag has hunted

Across every license type in Hunting District 410, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks counted 452 elk taken in 2025. Full Hunting District 410 profile: maps, public land, five years of harvest →

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: 2025 Elk Harvest Estimates (MyFWP Harvest Estimates Search, District=ALL) 2024 Elk Harvest Estimates (MyFWP Harvest Estimates Search, District=ALL)

Year by year

The standard draw for nonresidents, one row per year.

Year Tags Applicants Applicants per tag Points needed Source
2026 100 341 3.4 2026 Elk Permit Drawing... · p. 1
2025 100 373 3.7 2025 Elk Permit Drawing... · p. 1
2024 100 303 3.0 2024 Elk Permit Drawing... · p. 1
2017 189 751 4.0 2017 Elk Permit Drawing... · p. 3

Earlier years, when this number was a different hunt

Montana reassigns hunt numbers between years. In these years 410-21 stood for another hunting district or weapon, so they are listed here rather than counted as this hunt's history or in its point-creep trend.

Year · what it was Tags Applicants Applicants per tag Points needed Source
2023 · Hunting District 410, rifle 100 420 4.2 2023 Elk Permit Drawing... · p. 1
2022 · Hunting District 410, rifle 150 362 2.4 2022 Elk Permit Drawing... · sheet1
2021 · Hunting District 410, rifle 190 531 2.8 2021 Elk Permit Drawing... · p. 3
2020 · Hunting District 410, rifle 190 491 2.6 2020 Elk Permit Drawing... · p. 3
2019 · Hunting District 410, rifle 190 539 2.8 2019 Elk Permit Drawing... · p. 3
2018 · Hunting District 410, rifle 190 590 3.1 2018 Elk Permit Drawing... · p. 3
2016 · Hunting District 410, rifle 190 631 3.3 2016 Elk Permit Drawing... · p. 2
2015 · Hunting District 410, rifle 190 631 3.3 2015 Elk Permit Drawing... · p. 1
2007 · Hunting District 410, rifle 277 2007 Elk Permit Drawing... · p. 3
2006 · Hunting District 410, rifle 349 2006 Elk Permit Drawing... · p. 3

Other licenses valid in Hunting District 410

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How to read these numbers

Every percentage on this page is a prior-draw probability: the chance an applicant with that many points would have drawn in the draw year shown, computed from the agency's published results. It is not a forecast — quotas, applicant numbers, and point creep change every year. Every figure links to the agency document it came from. Where a state does not publish a number, we show a dash, never a zero. Hunts with fewer than five tags show counts instead of percentages. Fees show the fee year used. Read the methodology for the engine details.

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