Montana Elk 447-21 — Hunting District 447, Permit

Elk Permit 447-21 — Either-sex Elk [(First and Only) ARCHERY ONLY]

Hunting District 447 within Montana

What you may take: Elk Permit 447-21 — Either-sex Elk [(First and Only) ARCHERY ONLY] (any)
Weapon: Archery; Archery gear only — no rifle season on this license.
Where: Hunting District 447; 21% public of 566,152 acres
Season (2026): Sep 5 – Oct 18, 2026
Tags (2026): 40; for 71 first-choice applicants · nonresidents capped at 10%

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Odds by point level — 2026 draw

Prior-draw probability for a first-choice nonresident applicant. 40 tags, 71 first-choice applicants. Source: 2026 Elk Permit Drawing... · p. 1.

Points	Your chance	Applicants	Drawn
0	19%	9	9
1	35%	24	24
2	65%	19	19
3	88%	10	10
4	97%	3	3
5	>99%	2	2
6	>99%	2	2
7	>99%	2	2
8–10	100% same chance at every one of these levels	—	—

Expected weighted draw over the common pool, scaled to the nonresident cap. A dash means Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks did not publish a count for that level. How we compute these.

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

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. 100

How this tag has hunted

Across every license type in Hunting District 447, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks counted 277 elk taken in 2025. Full Hunting District 447 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	40	71	1.8	—	2026 Elk Permit Drawing... · p. 1
2025	40	91	2.3	—	2025 Elk Permit Drawing... · p. 1
2024	40	84	2.1	—	2024 Elk Permit Drawing... · p. 1

Earlier years, when this number was a different hunt

Montana reassigns hunt numbers between years. In these years 447-21 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 447, rifle	40	49	1.2	—	2023 Elk Permit Drawing... · p. 1
2022 · Hunting District 447, rifle	40	35	0.9	—	2022 Elk Permit Drawing... · sheet1

Other licenses valid in Hunting District 447

B licence — Elk B License 447-00 — Antlerless Elk Rifle Permit — Elk Permit 447-20 — Either-sex Elk Rifle B licence — Elk B License 447-80 Rifle

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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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