Montana Elk 620-15 — Hunting District 620, Permit

Elk Permit 620-15

Hunting District 620 within Montana

Everything about Hunting District 620

What you may take: Elk Permit 620-15
Weapon: Rifle
Where: Hunting District 620; 41% public of 1,121,529 acres
Season: —
Tags (2013): 140; for 418 first-choice applicants · nonresidents capped at 10%

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Odds by point level — 2013 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

Application fee per species (deer, elk, antelope and mountain lion drawings) · paid at application $5 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.

How this tag has hunted

Across every license type in Hunting District 620, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks counted 117 elk taken in 2025. Full Hunting District 620 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
2013	140	418	3.0	—	2013 Elk Permit Drawing... · p. 2
2012	140	480	3.4	—	2012 Elk Permit Drawing... · p. 2
2011	126	460	3.7	—	2011 Elk Permit Drawing... · p. 2
2010	126	421	3.3	—	2010 Elk Permit Drawing... · p. 2
2009	126	602	4.8	—	2009 Elk Permit Drawing... · p. 5
2008	1,670	556	0.3	—	2008 Elk Permit Drawing... · p. 5

Other licenses valid in Hunting District 620

B licence — Elk B License 620-00 Rifle Permit — Elk Permit 620-16 Rifle Permit — Elk Permit 620-20 — Either-sex Elk Rifle Permit — Elk Permit 620-21 — Either-sex Elk [ARCHERY ONLY] Archery B licence — Elk B License 620-80 Rifle

Legal cartridges for elk in Montana

From the Montana hunting laws rules on file for a rifle. "Depends" means the rule turns on your specific load — check the state page.

.22-250 Remington

.223 Remington from $0.42/rd

.243 Winchester from $1.11/rd

.25-06 Remington

6.5 Creedmoor

6.5 Grendel

.270 Winchester from $0.16/rd

7mm-08 Remington

7mm Remington Magnum

.30-06 Springfield

.300 AAC Blackout from $0.56/rd

.300 Winchester Magnum from $1.25/rd

.30-30 Winchester

.308 Winchester

.338 Winchester Magnum

.350 Legend from $1.07/rd

.35 Whelen

.360 Buckhammer

.400 Legend

.444 Marlin

.450 Bushmaster from $2.00/rd

.45-70 Government from $1.97/rd

.50 Beowulf

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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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