Montana Elk · Hunting District 260
Montana Hunting District 260 covers 99,016 acres and lies 12 miles north of Stevensville and 29 miles north of Hamilton. 13% of it is public land, mostly county or city land (5%) and wildlife refuge (3%). In 2025, hunters took 33 elk here; hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, 260-00, put up 5 tags (all residencies) in the 2019 draw for 5 nonresident first-choice applicants, 3 of whom drew.
No more draws here. The last one was 2019.
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks held its 2026 elk draw without Hunting District 260. No current hunt code lists this unit; the Montana elk hunts on offer are drawn elsewhere. The odds, costs and harvest below are that history, kept for the record.
2 licenses · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
not published
5% Other public
99,016 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in Hunting District 260
The last draw held in Hunting District 260 was 2019. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 260-00 Standard | Elk B License 260-00 | 68% | — | |
| 260-00 Landowner | Elk B License 260-00 | 100% | — |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2019 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file. Not in the table, with no 2019 result: 260-80.
Draw results: Montana FWP 2019 Elk B License Drawing Statistics Report, retrieved Sep 1, 2026.
If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): Standard $92.50 ($92.50 to apply) · Landowner $92.50 ($92.50 to apply). Open Mar 1 – Apr 1, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
| Year | Elk |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 |
| 2024 | 50 |
| 2023 | 32 |
| 2022 | 16 |
2025 split: nonresidents 3, residents 30
What Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks publishes after each season, for everyone who hunted the area: harvest statistics, not draw odds. Hunter counts not published for 2025. 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; Montana FWP 2023 Elk Harvest Estimates.
The Ground
| Private | 86,005 ac | 87% |
| County or city land | 4,643 ac | 5% |
| National Wildlife Refuge | 2,822 ac | 3% |
| State land | 2,614 ac | 3% |
| State trust land | 1,614 ac | 2% |
| National Forest | 1,168 ac | 1% |
| Other public | 49 ac | <1% |
| Department of Defense | 9 ac | <1% |
| BLM | 0 ac | <1% |
| Bureau of Reclamation | 0 ac | <1% |
| National Park Service | 0 ac | <1% |
| Tribal | 0 ac | <1% |
Source: Montana FWP 2026-2027 Deer Elk Lion Hunting District….
What the Agency Says About the Area
Elk Management Unit: Bitterroot/Clark Fork
▸ Sources 11
- Montana FWP 2019 Elk B License Drawing Statistics Report draw results, retrieved Sep 1, 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 Nonresident License 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, area description, 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 2019 draw, the latest on file, computed from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks' published results. 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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