Montana Elk — Hunting District 262

Montana Hunting District 262 covers 79,933 acres and lies 5 miles south-east of Stevensville and 14 miles north of Hamilton. 4% of it is public land, mostly state trust land (2%) and county or city land (1%). In 2025, hunters took 184 elk here. The 2026 draw put up 2 tags here for 4 first-choice applicants.

Tags (2026):4 Nonresident share:capped at 10% Applicants:4 Public land:4% Size:79,933 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in Hunting District 262, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

Chances are from the 2026 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.

Simple view Odds at every point level

262-45 Elk Permit 262-45 — Brow-tined Bull Elk 2 tags · 4 applicants · Standard

— No data
262-45 Elk Permit 262-45 — Brow-tined Bull Elk 2 tags · 0 applicants · Landowner

— No data

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	Points needed	Tags / applicants	License	Season
262-45 ↗ Elk Permit 262-45 — Brow-tined Bull Elk	— No data	—	2 / 4	Standard	Oct 24 – Dec 20, 2026
262-45 ↗ Elk Permit 262-45 — Brow-tined Bull Elk	— No data	—	2 / 0	Landowner	Oct 24 – Dec 20, 2026

What these columns mean

Your odds: the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2026 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year.
The badge: plain language for that number. Likely draw 75% or better · Real chance 40%+ · Long shot 15%+ · Point builder below that, so you are applying mainly to bank a point · Undersubscribed means fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
Points needed: the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2026 draw, and how that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold.
Tags / applicants: tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them. Under five tags we print counts instead of a percentage, because one applicant either way swings it.

1 hunt not offered in 2026 is hidden — show discontinued hunts.

What it costs to apply (2026 nonresident fees)

License	Up front	Gone if you miss	If you draw
Standard license	$65	$65	$65
Landowner license	$65	$65	$65

Application deadlines: Apr 1, 2027 (expected) for the main draw · Jun 1, 2027 (expected) for B license. Full fee breakdown.

Other licenses valid in Hunting District 262

Not in the table above because they had no result in the 2026 draw.

B licence — Elk B License 262-01 Standard

The country

Hunting District 262 within Montana

Hunting District 262 and its neighbours

Zoomable USGS topo, aerial imagery and shaded relief, with the neighboring areas drawn on.

Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.

Who owns the ground

Private 77,103 ac · 96%
State trust land 1,638 ac · 2%
County or city land 1,127 ac · 1%
State land 32 ac · 0%
BLM 0 ac · 0%
Bureau of Reclamation 0 ac · 0%
Department of Defense 0 ac · 0%
National Park Service 0 ac · 0%
National Forest 0 ac · 0%
National Wildlife Refuge 0 ac · 0%
Tribal 0 ac · 0%
Other public 0 ac · 0%

Source: Deer Elk Lion 2026-2027 Hunting District Landcover and Land Ownership Calculations

Nearby areas

How the hunting has gone

What Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks publishes for this area after each season — harvest statistics for everyone who hunted it, not draw odds and not a forecast. 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.