Montana Elk — Hunting District 380

Montana Hunting District 380 covers 668,891 acres and lies 12 miles west of Townsend and 23 miles south of East Helena. 42% of it is public land, mostly national forest (24%) and BLM (14%). In 2025, hunters took 419 elk here. The 2026 draw put up 32 tags here for 86 first-choice applicants.

Tags (2026):84 Nonresident share:capped at 10% Applicants:703 Public land:42% Size:668,891 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in Hunting District 380, 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

380-00 Elk B License 380-00 — Antlerless Elk 32 tags · 86 applicants · Standard

2% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
380-00 Elk B License 380-00 — Antlerless Elk 32 tags · 0 applicants · Landowner

100% No first-choice applicants
380-20 Elk Permit 380-20 — Either-sex Elk 10 tags · 615 applicants · Standard

<1% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
380-20 Elk Permit 380-20 — Either-sex Elk 10 tags · 2 applicants · Landowner

3% Point builder

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	As 2nd choice	Points needed	Tags / applicants	License	Season
380-00 ↗ Elk B License 380-00 — Antlerless Elk	2% Point builder	0%	—	32 / 86	Standard	Sep 5 – Dec 20, 2026
380-00 ↗ Elk B License 380-00 — Antlerless Elk	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	32 / 0	Landowner	Sep 5 – Dec 20, 2026
380-20 ↗ Elk Permit 380-20 — Either-sex Elk	<1% Point builder	0%	—	10 / 615	Standard	Sep 5 – Dec 20, 2026
380-20 ↗ Elk Permit 380-20 — Either-sex Elk	3% Point builder	—	—	10 / 2	Landowner	Sep 5 – 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.
As 2nd choice: Montana lets you name more than one hunt on the application. Miss on your first choice and you go into the pot for whatever tags are left, alongside everyone else's second choices. Points never help a lower choice, so this number is the same whatever you have banked — it is usually worth naming a hunt that goes undersubscribed.
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.

5 hunts not offered in 2026 are 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 380

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

B licence — Elk B License 380-01 — Antlerless Elk Standard B licence — Elk B License 380-02 — Antlerless Elk Standard B licence — Elk B License 380-80 Standard B licence — Elk B License 380-81 Standard B licence — Elk B License 380-82 Standard

The country

Hunting District 380 within Montana

Hunting District 380 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 351,703 ac · 53%
National Forest 162,808 ac · 24%
BLM 93,644 ac · 14%
State trust land 20,401 ac · 3%
Bureau of Reclamation 3,812 ac · 1%
County or city land 802 ac · 0%
State land 668 ac · 0%
Department of Defense 0 ac · 0%
National Park Service 0 ac · 0%
National Wildlife Refuge 0 ac · 0%
Tribal 0 ac · 0%
Other public 0 ac · 0%
Private or other non-public land 35,049 ac · 5%

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.