Montana Elk — Hunting District 447

Montana Hunting District 447 covers 566,152 acres and lies 24 miles south of Fort Benton and 35 miles east of Great Falls. 21% of it is public land, mostly state trust land (11%) and national forest (7%). In 2025, hunters took 277 elk here. The 2026 draw put up 40 tags here for 71 first-choice applicants.

Tags (2026):110 Nonresident share:capped at 10% Applicants:162 Public land:21% Size:566,152 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in Hunting District 447, 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

447-00 Elk B License 447-00 — Antlerless Elk 5 tags · 14 applicants · Standard

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447-00 Elk B License 447-00 — Antlerless Elk 5 tags · 0 applicants · Landowner

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447-20 Elk Permit 447-20 — Either-sex Elk 10 tags · 72 applicants · Standard

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447-20 Elk Permit 447-20 — Either-sex Elk 10 tags · 5 applicants · Landowner

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447-21 Elk Permit 447-21 — Either-sex Elk [(First and Only) ARCHERY ONLY] 40 tags · 71 applicants · Standard

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447-21 Elk Permit 447-21 — Either-sex Elk [(First and Only) ARCHERY ONLY] 40 tags · 0 applicants · Landowner

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Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	Points needed	Tags / applicants	License	Season
447-00 ↗ Elk B License 447-00 — Antlerless Elk Rifle	— No data	—	5 / 14	Standard	Sep 5 – Nov 29, 2026
447-00 ↗ Elk B License 447-00 — Antlerless Elk Rifle	— No data	—	5 / 0	Landowner	Sep 5 – Nov 29, 2026
447-20 ↗ Elk Permit 447-20 — Either-sex Elk Rifle	— No data	—	10 / 72	Standard	Sep 5 – Dec 20, 2026
447-20 ↗ Elk Permit 447-20 — Either-sex Elk Rifle	— No data	—	10 / 5	Landowner	Sep 5 – Dec 20, 2026
447-21 ↗ Elk Permit 447-21 — Either-sex Elk [(First and Only) ARCHERY ONLY] Archery	— No data	—	40 / 71	Standard	Sep 5 – Oct 18, 2026
447-21 ↗ Elk Permit 447-21 — Either-sex Elk [(First and Only) ARCHERY ONLY] Archery	— No data	—	40 / 0	Landowner	Sep 5 – Oct 18, 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 447

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

B licence — Elk B License 447-80 Standard

The country

Hunting District 447 within Montana

Hunting District 447 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 441,768 ac · 78%
State trust land 64,937 ac · 11%
National Forest 42,291 ac · 7%
BLM 10,983 ac · 2%
National Wildlife Refuge 1,698 ac · 0%
County or city land 113 ac · 0%
Bureau of Reclamation 0 ac · 0%
Department of Defense 0 ac · 0%
National Park Service 0 ac · 0%
State land 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.