Montana Elk · Hunting District 580
Montana Hunting District 580 covers 722,188 acres and lies 25 miles south-west of Harlowton and 40 miles north-east of Livingston. 22% of it is public land, mostly national forest (15%) and state trust land (7%). Its most applied-for hunt, 580-00, put up 20 tags (all residencies) in the 2021 draw for 65 nonresident first-choice applicants, 20 of whom drew.
No more draws here. The last one was 2021.
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks held its 2026 elk draw without Hunting District 580. 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.
4 licenses · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
not published
15% Forest Service
722,188 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Best Bets at 0 Points
Ranked by your odds times how often that license type's hunters filled their tag. Nonresident, first choice, 2021 draw; licenses with at least 10 tags that anyone can buy.
Every License in Hunting District 580
The last draw held in Hunting District 580 was 2021. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 580-00 Standard | Elk B License 580-00 | 30% | — | |
| 580-00 Landowner | Elk B License 580-00 | 100% | — | |
| 580-20 Standard | Elk Permit 580-20 — Either-sex Elk | 10% | — | |
| 580-20 Landowner | Elk Permit 580-20 — Either-sex Elk | 100% | — |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2021 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file. Not in the table, with no 2021 result: 580-15, 580-21, 580-22, 580-80.
Draw results: Montana FWP 2021 Elk B License Drawing Statistics Report; Montana FWP 2021 Elk Permit 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). Deadlines: Apr 1, 2027 (expected) for the main draw · Jun 1, 2027 (expected) for B license. Full fee breakdown.
The Ground
| Private | 563,451 ac | 78% |
| National Forest | 107,317 ac | 15% |
| State trust land | 48,242 ac | 7% |
| BLM | 1,299 ac | <1% |
| State land | 288 ac | <1% |
| Bureau of Reclamation | 0 ac | <1% |
| Department of Defense | 0 ac | <1% |
| National Park Service | 0 ac | <1% |
| County or city land | 0 ac | <1% |
| National Wildlife Refuge | 0 ac | <1% |
| Tribal | 0 ac | <1% |
| Other public | 0 ac | <1% |
Source: Montana FWP 2026-2027 Deer Elk Lion Hunting District….
What the Agency Says About the Area
Elk Management Unit: Crazy Mountain
▸ Sources 8
- Montana FWP 2021 Elk B License Drawing Statistics Report draw results, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- Montana FWP 2021 Elk Permit 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 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 2021 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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