Montana Elk · Hunting District 595
Its most applied-for hunt, 595-21, put up 180 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 274 nonresident first-choice applicants.
2 licenses · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
not published
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks does not publish a mapped boundary for Hunting District 595, so there is no map to draw.
Best Bets at 0 Points
Ranked by your odds times how often that license type's hunters filled their tag. Nonresident, first choice, 2026 draw; licenses with at least 10 tags that anyone can buy.
Every License in Hunting District 595
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 595-21 Standard | Elk Permit 595-21 — Either-sex Elk | 40% | — | |
| 595-21 Landowner | Elk Permit 595-21 — Either-sex Elk | 100% | — |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2026 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file. Not in the table, with no 2026 result: 595-00.
Draw results: Montana FWP 2026 Elk Permit Drawing Statistics Report, retrieved Aug 31, 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.
What the Agency Says About the Area
Elk Permit 595-21 (Either-sex Elk, archery only): valid in HDs 502, 535, 555, 590 and a portion of HD 701 north of the Yellowstone River, south of Hwy 12, west of the Sumatra-Hysham road. Multi-district permit, not a single hunting district.
Source: Montana FWP 2025 Deer, Elk, Antelope Hunting Regulations.
▸ Sources 6
- Montana FWP 2026 Elk Permit Drawing Statistics Report draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 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 Deer, Elk, Antelope Hunting Regulations area description, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
About These Numbers
Odds are from the 2026 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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