Montana Elk — Hunting District 690

Montana Hunting District 690 covers 2,559,076 acres and lies 24 miles south of Havre and 36 miles south-west of Chinook. 19% of it is public land, mostly BLM (9%) and state trust land (9%). In 2025, hunters took 349 elk here. The 2026 draw put up 45 tags here for 57 first-choice applicants.

Tags (2026):110 Nonresident share:capped at 10% Applicants:359 Public land:19% Size:2,559,076 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in Hunting District 690, 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

690-01 Elk B License 690-01 — Antlerless Elk 45 tags · 57 applicants · Standard

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690-01 Elk B License 690-01 — Antlerless Elk 45 tags · 2 applicants · Landowner

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690-20 Elk Permit 690-20 — Either-sex Elk 5 tags · 178 applicants · Standard

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690-20 Elk Permit 690-20 — Either-sex Elk 5 tags · 1 applicants · Landowner

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690-21 Elk Permit 690-21 — Either-sex Elk 5 tags · 119 applicants · Standard

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690-21 Elk Permit 690-21 — Either-sex Elk 5 tags · 2 applicants · Landowner

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Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	Points needed	Tags / applicants	License	Season
690-01 ↗ Elk B License 690-01 — Antlerless Elk	— No data	—	45 / 57	Standard	Oct 24 – Jan 31, 2027
690-01 ↗ Elk B License 690-01 — Antlerless Elk	— No data	—	45 / 2 undersubscribed	Landowner	Oct 24 – Jan 31, 2027
690-20 ↗ Elk Permit 690-20 — Either-sex Elk	— No data	—	5 / 178	Standard	Oct 24 – Dec 20, 2026
690-20 ↗ Elk Permit 690-20 — Either-sex Elk	— No data	—	5 / 1	Landowner	Oct 24 – Dec 20, 2026
690-21 ↗ Elk Permit 690-21 — Either-sex Elk	— No data	—	5 / 119	Standard	Sep 5 – Oct 18, 2026
690-21 ↗ Elk Permit 690-21 — Either-sex Elk	— No data	—	5 / 2 undersubscribed	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.

3 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 690

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

B licence — Elk B License 690-00 Standard B licence — Elk B License 690-80 Standard B licence — Elk B License 690-81 Standard

The country

Hunting District 690 within Montana

Hunting District 690 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 2,063,895 ac · 81%
BLM 230,828 ac · 9%
State trust land 224,686 ac · 9%
Bureau of Reclamation 15,866 ac · 1%
County or city land 13,051 ac · 1%
State land 6,909 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.