Montana Elk — Hunting District 700

Montana Hunting District 700 covers 1,727,987 acres and lies 56 miles south-west of Glasgow and 71 miles south-east of Malta. 37% of it is public land, mostly BLM (20%) and wildlife refuge (13%). In 2025, hunters took 588 elk here. The 2026 draw put up 80 tags here for 286 first-choice applicants.

Tags (2026):270 Nonresident share:capped at 10% Applicants:868 Public land:37% Size:1,727,987 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in Hunting District 700, 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

700-00 Elk B License 700-00 — Antlerless Elk 30 tags · 295 applicants · Standard

— No data
700-00 Elk B License 700-00 — Antlerless Elk 30 tags · 2 applicants · Landowner

— No data
700-20 Elk Permit 700-20 — Either-sex Elk 25 tags · 279 applicants · Standard

— No data
700-20 Elk Permit 700-20 — Either-sex Elk 25 tags · 5 applicants · Landowner

— No data
700-21 Elk Permit 700-21 — Either-sex Elk [ARCHERY ONLY] 80 tags · 286 applicants · Standard

— No data
700-21 Elk Permit 700-21 — Either-sex Elk [ARCHERY ONLY] 80 tags · 1 applicants · Landowner

— No data

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	Points needed	Tags / applicants	License	Season
700-00 ↗ Elk B License 700-00 — Antlerless Elk Rifle	— No data	—	30 / 295	Standard	Sep 5 – Dec 20, 2026
700-00 ↗ Elk B License 700-00 — Antlerless Elk Rifle	— No data	—	30 / 2 undersubscribed	Landowner	Sep 5 – Dec 20, 2026
700-20 ↗ Elk Permit 700-20 — Either-sex Elk Rifle	— No data	—	25 / 279	Standard	Sep 5 – Dec 20, 2026
700-20 ↗ Elk Permit 700-20 — Either-sex Elk Rifle	— No data	—	25 / 5 undersubscribed	Landowner	Sep 5 – Dec 20, 2026
700-21 ↗ Elk Permit 700-21 — Either-sex Elk [ARCHERY ONLY] Archery	— No data	—	80 / 286	Standard	Sep 5 – Oct 18, 2026
700-21 ↗ Elk Permit 700-21 — Either-sex Elk [ARCHERY ONLY] Archery	— No data	—	80 / 1 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.

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 700

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

B licence — Elk B License 700-80 Standard

The country

Hunting District 700 within Montana

Hunting District 700 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 882,137 ac · 51%
BLM 349,053 ac · 20%
National Wildlife Refuge 218,936 ac · 13%
State trust land 67,564 ac · 4%
County or city land 172 ac · 0%
Bureau of Reclamation 0 ac · 0%
Department of Defense 0 ac · 0%
National Park Service 0 ac · 0%
National Forest 0 ac · 0%
State land 0 ac · 0%
Tribal 0 ac · 0%
Other public 0 ac · 0%
Private or other non-public land 210,123 ac · 12%

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.