Montana Mountain Goat 323-20 — Hunting District 323
Mountain Goat License 323-20 — Either-sex · South Absaroka
- What you may take
- Mountain Goat License 323-20 — Either-sex (any)
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Season (2026)
- Sep 1 – Nov 29, 2026
- Tags (2026)
- 3
- for 536 first-choice applicants · nonresidents capped at 10%
- Hunter success here (2025)
- 95%
- of everyone who hunted the area
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Odds by point level — 2026 draw
Odds have not been computed for this draw yet.
What it costs (2026 nonresident fees)
Optional, not counted above: Bonus point only (no application) (July 1 - Sept 30, per species) $25 and Bonus point only (no application), Mountain Goat (July 1 - Sept 30) $75.
Not applying this year? A point-only purchase costs $20 (Jul 1 – Sep 30, expected) and adds a point for next year's draw.
Next application window: opens Mar 1, closes May 1, 2027 (expected) · results ~May 15. Last cycle's schedule rolled forward — confirm when the agency publishes.
Point creep & years to draw
Insufficient history (0 of 3 draws) — a creep trend needs at least three draw years with a published drew-out level.
Seasons (2026)
How this tag has hunted
Across every license type in Hunting District 323, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks counted 38 hunters and 36 mountain goat taken in 2025 — 95% of them killed something. Full Hunting District 323 profile: maps, public land, five years of harvest →
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. Source: FWP Harvest Estimates CSV export - mountain goat, all districts, 2005-2025 except 2006 (absent from the export)
Year by year
The standard draw for nonresidents, one row per year.
| Year | Tags | Applicants | Applicants per tag | Points needed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 536 | 178.7 | — | 2026 Mountain Goat Drawing... · p. 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 630 | 210.0 | — | 2025 Mountain Goat Drawing... · p. 1 |
| 2024 | 3 | 576 | 192.0 | — | 2024 Mountain Goat Drawing... · p. 1 |
| 2023 | 3 | 616 | 205.3 | — | 2023 Mountain Goat Drawing... · p. 1 |
| 2022 | 3 | 495 | 165.0 | — | 2022 Mountain Goat Drawing... · p. 1 |
| 2021 | 3 | 533 | 177.7 | — | 2021 Mountain Goat Drawing... · p. 1 |
| 2020 | 3 | 468 | 156.0 | — | 2020 Mountain Goat Drawing... · p. 1 |
| 2019 | 3 | 572 | 190.7 | — | 2019 Mountain Goat Drawing... · p. 1 |
| 2018 | 3 | 476 | 158.7 | — | 2018 Mountain Goat Drawing... · p. 1 |
| 2017 | 3 | 548 | 182.7 | — | 2017 Mountain Goat Drawing... · p. 1 |
| 2016 | 3 | 344 | 114.7 | — | 2016 Mountain Goat Drawing... · p. 1 |
| 2015 | 3 | 438 | 146.0 | — | 2015 Mountain Goat Drawing... · p. 1 |
| 2014 | 3 | 225 | 75.0 | — | 2014 Mountain Goat Drawing... · p. 1 |
Other licenses valid in Hunting District 323
Legal cartridges for mountain goat in Montana
From the Montana hunting laws rules on file for a rifle. "Depends" means the rule turns on your specific load — check the state page.
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How to read these numbers
Every percentage on this page is a prior-draw probability: the chance an applicant with that many points would have drawn in the draw year shown, computed from the agency's published results. It is not a forecast — quotas, applicant numbers, and point creep change every year. Every figure links to the agency document it came from. Where a state does not publish a number, we show a dash, never a zero. Hunts with fewer than five tags show counts instead of percentages. Fees show the fee year used. Read the methodology for the engine details.
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