Montana Mountain Lion Draw Odds
In the 2025 draw Montana offered 39 mountain lion hunts to residents and nonresidents in one shared draw, drawn by a lottery weighted by bonus points. At 0 points a nonresident had at least an even chance in 0 hunts open to every hunter.
Open Jun 30 – Jul 22, 2027 (expected)
Kept if you miss
2025 draw · nonresidents capped at 10%
2025 draw, first choice
Point only: $25 · Jul 1 – Sep 30 · Closed, reopens Jul 1, 2027 (expected) → Buying Points in Montana
How the Montana Draw Works (30-Second Version)
Bonus points (squared).
Every applicant gets points² + 1 entries in a random draw, so more points mean more chances, but never a guarantee.
Every Hunt at 0 Points
39 hunt codes drawn in 2025 · 0 at 50% or better · first choice · nonresident
Last year's odds were off by about 6 percentage points for applicants near the points needed. How we check
| Hunt | Season | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100-00 Hunting district 100 · Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | 100 | Dec 1–Apr 14 | — | — | 0 / 0 | — |
| 101-00 Hunting district 101 · Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | 101 | Dec 1–Apr 14 | <1% (small sample) | — | 1 / 13 | — |
| 102-00 Hunting district 102 · Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | 102 | Dec 1–Apr 14 | <1% (small sample) | — | 1 / 5 | — |
| 103-00 Hunting district 103 · Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | 103 | Dec 1–Apr 14 | — | — | 0 / 0 | — |
| 104-00 Hunting district 104 · Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | 104 | Dec 1–Apr 14 | — | — | 0 / 0 | — |
| 120-00 Hunting district 120 · Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | 120 | Dec 1–Apr 14 | — | — | 0 / 0 | — |
| 121-00 Hunting district 121 · Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | 121 | Dec 1–Apr 14 | — | — | 0 / 0 | — |
| 122-00 Hunting district 122 · Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | 122 | Dec 1–Apr 14 | — | — | 0 / 0 | — |
| 123-00 Hunting district 123 · Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | 123 | Dec 1–Apr 14 | — | — | 0 / 0 | — |
| 130-00 Hunting district 130 · Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | 130 | Dec 1–Apr 14 | — | — | 0 / 0 | — |
| 140-00 Hunting district 140 · Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | 140 | Dec 1–Apr 14 | — | — | 0 / 0 | — |
| 201-00 Hunting district 201 · Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | 201 | Dec 1–Apr 14 | — | — | 0 / 0 | — |
| 202-00 Hunting district 202 · Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | 202 | Dec 1–Apr 14 | 4% (small sample) | — | 1 / 7 | — |
| 204-00 Hunting district 204 · Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | 204 | Dec 1–Apr 14 | — | — | 0 / 0 | — |
| 240-00 Hunting district 240 · Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | 240 | Dec 1–Apr 14 | — | — | 0 / 0 | — |
| 270-00 Hunting district 270 · Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | 270 | Dec 1–Apr 14 | — | — | 0 / 0 | — |
| 280-00 Hunting district 280 · Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | 280 | Dec 1–Apr 14 | — | — | 0 / 0 | — |
| 285-00 Hunting district 285 · Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | 285 | Dec 1–Apr 14 | — | — | 0 / 0 | — |
| 290-00 Hunting district 290 · Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | 290 | Dec 1–Apr 14 | — | — | 0 / 0 | — |
| 301-00 Hunting district 301 · Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | 301 | Dec 1–Apr 14 | — | — | 0 / 0 | — |
| 304-00 Hunting district 304 · Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | 304 | Dec 1–Apr 14 | — | — | 0 / 0 | — |
| 312-00 Hunting district 312 · Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | 312 | Dec 1–Apr 14 | — | — | 0 / 0 | — |
| 318-00 Hunting district 318 · Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | 318 | Dec 1–Apr 14 | — | — | 0 / 0 | — |
| 322-00 Hunting district 322 · Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | 322 | Dec 1–Apr 14 | — | — | 0 / 0 | — |
| 339-00 Hunting district 339 · Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | Rifle · Limited Mountain Lion License | 339 | Dec 1–Apr 14 | — | — | 0 / 0 | — |
Showing 1–25 of 39 · sorted by hunting district · 37 hunts not offered in 2025 hidden — show discontinued hunts
Show all 39 huntsWhat These Columns Mean
- Odds at your points —
- the share of first-choice applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2025 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year. A badge marked * had under five tags, so one applicant either way swings it.
- Pts needed —
- the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2025 draw; the ▲ or ▼ is how far that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold. A 0 marks a hunt that went Undersubscribed: fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
- Tags / apps —
- tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them.
- Success —
- the share of hunters in the hunting district who killed an animal, from the latest harvest report on file. It is the whole hunting district's figure, not the hunt's.
All 78 Hunting Districts
Each hunting district has its own page: where it is on the map, how much of it is public land, what the hunters who went there killed last season, and every license type you can apply for inside it.
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About These Numbers
Every percentage here is the chance an applicant with that many points had in the draw year shown, computed from the agency's published results; quotas, applicant numbers and point levels change every year. A dash means the agency did not publish the number. Under five tags the percentage is flagged: one applicant either way swings it. Check the agency's site and apply there; we don't take applications. How we compute these.