Montana Mountain Lion 290-00
Limited Mountain Lion License 290-00 in Hunting District 290, rifle only, Dec 1 – Apr 14, 2026.
No longer drawn. The last draw was 2021.
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks held its 2025 mountain lion draw without 290-00. The odds, costs and history below are that record, not an offer.
Your odds at 0 points · 2021 draw · no nonresident tags in 2025 — showing 2021
0 of 20 applicants at 0 points drew
Years to draw on points: —
- NR Tags
- 1
- Applicants
- 34
- Success
- —
First-choice nonresidents; nonresidents capped at 10%.
Points Needed to Draw
No cut was published in enough years to chart one.
Bonus points (squared) — no cut to track: each point adds entries to the draw rather than a place in line.
What It Costs · 2026 NR Fees
The $5 application fee per species (deer, elk, antelope and mountain lion drawings) is not refunded. The $50 base hunting license (annual, assessed with first hunting license or application) is not refunded. The $10 conservation license (prerequisite for all licenses) is not refunded. The $7.50 Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention Pass (16 and older) is not refunded. A bonus point bought with an application (per species; required for accumulated points to count) is $20. Drawing adds the $320 nonresident Mountain Lion License (Limited Mountain Lion License drawing; the same licence is the OTC / Unlimited licence).
Optional, not counted above: Bonus point only (no application) (July 1 - Sept 30, per species) $25.
▸ Every Fee, With Sources
- Application fee per species (deer, elk, antelope and mountain lion drawings) · paid at application $5 Montana Legislature 2026 MCA 87-2-113 Application fees
- Base hunting license (annual, assessed with first hunting license or application) · paid at application $50 Montana Legislature 2026 MCA 87-2-116 Base hunting license…
- Conservation license (prerequisite for all licenses) · paid at application $10 Montana FWP 2026 Hunting Requirements
- Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention Pass (16 and older) · paid at application $7.50 Montana FWP 2026 Nonresident License Fees
- Bonus point bought with an application (per species; required for accumulated points to count) · paid with the application, drawn or not; skip it and no point is added this year $20 Montana Legislature 2026 MCA 87-2-113 Application fees
- Nonresident Mountain Lion License (Limited Mountain Lion License drawing; the same licence is the OTC / Unlimited licence) · paid if drawn $320 Montana FWP 2026 Mountain Lion Hunting Regulations
Details
Odds by Point Level · 2021 Draw
| Points | Chance | Applied | Drew |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 ← you | <1% (small sample) | 20 | 0 |
| 1 | 2% (small sample) | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | 5% (small sample) | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | 10% (small sample) | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | 16% (small sample) | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | 25% (small sample) | — | — |
| 6 | 36% (small sample) | — | — |
| 7 | 48% (small sample) | — | — |
| 8 | 63% (small sample) | — | — |
| 9 | 79% (small sample) | — | — |
| 10 | 98% (small sample) | — | — |
Monte Carlo over the common pool, scaled to the nonresident cap. A dash means Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks did not publish a count for that level: it prints exact counts around the cut and folds the rest into a band. As a lower choice, 290-00 drew no one in 2021, so lower-choice odds are left out.
Draw results: Montana FWP 2021 Limited Mountain Lion Drawing…, p. 2, retrieved Sep 1, 2026.
How It Hunted, 2025
| Who | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| All of Hunting District 290 | — | 10 | — |
Across every license type in Hunting District 290, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks counted 10 mountain lion taken in 2025 (hunter counts not published). 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: Montana FWP 2025 Reported Mountain Lion Harvest; Montana FWP 2024 Reported Mountain Lion Harvest.
▸ Year-by-Year Numbers 8 draws
The standard draw for nonresidents, one row per year.
| Year | Tags | Applicants | Per Tag | Points Needed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 | — | — | — | Montana FWP 2025 Limited Mountain Lion Drawing…, p. 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | — | — | — | Montana FWP 2024 Limited Mountain Lion Drawing…, p. 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | — | — | — | Montana FWP 2023 Limited Mountain Lion Drawing…, p. 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | — | — | — | Montana FWP 2022 Limited Mountain Lion Drawing… |
| 2021 | 1 | 34 | 34 | — | Montana FWP 2021 Limited Mountain Lion Drawing…, p. 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 24 | 24 | — | Montana FWP 2020 Limited Mountain Lion Drawing…, p. 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 13 | 13 | — | Montana FWP 2019 Limited Mountain Lion Drawing…, p. 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 19 | 19 | — | Montana FWP 2018 Limited Mountain Lion Drawing…, p. 2 |
▸ Legal Cartridges 23 on file for Montana mountain lion
23 cartridges on file are legal for mountain lion with a rifle in Montana. Rules and sources: Montana hunting laws.
▸ Sources 26
- Montana FWP 2021 Limited Mountain Lion Drawing…, p. 2 · draw results, earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- Montana FWP 2024 Limited Mountain Lion Drawing…, p. 1 · earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- Montana FWP 2023 Limited Mountain Lion Drawing…, p. 1 · earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- Montana FWP 2022 Limited Mountain Lion Drawing… earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- Montana FWP 2020 Limited Mountain Lion Drawing…, p. 2 · earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- Montana FWP 2019 Limited Mountain Lion Drawing…, p. 2 · earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- Montana FWP 2018 Limited Mountain Lion Drawing…, p. 2 · earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- Montana FWP 2025 Mountain Lion Hunting Regulations draw rules, seasons, retrieved Sep 1, 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 2026 Mountain Lion Hunting Regulations fees, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- Montana FWP 2025 Reported Mountain Lion Harvest, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
- Montana FWP 2024 Reported Mountain Lion Harvest, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
- Montana FWP 2023 Reported Mountain Lion Harvest, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
- Montana FWP 2022 Reported Mountain Lion Harvest, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
- Montana FWP 2021 Reported Mountain Lion Harvest, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
- Montana FWP 2020 Reported Mountain Lion Harvest, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
- Montana FWP 2019 Reported Mountain Lion Harvest, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
- Montana FWP 2018 Reported Mountain Lion Harvest, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
- Montana FWP 2017 Reported Mountain Lion Harvest, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
- Montana FWP 2016 Reported Mountain Lion Harvest, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
- Montana FWP 2015 Reported Mountain Lion Harvest, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
- Montana FWP 2014 Reported Mountain Lion Harvest, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
- Montana FWP 2026 Mountain Lion Management Units boundary, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
About These Numbers
Odds are from the 2021 draw, the latest on file, computed from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks' published results (monte Carlo over the common pool, scaled to the nonresident cap). 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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