Montana Mountain Lion 580-00 — Hunting District 580
Limited Mountain Lion License 580-00
- What you may take
- Limited Mountain Lion License 580-00
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Season (2025)
- Dec 1 – Apr 14, 2026
- Tags (2025)
- 1
- for 0 first-choice applicants
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Odds by point level — 2025 draw
No first-choice applicants: 1 tag on offer in 2025 and nobody listed this hunt first. Anyone who had would have drawn.
Odds have not been computed for this draw yet.
What it costs (2026 resident fees)
Optional, not counted above: Bonus point only (no application) (July 1 - Sept 30, per species) $15.
Not applying this year? A point-only purchase costs $2 (Jul 1 – Sep 30, expected) and adds a point for next year's draw.
Next application window: opens Jun 30, closes Jul 22, 2027 (expected) · results ~August 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 (2025)
How this tag has hunted
Across every license type in Hunting District 580, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks counted 4 mountain lion taken in 2025. Full Hunting District 580 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: 2025 Reported Mountain Lion Harvest 2024 Reported Mountain Lion Harvest
Year by year
The standard draw for residents, one row per year.
| Year | Tags | Applicants | Applicants per tag | Points needed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | — | 2025 Limited Mountain Lion... · p. 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | — | 2024 Limited Mountain Lion... · p. 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | — | 2023 Limited Mountain Lion... · p. 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | — | 2022 Limited Mountain Lion... · sheet1 |
Legal cartridges for mountain lion 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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