Montana Mountain Lion — Hunting District 101

Montana Hunting District 101 covers 352,978 acres and lies 13 miles south of Eureka and 31 miles north-east of Libby. In 2025, hunters took 8 mountain lion here. The 2025 draw put up 1 tag here for 13 first-choice applicants.

Tags (2025):1 Nonresident share:capped at 10% Applicants:13 Size:352,978 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every mountain lion license type on offer in Hunting District 101, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

1 license on offer · 1 tags · 13 applicants in the 2025 draw

Chances are from the 2025 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.

Simple view Odds at every point level
  • 101-00 Limited Mountain Lion License 101-00 1 tags · 13 applicants
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What these columns mean
Your odds
the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2025 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 2025 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.
2 hunts not offered in 2025 are hidden — show discontinued hunts.

What it costs to apply (2026 nonresident fees)

License Up front Gone if you miss If you draw
Per application $65 $65 $65

Application window: opens Jun 30, closes Jul 22, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

Other licenses valid in Hunting District 101

Not in the table above because they had no result in the 2025 draw.

The country

Eureka Whitefish Thompson Falls Missoula Choteau
Hunting District 101 within Montana
100 102 103 104 109 110 170 Eureka Libby Whitefish Kalispell
Hunting District 101 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.

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.

Season Harvest
2025 8
2024 7
2023 5
2022 8
2021 5
2020 4
2019 7
2018 7
2017 9
2016 7
2015 10
2014 5

Residents vs nonresidents (2025)

  • Nonresident 0 taken
  • Resident 8 taken

Boundary: Mountain Lion Management Units (2026 and 2027 Seasons)

Harvest: 2025 Reported Mountain Lion Harvest

Harvest: 2024 Reported Mountain Lion Harvest

Harvest: 2023 Reported Mountain Lion Harvest

How we compute draw odds · All Montana mountain lion hunts