State of the Western Draw 2013

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Nonresident view of the 2013 draws across 1 state: 630 hunt codes, 7,586 nonresident tags, 31,548 first-choice applications. Every figure is from the agency's published draw report; odds are prior-draw probabilities.

Demand at a glance

State · speciesCodesNR tags 1st-choice appsApps / tag Drawable at 0 pts UndersubscribedMedian cut Cut shift Odds error
Montana · White-tailed / Mule Deer 171 2,020 4,776 2.4 46% 53
Montana · Elk 171 3,147 9,099 2.9 29% 32
Montana · Moose 91 35 2,549 72.8 0% 0
Montana · Pronghorn 111 2,335 4,995 2.1 23% 12
Montana · Bighorn Sheep 48 21 7,101 338.1 15% 5
Montana · Mountain Goat 38 28 3,028 108.1 0% 0

"Drawable at 0 pts" = share of codes where a first-year applicant had at least a 50% chance. "Cut shift" needs the prior draw on file. "Odds error" = applicant-weighted back-test error of the prior year's odds (methodology).

Montana white-tailed / mule deer

Hardest tags (highest cut)

No drew-out levels published.

Sleepers (undersubscribed, 5+ tags)

  • 599-00 Deer B License 599-00 — 15 of 200 tags claimed
  • 598-00 Deer B License 598-00 — 43 of 175 tags claimed
  • 699-00 Deer B License 699-00 — Antlerl... — 25 of 100 tags claimed
  • 411-01 Deer B License 411-01 — Antlerl... — 41 of 100 tags claimed
  • 445-01 Deer B License 445-01 — Antlerl... — 13 of 50 tags claimed

Biggest cut moves vs 2012

Prior draw not on file.

Montana elk

Hardest tags (highest cut)

No drew-out levels published.

Sleepers (undersubscribed, 5+ tags)

  • 004-80 Elk B License 004-80 — 157 of 280 tags claimed
  • 900-80 Elk B License 900-80 — 29 of 100 tags claimed
  • 441-80 Elk B License 441-80 — 6 of 35 tags claimed
  • 411-80 Elk B License 411-80 — 17 of 40 tags claimed
  • 442-80 Elk B License 442-80 — 10 of 30 tags claimed

Biggest cut moves vs 2012

Prior draw not on file.

Montana moose

Hardest tags (highest cut)

No drew-out levels published.

Sleepers (undersubscribed, 5+ tags)

Every code with 5+ tags was oversubscribed.

Biggest cut moves vs 2012

Prior draw not on file.

Montana pronghorn

Hardest tags (highest cut)

No drew-out levels published.

Sleepers (undersubscribed, 5+ tags)

  • 900-00 Antelope License 900-00 — 482 of 560 tags claimed
  • 450-10 Antelope B License 450-10 — 4 of 30 tags claimed
  • 490-10 Antelope B License 490-10 — 8 of 32 tags claimed
  • 590-10 Antelope B License 590-10 — 4 of 20 tags claimed
  • 510-10 Antelope B License 510-10 — 10 of 20 tags claimed

Biggest cut moves vs 2012

Prior draw not on file.

Montana bighorn sheep

Hardest tags (highest cut)

No drew-out levels published.

Sleepers (undersubscribed, 5+ tags)

Every code with 5+ tags was oversubscribed.

Biggest cut moves vs 2012

Prior draw not on file.

Montana mountain goat

Hardest tags (highest cut)

No drew-out levels published.

Sleepers (undersubscribed, 5+ tags)

Every code with 5+ tags was oversubscribed.

Biggest cut moves vs 2012

Prior draw not on file.

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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