Montana draw 2026

[sclancy27]

Wow...3 times. Crazy.
Friend of mine drew it twice in ten years.

Yea, if you run the probabilities, most won't draw in their lifetime. Drawing multiple times makes my head explode.

 

[Hem]

Yea, if you run the probabilities, most won't draw in their lifetime. Drawing multiple times makes my head explode.

If you saw the land owner preference bulls in a neighbors house your head would REALLY explode.

 

[sclancy27]

If you saw the land owner preference bulls in a neighbors house your head would REALLY explode.

I'm sure.

 

[golfer]

I'm always surprised at how my extended family can't draw a tag with several apps of 50% chance or better. Then there's the guy I know that has drawn 3(?!) 380 Bull tags. Craziness.

Have a co-worker who has also drawn it 3 times. And has eaten it twice.

 

[mtmuley]

Have a co-worker who has also drawn it 3 times. And has eaten it twice.

Ouch. I know a guy that ate an auction tag for mule deer in Montana once. mtmuley

 

[Gerald Martin]

Ouch. I know a guy that ate an auction tag for mule deer in Montana once. mtmuley

That’s probably better than that guy who ran bounty ads for his auction tag and ended up shooting a sub 150” buck….

 

[mtmuley]

That’s probably better than that guy who ran bounty ads for his auction tag and ended up shooting a sub 150” buck….

Agreed. I know both of them guys. One is actually a hunter. mtmuley

 

[Gerald Martin]

Agreed. I know both of them guys. One is actually a hunter. mtmuley

Do I get two guesses and one doesn’t count as to who is the hunter? I’m putting my money on the guy who didn’t fill the tag.

 

[mtmuley]

Do I get two guesses and one doesn’t count as to who is the hunter? I’m putting my money on the guy who didn’t fill the tag.

Yep. mtmuley

 

[golfer]

Ouch. I know a guy that ate an auction tag for mule deer in Montana once. mtmuley

If you talk to him. He doesn’t regret or lose sleep about not filling the two either.

 

[8andcounting]

If you talk to him. He doesn’t regret or lose sleep about not filling the two either.

Did he shoot a big bull the one he did fill

 

[golfer]

Did he shoot a big bull the one he did fill

If I remember right 330-340

 

[brocksw]

Nada. Maybe someday I'll get to hunt bitterroot muleys

Every time I see you post I think you’re Dale Brisby.

 

[mtmuley]

Nada. Maybe someday I'll get to hunt bitterroot muleys

Yeah. Me too. mtmuley

 

[MT Super Puncher]

Every time I see you post I think you’re Dale Brisby.

The man. The myth. The legend.

 

[brocksw]

The man. The myth. The legend.

 

[8andcounting]

Here’s the NR combo draw numbers

https://myfwp.mt.gov/getRepositoryFile?objectID=116132

 

[huntandfly]

Here’s the NR combo draw numbers

https://myfwp.mt.gov/getRepositoryFile?objectID=116132

Interesting to see most app numbers down, except Big Game combo >2 PP

 

[8andcounting]

Interesting to see most app numbers down, except Big Game combo >2 PP

Almost 1400 less applicants for the Deer/elk/big game combos . Not surprised with the economy

 

[rmyoung1]

Almost 1400 less applicants for the Deer/elk/big game combos . Not surprised with the economy

The elk/big game combos were actually up 1%. It’s the cheaper deer combos where the apps were noticeably lower. I think it speaks to the reality of MT deer hunting more than it says anything about the economy.