Montana draw 2026

[Beignet]

I bet next week

I kinda figured they’d have to do them this week. Don’t they state that they sell surplus tags on June 15 or some such?

Also, I misspoke and forgot they don’t draw antelope until August after they do field counts.

 

[8andcounting]

I kinda figured they’d have to do them this week. Don’t they state that they sell surplus tags on June 15 or some such?

Also, I misspoke and forgot they don’t draw antelope until August after they do field counts.

Sign up for surplus starts June 15 . OTC b tags for deer and elk go on sale June 15 also .

 

[Forkyfinder]

OTC b tags for deer and elk go on sale June 15 also .

Do you know people that hunt on those b tags if they didnt draw?

 

[8andcounting]

Do you know people that hunt on those b tags if they didnt draw?

What are you getting at ? If they don’t draw what ?

 

[Forkyfinder]

What are you getting at ? If they don’t draw what ?

Didnt draw a combo tag

 

[8andcounting]

Didnt draw a combo tag

Do I know anyone that has gone unsuccessful in drawing a NR combo tag , and then has purchased a b tag to hunt Montana anyways ? Yes . Also know plenty of folks that don’t apply for combo tags at all but shoot cow elk on OTC tags every year

 

[Forkyfinder]

Do I know anyone that has gone unsuccessful in drawing a NR combo tag , and then has purchased a b tag to hunt Montana anyways ? Yes . Also know plenty of folks that don’t apply for combo tags at all but shoot cow elk on OTC tags every year

Interesting. Theres quite a contingent of people around that somehow think that no one does that and the only people buying b tags are hunting a combo tag.

 

[Big Sky Guy]

Interesting. Theres quite a contingent of people around that somehow think that no one does that and the only people buying b tags are hunting a combo tag.

Definitely not the case. I have several friends (n=4) that have come out and purchased an OTC elk B tags for the late season cow elk hunts. It's possibly the best value for NR IMO if you have the right connections.

 

[Forkyfinder]

Definitely not the case. I have several friends (n=4) that have come out and purchased an OTC elk tag for the late season cow elk hunts. It's possibly the best value for NR IMO if you have the right connections.

Yeah - folks should remember this feedback when the NR 61k license sales topic comes around. I know plenty of NR who do it too.

 

[8andcounting]

B tag results were out the 13th last year so I would suspect it’ll be next week

 

[sclancy27]

Sign up for surplus starts June 15 . OTC b tags for deer and elk go on sale June 15 also .

Is there actually OTC B-tags? I was under the assumption that most were draw (some/most of them go to leftovers) with a minority being purchased first-come first-serve under quotas?

 

[Forkyfinder]

Is there actually OTC B-tags? I was under the assumption that most were draw (some/most of them go to leftovers) with a minority being purchased first-come first-serve under quotas?

Yup. Not really wanting to advertise where.

Seems very relevant when people are talking NR hunters, numbers, pressure and tag sales and assume that no ones hunting B tags.

 

[Wildabeest]

Didnt draw a combo tag

 

[sclancy27]

Yup. Not really wanting to advertise where.

Seems very relevant when people are talking NR hunters, numbers, pressure and tag sales and assume that no ones hunting B tags.

I just read the regs, it ain't hard to figure out where they are.

Most of them are pretty restricted, a couple are not. It would be interesting to see the breakdown of who is buying them vs picking up leftover tags for other districts.

Also, I don't know who assumes that NR aren't hunting B-tags. If you look at the data it's close to 50% of the total NR tags are B-tags. It's just there isn't a good mechanism to keep them from buying those tags and the department is incentivized to allow NR to buy a lot of them.

 

[mukbowhunt]

B tag results were out the 13th last year so I would suspect it’ll be next week

That was a Friday so could be out this Friday, June 12. I would think they get them out before the 15th which is Monday.

 

[8andcounting]

Also, I don't know who assumes that NR aren't hunting B-tags. If you look at the data it's close to 50% of the total NR tags are B-tags. It's just there isn't a good mechanism to keep them from buying those tags and the department is incentivized to allow NR to buy a lot of them.

I think we are restricted to 2 b tags

 

[sclancy27]

I think we are restricted to 2 b tags

2 total or 2 per species?

 

[Forkyfinder]

2 total or 2 per species?

2 per.

 

[sclancy27]

2 per.

So 6....or 4. Prob 6.

 

[8andcounting]

If we hold a NR combo tag I think we can buy 2 b tags per species - 1 if no combo