April 1 deer, elk permit deadline looms
A mule deer buck retreats after encountering a hiker in Lincoln County. (Scott Shindledecker/The Western News)
HELENA – The 2025 Montana hunting regulations hit the shelves last month in advance of the new license year that started March 1 and hunters may have noticed a change.
For years, the hunting regulations contained pages for license or permit drawing odds from the previous year. The intent of these charts was to show hunters what the odds of drawing particular licenses or permits were from year to year. The problem is that these charts were largely misleading, and in some cases, just inaccurate.
- The charts didn’t account for residency status. Nonresidents are capped at 10 percent of the drawing quota, which means far fewer licenses or permits are available to nonresidents than the statistics would indicate.
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