To claim Nonresident Combination License Priority Pool for Montana Landowners, you must be a nonresident landowner that own at least 2,500 acres of contiguous land that is used for crop production purposes. Fifteen percent of the Nonresident Big Game/Elk Combination license quota may be set aside for nonresident landowners or their designated immediate family member(s) to hunt only on property the owner owns in fee title or on other private property the landowner leases.
The landowner must own at least 2,500 contiguous acres and for each additional 2,500 contiguous acres owned by the landowner, the department may issue to the landowner or the landowner’s immediate family member(s) an additional Nonresident Big Game or Nonresident Elk combination license; up to a maximum of 5 licenses per qualifying landowner. (An immediate family member is defined as a spouse, parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, sibling, niece, or nephew of the landowner by blood, marriage, or legal adoption.)
If a landowner qualifies for the priority pool and is successful in drawing a Nonresident Big Game or Nonresident Elk Combo and who was also enrolled in a department-administered private land hunting access program in the previous license year (2023) may purchase an additional bonus point for one of the following: elk permit, deer permit, elk b, or deer b.
Department-administered private land hunting access programs are Block Management (BLM), Elk Hunting Access (EHA), or Public Access Land Agreement (PALA)
Questions? For more information, call 406-444-2950.
