Mountain goat draws by state: hunts and applications
Alaska had the most first-choice mountain goat applications of the 6 state draws on file: 38,419 in its 2025 draw (Alaska Department of Fish and Game), ahead of Montana (28,566, 2026) and Utah (16,778, 2025).
Data updated October 2026. From each state agency's latest draw report on file, fetched October 2026.
This table lists every state FilledTag has mountain goat draw results for. Applications are counted on first choice, the way each agency prints them; a hunter who applies in two pools, or for two hunts, is counted twice. For Nevada and Washington, the report on file lists the hunts but not applicants per hunt.
Which states hold a mountain goat draw, and how many applied?
| State | Draw year | Points | Hunts in the draw | First-choice applications | Drew on first choice | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | 2025 | No points | 40 | 38,419 | not printed for every pool | Alaska Department of Fish and Game |
| Montana | 2026 | Squared bonus points | 31 | 28,566 | 178 (1%) | Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks |
| Utah | 2025 | Bonus points | 17 | 16,778 | 101 (1%) | Utah Division of Wildlife Resources |
| Idaho | 2026 | No points | 19 | 1,163 | 40 (3%) | Idaho Department of Fish and Game |
| Nevada | 2025 | Squared bonus points | 5 | not printed | not printed | Nevada Department of Wildlife |
| Washington | 2025 | Bonus points | 5 | not printed | not printed | Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife |
Questions about mountain goat draws
Which state had the most mountain goat draw applications?
Alaska, with 38,419 first-choice applications across 40 mountain goat hunts in its 2025 draw, as Alaska Department of Fish and Game reported it.
Where did the largest share of first-choice mountain goat applications draw?
Among states that print who drew for every pool, Idaho: 40 of 1,163 first-choice applications drew in 2026 (3%). The smallest share was Utah's, 101 of 16,778 in 2025 (1%). These are past results, not the chance of drawing next year.
Which states draw mountain goat tags with no points?
Alaska and Idaho: no applicant gains an edge from earlier years in those draws, by the agency's own rules. Montana, Utah, Nevada and Washington give an edge to applicants who have built points.
Do nonresidents apply for mountain goat in large numbers?
In Utah's 2025 draw, 9,099 of the 16,778 first-choice mountain goat applications were from nonresidents (54%), the largest nonresident share among the states that split applications by residency.
Read each state's draw in full
Each state name in the table opens that state's own page on FilledTag, with the draw by hunt, the points it took where the agency prints them, and the units on the map. The draw rules by state page explains how each state uses points. To see where your own points could draw, use the tag draw planner.
Every number is the agency's, copied from its published report; FilledTag adds nothing to it. The share that drew is a past result for that year.