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Preference Point Worksheet

Ford Creek Guest Ranch and Outfitters
Preference Point Worksheet and Hunter’s Registration Form

This Is Your Ticket To Guaranteed Montana Elk and Deer Kill Tags

  • December 31st, 2024 is the deadline for me to buy you your first Preference Point so please call, email, or text me right away if you are newly booking.
  • If you are newly booking and have questions on hunt date availability please call or text Travis’ cell at 406-781-9333. 
  • We can safely take your credit card number at this time and secure your trophy hunt dates.
  • As your Licensed Outfitter I have the ability to buy you (2) Preference Points at the same time I apply for your licenses in March of your hunt year.
  • Every hunter will need (3) Preference Points to draw in March of your hunt year.  
  • When we are licensing you the Fish and Game computer adds your 2024 point and your (2) 2025 points automatically.  You will be guaranteed your tags.
  • We buy every booked hunter their 2024 preference point with our credit card. This is a significant and important upgrade!
  • The Montana Fish and Game Department requires each of the details you provide below for Preference Points and again when we license you March 1st to April 1st.

If you intend to book a hunt and would like Ford Creek to buy you your first Preference Point, please fill out the form below and make sure to click the “Submit” button at the end of the form.

For questions on date availability and to give us your credit card number or if you are newly booking: 406-781-9333 is Travis’ Cell/Text Number. 

The information you provide below is used by Ford Creek Outfitters to buy your preference point for your Montana big game hunting license. The Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks requires each of the below details when applying for your preference point. Ford Creek Outfitters will buy this preference point if you have formally booked your hunt with us before December 31st, 2024.

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  • All applicants applying since 2001 will have an ALS number. If you know that you have an ALS number but have forgotten it, please call Montana Fish and Game at 406-444-2950 and they can retrieve it for you. If you know you do not have one write (none) above, an ALS will be generated when we buy your first preference point.
  • Hunter education is required for anyone born after January 1, 1985, or hunter apprenticeship for anyone 10 or older.

    To purchase or apply for a Montana hunting license, any person born after January 1, 1985, must provide proof of having successfully completed a hunter education course issued by Montana, any other state, or any Canadian province. If the applicant has taken a Hunters Education Course, forward the Certificate of proof with hunting application.

    A student must be at least 10 years old to register for Montana's hunter education courses. Students ages 10-11 can take the course and hunt as an apprentice but will not be fully certified until the year they turn 12. Youth who have completed hunter education and will turn 12 years of age by January 16 of the license year may purchase or apply for licenses and hunt after August 15 of the license year.

    If you were born after January 1, 1985, please fill out the fields below:
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  • All statements on this form are true and correct. I have not made more than one application per license and species. I understand that if I subscribe to any false statement in this application that I am subject to criminal prosecution. MCA 87-6-302, 304.
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