HELENA (AP) - The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks granted bison hunting licenses to 119 Montanans and five nonresidents in a drawing this week. More than 7,000 had applied.

The licenses allow hunting of bison that wander out of Yellowstone National Park, the second year of a hunt that was resurrected after 15 years. Last fall and winter, the state issued 50 permits, and hunters shot 40 animals that had left Yellowstone in the areas of West Yellowstone and Gardiner.

This year, an additional 16 licenses went to Montana's American Indian tribes, in accordance with state law.

The other 124 licenses were chosen from 6,871 Montanans and 254 nonresidents who applied. Licenses cost $75 for residents and $750 for nonresidents.

The first bison hunt starts Nov. 15, and the last of four allowed time periods for hunting ends Feb. 15.

Roughly 460,000 acres, or about 720 square miles, have been opened for the bison hunts.

The bison population in the Yellowstone area numbers about 3,900 animals. The bison management plan lists 3,000 as the target population size.

Like last year, bison hunters will have to attend a special class.

Bison activists oppose the hunts, and last year they videotaped some hunters killing the animals.

Some ranchers worry that bison coming out of the park will spread the disease brucellosis to cattle in Montana.

State wildlife managers also haze bison back into the park, and in some cases round them up for slaughter.