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Montana · Antelope · District 007

Montana antelope licence 007-20

How many people put this antelope licencefirst and how many of them drew it — year by year, separately for each of the four pools Montana draws, and separately at every bonus point level. Every figure comes from a Fish, Wildlife & Parks report linked at the foot of this page.

What the 2026 drawing did

Montana set a quota of 8,000 on 007-20 in 2026 and drew 7,999, so 1 went undrawn. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, 35 nonresident landowner applicants put it first and 35 drew, 100.00%; 70 resident landowner applicants put it first and 70 drew, 100.00%; 3,306 nonresident applicants put it first and 756 drew, 22.87%; 6,845 resident applicants put it first and 6,777 drew, 99.01%.

Published in 7 of the drawing years FWP has posted, 2020 to 2026.

Drawing pool

First-choice success rate, by pool and year

The rate is the first-choice applicants in a pool who drew, divided by the first-choice applicants in that pool. Both are exact integers FWP printed in the same row, and it is the measure the department's own drawing statistics tool publishes: "the percentage of 1st choice applicants that were successful". A dash means nobody in that pool applied, so the draw answered nothing — absent, not nought.
YearPoolPool capPut it firstDrew on first choiceFirst-choice success ratePut it 2nd or 3rdDrew on 2nd or 3rd
2026Nonresident8003,30675622.87%4770
2026Resident8,0006,8456,77799.01%1,246361
2026Nonresident landowner8003535100.00%——
2026Resident landowner1,2007070100.00%——
2025Nonresident6503,28561618.75%4620
2025Resident6,5006,6245,77787.21%1,0880
2025Nonresident landowner6502727100.00%——
2025Resident landowner9757979100.00%——
2024Nonresident5003,42347013.73%3860
2024Resident5,0007,1944,44961.84%1,2790
2024Nonresident landowner5002222100.00%——
2024Resident landowner7505858100.00%——
2023Nonresident7504,40570816.07%1930
2023Resident7,50010,3736,68364.43%1,0560
2023Nonresident landowner7502727100.00%——
2023Resident landowner1,1257676100.00%——
2022Nonresident7504,33971816.55%2020
2022Resident7,5009,5596,71470.24%9680
2022Nonresident landowner7501515100.00%——
2022Resident landowner1,1254848100.00%——
2021Nonresident6004,88458411.96%1700
2021Resident6,00010,6695,36050.24%1,0030
2021Nonresident landowner6001010100.00%——
2021Resident landowner9004242100.00%——
2020Nonresident8503,64382322.59%1180
2020Resident8,5009,4407,61080.61%6830
2020Nonresident landowner85099100.00%——
2020Resident landowner1,2755757100.00%——

Pool cap is FWP's own QTA column, and it is a ceiling rather than an allocation. The resident regular cap equals the overall quota; the nonresident caps are ten per cent of it and cover landowner and regular nonresidents together; the resident landowner cap is fifteen per cent. The department states plainly that the ceiling is not a floor: "although the nonresident quotas are set at 10%, that entire quota may not be drawn by nonresidents", and that if every resident applicant draws, nonresidents may go over ten per cent.

Landowner rows are a different drawing, not a subset of the one below them.Landowner preference is the first stage, worth up to fifteen per cent of the quota to resident landowners, and its applicants are counted apart from the regular pool throughout. FWP publishes the landowner pools at first choice only, which is why their second and third columns are dashes rather than noughts.

Draw rate at each bonus point level

One row per bonus point level per pool per year, exactly as FWP's Detailed Bonus Point report publishes it. The rate is that level's successes divided by its applications — both exact integers in the same printed row.
YearPoolBonus pointsAppliedDrewDrew at this level
2026Nonresident0537152.79%
2026Nonresident1914657.11%
2026Nonresident262010516.94%
2026Nonresident350014929.80%
2026Nonresident433816147.63%
2026Nonresident51809955.00%
2026Nonresident613710274.45%
2026Nonresident7463371.74%
2026Nonresident8211571.43%
2026Nonresident99888.89%
2026Nonresident1044100.00%
2026Nonresident1211100.00%
2026Resident01,6681,65599.22%
2026Resident14,2154,18499.26%
2026Resident268267098.24%
2026Resident317917296.09%
2026Resident4676495.52%
2026Resident5272696.30%
2026Resident65480.00%
2026Resident822100.00%
2026Nonresident landowner01111100.00%
2026Nonresident landowner11919100.00%
2026Nonresident landowner244100.00%
2026Nonresident landowner311100.00%
2026Resident landowner03131100.00%
2026Resident landowner13636100.00%
2026Resident landowner233100.00%
2025Nonresident0587213.58%
2025Nonresident1846677.92%
2025Nonresident268610214.87%
2025Nonresident352111722.46%
2025Nonresident430712139.41%
2025Nonresident51929448.96%
2025Nonresident61006464.00%
2025Nonresident7251768.00%
2025Nonresident8161168.75%
2025Nonresident95360.00%
2025Nonresident10100.00%
2025Resident01,6901,15968.58%
2025Resident13,3713,08891.60%
2025Resident21,2711,24698.03%
2025Resident322321797.31%
2025Resident4464597.83%
2025Resident51313100.00%
2025Resident666100.00%
2025Resident72150.00%
2025Resident811100.00%
2025Resident911100.00%
2025Nonresident landowner077100.00%
2025Nonresident landowner11616100.00%
2025Nonresident landowner222100.00%
2025Nonresident landowner311100.00%
2025Nonresident landowner611100.00%
2025Resident landowner03636100.00%
2025Resident landowner13737100.00%
2025Resident landowner255100.00%
2025Resident landowner311100.00%
2024Nonresident0566173.00%
2024Nonresident1997545.42%
2024Nonresident27778010.30%
2024Nonresident34829219.09%
2024Nonresident43379728.78%
2024Nonresident51698047.34%
2024Nonresident6562850.00%
2024Nonresident7251664.00%
2024Nonresident813646.15%
2024Nonresident92150.00%
2024Resident01,96980140.68%
2024Resident13,7222,31362.14%
2024Resident21,2821,13588.53%
2024Resident315114092.72%
2024Resident4494285.71%
2024Resident5171482.35%
2024Resident622100.00%
2024Resident711100.00%
2024Resident811100.00%
2024Nonresident landowner077100.00%
2024Nonresident landowner188100.00%
2024Nonresident landowner211100.00%
2024Nonresident landowner355100.00%
2024Nonresident landowner411100.00%
2024Resident landowner02828100.00%
2024Resident landowner12626100.00%
2024Resident landowner233100.00%
2024Resident landowner311100.00%
2023Nonresident11,5101137.48%
2023Nonresident289414616.33%
2023Nonresident364418027.95%
2023Nonresident433412537.43%
2023Nonresident51348160.45%
2023Nonresident6503366.00%
2023Nonresident710660.00%
2023Nonresident82150.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated831273.25%
2023Resident011100.00%
2023Resident15,5723,80568.29%
2023Resident21,2371,13191.43%
2023Resident329227293.15%
2023Resident4615793.44%
2023Resident58787.50%
2023Resident622100.00%
2023Resident811100.00%
2023Residentnot stated3,2011,40944.02%
2023Nonresident landowner11212100.00%
2023Nonresident landowner233100.00%
2023Nonresident landowner311100.00%
2023Nonresident landowner422100.00%
2023Nonresident landownernot stated99100.00%
2023Resident landowner13232100.00%
2023Resident landowner222100.00%
2023Resident landownernot stated4242100.00%
2022Nonresident11,322997.49%
2022Nonresident21,01619519.19%
2022Nonresident357319433.86%
2022Nonresident425912146.72%
2022Nonresident5985758.16%
2022Nonresident6301963.33%
2022Nonresident711100.00%
2022Nonresident811100.00%
2022Nonresidentnot stated1,043343.26%
2022Resident13,9942,95874.06%
2022Resident21,9601,85094.39%
2022Resident325624997.27%
2022Resident43434100.00%
2022Resident51111100.00%
2022Resident633100.00%
2022Resident711100.00%
2022Residentnot stated3,3021,61048.76%
2022Nonresident landowner177100.00%
2022Nonresident landowner211100.00%
2022Nonresident landowner411100.00%
2022Nonresident landowner511100.00%
2022Nonresident landownernot stated55100.00%
2022Resident landowner11212100.00%
2022Resident landowner288100.00%
2022Resident landowner322100.00%
2022Resident landownernot stated2626100.00%
2021Nonresident01,9531366.96%
2021Nonresident11,00512212.14%
2021Nonresident248012125.21%
2021Nonresident32009045.00%
2021Nonresident4492857.14%
2021Nonresident53266.67%
2021Nonresident622100.00%
2021Nonresident711100.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated1,191826.88%
2021Resident-1100.00%
2021Resident05,0402,36947.00%
2021Resident11,03573470.92%
2021Resident213511786.67%
2021Resident3433990.70%
2021Resident49777.78%
2021Resident55480.00%
2021Nonresident landowner022100.00%
2021Nonresident landowner122100.00%
2021Nonresident landownernot stated66100.00%
2021Resident landowner01111100.00%
2021Resident landowner111100.00%
2021Resident landownernot stated3030100.00%
2020Nonresident01,41918613.11%
2020Nonresident174419426.08%
2020Nonresident237618248.40%
2020Nonresident31289070.31%
2020Nonresident4262284.62%
2020Nonresident52150.00%
2020Nonresident611100.00%
2020Nonresidentnot stated94714715.52%
2020Resident04,6543,69279.33%
2020Resident156753594.36%
2020Resident212711993.70%
2020Resident3292896.55%
2020Resident4121191.67%
2020Residentnot stated4,0523,22679.62%
2020Nonresident landowner033100.00%
2020Nonresident landowner111100.00%
2020Nonresident landownernot stated55100.00%
2020Resident landowner01919100.00%
2020Resident landowner122100.00%
2020Resident landownernot stated3636100.00%

No bonus point level guarantees a licence in Montana, and this page does not publish one. FWP squares your bonus points and adds them to your current application as extra chances — three points give ten chances, ten points give a hundred and one — so the drawing is a weighted lottery and not a queue. More points is better odds every time, and a place in line never.

Not stated is FWP's own blank cell, and it is not the same as nought. The department's reports frequently carry both a nought-point row and a blank one for the same pool in the same year, with different application counts, and both are inside the district total it prints. FWP does not say what separates them, so they are shown apart rather than added together into a "no points" figure it never published.

Sources for this licence

Other licences in these districts

Antelope licence 007-21Antelope licence 215-00Antelope licence 215-10Antelope licence 215-20Antelope B licence 007-30Antelope B licence 007-31All Montana antelopeAll Montana species

Bonus points are one of Montana's two point systems and the only one that applies here. The other, preference points, exists on nonresident combination licences alone and works in the opposite way. See how these numbers are produced and checked, or the Montana application deadlines.