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Montana · Antelope · District 291

Montana antelope licence 291-20

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 1 on 291-20 in 2026 and drew 1 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, no nonresident landowner applicant put it first; 2 resident landowner applicants put it first and 1 drew, 50.00%; no nonresident applicant put it first; 78 resident applicants put it first and none of them drew.

Published in 13 of the drawing years FWP has posted, 2014 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
2026Nonresident000—00
2026Resident17800.00%1080
2026Nonresident landowner000———
2026Resident landowner12150.00%——
2025Nonresident000—00
2025Resident17111.41%860
2025Nonresident landowner000———
2025Resident landowner100———
2024Nonresident000—00
2024Resident18611.16%1000
2024Nonresident landowner000———
2024Resident landowner100———
2023Nonresident000—00
2023Resident16411.56%800
2023Nonresident landowner000———
2023Resident landowner000———
2022Nonresident000—00
2022Resident56457.81%870
2022Nonresident landowner000———
2022Resident landowner500———
2021Nonresident000—00
2021Resident15300.00%1090
2021Nonresident landowner000———
2021Resident landowner111100.00%——
2020Nonresident000—00
2020Resident55247.69%560
2020Nonresident landowner000———
2020Resident landowner12150.00%——
2019Nonresident000—00
2019Resident550510.00%330
2019Nonresident landowner000———
2019Resident landowner100———
2018Nonresident000—00
2018Resident58244.88%510
2018Nonresident landowner000———
2018Resident landowner111100.00%——
2017Nonresident000—00
2017Resident510843.70%510
2017Nonresident landowner000———
2017Resident landowner13133.33%——
2016Nonresident000—00
2016Resident59044.44%460
2016Nonresident landowner000———
2016Resident landowner15120.00%——
2015Nonresident000—00
2015Resident59444.26%720
2015Nonresident landowner000———
2015Resident landowner13133.33%——
2014Nonresident000—00
2014Resident59644.17%690
2014Nonresident landowner000———
2014Resident landowner18112.50%——

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
2026Resident01300.00%
2026Resident12500.00%
2026Resident21400.00%
2026Resident3800.00%
2026Resident4500.00%
2026Resident5400.00%
2026Resident6300.00%
2026Resident7200.00%
2026Resident9100.00%
2026Resident10100.00%
2026Resident12100.00%
2026Resident landowner011100.00%
2026Resident landowner2100.00%
2025Resident01800.00%
2025Resident11800.00%
2025Resident21100.00%
2025Resident3800.00%
2025Resident4500.00%
2025Resident5400.00%
2025Resident6200.00%
2025Resident8100.00%
2025Resident9100.00%
2025Resident10100.00%
2025Resident112150.00%
2024Resident02100.00%
2024Resident12800.00%
2024Resident21900.00%
2024Resident3700.00%
2024Resident4300.00%
2024Resident52150.00%
2024Resident7200.00%
2024Resident8100.00%
2024Resident9100.00%
2024Resident10200.00%
2023Resident12600.00%
2023Resident2900.00%
2023Resident3800.00%
2023Resident44125.00%
2023Resident6100.00%
2023Resident7100.00%
2023Resident8100.00%
2023Resident9200.00%
2023Residentnot stated1200.00%
2022Resident11900.00%
2022Resident21200.00%
2022Resident3700.00%
2022Resident42150.00%
2022Resident52150.00%
2022Resident62150.00%
2022Resident7100.00%
2022Resident8200.00%
2022Resident911100.00%
2022Resident1011100.00%
2022Residentnot stated1500.00%
2021Resident01100.00%
2021Resident11100.00%
2021Resident2300.00%
2021Resident3400.00%
2021Resident4200.00%
2021Resident5200.00%
2021Resident6200.00%
2021Resident7100.00%
2021Resident8100.00%
2021Residentnot stated1600.00%
2021Resident landowner411100.00%
2020Resident01516.67%
2020Resident1500.00%
2020Resident2800.00%
2020Resident3500.00%
2020Resident43133.33%
2020Resident53133.33%
2020Resident7100.00%
2020Resident82150.00%
2020Residentnot stated900.00%
2020Resident landowner0100.00%
2020Resident landowner1211100.00%
2019Resident01100.00%
2019Resident19111.11%
2019Resident2900.00%
2019Resident35120.00%
2019Resident4300.00%
2019Resident52150.00%
2019Resident62150.00%
2019Resident73133.33%
2019Residentnot stated600.00%
2018Resident01000.00%
2018Resident12114.76%
2018Resident28112.50%
2018Resident3700.00%
2018Resident4300.00%
2018Resident5300.00%
2018Resident66116.67%
2018Resident7200.00%
2018Resident8100.00%
2018Resident1011100.00%
2018Resident11100.00%
2018Residentnot stated1900.00%
2018Resident landowner111100.00%
2017Resident03400.00%
2017Resident11700.00%
2017Resident21800.00%
2017Resident3500.00%
2017Resident4400.00%
2017Resident58112.50%
2017Resident6300.00%
2017Resident7100.00%
2017Resident811100.00%
2017Resident92150.00%
2017Resident10100.00%
2017Residentnot stated1218.33%
2017Resident landowner0100.00%
2017Resident landowner211100.00%
2017Resident landownernot stated100.00%
2016Resident02200.00%
2016Resident11417.14%
2016Resident26116.67%
2016Resident3600.00%
2016Resident410110.00%
2016Resident5200.00%
2016Resident64125.00%
2016Resident7100.00%
2016Resident8200.00%
2016Residentnot stated1900.00%
2016Resident landowner1100.00%
2016Resident landowner9100.00%
2016Resident landownernot stated3133.33%
2015Resident02827.14%
2015Resident11100.00%
2015Resident2700.00%
2015Resident3800.00%
2015Resident4100.00%
2015Resident5300.00%
2015Resident6200.00%
2015Resident73133.33%
2015Resident811100.00%
2015Residentnot stated2800.00%
2015Resident landowner0100.00%
2015Resident landowner111100.00%
2015Resident landownernot stated100.00%
2014Resident02100.00%
2014Resident118211.11%
2014Resident21218.33%
2014Resident3200.00%
2014Resident4700.00%
2014Resident53133.33%
2014Resident6700.00%
2014Resident7100.00%
2014Residentnot stated1800.00%
2014Resident landowner0100.00%
2014Resident landowner611100.00%
2014Resident landowner8100.00%
2014Resident landownernot stated500.00%

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

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.