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Montana · Antelope · District 301

Montana antelope licence 301-20

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 20 on 301-20 in 2026 and drew 20 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, no nonresident landowner applicant put it first; no resident landowner applicant put it first; 15 nonresident applicants put it first and 2 drew, 13.33%; 62 resident applicants put it first and 18 drew, 29.03%.

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
2026Nonresident215213.33%460
2026Resident20621829.03%2410
2026Nonresident landowner200———
2026Resident landowner300———
2025Nonresident22015.00%520
2025Resident20781823.08%1950
2025Nonresident landowner211100.00%——
2025Resident landowner300———
2024Nonresident22414.17%640
2024Resident20661827.27%2120
2024Nonresident landowner211100.00%——
2024Resident landowner300———
2023Nonresident214214.29%710
2023Resident20651726.15%1800
2023Nonresident landowner200———
2023Resident landowner311100.00%——
2022Nonresident21516.67%690
2022Resident20601728.33%1510
2022Nonresident landowner211100.00%——
2022Resident landowner311100.00%——
2021Nonresident22428.33%670
2021Resident20591728.81%1500
2021Nonresident landowner200———
2021Resident landowner311100.00%——
2020Nonresident21317.69%330
2020Resident20501836.00%1360
2020Nonresident landowner211100.00%——
2020Resident landowner300———
2019Nonresident22150.00%340
2019Resident20531833.96%940
2019Nonresident landowner200———
2019Resident landowner311100.00%——
2018Nonresident27228.57%210
2018Resident20381744.74%1110
2018Nonresident landowner200———
2018Resident landowner311100.00%——
2017Nonresident210110.00%170
2017Resident20441738.64%1010
2017Nonresident landowner200———
2017Resident landowner322100.00%——
2016Nonresident27228.57%170
2016Resident20501734.00%1130
2016Nonresident landowner200———
2016Resident landowner311100.00%——
2015Nonresident24250.00%150
2015Resident20541731.48%970
2015Nonresident landowner200———
2015Resident landowner311100.00%——
2014Nonresident2500.00%160
2014Resident20361850.00%910
2014Nonresident landowner200———
2014Resident landowner322100.00%——

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
2026Nonresident0100.00%
2026Nonresident1600.00%
2026Nonresident2100.00%
2026Nonresident3300.00%
2026Nonresident42150.00%
2026Nonresident7100.00%
2026Nonresident1011100.00%
2026Resident01400.00%
2026Resident11300.00%
2026Resident217317.65%
2026Resident35480.00%
2026Resident49888.89%
2026Resident52150.00%
2026Resident622100.00%
2025Nonresident0100.00%
2025Nonresident1400.00%
2025Nonresident2800.00%
2025Nonresident3200.00%
2025Nonresident42150.00%
2025Nonresident5100.00%
2025Nonresident6200.00%
2025Resident09222.22%
2025Resident12827.14%
2025Resident220735.00%
2025Resident315533.33%
2025Resident44125.00%
2025Resident52150.00%
2025Nonresident landowner111100.00%
2024Nonresident0300.00%
2024Nonresident1300.00%
2024Nonresident2500.00%
2024Nonresident36116.67%
2024Nonresident4200.00%
2024Nonresident5400.00%
2024Nonresident6100.00%
2024Resident01516.67%
2024Resident120315.00%
2024Resident221942.86%
2024Resident3400.00%
2024Resident44375.00%
2024Resident522100.00%
2024Nonresident landowner211100.00%
2023Nonresident14125.00%
2023Nonresident25120.00%
2023Nonresident3100.00%
2023Nonresident4200.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated200.00%
2023Resident127622.22%
2023Resident213753.85%
2023Resident36466.67%
2023Resident4100.00%
2023Residentnot stated1800.00%
2023Resident landowner111100.00%
2022Nonresident1400.00%
2022Nonresident23133.33%
2022Nonresident3500.00%
2022Nonresident4200.00%
2022Nonresidentnot stated100.00%
2022Resident120525.00%
2022Resident216425.00%
2022Resident39666.67%
2022Resident42150.00%
2022Residentnot stated1317.69%
2022Nonresident landowner111100.00%
2022Resident landowner111100.00%
2021Nonresident0600.00%
2021Nonresident17114.29%
2021Nonresident2400.00%
2021Nonresident411100.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated600.00%
2021Resident025520.00%
2021Resident116425.00%
2021Resident24375.00%
2021Resident322100.00%
2021Resident422100.00%
2021Residentnot stated10110.00%
2021Resident landowner111100.00%
2020Nonresident0400.00%
2020Nonresident1300.00%
2020Nonresident211100.00%
2020Nonresident3200.00%
2020Nonresidentnot stated300.00%
2020Resident023521.74%
2020Resident112650.00%
2020Resident23266.67%
2020Resident311100.00%
2020Residentnot stated11436.36%
2020Nonresident landowner011100.00%
2019Nonresident011100.00%
2019Nonresidentnot stated100.00%
2019Resident021733.33%
2019Resident112650.00%
2019Resident311100.00%
2019Resident411100.00%
2019Resident511100.00%
2019Residentnot stated17211.76%
2019Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2018Nonresident0300.00%
2018Nonresident12150.00%
2018Nonresident211100.00%
2018Nonresidentnot stated100.00%
2018Resident015426.67%
2018Resident18562.50%
2018Resident233100.00%
2018Resident322100.00%
2018Resident411100.00%
2018Residentnot stated9222.22%
2018Resident landowner011100.00%
2017Nonresident0600.00%
2017Nonresident12150.00%
2017Nonresidentnot stated200.00%
2017Resident013861.54%
2017Resident112541.67%
2017Resident24125.00%
2017Resident3200.00%
2017Residentnot stated13323.08%
2017Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2016Nonresident03133.33%
2016Nonresidentnot stated4125.00%
2016Resident021314.29%
2016Resident111872.73%
2016Resident233100.00%
2016Resident311100.00%
2016Residentnot stated14214.29%
2016Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2015Nonresident0100.00%
2015Nonresident111100.00%
2015Nonresident211100.00%
2015Nonresidentnot stated100.00%
2015Resident020630.00%
2015Resident18225.00%
2015Resident23266.67%
2015Resident322100.00%
2015Resident411100.00%
2015Residentnot stated20420.00%
2015Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2014Nonresident0200.00%
2014Nonresidentnot stated300.00%
2014Resident014857.14%
2014Resident166100.00%
2014Resident22150.00%
2014Resident311100.00%
2014Residentnot stated13215.38%
2014Resident landownernot stated22100.00%

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.