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Montana · Antelope · District 311

Montana antelope licence 311-20

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 30 on 311-20 in 2026 and drew 30 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, 1 nonresident landowner applicant put it first and 1 drew, 100.00%; 8 resident landowner applicants put it first and 4 drew, 50.00%; 14 nonresident applicants put it first and none of them drew; 245 resident applicants put it first and 25 drew, 10.20%.

Published in 14 of the drawing years FWP has posted, 2009 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
2026Nonresident31400.00%230
2026Resident302452510.20%2950
2026Nonresident landowner311100.00%——
2026Resident landowner58450.00%——
2025Nonresident717211.76%350
2025Resident752356427.23%2590
2025Nonresident landowner700———
2025Resident landowner1299100.00%——
2024Nonresident78225.00%440
2024Resident752836221.91%2360
2024Nonresident landowner700———
2024Resident landowner121111100.00%——
2023Nonresident714750.00%330
2023Resident752686122.76%2440
2023Nonresident landowner700———
2023Resident landowner1177100.00%——
2022Nonresident15251352.00%240
2022Resident15026012849.23%2250
2022Nonresident landowner1500———
2022Resident landowner2399100.00%——
2021Nonresident1511654.55%260
2021Resident15025013654.40%1920
2021Nonresident landowner1500———
2021Resident landowner2388100.00%——
2020Nonresident158562.50%180
2020Resident15025213754.37%1430
2020Nonresident landowner1511100.00%——
2020Resident landowner2377100.00%——
2019Nonresident159555.56%130
2019Resident15028714149.13%1480
2019Nonresident landowner1500———
2019Resident landowner2344100.00%——
2018Nonresident1513538.46%170
2018Resident15032013241.25%1820
2018Nonresident landowner1500———
2018Resident landowner231313100.00%——
2017Nonresident1517952.94%170
2017Resident15032512337.85%1660
2017Nonresident landowner1511100.00%——
2017Resident landowner231717100.00%——
2016Nonresident1517635.29%100
2016Resident15035913036.21%1520
2016Nonresident landowner1511100.00%——
2016Resident landowner231313100.00%——
2015Nonresident1520630.00%100
2015Resident15042712930.21%1850
2015Nonresident landowner1500———
2015Resident landowner231515100.00%——
2014Nonresident1511327.27%100
2014Resident15047112927.39%2030
2014Nonresident landowner1500———
2014Resident landowner231818100.00%——
2009Nonresident2500—00
2009Resident25099100.00%3636
2009Nonresident landowner2500———
2009Resident landowner3800———

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
2026Nonresident1700.00%
2026Nonresident2500.00%
2026Nonresident3200.00%
2026Resident07867.69%
2026Resident17845.13%
2026Resident244613.64%
2026Resident325416.00%
2026Resident416531.25%
2026Nonresident landowner111100.00%
2026Resident landowner0300.00%
2026Resident landowner14375.00%
2026Resident landowner411100.00%
2025Nonresident0400.00%
2025Nonresident18112.50%
2025Nonresident2400.00%
2025Nonresident711100.00%
2025Resident07556.67%
2025Resident1651523.08%
2025Resident2491632.65%
2025Resident3392153.85%
2025Resident466100.00%
2025Resident511100.00%
2025Resident landowner033100.00%
2025Resident landowner144100.00%
2025Resident landowner222100.00%
2024Nonresident0300.00%
2024Nonresident13133.33%
2024Nonresident211100.00%
2024Nonresident3100.00%
2024Resident0971010.31%
2024Resident1891921.35%
2024Resident2772329.87%
2024Resident318950.00%
2024Resident42150.00%
2024Resident landowner044100.00%
2024Resident landowner155100.00%
2024Resident landowner211100.00%
2024Resident landowner311100.00%
2023Nonresident17342.86%
2023Nonresident23133.33%
2023Nonresident322100.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated2150.00%
2023Resident11203428.33%
2023Resident2431432.56%
2023Resident39777.78%
2023Resident411100.00%
2023Residentnot stated9555.26%
2023Resident landowner144100.00%
2023Resident landowner211100.00%
2023Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2022Nonresident116850.00%
2022Nonresident244100.00%
2022Nonresidentnot stated5120.00%
2022Resident11246854.84%
2022Resident2443477.27%
2022Resident36583.33%
2022Resident411100.00%
2022Residentnot stated852023.53%
2022Resident landowner144100.00%
2022Resident landowner222100.00%
2022Resident landownernot stated33100.00%
2021Nonresident06350.00%
2021Nonresident111100.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated4250.00%
2021Resident0954850.53%
2021Resident1312683.87%
2021Resident21313100.00%
2021Residentnot stated1114944.14%
2021Resident landowner044100.00%
2021Resident landownernot stated44100.00%
2020Nonresident03133.33%
2020Nonresident12150.00%
2020Nonresidentnot stated33100.00%
2020Resident01004343.00%
2020Resident1493469.39%
2020Resident2191894.74%
2020Resident322100.00%
2020Resident411100.00%
2020Residentnot stated813948.15%
2020Nonresident landownernot stated11100.00%
2020Resident landowner011100.00%
2020Resident landowner122100.00%
2020Resident landowner211100.00%
2020Resident landownernot stated33100.00%
2019Nonresident06350.00%
2019Nonresident211100.00%
2019Nonresidentnot stated2150.00%
2019Resident01105045.45%
2019Resident1503162.00%
2019Resident2212095.24%
2019Resident344100.00%
2019Resident411100.00%
2019Residentnot stated1013534.65%
2019Resident landownernot stated44100.00%
2018Nonresident07228.57%
2018Nonresident111100.00%
2018Nonresidentnot stated5240.00%
2018Resident01264838.10%
2018Resident1582237.93%
2018Resident2302376.67%
2018Resident39888.89%
2018Resident422100.00%
2018Residentnot stated952930.53%
2018Resident landowner055100.00%
2018Resident landownernot stated88100.00%
2017Nonresident04250.00%
2017Nonresident111100.00%
2017Nonresidentnot stated12650.00%
2017Resident01003030.00%
2017Resident1623251.61%
2017Resident2201470.00%
2017Resident39777.78%
2017Resident444100.00%
2017Resident711100.00%
2017Residentnot stated1293527.13%
2017Nonresident landownernot stated11100.00%
2017Resident landowner044100.00%
2017Resident landowner122100.00%
2017Resident landowner211100.00%
2017Resident landownernot stated1010100.00%
2016Nonresident06233.33%
2016Nonresident1100.00%
2016Nonresidentnot stated10440.00%
2016Resident01214133.88%
2016Resident1511631.37%
2016Resident2281864.29%
2016Resident313861.54%
2016Residentnot stated1464732.19%
2016Nonresident landownernot stated11100.00%
2016Resident landowner066100.00%
2016Resident landownernot stated77100.00%
2015Nonresident04250.00%
2015Nonresident16350.00%
2015Nonresidentnot stated10110.00%
2015Resident01473221.77%
2015Resident1642742.19%
2015Resident2361952.78%
2015Resident39777.78%
2015Resident466100.00%
2015Residentnot stated1653823.03%
2015Resident landowner033100.00%
2015Resident landownernot stated1212100.00%
2014Nonresident0200.00%
2014Nonresidentnot stated9333.33%
2014Resident01704023.53%
2014Resident1642335.94%
2014Resident2291551.72%
2014Resident311872.73%
2014Residentnot stated1974321.83%
2014Resident landowner022100.00%
2014Resident landowner111100.00%
2014Resident landownernot stated1515100.00%
2009Resident022100.00%
2009Resident111100.00%
2009Residentnot stated66100.00%

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.