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Montana · Antelope · District 320

Montana antelope licence 320-20

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 25 on 320-20 in 2026 and drew 25 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, no nonresident landowner applicant put it first; 5 resident landowner applicants put it first and 4 drew, 80.00%; 52 nonresident applicants put it first and 2 drew, 3.85%; 377 resident applicants put it first and 19 drew, 5.04%.

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
2026Nonresident25223.85%970
2026Resident25377195.04%5550
2026Nonresident landowner200———
2026Resident landowner45480.00%——
2025Nonresident26722.99%1040
2025Resident25360205.56%4990
2025Nonresident landowner200———
2025Resident landowner433100.00%——
2024Nonresident25923.39%860
2024Resident25326206.13%5290
2024Nonresident landowner200———
2024Resident landowner433100.00%——
2023Nonresident25723.51%720
2023Resident25276196.88%4620
2023Nonresident landowner200———
2023Resident landowner444100.00%——
2022Nonresident23812.63%780
2022Resident25289206.92%4050
2022Nonresident landowner211100.00%——
2022Resident landowner433100.00%——
2021Nonresident24012.50%400
2021Resident252002010.00%3060
2021Nonresident landowner211100.00%——
2021Resident landowner47342.86%——
2020Nonresident220210.00%300
2020Resident25207199.18%2440
2020Nonresident landowner200———
2020Resident landowner444100.00%——
2019Nonresident22328.70%200
2019Resident251811910.50%2160
2019Nonresident landowner200———
2019Resident landowner444100.00%——
2018Nonresident723730.43%390
2018Resident751435840.56%1860
2018Nonresident landowner700———
2018Resident landowner121010100.00%——
2017Nonresident515320.00%190
2017Resident501473926.53%1990
2017Nonresident landowner500———
2017Resident landowner89888.89%——
2016Nonresident513430.77%170
2016Resident501464128.08%1560
2016Nonresident landowner500———
2016Resident landowner855100.00%——
2015Nonresident21200.00%130
2015Resident251262116.67%1510
2015Nonresident landowner200———
2015Resident landowner49444.44%——
2014Nonresident21200.00%80
2014Resident251202117.50%1720
2014Nonresident landowner200———
2014Resident landowner45480.00%——

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
2026Nonresident0700.00%
2026Nonresident11200.00%
2026Nonresident28112.50%
2026Nonresident3500.00%
2026Nonresident4500.00%
2026Nonresident5700.00%
2026Nonresident6500.00%
2026Nonresident7100.00%
2026Nonresident8100.00%
2026Nonresident911100.00%
2026Resident07911.27%
2026Resident110700.00%
2026Resident27945.06%
2026Resident35359.43%
2026Resident421523.81%
2026Resident51500.00%
2026Resident61119.09%
2026Resident78112.50%
2026Resident83266.67%
2026Resident landowner04375.00%
2026Resident landowner111100.00%
2025Nonresident0900.00%
2025Nonresident11400.00%
2025Nonresident2400.00%
2025Nonresident3800.00%
2025Nonresident41218.33%
2025Nonresident51218.33%
2025Nonresident6500.00%
2025Nonresident7200.00%
2025Nonresident8100.00%
2025Resident09911.01%
2025Resident19822.04%
2025Resident26634.55%
2025Resident33638.33%
2025Resident424416.67%
2025Resident520525.00%
2025Resident61119.09%
2025Resident76116.67%
2025Resident landowner022100.00%
2025Resident landowner111100.00%
2024Nonresident0900.00%
2024Nonresident11700.00%
2024Nonresident2700.00%
2024Nonresident31200.00%
2024Nonresident4800.00%
2024Nonresident5200.00%
2024Nonresident62150.00%
2024Nonresident7100.00%
2024Nonresident811100.00%
2024Resident08500.00%
2024Resident19711.03%
2024Resident25223.85%
2024Resident3461021.74%
2024Resident433721.21%
2024Resident5800.00%
2024Resident6500.00%
2024Resident landowner022100.00%
2024Resident landowner111100.00%
2023Nonresident11200.00%
2023Nonresident21300.00%
2023Nonresident31616.25%
2023Nonresident4500.00%
2023Nonresident54125.00%
2023Nonresident6100.00%
2023Nonresident7100.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated500.00%
2023Resident19311.08%
2023Resident247510.64%
2023Resident334411.76%
2023Resident412216.67%
2023Resident512325.00%
2023Resident64375.00%
2023Residentnot stated7411.35%
2023Resident landowner122100.00%
2023Resident landowner211100.00%
2023Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2022Nonresident11600.00%
2022Nonresident2800.00%
2022Nonresident33133.33%
2022Nonresident4200.00%
2022Nonresident5100.00%
2022Nonresidentnot stated800.00%
2022Resident17945.06%
2022Resident25036.00%
2022Resident332412.50%
2022Resident420525.00%
2022Resident55120.00%
2022Resident63133.33%
2022Residentnot stated10022.00%
2022Nonresident landowner111100.00%
2022Resident landowner111100.00%
2022Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2021Nonresident02400.00%
2021Nonresident1700.00%
2021Nonresident23133.33%
2021Nonresident3400.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated200.00%
2021Resident07211.39%
2021Resident129310.34%
2021Resident230620.00%
2021Resident38225.00%
2021Resident47342.86%
2021Residentnot stated50510.00%
2021Nonresident landownernot stated11100.00%
2021Resident landowner211100.00%
2021Resident landownernot stated6233.33%
2020Nonresident07114.29%
2020Nonresident1700.00%
2020Nonresident2400.00%
2020Nonresident511100.00%
2020Nonresidentnot stated100.00%
2020Resident06300.00%
2020Resident15958.47%
2020Resident218844.44%
2020Resident34250.00%
2020Resident43266.67%
2020Residentnot stated6023.33%
2020Resident landowner022100.00%
2020Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2019Nonresident01300.00%
2019Nonresident1500.00%
2019Nonresident311100.00%
2019Nonresident511100.00%
2019Nonresidentnot stated300.00%
2019Resident07933.80%
2019Resident133618.18%
2019Resident211436.36%
2019Resident35360.00%
2019Residentnot stated5335.66%
2019Resident landowner011100.00%
2019Resident landownernot stated33100.00%
2018Nonresident01119.09%
2018Nonresident12150.00%
2018Nonresident211100.00%
2018Nonresident322100.00%
2018Nonresident411100.00%
2018Nonresidentnot stated6116.67%
2018Resident0441636.36%
2018Resident1221254.55%
2018Resident211981.82%
2018Resident39888.89%
2018Resident411100.00%
2018Resident511100.00%
2018Residentnot stated551120.00%
2018Resident landowner033100.00%
2018Resident landowner111100.00%
2018Resident landownernot stated66100.00%
2017Nonresident0500.00%
2017Nonresidentnot stated10330.00%
2017Resident051815.69%
2017Resident1261246.15%
2017Resident216637.50%
2017Resident35480.00%
2017Resident42150.00%
2017Residentnot stated46817.39%
2017Resident landowner03266.67%
2017Resident landownernot stated66100.00%
2016Nonresident06350.00%
2016Nonresident1100.00%
2016Nonresident2100.00%
2016Nonresident311100.00%
2016Nonresidentnot stated400.00%
2016Resident056712.50%
2016Resident1241145.83%
2016Resident218316.67%
2016Resident35480.00%
2016Resident42150.00%
2016Resident522100.00%
2016Residentnot stated391333.33%
2016Resident landowner022100.00%
2016Resident landowner122100.00%
2016Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2015Nonresident0700.00%
2015Nonresident1100.00%
2015Nonresident2200.00%
2015Nonresident4100.00%
2015Nonresidentnot stated100.00%
2015Resident04349.30%
2015Resident128932.14%
2015Resident210220.00%
2015Resident333100.00%
2015Resident43133.33%
2015Resident53266.67%
2015Residentnot stated3100.00%
2015Resident landowner0100.00%
2015Resident landowner111100.00%
2015Resident landownernot stated7342.86%
2014Nonresident0500.00%
2014Nonresident1200.00%
2014Nonresident2100.00%
2014Nonresidentnot stated400.00%
2014Resident03825.26%
2014Resident119526.32%
2014Resident29666.67%
2014Resident34125.00%
2014Resident45120.00%
2014Resident511100.00%
2014Residentnot stated43511.63%
2014Resident landowner02150.00%
2014Resident landowner111100.00%
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.