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Montana · Antelope · District 339

Montana antelope licence 339-20

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 75 on 339-20 in 2026 and drew 75 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, no nonresident landowner applicant put it first; 1 resident landowner applicant put it first and 1 drew, 100.00%; 22 nonresident applicants put it first and 7 drew, 31.82%; 128 resident applicants put it first and 67 drew, 52.34%.

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
2026Nonresident722731.82%130
2026Resident751286752.34%2030
2026Nonresident landowner700———
2026Resident landowner1211100.00%——
2025Nonresident718738.89%220
2025Resident751046764.42%1650
2025Nonresident landowner700———
2025Resident landowner1211100.00%——
2024Nonresident726726.92%180
2024Resident751146657.89%1950
2024Nonresident landowner700———
2024Resident landowner1222100.00%——
2023Nonresident730723.33%230
2023Resident751186857.63%1820
2023Nonresident landowner700———
2023Resident landowner1100———
2022Nonresident10431023.26%330
2022Resident1001198873.95%1990
2022Nonresident landowner1000———
2022Resident landowner1522100.00%——
2021Nonresident20292068.97%180
2021Resident200137137100.00%17343
2021Nonresident landowner2000———
2021Resident landowner3000———
2020Nonresident20332060.61%170
2020Resident200119119100.00%15561
2020Nonresident landowner2000———
2020Resident landowner3000———
2019Nonresident20312064.52%140
2019Resident200110110100.00%10968
2019Nonresident landowner2000———
2019Resident landowner3022100.00%——
2018Nonresident20392051.28%200
2018Resident200172172100.00%1696
2018Nonresident landowner2000———
2018Resident landowner3022100.00%——
2017Nonresident20271970.37%100
2017Resident200149149100.00%13326
2017Nonresident landowner2011100.00%——
2017Resident landowner3055100.00%——
2016Nonresident20271970.37%40
2016Resident200165165100.00%1319
2016Nonresident landowner2011100.00%——
2016Resident landowner3066100.00%——
2015Nonresident20301963.33%100
2015Resident200171171100.00%1766
2015Nonresident landowner2011100.00%——
2015Resident landowner3033100.00%——
2014Nonresident201717100.00%132
2014Resident200144144100.00%16630
2014Nonresident landowner2011100.00%——
2014Resident landowner3066100.00%——

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
2026Nonresident07114.29%
2026Nonresident19222.22%
2026Nonresident22150.00%
2026Nonresident333100.00%
2026Nonresident5100.00%
2026Resident0401230.00%
2026Resident1573052.63%
2026Resident2231878.26%
2026Resident34375.00%
2026Resident433100.00%
2026Resident511100.00%
2026Resident landowner111100.00%
2025Nonresident0300.00%
2025Nonresident110440.00%
2025Nonresident24250.00%
2025Nonresident411100.00%
2025Resident0472348.94%
2025Resident1463371.74%
2025Resident21010100.00%
2025Resident411100.00%
2025Resident landowner011100.00%
2024Nonresident0300.00%
2024Nonresident115320.00%
2024Nonresident25120.00%
2024Nonresident322100.00%
2024Nonresident411100.00%
2024Resident0501734.00%
2024Resident1442965.91%
2024Resident21313100.00%
2024Resident355100.00%
2024Resident411100.00%
2024Resident511100.00%
2024Resident landowner022100.00%
2023Nonresident112325.00%
2023Nonresident25240.00%
2023Nonresident33133.33%
2023Nonresident411100.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated900.00%
2023Resident1513874.51%
2023Resident21010100.00%
2023Resident433100.00%
2023Residentnot stated541731.48%
2022Nonresident119631.58%
2022Nonresident24250.00%
2022Nonresident311100.00%
2022Nonresidentnot stated1915.26%
2022Resident1463984.78%
2022Resident21010100.00%
2022Resident322100.00%
2022Residentnot stated613760.66%
2022Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2021Nonresident0171376.47%
2021Nonresident16583.33%
2021Nonresidentnot stated6233.33%
2021Resident04747100.00%
2021Resident144100.00%
2021Resident244100.00%
2021Resident511100.00%
2021Residentnot stated8181100.00%
2020Nonresident0221045.45%
2020Nonresident122100.00%
2020Nonresident222100.00%
2020Nonresidentnot stated7685.71%
2020Resident05151100.00%
2020Resident133100.00%
2020Resident211100.00%
2020Residentnot stated6464100.00%
2019Nonresident0141285.71%
2019Nonresident15240.00%
2019Nonresidentnot stated12650.00%
2019Resident03838100.00%
2019Resident188100.00%
2019Resident244100.00%
2019Resident311100.00%
2019Residentnot stated5959100.00%
2019Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2018Nonresident015960.00%
2018Nonresidentnot stated241145.83%
2018Resident06060100.00%
2018Resident166100.00%
2018Resident211100.00%
2018Resident311100.00%
2018Residentnot stated104104100.00%
2018Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2017Nonresident044100.00%
2017Nonresident111100.00%
2017Nonresidentnot stated221463.64%
2017Resident05252100.00%
2017Resident133100.00%
2017Resident222100.00%
2017Residentnot stated9292100.00%
2017Nonresident landownernot stated11100.00%
2017Resident landowner011100.00%
2017Resident landownernot stated44100.00%
2016Nonresident06583.33%
2016Nonresident122100.00%
2016Nonresidentnot stated191263.16%
2016Resident05151100.00%
2016Resident188100.00%
2016Resident233100.00%
2016Residentnot stated103103100.00%
2016Nonresident landownernot stated11100.00%
2016Resident landowner011100.00%
2016Resident landownernot stated55100.00%
2015Nonresident015960.00%
2015Nonresidentnot stated151066.67%
2015Resident04949100.00%
2015Resident11010100.00%
2015Resident266100.00%
2015Resident311100.00%
2015Residentnot stated105105100.00%
2015Nonresident landownernot stated11100.00%
2015Resident landownernot stated33100.00%
2014Nonresident01010100.00%
2014Nonresident122100.00%
2014Nonresident211100.00%
2014Nonresidentnot stated44100.00%
2014Resident04949100.00%
2014Resident11010100.00%
2014Resident244100.00%
2014Residentnot stated8181100.00%
2014Nonresident landownernot stated11100.00%
2014Resident landownernot 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. This hunt shows it in 2026: in the nonresident pool every applicant at 3 points drew, and 1 of 1 at 5 did not.

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.