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Montana · Antelope · District 350

Montana antelope licence 350-20

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 55 on 350-20 in 2026 and drew 54, so 1 went undrawn. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, no nonresident landowner applicant put it first; 4 resident landowner applicants put it first and 4 drew, 100.00%; 25 nonresident applicants put it first and 2 drew, 8.00%; 375 resident applicants put it first and 48 drew, 12.80%.

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
2026Nonresident52528.00%250
2026Resident553754812.80%2110
2026Nonresident landowner500———
2026Resident landowner944100.00%——
2025Nonresident524520.83%130
2025Resident553344814.37%1950
2025Nonresident landowner500———
2025Resident landowner922100.00%——
2024Nonresident517317.65%300
2024Resident552914916.84%2320
2024Nonresident landowner511100.00%——
2024Resident landowner922100.00%——
2023Nonresident53226.25%150
2023Resident552945217.69%2060
2023Nonresident landowner500———
2023Resident landowner811100.00%——
2022Nonresident524312.50%240
2022Resident552455020.41%1460
2022Nonresident landowner500———
2022Resident landowner922100.00%——
2021Nonresident52229.09%90
2021Resident552615320.31%1430
2021Nonresident landowner500———
2021Resident landowner900———
2020Nonresident510220.00%70
2020Resident552155123.72%940
2020Nonresident landowner500———
2020Resident landowner922100.00%——
2019Nonresident514321.43%50
2019Resident552025125.25%730
2019Nonresident landowner500———
2019Resident landowner911100.00%——
2018Nonresident59222.22%110
2018Resident551904925.79%890
2018Nonresident landowner500———
2018Resident landowner944100.00%——
2017Nonresident59333.33%60
2017Resident552034823.65%1010
2017Nonresident landowner500———
2017Resident landowner944100.00%——
2016Nonresident51119.09%60
2016Resident551905126.84%790
2016Nonresident landowner500———
2016Resident landowner933100.00%——
2015Nonresident58112.50%30
2015Resident551845027.17%1240
2015Nonresident landowner500———
2015Resident landowner944100.00%——
2014Nonresident46233.33%10
2014Resident401773519.77%860
2014Nonresident landowner400———
2014Resident landowner633100.00%——

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%
2026Nonresident11000.00%
2026Nonresident2500.00%
2026Nonresident3200.00%
2026Nonresident43266.67%
2026Nonresident5300.00%
2026Nonresident6100.00%
2026Resident03900.00%
2026Resident111254.46%
2026Resident21001111.00%
2026Resident354916.67%
2026Resident4441227.27%
2026Resident520945.00%
2026Resident63133.33%
2026Resident72150.00%
2026Resident811100.00%
2026Resident10100.00%
2026Resident landowner011100.00%
2026Resident landowner133100.00%
2025Nonresident0300.00%
2025Nonresident1600.00%
2025Nonresident2500.00%
2025Nonresident35240.00%
2025Nonresident42150.00%
2025Nonresident53266.67%
2025Resident04012.50%
2025Resident111886.78%
2025Resident27379.59%
2025Resident3551221.82%
2025Resident4331236.36%
2025Resident58675.00%
2025Resident65120.00%
2025Resident711100.00%
2025Resident9100.00%
2025Resident landowner011100.00%
2025Resident landowner111100.00%
2024Nonresident0100.00%
2024Nonresident1300.00%
2024Nonresident2500.00%
2024Nonresident3100.00%
2024Nonresident47342.86%
2024Resident03825.26%
2024Resident18289.76%
2024Resident28289.76%
2024Resident3491122.45%
2024Resident4241354.17%
2024Resident59444.44%
2024Resident66350.00%
2024Resident8100.00%
2024Nonresident landowner111100.00%
2024Resident landowner011100.00%
2024Resident landowner211100.00%
2023Nonresident11516.67%
2023Nonresident2700.00%
2023Nonresident3600.00%
2023Nonresident511100.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated300.00%
2023Resident1971010.31%
2023Resident2882022.73%
2023Resident3431227.91%
2023Resident415426.67%
2023Resident58337.50%
2023Resident622100.00%
2023Resident7100.00%
2023Residentnot stated4012.50%
2023Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2022Nonresident112216.67%
2022Nonresident2400.00%
2022Nonresident3100.00%
2022Nonresident4100.00%
2022Nonresidentnot stated7114.29%
2022Resident1971313.40%
2022Resident2541018.52%
2022Resident3311135.48%
2022Resident4191157.89%
2022Resident55360.00%
2022Resident611100.00%
2022Residentnot stated3812.63%
2022Resident landowner111100.00%
2022Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2021Nonresident01119.09%
2021Nonresident1200.00%
2021Nonresident23133.33%
2021Nonresidentnot stated600.00%
2021Resident01011110.89%
2021Resident141717.07%
2021Resident2371232.43%
2021Resident310660.00%
2021Resident4161275.00%
2021Residentnot stated5658.93%
2020Nonresident02150.00%
2020Nonresident13133.33%
2020Nonresidentnot stated500.00%
2020Resident0651015.38%
2020Resident1581424.14%
2020Resident2251560.00%
2020Resident314428.57%
2020Residentnot stated53815.09%
2020Resident landowner111100.00%
2020Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2019Nonresident04125.00%
2019Nonresident1200.00%
2019Nonresident32150.00%
2019Nonresidentnot stated6116.67%
2019Resident06868.82%
2019Resident137718.92%
2019Resident2401742.50%
2019Resident310770.00%
2019Resident477100.00%
2019Resident511100.00%
2019Residentnot stated39615.38%
2019Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2018Nonresident0300.00%
2018Nonresident12150.00%
2018Nonresident2200.00%
2018Nonresidentnot stated2150.00%
2018Resident068913.24%
2018Resident1531324.53%
2018Resident213861.54%
2018Resident314857.14%
2018Resident42150.00%
2018Resident522100.00%
2018Resident622100.00%
2018Residentnot stated36616.67%
2018Resident landowner011100.00%
2018Resident landowner311100.00%
2018Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2017Nonresident0200.00%
2017Nonresident1200.00%
2017Nonresident222100.00%
2017Nonresidentnot stated3133.33%
2017Resident08478.33%
2017Resident1331545.45%
2017Resident2301343.33%
2017Resident39555.56%
2017Resident4300.00%
2017Resident54250.00%
2017Residentnot stated40615.00%
2017Resident landowner211100.00%
2017Resident landownernot stated33100.00%
2016Nonresident0500.00%
2016Nonresident13133.33%
2016Nonresident2100.00%
2016Nonresidentnot stated200.00%
2016Resident0541120.37%
2016Resident1492040.82%
2016Resident220945.00%
2016Resident38562.50%
2016Resident46233.33%
2016Resident511100.00%
2016Resident711100.00%
2016Residentnot stated5123.92%
2016Resident landowner022100.00%
2016Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2015Nonresident0400.00%
2015Nonresident111100.00%
2015Nonresident3100.00%
2015Nonresidentnot stated200.00%
2015Resident060711.67%
2015Resident1381847.37%
2015Resident215640.00%
2015Resident38450.00%
2015Resident43266.67%
2015Resident511100.00%
2015Resident711100.00%
2015Residentnot stated581118.97%
2015Resident landowner022100.00%
2015Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2014Nonresident04125.00%
2014Nonresident12150.00%
2014Resident0581118.97%
2014Resident1341441.18%
2014Resident213323.08%
2014Resident313538.46%
2014Resident42150.00%
2014Residentnot stated5711.75%
2014Resident landowner011100.00%
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. This hunt shows it in 2026: in the resident pool every applicant at 8 points drew, and 1 of 1 at 10 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.