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Montana · Antelope · District 370

Montana antelope licence 370-20

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 100 on 370-20 in 2026 and drew 99, so 1 went undrawn. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, no nonresident landowner applicant put it first; 2 resident landowner applicants put it first and 2 drew, 100.00%; 34 nonresident applicants put it first and 10 drew, 29.41%; 220 resident applicants put it first and 87 drew, 39.55%.

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
2026Nonresident10341029.41%250
2026Resident1002208739.55%1860
2026Nonresident landowner1000———
2026Resident landowner1522100.00%——
2025Nonresident714750.00%130
2025Resident751916735.08%1840
2025Nonresident landowner700———
2025Resident landowner1211100.00%——
2024Nonresident723626.09%220
2024Resident751896534.39%2040
2024Nonresident landowner700———
2024Resident landowner1244100.00%——
2023Nonresident7900.00%240
2023Resident751817139.23%1710
2023Nonresident landowner700———
2023Resident landowner1133100.00%——
2022Nonresident719526.32%150
2022Resident751446947.92%1560
2022Nonresident landowner700———
2022Resident landowner1211100.00%——
2021Nonresident712433.33%150
2021Resident751526744.08%1530
2021Nonresident landowner700———
2021Resident landowner1244100.00%——
2020Nonresident716743.75%80
2020Resident751246350.81%840
2020Nonresident landowner700———
2020Resident landowner1255100.00%——
2019Nonresident58337.50%80
2019Resident50894449.44%640
2019Nonresident landowner500———
2019Resident landowner833100.00%——
2018Nonresident51616.25%40
2018Resident501464430.14%910
2018Nonresident landowner500———
2018Resident landowner844100.00%——
2017Nonresident57228.57%50
2017Resident501114540.54%810
2017Nonresident landowner500———
2017Resident landowner822100.00%——
2016Nonresident5400.00%80
2016Resident501154539.13%820
2016Nonresident landowner500———
2016Resident landowner844100.00%——
2015Nonresident57457.14%60
2015Resident501464228.77%1260
2015Nonresident landowner500———
2015Resident landowner833100.00%——
2014Nonresident5100.00%40
2014Resident501154539.13%1000
2014Nonresident landowner500———
2014Resident landowner855100.00%——

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%
2026Nonresident117423.53%
2026Nonresident28337.50%
2026Nonresident3500.00%
2026Nonresident411100.00%
2026Nonresident511100.00%
2026Nonresident811100.00%
2026Resident035411.43%
2026Resident1912325.27%
2026Resident2572849.12%
2026Resident3252080.00%
2026Resident499100.00%
2026Resident533100.00%
2026Resident811100.00%
2026Resident landowner011100.00%
2026Resident landowner211100.00%
2025Nonresident011100.00%
2025Nonresident1600.00%
2025Nonresident2100.00%
2025Nonresident333100.00%
2025Nonresident433100.00%
2025Resident046817.39%
2025Resident1691623.19%
2025Resident2512549.02%
2025Resident316956.25%
2025Resident455100.00%
2025Resident522100.00%
2025Resident622100.00%
2025Resident landowner011100.00%
2024Nonresident0200.00%
2024Nonresident15120.00%
2024Nonresident212325.00%
2024Nonresident33133.33%
2024Nonresident411100.00%
2024Resident040512.50%
2024Resident1791215.19%
2024Resident2432558.14%
2024Resident3191578.95%
2024Resident477100.00%
2024Resident611100.00%
2024Resident landowner022100.00%
2024Resident landowner122100.00%
2023Nonresident1400.00%
2023Nonresident2300.00%
2023Nonresident3100.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated100.00%
2023Resident1752837.33%
2023Resident2392666.67%
2023Resident3131076.92%
2023Resident44375.00%
2023Residentnot stated5159.80%
2023Resident landowner211100.00%
2023Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2022Nonresident19333.33%
2022Nonresident26116.67%
2022Nonresident511100.00%
2022Nonresidentnot stated300.00%
2022Resident1562341.07%
2022Resident2352365.71%
2022Resident39888.89%
2022Resident455100.00%
2022Residentnot stated391025.64%
2022Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2021Nonresident09222.22%
2021Nonresident111100.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated2150.00%
2021Resident0682435.29%
2021Resident1231460.87%
2021Resident288100.00%
2021Resident333100.00%
2021Resident511100.00%
2021Residentnot stated491734.69%
2021Resident landowner022100.00%
2021Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2020Nonresident05240.00%
2020Nonresident133100.00%
2020Nonresident211100.00%
2020Nonresidentnot stated7114.29%
2020Resident0532750.94%
2020Resident1221045.45%
2020Resident211981.82%
2020Resident322100.00%
2020Residentnot stated361541.67%
2020Resident landowner033100.00%
2020Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2019Nonresident05120.00%
2019Nonresident1100.00%
2019Nonresident411100.00%
2019Nonresidentnot stated11100.00%
2019Resident0321650.00%
2019Resident117635.29%
2019Resident288100.00%
2019Resident355100.00%
2019Resident411100.00%
2019Residentnot stated26830.77%
2019Resident landownernot stated33100.00%
2018Nonresident0700.00%
2018Nonresidentnot stated9111.11%
2018Resident0521121.15%
2018Resident1291034.48%
2018Resident216850.00%
2018Resident344100.00%
2018Resident411100.00%
2018Resident511100.00%
2018Residentnot stated441022.73%
2018Resident landowner011100.00%
2018Resident landowner111100.00%
2018Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2017Nonresident022100.00%
2017Nonresident1200.00%
2017Nonresident2200.00%
2017Nonresidentnot stated100.00%
2017Resident0441431.82%
2017Resident1151173.33%
2017Resident26466.67%
2017Resident333100.00%
2017Resident422100.00%
2017Residentnot stated421228.57%
2017Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2016Nonresident0400.00%
2016Resident0421433.33%
2016Resident119736.84%
2016Resident27457.14%
2016Resident32150.00%
2016Resident4100.00%
2016Residentnot stated452044.44%
2016Resident landownernot stated44100.00%
2015Nonresident011100.00%
2015Nonresident133100.00%
2015Nonresidentnot stated300.00%
2015Resident0581424.14%
2015Resident128932.14%
2015Resident28675.00%
2015Resident34375.00%
2015Resident411100.00%
2015Resident52150.00%
2015Residentnot stated46919.57%
2015Resident landowner022100.00%
2015Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2014Nonresidentnot stated100.00%
2014Resident0511427.45%
2014Resident1231252.17%
2014Resident28787.50%
2014Resident333100.00%
2014Resident433100.00%
2014Resident711100.00%
2014Residentnot stated26519.23%
2014Resident landowner011100.00%
2014Resident landownernot stated44100.00%

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.