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Montana · Antelope · District 371

Montana antelope licence 371-20

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 50 on 371-20 in 2026 and drew 50 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, no nonresident landowner applicant put it first; 12 resident landowner applicants put it first and 8 drew, 66.67%; 9 nonresident applicants put it first and 1 drew, 11.11%; 456 resident applicants put it first and 41 drew, 8.99%.

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
2026Nonresident59111.11%150
2026Resident50456418.99%2510
2026Nonresident landowner500———
2026Resident landowner812866.67%——
2025Nonresident58225.00%50
2025Resident503754010.67%2250
2025Nonresident landowner500———
2025Resident landowner810880.00%——
2024Nonresident21500.00%120
2024Resident25378215.56%2240
2024Nonresident landowner211100.00%——
2024Resident landowner413323.08%——
2023Nonresident21317.69%80
2023Resident25358205.59%2460
2023Nonresident landowner211100.00%——
2023Resident landowner410330.00%——
2022Nonresident56116.67%70
2022Resident503174112.93%1810
2022Nonresident landowner500———
2022Resident landowner89888.89%——
2021Nonresident5900.00%70
2021Resident503224213.04%1720
2021Nonresident landowner500———
2021Resident landowner888100.00%——
2020Nonresident5100.00%80
2020Resident503094213.59%1670
2020Nonresident landowner511100.00%——
2020Resident landowner88787.50%——
2019Nonresident5300.00%100
2019Resident502254218.67%1220
2019Nonresident landowner500———
2019Resident landowner89888.89%——
2018Nonresident5600.00%80
2018Resident502714215.50%1560
2018Nonresident landowner500———
2018Resident landowner810880.00%——
2017Nonresident5300.00%30
2017Resident502634115.59%1050
2017Nonresident landowner500———
2017Resident landowner812866.67%——
2016Nonresident54125.00%60
2016Resident502704115.19%1060
2016Nonresident landowner500———
2016Resident landowner810880.00%——
2015Nonresident513323.08%00
2015Resident502893913.49%1720
2015Nonresident landowner500———
2015Resident landowner810880.00%——
2014Nonresident517529.41%60
2014Resident503003712.33%1360
2014Nonresident landowner500———
2014Resident landowner813861.54%——

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
2026Nonresident0200.00%
2026Nonresident1200.00%
2026Nonresident2100.00%
2026Nonresident43133.33%
2026Nonresident7100.00%
2026Resident08511.18%
2026Resident112232.46%
2026Resident27756.49%
2026Resident358915.52%
2026Resident459813.56%
2026Resident524729.17%
2026Resident616637.50%
2026Resident79222.22%
2026Resident8200.00%
2026Resident landowner0300.00%
2026Resident landowner15480.00%
2026Resident landowner322100.00%
2026Resident landowner422100.00%
2025Nonresident0200.00%
2025Nonresident2100.00%
2025Nonresident3200.00%
2025Nonresident4100.00%
2025Nonresident522100.00%
2025Resident07600.00%
2025Resident17945.06%
2025Resident27068.57%
2025Resident366812.12%
2025Resident439512.82%
2025Resident523521.74%
2025Resident614642.86%
2025Resident733100.00%
2025Resident822100.00%
2025Resident911100.00%
2025Resident landowner04250.00%
2025Resident landowner133100.00%
2025Resident landowner233100.00%
2024Nonresident0500.00%
2024Nonresident1300.00%
2024Nonresident2400.00%
2024Nonresident3200.00%
2024Nonresident4100.00%
2024Resident07522.67%
2024Resident19222.17%
2024Resident28322.41%
2024Resident354611.11%
2024Resident430310.00%
2024Resident521419.05%
2024Resident6700.00%
2024Resident75240.00%
2024Resident8100.00%
2024Nonresident landowner111100.00%
2024Resident landowner0300.00%
2024Resident landowner1500.00%
2024Resident landowner24250.00%
2024Resident landowner511100.00%
2023Nonresident1400.00%
2023Nonresident2200.00%
2023Nonresident3100.00%
2023Nonresident4100.00%
2023Nonresident611100.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated400.00%
2023Resident110810.93%
2023Resident27256.94%
2023Resident342511.90%
2023Resident427414.81%
2023Resident51218.33%
2023Resident6700.00%
2023Resident7100.00%
2023Resident811100.00%
2023Residentnot stated8133.70%
2023Nonresident landowner111100.00%
2023Resident landowner15240.00%
2023Resident landowner211100.00%
2023Resident landownernot stated400.00%
2022Nonresident1300.00%
2022Nonresident2200.00%
2022Nonresident311100.00%
2022Resident17933.80%
2022Resident2731216.44%
2022Resident3421023.81%
2022Resident420840.00%
2022Resident511545.45%
2022Resident63133.33%
2022Resident7100.00%
2022Residentnot stated8722.30%
2022Resident landowner13266.67%
2022Resident landowner233100.00%
2022Resident landownernot stated33100.00%
2021Nonresident0400.00%
2021Nonresident1200.00%
2021Nonresident2100.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated200.00%
2021Resident010354.85%
2021Resident1721013.89%
2021Resident233721.21%
2021Resident314535.71%
2021Resident45360.00%
2021Resident566100.00%
2021Residentnot stated8966.74%
2021Resident landowner033100.00%
2021Resident landowner211100.00%
2021Resident landownernot stated44100.00%
2020Nonresident0100.00%
2020Resident01051211.43%
2020Resident155610.91%
2020Resident225624.00%
2020Resident318950.00%
2020Resident48225.00%
2020Resident611100.00%
2020Residentnot stated9666.25%
2020Nonresident landowner011100.00%
2020Resident landowner05480.00%
2020Resident landowner111100.00%
2020Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2019Nonresident0100.00%
2019Nonresident2200.00%
2019Resident06657.58%
2019Resident144818.18%
2019Resident2331133.33%
2019Resident310330.00%
2019Resident477100.00%
2019Resident511100.00%
2019Residentnot stated63711.11%
2019Resident landowner04375.00%
2019Resident landowner111100.00%
2019Resident landowner611100.00%
2019Resident landownernot stated33100.00%
2018Nonresident0100.00%
2018Nonresident1300.00%
2018Nonresidentnot stated200.00%
2018Resident07945.06%
2018Resident159711.86%
2018Resident223939.13%
2018Resident316956.25%
2018Resident46583.33%
2018Resident522100.00%
2018Resident633100.00%
2018Residentnot stated8133.70%
2018Resident landowner04375.00%
2018Resident landowner111100.00%
2018Resident landownernot stated5480.00%
2017Nonresident0200.00%
2017Nonresident3100.00%
2017Resident07833.85%
2017Resident148816.67%
2017Resident230620.00%
2017Resident310440.00%
2017Resident49555.56%
2017Resident55240.00%
2017Resident644100.00%
2017Resident811100.00%
2017Residentnot stated75912.00%
2017Resident landowner04375.00%
2017Resident landownernot stated8562.50%
2016Nonresident0200.00%
2016Nonresident111100.00%
2016Nonresident2100.00%
2016Resident0891011.24%
2016Resident142511.90%
2016Resident222627.27%
2016Resident314214.29%
2016Resident410330.00%
2016Resident56116.67%
2016Resident722100.00%
2016Resident811100.00%
2016Residentnot stated821113.41%
2016Resident landowner033100.00%
2016Resident landowner111100.00%
2016Resident landowner311100.00%
2016Resident landownernot stated5360.00%
2015Nonresident0800.00%
2015Nonresident1200.00%
2015Nonresident322100.00%
2015Nonresident411100.00%
2015Resident072811.11%
2015Resident1521121.15%
2015Resident225520.00%
2015Resident3231043.48%
2015Resident4800.00%
2015Resident511100.00%
2015Resident6200.00%
2015Resident7100.00%
2015Residentnot stated10343.88%
2015Resident landowner0100.00%
2015Resident landowner111100.00%
2015Resident landownernot stated8787.50%
2014Nonresident0400.00%
2014Nonresident1100.00%
2014Nonresident2300.00%
2014Nonresident311100.00%
2014Nonresident411100.00%
2014Nonresident611100.00%
2014Nonresident711100.00%
2014Nonresidentnot stated5120.00%
2014Resident08489.52%
2014Resident14249.52%
2014Resident234823.53%
2014Resident314321.43%
2014Resident45480.00%
2014Resident54250.00%
2014Resident6100.00%
2014Residentnot stated11187.21%
2014Resident landowner02150.00%
2014Resident landowner12150.00%
2014Resident landowner211100.00%
2014Resident landownernot stated8562.50%

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.