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Montana · Antelope · District 388

Montana antelope licence 388-20

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 15 on 388-20 in 2026 and drew 15 — 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%; 2 nonresident applicants put it first and none of them drew; 53 resident applicants put it first and 14 drew, 26.42%.

Published in 14 of the drawing years FWP has posted, 2009 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
2026Nonresident1200.00%20
2026Resident15531426.42%560
2026Nonresident landowner100———
2026Resident landowner311100.00%——
2025Nonresident1200.00%20
2025Resident15421535.71%510
2025Nonresident landowner100———
2025Resident landowner300———
2024Nonresident13133.33%40
2024Resident15461430.43%700
2024Nonresident landowner100———
2024Resident landowner300———
2023Nonresident13133.33%20
2023Resident15561425.00%540
2023Nonresident landowner100———
2023Resident landowner200———
2022Nonresident1500.00%20
2022Resident15541425.93%370
2022Nonresident landowner100———
2022Resident landowner311100.00%——
2021Nonresident100—20
2021Resident15801417.50%560
2021Nonresident landowner100———
2021Resident landowner311100.00%——
2020Nonresident1100.00%10
2020Resident15591525.42%690
2020Nonresident landowner100———
2020Resident landowner300———
2019Nonresident100—00
2019Resident15361233.33%290
2019Nonresident landowner100———
2019Resident landowner333100.00%——
2018Nonresident2100.00%30
2018Resident20311754.84%390
2018Nonresident landowner200———
2018Resident landowner333100.00%——
2017Nonresident200—20
2017Resident20451737.78%310
2017Nonresident landowner200———
2017Resident landowner34375.00%——
2016Nonresident300—10
2016Resident30462656.52%410
2016Nonresident landowner300———
2016Resident landowner544100.00%——
2015Nonresident200—00
2015Resident20791721.52%530
2015Nonresident landowner200———
2015Resident landowner34375.00%——
2014Nonresident55240.00%20
2014Resident50794455.70%590
2014Nonresident landowner500———
2014Resident landowner844100.00%——
2009Nonresident1000—00
2009Resident10033100.00%44
2009Nonresident landowner1000———
2009Resident landowner1500———

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
2026Nonresident2200.00%
2026Resident018316.67%
2026Resident116212.50%
2026Resident29222.22%
2026Resident35240.00%
2026Resident422100.00%
2026Resident533100.00%
2026Resident landowner111100.00%
2025Nonresident0100.00%
2025Nonresident1100.00%
2025Resident0600.00%
2025Resident114321.43%
2025Resident212650.00%
2025Resident37342.86%
2025Resident411100.00%
2025Resident722100.00%
2024Nonresident0100.00%
2024Nonresident22150.00%
2024Resident01317.69%
2024Resident118527.78%
2024Resident29444.44%
2024Resident34375.00%
2024Resident42150.00%
2023Nonresident211100.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated200.00%
2023Resident117529.41%
2023Resident212325.00%
2023Resident36350.00%
2023Resident411100.00%
2023Resident5100.00%
2023Residentnot stated19210.53%
2022Nonresident1200.00%
2022Nonresident2200.00%
2022Nonresidentnot stated100.00%
2022Resident124312.50%
2022Resident29666.67%
2022Resident34375.00%
2022Resident422100.00%
2022Resident6100.00%
2022Residentnot stated1400.00%
2022Resident landowner311100.00%
2021Resident034411.76%
2021Resident19333.33%
2021Resident27228.57%
2021Resident36233.33%
2021Resident4100.00%
2021Residentnot stated23313.04%
2021Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2020Nonresidentnot stated100.00%
2020Resident023626.09%
2020Resident18225.00%
2020Resident233100.00%
2020Resident422100.00%
2020Residentnot stated2328.70%
2019Resident014535.71%
2019Resident14125.00%
2019Resident411100.00%
2019Residentnot stated17529.41%
2019Resident landowner011100.00%
2019Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2018Nonresidentnot stated100.00%
2018Resident010440.00%
2018Resident16466.67%
2018Resident222100.00%
2018Residentnot stated13753.85%
2018Resident landowner033100.00%
2017Resident016425.00%
2017Resident155100.00%
2017Resident25480.00%
2017Resident411100.00%
2017Residentnot stated17317.65%
2017Resident landowner111100.00%
2017Resident landownernot stated3266.67%
2016Resident0221150.00%
2016Resident14250.00%
2016Resident24375.00%
2016Residentnot stated161062.50%
2016Resident landownernot stated44100.00%
2015Resident0291137.93%
2015Resident113430.77%
2015Resident26233.33%
2015Residentnot stated3000.00%
2015Resident landownernot stated4375.00%
2014Nonresident122100.00%
2014Nonresidentnot stated300.00%
2014Resident0301446.67%
2014Resident110770.00%
2014Resident233100.00%
2014Residentnot stated362055.56%
2014Resident landownernot stated44100.00%
2009Resident011100.00%
2009Residentnot 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.