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Montana antelope licence 401-00

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 2013 drawing did

Montana set a quota of 300 on 401-00 in 2013 and drew 299, so 1 went undrawn. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, no nonresident landowner applicant put it first; 37 resident landowner applicants put it first and 37 drew, 100.00%; 73 nonresident applicants put it first and 7 drew, 9.59%; 1,362 resident applicants put it first and 255 drew, 18.72%.

This licence code stops appearing after 2013. FWP's 2026 reports do not carry it, and this site does not map a retired code onto a current one — the department renumbered its licence-type suffixes and has published nothing saying which old code became which new one. What is below is the record of the 8 years it was drawn.

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.
Year	Pool	Pool cap	Put it first	Drew on first choice	First-choice success rate	Put it 2nd or 3rd	Drew on 2nd or 3rd
2013	Nonresident	30	73	7	9.59%	23	0
2013	Resident	300	1,362	255	18.72%	436	0
2013	Nonresident landowner	50	0	0	—	—	—
2013	Resident landowner	75	37	37	100.00%	—	—
2012	Nonresident	50	80	29	36.25%	43	0
2012	Resident	500	1,161	443	38.16%	457	0
2012	Nonresident landowner	50	0	0	—	—	—
2012	Resident landowner	75	27	27	100.00%	—	—
2011	Nonresident	50	71	28	39.44%	30	0
2011	Resident	500	1,357	440	32.42%	465	0
2011	Nonresident landowner	50	0	0	—	—	—
2011	Resident landowner	75	31	31	100.00%	—	—
2010	Nonresident	80	86	48	55.81%	36	0
2010	Resident	800	1,295	697	53.82%	351	0
2010	Nonresident landowner	80	0	0	—	—	—
2010	Resident landowner	120	54	54	100.00%	—	—
2009	Nonresident	60	75	33	44.00%	23	0
2009	Resident	600	1,210	529	43.72%	292	0
2009	Nonresident landowner	60	0	0	—	—	—
2009	Resident landowner	90	36	36	100.00%	—	—
2008	Nonresident	60	89	31	34.83%	23	0
2008	Resident	600	1,100	526	47.82%	218	0
2008	Nonresident landowner	60	0	0	—	—	—
2008	Resident landowner	90	41	41	100.00%	—	—
2007	Nonresident	60	76	38	50.00%	21	0
2007	Resident	600	974	510	52.36%	235	0
2007	Nonresident landowner	60	0	0	—	—	—
2007	Resident landowner	90	50	50	100.00%	—	—
2006	Nonresident	40	57	25	43.86%	16	0
2006	Resident	400	896	330	36.83%	227	0
2006	Nonresident landowner	40	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2006	Resident landowner	60	42	42	100.00%	—	—

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.
Year	Pool	Bonus points	Applied	Drew	Drew at this level
2013	Nonresident	0	18	0	0.00%
2013	Nonresident	1	15	2	13.33%
2013	Nonresident	3	1	1	100.00%
2013	Nonresident	4	1	0	0.00%
2013	Nonresident	not stated	38	4	10.53%
2013	Resident	0	468	52	11.11%
2013	Resident	1	263	64	24.33%
2013	Resident	2	124	44	35.48%
2013	Resident	3	30	14	46.67%
2013	Resident	4	5	3	60.00%
2013	Resident	not stated	473	79	16.70%
2013	Resident landowner	0	13	13	100.00%
2013	Resident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2013	Resident landowner	not stated	23	23	100.00%
2012	Nonresident	0	37	16	43.24%
2012	Nonresident	1	7	4	57.14%
2012	Nonresident	2	4	0	0.00%
2012	Nonresident	3	2	2	100.00%
2012	Nonresident	not stated	30	7	23.33%
2012	Resident	0	392	115	29.34%
2012	Resident	1	255	128	50.20%
2012	Resident	2	77	53	68.83%
2012	Resident	3	22	20	90.91%
2012	Resident	4	6	5	83.33%
2012	Resident	not stated	410	123	30.00%
2012	Resident landowner	0	8	8	100.00%
2012	Resident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2012	Resident landowner	2	1	1	100.00%
2012	Resident landowner	not stated	17	17	100.00%
2011	Nonresident	0	26	10	38.46%
2011	Nonresident	1	11	4	36.36%
2011	Nonresident	2	5	4	80.00%
2011	Nonresident	not stated	29	10	34.48%
2011	Resident	0	591	175	29.61%
2011	Resident	1	204	91	44.61%
2011	Resident	2	52	31	59.62%
2011	Resident	3	11	6	54.55%
2011	Resident	4	2	2	100.00%
2011	Resident	not stated	498	136	27.31%
2011	Resident landowner	0	10	10	100.00%
2011	Resident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2011	Resident landowner	not stated	20	20	100.00%
2010	Nonresident	0	48	23	47.92%
2010	Nonresident	1	13	8	61.54%
2010	Nonresident	2	3	3	100.00%
2010	Nonresident	3	1	1	100.00%
2010	Nonresident	4	1	1	100.00%
2010	Nonresident	not stated	20	12	60.00%
2010	Resident	0	483	239	49.48%
2010	Resident	1	204	137	67.16%
2010	Resident	2	65	56	86.15%
2010	Resident	3	15	14	93.33%
2010	Resident	not stated	529	252	47.64%
2010	Resident landowner	0	11	11	100.00%
2010	Resident landowner	1	3	3	100.00%
2010	Resident landowner	not stated	40	40	100.00%
2009	Nonresident	0	30	10	33.33%
2009	Nonresident	1	14	10	71.43%
2009	Nonresident	2	2	1	50.00%
2009	Nonresident	3	1	0	0.00%
2009	Nonresident	not stated	28	12	42.86%
2009	Resident	0	540	209	38.70%
2009	Resident	1	183	119	65.03%
2009	Resident	2	50	38	76.00%
2009	Resident	3	13	12	92.31%
2009	Resident	4	3	3	100.00%
2009	Resident	not stated	423	150	35.46%
2009	Resident landowner	0	14	14	100.00%
2009	Resident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2009	Resident landowner	not stated	21	21	100.00%
2008	Nonresident	0	40	11	27.50%
2008	Nonresident	1	8	5	62.50%
2008	Nonresident	not stated	41	15	36.59%
2008	Resident	0	441	176	39.91%
2008	Resident	1	175	122	69.71%
2008	Resident	2	58	49	84.48%
2008	Resident	3	20	17	85.00%
2008	Resident	4	1	1	100.00%
2008	Resident	not stated	407	163	40.05%
2008	Resident landowner	0	17	17	100.00%
2008	Resident landowner	1	2	2	100.00%
2008	Resident landowner	not stated	22	22	100.00%
2007	Nonresident	0	33	18	54.55%
2007	Nonresident	1	4	4	100.00%
2007	Nonresident	3	1	1	100.00%
2007	Nonresident	not stated	38	15	39.47%
2007	Resident	0	365	153	41.92%
2007	Resident	1	189	122	64.55%
2007	Resident	2	72	59	81.94%
2007	Resident	3	14	12	85.71%
2007	Resident	4	4	4	100.00%
2007	Resident	not stated	332	162	48.80%
2007	Resident landowner	0	17	17	100.00%
2007	Resident landowner	1	5	5	100.00%
2007	Resident landowner	2	1	1	100.00%
2007	Resident landowner	not stated	27	27	100.00%
2006	Nonresident	0	14	4	28.57%
2006	Nonresident	1	13	12	92.31%
2006	Nonresident	2	5	4	80.00%
2006	Nonresident	not stated	25	5	20.00%
2006	Resident	0	366	99	27.05%
2006	Resident	1	170	80	47.06%
2006	Resident	2	55	35	63.64%
2006	Resident	3	16	12	75.00%
2006	Resident	not stated	291	106	36.43%
2006	Nonresident landowner	0	1	1	100.00%
2006	Resident landowner	0	13	13	100.00%
2006	Resident landowner	1	4	4	100.00%
2006	Resident landowner	2	2	2	100.00%
2006	Resident landowner	not stated	23	23	100.00%

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 2013: in the nonresident pool every applicant at 3 points drew, and 1 of 1 at 4 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

2013 antelope stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2013-07-16, fetched 2026-09-03
2012 antelope stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2012-07-20, fetched 2026-09-03
2011 antelope stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2011-07-20, fetched 2026-09-03
2010 antelope stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2010-07-21, fetched 2026-09-03
2009 antelope stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2009-07-22, fetched 2026-09-03
2008 ANTELOPE_stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2008-07-28, fetched 2026-09-03
2007 ANTELOPE_stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2007-08-06, fetched 2026-09-03
2006 ANTELOPE_stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2006-08-07, fetched 2026-09-03
2013 dea detailed bonus point stats.xlsx — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2013-08-12, fetched 2026-09-03
2012 dea detailed stats1.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2012-10-26, fetched 2026-09-03
2011 dea detailed statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2011-08-09, fetched 2026-09-03
2010 dea detailed statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2010-07-23, fetched 2026-09-03
2009 dea detailed statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2009-07-23, fetched 2026-09-03
2008 dea detailed statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2008-07-31, fetched 2026-09-03
2007 dea detailed statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2007-10-30, fetched 2026-09-03
2006 dea detailed statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2006-09-11, fetched 2026-09-03

Other licences in these districts

Antelope licence 388-00 Antelope licence 388-20 Antelope licence 390-00 Antelope licence 390-20 Antelope licence 401-10 Antelope licence 401-20 Antelope licence 404-00 Antelope licence 404-10 Antelope B licence 401-10 Antelope B licence 401-30 All Montana antelope All Montana species

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.