Montana · Antelope · District 401

Montana antelope licence 401-20

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 150 on 401-20 in 2026 and drew 150 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, no nonresident landowner applicant put it first; 36 resident landowner applicants put it first and 23 drew, 63.89%; 63 nonresident applicants put it first and 6 drew, 9.52%; 1,244 resident applicants put it first and 121 drew, 9.73%.

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.
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
2026	Nonresident	15	63	6	9.52%	58	0
2026	Resident	150	1,244	121	9.73%	632	0
2026	Nonresident landowner	15	0	0	—	—	—
2026	Resident landowner	23	36	23	63.89%	—	—
2025	Nonresident	20	88	9	10.23%	55	0
2025	Resident	200	1,148	161	14.02%	622	0
2025	Nonresident landowner	20	0	0	—	—	—
2025	Resident landowner	30	38	30	78.95%	—	—
2024	Nonresident	20	77	4	5.19%	68	0
2024	Resident	200	1,220	166	13.61%	651	0
2024	Nonresident landowner	20	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2024	Resident landowner	30	29	29	100.00%	—	—
2023	Nonresident	20	103	15	14.56%	48	0
2023	Resident	200	1,283	154	12.00%	575	0
2023	Nonresident landowner	20	2	1	50.00%	—	—
2023	Resident landowner	30	41	29	70.73%	—	—
2022	Nonresident	30	71	19	26.76%	44	0
2022	Resident	300	1,011	249	24.63%	480	0
2022	Nonresident landowner	30	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2022	Resident landowner	45	31	31	100.00%	—	—
2021	Nonresident	20	60	13	21.67%	60	0
2021	Resident	200	961	158	16.44%	505	0
2021	Nonresident landowner	20	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2021	Resident landowner	30	28	28	100.00%	—	—
2020	Nonresident	20	59	11	18.64%	30	0
2020	Resident	200	1,008	167	16.57%	426	0
2020	Nonresident landowner	20	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2020	Resident landowner	30	21	21	100.00%	—	—
2019	Nonresident	20	47	10	21.28%	24	0
2019	Resident	200	843	161	19.10%	288	0
2019	Nonresident landowner	20	0	0	—	—	—
2019	Resident landowner	30	29	29	100.00%	—	—
2018	Nonresident	20	38	4	10.53%	35	0
2018	Resident	200	987	166	16.82%	349	0
2018	Nonresident landowner	20	0	0	—	—	—
2018	Resident landowner	30	32	30	93.75%	—	—
2017	Nonresident	30	45	10	22.22%	25	0
2017	Resident	300	979	256	26.15%	340	0
2017	Nonresident landowner	30	0	0	—	—	—
2017	Resident landowner	45	34	34	100.00%	—	—
2016	Nonresident	30	58	15	25.86%	35	0
2016	Resident	300	962	253	26.30%	353	0
2016	Nonresident landowner	30	0	0	—	—	—
2016	Resident landowner	45	32	32	100.00%	—	—
2015	Nonresident	30	67	10	14.93%	38	0
2015	Resident	300	1,110	257	23.15%	348	0
2015	Nonresident landowner	30	0	0	—	—	—
2015	Resident landowner	45	33	33	100.00%	—	—
2014	Nonresident	30	47	19	40.43%	38	0
2014	Resident	300	971	247	25.44%	344	0
2014	Nonresident landowner	30	0	0	—	—	—
2014	Resident landowner	45	34	34	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
2026	Nonresident	0	18	0	0.00%
2026	Nonresident	1	7	1	14.29%
2026	Nonresident	2	13	0	0.00%
2026	Nonresident	3	14	3	21.43%
2026	Nonresident	4	5	0	0.00%
2026	Nonresident	5	2	0	0.00%
2026	Nonresident	6	4	2	50.00%
2026	Resident	0	251	2	0.80%
2026	Resident	1	331	7	2.11%
2026	Resident	2	237	19	8.02%
2026	Resident	3	171	28	16.37%
2026	Resident	4	146	33	22.60%
2026	Resident	5	58	18	31.03%
2026	Resident	6	26	8	30.77%
2026	Resident	7	5	1	20.00%
2026	Resident	8	3	2	66.67%
2026	Resident	9	3	3	100.00%
2026	Resident landowner	0	11	4	36.36%
2026	Resident landowner	1	15	10	66.67%
2026	Resident landowner	2	6	5	83.33%
2026	Resident landowner	3	2	2	100.00%
2026	Resident landowner	4	1	1	100.00%
2026	Resident landowner	5	1	1	100.00%
2025	Nonresident	0	24	1	4.17%
2025	Nonresident	1	23	0	0.00%
2025	Nonresident	2	15	1	6.67%
2025	Nonresident	3	12	3	25.00%
2025	Nonresident	4	7	3	42.86%
2025	Nonresident	5	6	0	0.00%
2025	Nonresident	7	1	1	100.00%
2025	Resident	0	230	5	2.17%
2025	Resident	1	273	13	4.76%
2025	Resident	2	245	32	13.06%
2025	Resident	3	223	46	20.63%
2025	Resident	4	100	31	31.00%
2025	Resident	5	41	13	31.71%
2025	Resident	6	17	15	88.24%
2025	Resident	7	6	3	50.00%
2025	Resident	8	3	1	33.33%
2025	Resident	9	2	2	100.00%
2025	Resident landowner	0	16	10	62.50%
2025	Resident landowner	1	16	14	87.50%
2025	Resident landowner	2	4	4	100.00%
2025	Resident landowner	3	2	2	100.00%
2024	Nonresident	0	18	0	0.00%
2024	Nonresident	1	28	1	3.57%
2024	Nonresident	2	16	2	12.50%
2024	Nonresident	3	7	0	0.00%
2024	Nonresident	4	7	1	14.29%
2024	Nonresident	5	1	0	0.00%
2024	Resident	0	257	8	3.11%
2024	Resident	1	323	27	8.36%
2024	Resident	2	306	34	11.11%
2024	Resident	3	176	34	19.32%
2024	Resident	4	93	31	33.33%
2024	Resident	5	37	19	51.35%
2024	Resident	6	17	8	47.06%
2024	Resident	7	6	2	33.33%
2024	Resident	8	4	2	50.00%
2024	Resident	9	1	1	100.00%
2024	Nonresident landowner	0	1	1	100.00%
2024	Resident landowner	0	11	11	100.00%
2024	Resident landowner	1	14	14	100.00%
2024	Resident landowner	2	2	2	100.00%
2024	Resident landowner	3	1	1	100.00%
2024	Resident landowner	5	1	1	100.00%
2023	Nonresident	1	45	3	6.67%
2023	Nonresident	2	9	2	22.22%
2023	Nonresident	3	11	3	27.27%
2023	Nonresident	4	5	3	60.00%
2023	Nonresident	5	1	0	0.00%
2023	Nonresident	6	3	3	100.00%
2023	Nonresident	not stated	28	1	3.57%
2023	Resident	1	481	31	6.44%
2023	Resident	2	280	40	14.29%
2023	Resident	3	141	30	21.28%
2023	Resident	4	81	31	38.27%
2023	Resident	5	27	7	25.93%
2023	Resident	6	6	1	16.67%
2023	Resident	7	5	1	20.00%
2023	Resident	not stated	251	14	5.58%
2023	Nonresident landowner	not stated	2	1	50.00%
2023	Resident landowner	1	21	18	85.71%
2023	Resident landowner	2	1	1	100.00%
2023	Resident landowner	not stated	19	10	52.63%
2022	Nonresident	1	32	4	12.50%
2022	Nonresident	2	11	4	36.36%
2022	Nonresident	3	8	4	50.00%
2022	Nonresident	4	4	2	50.00%
2022	Nonresident	5	2	2	100.00%
2022	Nonresident	6	2	2	100.00%
2022	Nonresident	not stated	12	1	8.33%
2022	Resident	1	331	53	16.01%
2022	Resident	2	182	57	31.32%
2022	Resident	3	144	63	43.75%
2022	Resident	4	66	37	56.06%
2022	Resident	5	25	18	72.00%
2022	Resident	6	9	5	55.56%
2022	Resident	7	2	2	100.00%
2022	Resident	not stated	253	14	5.53%
2022	Nonresident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2022	Resident landowner	1	10	10	100.00%
2022	Resident landowner	2	2	2	100.00%
2022	Resident landowner	3	2	2	100.00%
2022	Resident landowner	5	1	1	100.00%
2022	Resident landowner	not stated	16	16	100.00%
2021	Nonresident	0	23	3	13.04%
2021	Nonresident	1	12	1	8.33%
2021	Nonresident	2	6	4	66.67%
2021	Nonresident	3	4	1	25.00%
2021	Nonresident	4	1	1	100.00%
2021	Nonresident	not stated	14	3	21.43%
2021	Resident	0	284	21	7.39%
2021	Resident	1	193	20	10.36%
2021	Resident	2	117	43	36.75%
2021	Resident	3	63	31	49.21%
2021	Resident	4	25	16	64.00%
2021	Resident	5	5	2	40.00%
2021	Resident	6	2	1	50.00%
2021	Resident	not stated	272	24	8.82%
2021	Nonresident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2021	Resident landowner	0	9	9	100.00%
2021	Resident landowner	1	4	4	100.00%
2021	Resident landowner	not stated	15	15	100.00%
2020	Nonresident	0	22	2	9.09%
2020	Nonresident	1	7	2	28.57%
2020	Nonresident	2	7	3	42.86%
2020	Nonresident	3	3	1	33.33%
2020	Nonresident	not stated	20	3	15.00%
2020	Resident	0	313	25	7.99%
2020	Resident	1	198	31	15.66%
2020	Resident	2	143	49	34.27%
2020	Resident	3	54	27	50.00%
2020	Resident	4	23	14	60.87%
2020	Resident	5	5	3	60.00%
2020	Resident	8	2	2	100.00%
2020	Resident	not stated	270	16	5.93%
2020	Nonresident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2020	Resident landowner	0	13	13	100.00%
2020	Resident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2020	Resident landowner	4	1	1	100.00%
2020	Resident landowner	not stated	6	6	100.00%
2019	Nonresident	0	18	5	27.78%
2019	Nonresident	1	11	1	9.09%
2019	Nonresident	2	5	2	40.00%
2019	Nonresident	not stated	13	2	15.38%
2019	Resident	0	255	26	10.20%
2019	Resident	1	179	34	18.99%
2019	Resident	2	89	27	30.34%
2019	Resident	3	57	32	56.14%
2019	Resident	4	16	13	81.25%
2019	Resident	5	5	5	100.00%
2019	Resident	6	3	3	100.00%
2019	Resident	8	1	1	100.00%
2019	Resident	not stated	238	20	8.40%
2019	Resident landowner	0	9	9	100.00%
2019	Resident landowner	1	3	3	100.00%
2019	Resident landowner	3	1	1	100.00%
2019	Resident landowner	not stated	16	16	100.00%
2018	Nonresident	0	23	3	13.04%
2018	Nonresident	1	4	0	0.00%
2018	Nonresident	2	2	0	0.00%
2018	Nonresident	3	2	0	0.00%
2018	Nonresident	4	1	1	100.00%
2018	Nonresident	not stated	6	0	0.00%
2018	Resident	0	345	28	8.12%
2018	Resident	1	167	34	20.36%
2018	Resident	2	105	32	30.48%
2018	Resident	3	49	20	40.82%
2018	Resident	4	12	7	58.33%
2018	Resident	5	7	4	57.14%
2018	Resident	6	3	2	66.67%
2018	Resident	not stated	297	39	13.13%
2018	Resident landowner	0	11	11	100.00%
2018	Resident landowner	1	2	2	100.00%
2018	Resident landowner	not stated	19	17	89.47%
2017	Nonresident	0	17	4	23.53%
2017	Nonresident	1	5	0	0.00%
2017	Nonresident	3	3	2	66.67%
2017	Nonresident	4	1	1	100.00%
2017	Nonresident	not stated	19	3	15.79%
2017	Resident	0	331	67	20.24%
2017	Resident	1	196	59	30.10%
2017	Resident	2	110	46	41.82%
2017	Resident	3	22	16	72.73%
2017	Resident	4	20	13	65.00%
2017	Resident	5	10	5	50.00%
2017	Resident	6	3	3	100.00%
2017	Resident	7	1	1	100.00%
2017	Resident	8	1	1	100.00%
2017	Resident	not stated	285	45	15.79%
2017	Resident landowner	0	10	10	100.00%
2017	Resident landowner	2	1	1	100.00%
2017	Resident landowner	not stated	23	23	100.00%
2016	Nonresident	0	7	1	14.29%
2016	Nonresident	1	10	6	60.00%
2016	Nonresident	2	7	1	14.29%
2016	Nonresident	3	1	0	0.00%
2016	Nonresident	not stated	33	7	21.21%
2016	Resident	0	308	49	15.91%
2016	Resident	1	168	51	30.36%
2016	Resident	2	74	42	56.76%
2016	Resident	3	56	35	62.50%
2016	Resident	4	25	17	68.00%
2016	Resident	5	10	9	90.00%
2016	Resident	6	1	1	100.00%
2016	Resident	7	1	1	100.00%
2016	Resident	not stated	319	48	15.05%
2016	Resident landowner	0	6	6	100.00%
2016	Resident landowner	1	2	2	100.00%
2016	Resident landowner	2	2	2	100.00%
2016	Resident landowner	not stated	22	22	100.00%
2015	Nonresident	0	27	2	7.41%
2015	Nonresident	1	13	4	30.77%
2015	Nonresident	2	2	0	0.00%
2015	Nonresident	3	1	1	100.00%
2015	Nonresident	not stated	24	3	12.50%
2015	Resident	0	347	51	14.70%
2015	Resident	1	174	55	31.61%
2015	Resident	2	151	65	43.05%
2015	Resident	3	47	23	48.94%
2015	Resident	4	33	17	51.52%
2015	Resident	5	3	2	66.67%
2015	Resident	6	1	0	0.00%
2015	Resident	not stated	354	44	12.43%
2015	Resident landowner	0	12	12	100.00%
2015	Resident landowner	1	5	5	100.00%
2015	Resident landowner	3	1	1	100.00%
2015	Resident landowner	not stated	15	15	100.00%
2014	Nonresident	0	17	6	35.29%
2014	Nonresident	1	3	2	66.67%
2014	Nonresident	2	5	4	80.00%
2014	Nonresident	not stated	22	7	31.82%
2014	Resident	0	265	49	18.49%
2014	Resident	1	219	70	31.96%
2014	Resident	2	112	53	47.32%
2014	Resident	3	46	14	30.43%
2014	Resident	4	12	7	58.33%
2014	Resident	5	2	1	50.00%
2014	Resident	not stated	315	53	16.83%
2014	Resident landowner	0	8	8	100.00%
2014	Resident landowner	1	4	4	100.00%
2014	Resident landowner	not stated	22	22	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.

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

2026 Antelope Drawing Statistics Report.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2026-08-05, fetched 2026-09-03
2025 Antelope Drawing Statistics Report.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2025-08-06, fetched 2026-09-03
2024 Antelope Drawing Statistics Report.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2024-08-07, fetched 2026-09-03
2023 Antelope Drawing Statistics Report.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2023-08-09, fetched 2026-09-03
2022 Antelope Drawing Statistics Report.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2022-08-03, fetched 2026-09-03
2021 antelope stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2021-08-06, fetched 2026-09-03
2020 Antelope stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2020-08-06, fetched 2026-09-03
2019 antelope stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2019-08-13, fetched 2026-09-03
2018 antelope stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2018-08-13, fetched 2026-09-03
2017 antelope stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2017-07-31, fetched 2026-09-03
2016 antelope.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2016-08-01, fetched 2026-09-03
2015 Antelope Stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2015-07-20, fetched 2026-09-03
2014 Antelope stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2014-07-22, fetched 2026-09-03
2026 Antelope Detailed Bonus Point Drawing Statistics.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2026-08-05, fetched 2026-09-03
2025 Antelope Detailed Bonus Point Drawing Statistics.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2025-08-06, fetched 2026-09-03
2024 Antelope Detailed Bonus Point Drawing Statistics.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2024-08-07, fetched 2026-09-03
2023 Antelope Detailed Bonus Point Drawing Statistics.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2023-08-09, fetched 2026-09-03
2022 Antelope and Antelope B Bonus Point Drawing Statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2009-01, fetched 2026-09-03
2021 DEA detailed bonus point statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2009-00, fetched 2026-09-03
2020 deer elk antelope detailed bonus point statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2009-00, fetched 2026-09-03
2019 DEA detailed bonus point statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2009-00, fetched 2026-09-03
2018 antelope antelope b detailed statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2009-00, fetched 2026-09-03
2017 dea detailed bonus point statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2009-00, fetched 2026-09-03
2016 dea detailed bp stats.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2016-03-01, fetched 2026-09-03
2015 dea detailed statistics final.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2015-03-01, fetched 2026-09-03
2014 dea detailed statistics.xlsx — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2014-07-22, fetched 2026-09-03

Other licences in these districts

Antelope licence 390-00 Antelope licence 390-20 Antelope licence 401-00 Antelope licence 401-10 Antelope licence 404-00 Antelope licence 404-10 Antelope licence 404-20 Antelope licence 413-00 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.