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Montana · Antelope · District 441

Montana antelope licence 441-20

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 20 on 441-20 in 2026 and drew 20 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, no nonresident landowner applicant put it first; 7 resident landowner applicants put it first and 3 drew, 42.86%; 5 nonresident applicants put it first and 2 drew, 40.00%; 74 resident applicants put it first and 15 drew, 20.27%.

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
2026Nonresident25240.00%140
2026Resident20741520.27%2010
2026Nonresident landowner200———
2026Resident landowner37342.86%——
2025Nonresident2600.00%180
2025Resident20831720.48%1490
2025Nonresident landowner200———
2025Resident landowner37342.86%——
2024Nonresident29222.22%200
2024Resident20681522.06%1290
2024Nonresident landowner200———
2024Resident landowner34375.00%——
2023Nonresident1300.00%280
2023Resident1044818.18%1260
2023Nonresident landowner100———
2023Resident landowner25240.00%——
2022Nonresident1500.00%130
2022Resident1065812.31%970
2022Nonresident landowner100———
2022Resident landowner25240.00%——
2021Nonresident1500.00%150
2021Resident1067811.94%1090
2021Nonresident landowner100———
2021Resident landowner26233.33%——
2020Nonresident15120.00%110
2020Resident1061711.48%1080
2020Nonresident landowner100———
2020Resident landowner26233.33%——
2019Nonresident1100.00%60
2019Resident1049816.33%780
2019Nonresident landowner100———
2019Resident landowner23266.67%——
2018Nonresident1300.00%60
2018Resident1049816.33%640
2018Nonresident landowner100———
2018Resident landowner25240.00%——
2017Nonresident200—70
2017Resident20451737.78%930
2017Nonresident landowner200———
2017Resident landowner34375.00%——
2016Nonresident2200.00%40
2016Resident20541731.48%740
2016Nonresident landowner200———
2016Resident landowner35360.00%——
2015Nonresident200—20
2015Resident20531732.08%820
2015Nonresident landowner200———
2015Resident landowner333100.00%——
2014Nonresident2100.00%20
2014Resident20541731.48%700
2014Nonresident landowner200———
2014Resident landowner36350.00%——

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%
2026Nonresident12150.00%
2026Nonresident2100.00%
2026Nonresident411100.00%
2026Resident01600.00%
2026Resident123313.04%
2026Resident211218.18%
2026Resident38337.50%
2026Resident48450.00%
2026Resident52150.00%
2026Resident622100.00%
2026Resident landowner03266.67%
2026Resident landowner13133.33%
2026Resident landowner2100.00%
2025Nonresident0100.00%
2025Nonresident1300.00%
2025Nonresident3200.00%
2025Resident021419.05%
2025Resident12528.00%
2025Resident218527.78%
2025Resident37228.57%
2025Resident44375.00%
2025Resident53133.33%
2025Resident6100.00%
2025Resident landowner0200.00%
2025Resident landowner14250.00%
2025Resident landowner511100.00%
2024Nonresident0300.00%
2024Nonresident1200.00%
2024Nonresident2100.00%
2024Nonresident33266.67%
2024Resident01300.00%
2024Resident126415.38%
2024Resident210330.00%
2024Resident37342.86%
2024Resident47228.57%
2024Resident53266.67%
2024Resident611100.00%
2024Resident landowner0100.00%
2024Resident landowner122100.00%
2024Resident landowner311100.00%
2023Nonresident1100.00%
2023Nonresident2100.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated100.00%
2023Resident1900.00%
2023Resident2600.00%
2023Resident312216.67%
2023Resident44250.00%
2023Resident522100.00%
2023Resident622100.00%
2023Residentnot stated600.00%
2023Resident landowner1100.00%
2023Resident landowner33266.67%
2023Resident landownernot stated100.00%
2022Nonresident1400.00%
2022Nonresident2100.00%
2022Resident11815.56%
2022Resident219526.32%
2022Resident36233.33%
2022Resident4200.00%
2022Resident5200.00%
2022Residentnot stated1500.00%
2022Resident landowner1100.00%
2022Resident landowner2100.00%
2022Resident landowner311100.00%
2022Resident landowner411100.00%
2022Resident landownernot stated100.00%
2021Nonresident0400.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated100.00%
2021Resident02414.17%
2021Resident111218.18%
2021Resident2700.00%
2021Resident34375.00%
2021Resident511100.00%
2021Residentnot stated1616.25%
2021Resident landowner0200.00%
2021Resident landowner1100.00%
2021Resident landowner211100.00%
2021Resident landownernot stated2150.00%
2020Nonresident03133.33%
2020Nonresident1200.00%
2020Resident01500.00%
2020Resident115213.33%
2020Resident29111.11%
2020Resident333100.00%
2020Resident4100.00%
2020Residentnot stated1400.00%
2020Resident landowner011100.00%
2020Resident landowner111100.00%
2020Resident landowner22150.00%
2020Resident landownernot stated200.00%
2019Nonresident0100.00%
2019Resident0700.00%
2019Resident11317.69%
2019Resident27228.57%
2019Resident34250.00%
2019Residentnot stated17317.65%
2019Resident landowner011100.00%
2019Resident landowner111100.00%
2019Resident landownernot stated100.00%
2018Nonresident0300.00%
2018Resident01200.00%
2018Resident111327.27%
2018Resident24125.00%
2018Residentnot stated19421.05%
2018Resident landowner02150.00%
2018Resident landownernot stated3133.33%
2017Resident012216.67%
2017Resident110550.00%
2017Resident222100.00%
2017Resident34375.00%
2017Resident411100.00%
2017Residentnot stated15426.67%
2017Resident landowner02150.00%
2017Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2016Nonresidentnot stated200.00%
2016Resident027622.22%
2016Resident15240.00%
2016Resident24375.00%
2016Resident3100.00%
2016Resident422100.00%
2016Residentnot stated13430.77%
2016Resident landowner02150.00%
2016Resident landownernot stated3266.67%
2015Resident017423.53%
2015Resident19555.56%
2015Resident23266.67%
2015Resident32150.00%
2015Resident611100.00%
2015Residentnot stated21419.05%
2015Resident landowner011100.00%
2015Resident landowner111100.00%
2015Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2014Nonresidentnot stated100.00%
2014Resident023626.09%
2014Resident110770.00%
2014Resident2400.00%
2014Resident511100.00%
2014Residentnot stated13323.08%
2014Resident landowner0100.00%
2014Resident landowner311100.00%
2014Resident landownernot stated4250.00%

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.