Montana · Antelope · District 471

Montana antelope licence 471-20

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 350 on 471-20 in 2026 and drew 348, so 2 went undrawn. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, 9 nonresident landowner applicants put it first and 9 drew, 100.00%; 27 resident landowner applicants put it first and 27 drew, 100.00%; 110 nonresident applicants put it first and 24 drew, 21.82%; 1,523 resident applicants put it first and 288 drew, 18.91%.

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	35	110	24	21.82%	74	0
2026	Resident	350	1,523	288	18.91%	643	0
2026	Nonresident landowner	35	9	9	100.00%	—	—
2026	Resident landowner	53	27	27	100.00%	—	—
2025	Nonresident	35	120	25	20.83%	79	0
2025	Resident	350	1,339	283	21.14%	616	0
2025	Nonresident landowner	35	5	5	100.00%	—	—
2025	Resident landowner	53	37	37	100.00%	—	—
2024	Nonresident	25	123	11	8.94%	70	0
2024	Resident	250	1,454	202	13.89%	676	0
2024	Nonresident landowner	25	5	5	100.00%	—	—
2024	Resident landowner	38	31	31	100.00%	—	—
2023	Nonresident	25	107	18	16.82%	74	0
2023	Resident	250	1,446	195	13.49%	609	0
2023	Nonresident landowner	25	5	5	100.00%	—	—
2023	Resident landowner	38	31	31	100.00%	—	—
2022	Nonresident	35	121	26	21.49%	80	0
2022	Resident	350	1,344	287	21.35%	567	0
2022	Nonresident landowner	35	4	4	100.00%	—	—
2022	Resident landowner	53	32	32	100.00%	—	—
2021	Nonresident	35	115	22	19.13%	78	0
2021	Resident	350	1,357	304	22.40%	500	0
2021	Nonresident landowner	35	3	3	100.00%	—	—
2021	Resident landowner	53	21	21	100.00%	—	—
2020	Nonresident	35	102	30	29.41%	29	0
2020	Resident	350	1,240	292	23.55%	484	0
2020	Nonresident landowner	35	4	4	100.00%	—	—
2020	Resident landowner	53	24	24	100.00%	—	—
2019	Nonresident	20	48	17	35.42%	18	0
2019	Resident	200	412	173	41.99%	214	0
2019	Nonresident landowner	20	3	3	100.00%	—	—
2019	Resident landowner	30	7	7	100.00%	—	—
2018	Nonresident	15	39	11	28.21%	40	0
2018	Resident	150	443	124	27.99%	204	0
2018	Nonresident landowner	15	2	2	100.00%	—	—
2018	Resident landowner	23	13	13	100.00%	—	—
2017	Nonresident	15	39	14	35.90%	12	0
2017	Resident	150	416	121	29.09%	198	0
2017	Nonresident landowner	15	0	0	—	—	—
2017	Resident landowner	23	15	15	100.00%	—	—
2016	Nonresident	15	25	11	44.00%	14	0
2016	Resident	150	295	127	43.05%	182	0
2016	Nonresident landowner	15	0	0	—	—	—
2016	Resident landowner	23	12	12	100.00%	—	—
2015	Nonresident	7	26	7	26.92%	12	0
2015	Resident	75	314	57	18.15%	191	0
2015	Nonresident landowner	7	0	0	—	—	—
2015	Resident landowner	12	11	11	100.00%	—	—
2014	Nonresident	7	20	4	20.00%	17	0
2014	Resident	75	273	60	21.98%	209	0
2014	Nonresident landowner	7	0	0	—	—	—
2014	Resident landowner	11	14	11	78.57%	—	—

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	13	0	0.00%
2026	Nonresident	1	23	1	4.35%
2026	Nonresident	2	26	2	7.69%
2026	Nonresident	3	22	7	31.82%
2026	Nonresident	4	18	10	55.56%
2026	Nonresident	5	2	1	50.00%
2026	Nonresident	6	5	2	40.00%
2026	Nonresident	10	1	1	100.00%
2026	Resident	0	279	10	3.58%
2026	Resident	1	476	25	5.25%
2026	Resident	2	297	49	16.50%
2026	Resident	3	222	70	31.53%
2026	Resident	4	152	70	46.05%
2026	Resident	5	77	50	64.94%
2026	Resident	6	13	10	76.92%
2026	Resident	7	7	4	57.14%
2026	Resident	8	2	2	100.00%
2026	Nonresident landowner	0	3	3	100.00%
2026	Nonresident landowner	1	5	5	100.00%
2026	Nonresident landowner	2	1	1	100.00%
2026	Resident landowner	0	10	10	100.00%
2026	Resident landowner	1	14	14	100.00%
2026	Resident landowner	2	1	1	100.00%
2026	Resident landowner	3	1	1	100.00%
2026	Resident landowner	4	1	1	100.00%
2025	Nonresident	0	17	1	5.88%
2025	Nonresident	1	32	3	9.38%
2025	Nonresident	2	32	4	12.50%
2025	Nonresident	3	24	7	29.17%
2025	Nonresident	4	4	2	50.00%
2025	Nonresident	5	7	4	57.14%
2025	Nonresident	6	4	4	100.00%
2025	Resident	0	279	7	2.51%
2025	Resident	1	318	23	7.23%
2025	Resident	2	303	60	19.80%
2025	Resident	3	217	71	32.72%
2025	Resident	4	133	57	42.86%
2025	Resident	5	53	39	73.58%
2025	Resident	6	28	22	78.57%
2025	Resident	7	3	2	66.67%
2025	Resident	8	2	2	100.00%
2025	Resident	9	3	0	0.00%
2025	Nonresident landowner	0	2	2	100.00%
2025	Nonresident landowner	1	3	3	100.00%
2025	Resident landowner	0	15	15	100.00%
2025	Resident landowner	1	13	13	100.00%
2025	Resident landowner	2	5	5	100.00%
2025	Resident landowner	3	3	3	100.00%
2025	Resident landowner	4	1	1	100.00%
2024	Nonresident	0	16	1	6.25%
2024	Nonresident	1	50	1	2.00%
2024	Nonresident	2	31	2	6.45%
2024	Nonresident	3	10	3	30.00%
2024	Nonresident	4	13	3	23.08%
2024	Nonresident	5	3	1	33.33%
2024	Resident	0	300	17	5.67%
2024	Resident	1	393	33	8.40%
2024	Resident	2	354	42	11.86%
2024	Resident	3	224	46	20.54%
2024	Resident	4	126	44	34.92%
2024	Resident	5	46	14	30.43%
2024	Resident	6	10	5	50.00%
2024	Resident	7	2	2	100.00%
2024	Nonresident landowner	0	2	2	100.00%
2024	Nonresident landowner	1	2	2	100.00%
2024	Nonresident landowner	5	1	1	100.00%
2024	Resident landowner	0	14	14	100.00%
2024	Resident landowner	1	15	15	100.00%
2024	Resident landowner	2	1	1	100.00%
2024	Resident landowner	4	1	1	100.00%
2023	Nonresident	1	45	6	13.33%
2023	Nonresident	2	14	4	28.57%
2023	Nonresident	3	16	2	12.50%
2023	Nonresident	4	7	3	42.86%
2023	Nonresident	5	2	2	100.00%
2023	Nonresident	not stated	23	1	4.35%
2023	Resident	1	478	35	7.32%
2023	Resident	2	298	31	10.40%
2023	Resident	3	193	53	27.46%
2023	Resident	4	102	44	43.14%
2023	Resident	5	27	17	62.96%
2023	Resident	6	5	3	60.00%
2023	Resident	not stated	344	13	3.78%
2023	Nonresident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2023	Nonresident landowner	2	2	2	100.00%
2023	Nonresident landowner	3	1	1	100.00%
2023	Nonresident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2023	Resident landowner	1	13	13	100.00%
2023	Resident landowner	2	3	3	100.00%
2023	Resident landowner	3	2	2	100.00%
2023	Resident landowner	5	1	1	100.00%
2023	Resident landowner	not stated	12	12	100.00%
2022	Nonresident	1	46	11	23.91%
2022	Nonresident	2	26	6	23.08%
2022	Nonresident	3	14	6	42.86%
2022	Nonresident	4	3	1	33.33%
2022	Nonresident	not stated	32	2	6.25%
2022	Resident	1	422	60	14.22%
2022	Resident	2	276	66	23.91%
2022	Resident	3	200	82	41.00%
2022	Resident	4	60	30	50.00%
2022	Resident	5	26	21	80.77%
2022	Resident	6	3	3	100.00%
2022	Resident	not stated	358	26	7.26%
2022	Nonresident landowner	1	2	2	100.00%
2022	Nonresident landowner	2	1	1	100.00%
2022	Nonresident landowner	3	1	1	100.00%
2022	Resident landowner	1	12	12	100.00%
2022	Resident landowner	2	4	4	100.00%
2022	Resident landowner	3	3	3	100.00%
2022	Resident landowner	not stated	13	13	100.00%
2021	Nonresident	0	55	8	14.55%
2021	Nonresident	1	22	3	13.64%
2021	Nonresident	2	9	7	77.78%
2021	Nonresident	3	2	2	100.00%
2021	Nonresident	4	1	0	0.00%
2021	Nonresident	not stated	26	2	7.69%
2021	Resident	0	424	66	15.57%
2021	Resident	1	301	72	23.92%
2021	Resident	2	137	69	50.36%
2021	Resident	3	56	35	62.50%
2021	Resident	4	15	12	80.00%
2021	Resident	5	1	1	100.00%
2021	Resident	6	1	1	100.00%
2021	Resident	7	1	1	100.00%
2021	Resident	8	1	1	100.00%
2021	Resident	not stated	420	46	10.95%
2021	Nonresident landowner	0	2	2	100.00%
2021	Nonresident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2021	Resident landowner	0	10	10	100.00%
2021	Resident landowner	1	4	4	100.00%
2021	Resident landowner	2	1	1	100.00%
2021	Resident landowner	not stated	6	6	100.00%
2020	Nonresident	0	48	11	22.92%
2020	Nonresident	1	22	8	36.36%
2020	Nonresident	2	7	4	57.14%
2020	Nonresident	3	3	3	100.00%
2020	Nonresident	4	1	1	100.00%
2020	Nonresident	not stated	21	3	14.29%
2020	Resident	0	441	54	12.24%
2020	Resident	1	231	70	30.30%
2020	Resident	2	110	52	47.27%
2020	Resident	3	48	31	64.58%
2020	Resident	4	10	9	90.00%
2020	Resident	5	6	4	66.67%
2020	Resident	6	1	1	100.00%
2020	Resident	not stated	393	71	18.07%
2020	Nonresident landowner	1	2	2	100.00%
2020	Nonresident landowner	not stated	2	2	100.00%
2020	Resident landowner	0	9	9	100.00%
2020	Resident landowner	1	2	2	100.00%
2020	Resident landowner	2	2	2	100.00%
2020	Resident landowner	3	2	2	100.00%
2020	Resident landowner	not stated	9	9	100.00%
2019	Nonresident	0	22	4	18.18%
2019	Nonresident	1	11	5	45.45%
2019	Nonresident	2	4	2	50.00%
2019	Nonresident	not stated	11	6	54.55%
2019	Resident	0	142	47	33.10%
2019	Resident	1	90	53	58.89%
2019	Resident	2	30	23	76.67%
2019	Resident	3	15	15	100.00%
2019	Resident	4	2	2	100.00%
2019	Resident	not stated	133	33	24.81%
2019	Nonresident landowner	0	2	2	100.00%
2019	Nonresident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2019	Resident landowner	0	3	3	100.00%
2019	Resident landowner	not stated	4	4	100.00%
2018	Nonresident	0	18	3	16.67%
2018	Nonresident	1	8	3	37.50%
2018	Nonresident	2	1	0	0.00%
2018	Nonresident	3	1	1	100.00%
2018	Nonresident	not stated	11	4	36.36%
2018	Resident	0	162	30	18.52%
2018	Resident	1	85	33	38.82%
2018	Resident	2	20	12	60.00%
2018	Resident	3	16	15	93.75%
2018	Resident	4	4	4	100.00%
2018	Resident	5	2	2	100.00%
2018	Resident	7	1	1	100.00%
2018	Resident	not stated	153	27	17.65%
2018	Nonresident landowner	0	1	1	100.00%
2018	Nonresident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2018	Resident landowner	0	2	2	100.00%
2018	Resident landowner	not stated	11	11	100.00%
2017	Nonresident	0	14	5	35.71%
2017	Nonresident	1	2	1	50.00%
2017	Nonresident	2	4	2	50.00%
2017	Nonresident	3	2	2	100.00%
2017	Nonresident	not stated	17	4	23.53%
2017	Resident	0	136	28	20.59%
2017	Resident	1	59	24	40.68%
2017	Resident	2	38	22	57.89%
2017	Resident	3	11	11	100.00%
2017	Resident	4	3	2	66.67%
2017	Resident	5	2	2	100.00%
2017	Resident	6	1	1	100.00%
2017	Resident	not stated	166	31	18.67%
2017	Resident landowner	0	2	2	100.00%
2017	Resident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2017	Resident landowner	not stated	12	12	100.00%
2016	Nonresident	0	9	4	44.44%
2016	Nonresident	1	6	3	50.00%
2016	Nonresident	2	1	1	100.00%
2016	Nonresident	3	2	2	100.00%
2016	Nonresident	not stated	7	1	14.29%
2016	Resident	0	81	30	37.04%
2016	Resident	1	55	25	45.45%
2016	Resident	2	25	18	72.00%
2016	Resident	3	20	18	90.00%
2016	Resident	4	4	2	50.00%
2016	Resident	5	2	2	100.00%
2016	Resident	not stated	108	32	29.63%
2016	Resident landowner	0	3	3	100.00%
2016	Resident landowner	not stated	9	9	100.00%
2015	Nonresident	0	13	3	23.08%
2015	Nonresident	1	4	3	75.00%
2015	Nonresident	2	4	1	25.00%
2015	Nonresident	not stated	5	0	0.00%
2015	Resident	0	97	16	16.49%
2015	Resident	1	49	12	24.49%
2015	Resident	2	27	8	29.63%
2015	Resident	3	11	5	45.45%
2015	Resident	4	2	0	0.00%
2015	Resident	not stated	128	16	12.50%
2015	Resident landowner	0	1	1	100.00%
2015	Resident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2015	Resident landowner	not stated	9	9	100.00%
2014	Nonresident	0	7	1	14.29%
2014	Nonresident	1	5	2	40.00%
2014	Nonresident	2	2	1	50.00%
2014	Nonresident	not stated	6	0	0.00%
2014	Resident	0	67	9	13.43%
2014	Resident	1	46	14	30.43%
2014	Resident	2	33	17	51.52%
2014	Resident	3	6	3	50.00%
2014	Resident	4	2	2	100.00%
2014	Resident	5	2	2	100.00%
2014	Resident	not stated	114	13	11.40%
2014	Resident landowner	0	2	1	50.00%
2014	Resident landowner	1	2	2	100.00%
2014	Resident landowner	2	1	1	100.00%
2014	Resident landowner	not stated	9	7	77.78%

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 470-10 Antelope licence 470-20 Antelope licence 471-00 Antelope licence 471-10 Antelope licence 473-00 Antelope licence 480-00 Antelope licence 480-10 Antelope licence 480-20 Antelope B licence 471-10 Antelope B licence 471-30 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.