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Montana · Antelope · District 480

Montana antelope licence 480-20

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 480-20 in 2026 and drew 150 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, 4 nonresident landowner applicants put it first and 4 drew, 100.00%; 9 resident landowner applicants put it first and 9 drew, 100.00%; 87 nonresident applicants put it first and 11 drew, 12.64%; 442 resident applicants put it first and 126 drew, 28.51%.

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
2026Nonresident15871112.64%340
2026Resident15044212628.51%3060
2026Nonresident landowner1544100.00%——
2026Resident landowner2399100.00%——
2025Nonresident151081110.19%590
2025Resident15057811620.07%3110
2025Nonresident landowner154375.00%——
2025Resident landowner23242083.33%——
2024Nonresident1010976.42%520
2024Resident1005427814.39%3320
2024Nonresident landowner1033100.00%——
2024Resident landowner15151280.00%——
2023Nonresident510055.00%450
2023Resident50586376.31%3440
2023Nonresident landowner5100.00%——
2023Resident landowner818844.44%——
2022Nonresident108367.23%740
2022Resident1005207915.19%3130
2022Nonresident landowner1044100.00%——
2022Resident landowner15141178.57%——
2021Nonresident107667.89%660
2021Resident1005637914.03%3040
2021Nonresident landowner1022100.00%——
2021Resident landowner15161381.25%——
2020Nonresident10491020.41%380
2020Resident1004687816.67%2570
2020Nonresident landowner1000———
2020Resident landowner151212100.00%——
2019Nonresident1049816.33%360
2019Resident1003658021.92%1110
2019Nonresident landowner1022100.00%——
2019Resident landowner151010100.00%——
2018Nonresident108289.76%260
2018Resident1003967719.44%1650
2018Nonresident landowner102150.00%——
2018Resident landowner15191473.68%——
2017Nonresident10521019.23%210
2017Resident1004127518.20%1600
2017Nonresident landowner1000———
2017Resident landowner15161593.75%——
2016Nonresident1054916.67%120
2016Resident1003967619.19%1290
2016Nonresident landowner1000———
2016Resident landowner15191578.95%——
2015Nonresident1039923.08%130
2015Resident1004057919.51%1400
2015Nonresident landowner1011100.00%——
2015Resident landowner151111100.00%——
2014Nonresident1055814.55%70
2014Resident1003557621.41%1540
2014Nonresident landowner1022100.00%——
2014Resident landowner15151386.67%——

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
2026Nonresident01516.67%
2026Nonresident12613.85%
2026Nonresident21600.00%
2026Nonresident31119.09%
2026Nonresident46233.33%
2026Nonresident53266.67%
2026Nonresident66350.00%
2026Nonresident7200.00%
2026Nonresident82150.00%
2026Resident010287.84%
2026Resident11352417.78%
2026Resident2882427.27%
2026Resident3442454.55%
2026Resident4452248.89%
2026Resident5232086.96%
2026Resident65480.00%
2026Nonresident landowner011100.00%
2026Nonresident landowner122100.00%
2026Nonresident landowner211100.00%
2026Resident landowner044100.00%
2026Resident landowner133100.00%
2026Resident landowner222100.00%
2025Nonresident01200.00%
2025Nonresident12900.00%
2025Nonresident228414.29%
2025Nonresident317211.76%
2025Nonresident49111.11%
2025Nonresident56233.33%
2025Nonresident64125.00%
2025Nonresident7100.00%
2025Nonresident811100.00%
2025Resident013143.05%
2025Resident1162127.41%
2025Resident2942223.40%
2025Resident3882427.27%
2025Resident4602541.67%
2025Resident5231356.52%
2025Resident688100.00%
2025Resident766100.00%
2025Resident811100.00%
2025Resident1311100.00%
2025Nonresident landowner13266.67%
2025Nonresident landowner311100.00%
2025Resident landowner08562.50%
2025Resident landowner18787.50%
2025Resident landowner244100.00%
2025Resident landowner322100.00%
2025Resident landowner422100.00%
2024Nonresident01500.00%
2024Nonresident13313.03%
2024Nonresident22015.00%
2024Nonresident31815.56%
2024Nonresident4900.00%
2024Nonresident59333.33%
2024Nonresident65120.00%
2024Resident013521.48%
2024Resident111986.72%
2024Resident2121129.92%
2024Resident3802025.00%
2024Resident4552443.64%
2024Resident519842.11%
2024Resident69444.44%
2024Resident8100.00%
2024Nonresident landowner222100.00%
2024Nonresident landowner311100.00%
2024Resident landowner05360.00%
2024Resident landowner15480.00%
2024Resident landowner233100.00%
2024Resident landowner311100.00%
2024Resident landowner411100.00%
2023Nonresident14524.44%
2023Nonresident22214.55%
2023Nonresident312216.67%
2023Nonresident4500.00%
2023Nonresident5200.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated1300.00%
2023Resident116963.55%
2023Resident213153.82%
2023Resident3751013.33%
2023Resident430826.67%
2023Resident513215.38%
2023Resident65240.00%
2023Residentnot stated15342.61%
2023Nonresident landowner1100.00%
2023Resident landowner17457.14%
2023Resident landowner23266.67%
2023Resident landownernot stated8225.00%
2022Nonresident12428.33%
2022Nonresident21915.26%
2022Nonresident310110.00%
2022Nonresident41218.33%
2022Nonresident5100.00%
2022Nonresident6100.00%
2022Nonresidentnot stated1616.25%
2022Resident11561811.54%
2022Resident21092018.35%
2022Resident3451431.11%
2022Resident4311754.84%
2022Resident59555.56%
2022Resident6100.00%
2022Residentnot stated16653.01%
2022Nonresident landowner122100.00%
2022Nonresident landowner411100.00%
2022Nonresident landowner511100.00%
2022Resident landowner188100.00%
2022Resident landowner311100.00%
2022Resident landownernot stated5240.00%
2021Nonresident02314.35%
2021Nonresident11700.00%
2021Nonresident214321.43%
2021Nonresident32150.00%
2021Nonresident4100.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated1915.26%
2021Resident0187136.95%
2021Resident1911617.58%
2021Resident2581729.31%
2021Resident3291448.28%
2021Resident410770.00%
2021Resident511100.00%
2021Residentnot stated184115.98%
2021Nonresident landowner011100.00%
2021Nonresident landowner211100.00%
2021Resident landowner055100.00%
2021Resident landowner14375.00%
2021Resident landowner211100.00%
2021Resident landownernot stated6466.67%
2020Nonresident018316.67%
2020Nonresident110220.00%
2020Nonresident25360.00%
2020Nonresident32150.00%
2020Nonresident411100.00%
2020Nonresidentnot stated1300.00%
2020Resident01431510.49%
2020Resident1851922.35%
2020Resident2481327.08%
2020Resident3191368.42%
2020Resident43266.67%
2020Resident511100.00%
2020Resident611100.00%
2020Residentnot stated168148.33%
2020Resident landowner022100.00%
2020Resident landowner111100.00%
2020Resident landowner211100.00%
2020Resident landownernot stated88100.00%
2019Nonresident01417.14%
2019Nonresident114428.57%
2019Nonresident2200.00%
2019Nonresident32150.00%
2019Nonresident42150.00%
2019Nonresident611100.00%
2019Nonresidentnot stated1400.00%
2019Resident01162118.10%
2019Resident1761013.16%
2019Resident2371745.95%
2019Resident314964.29%
2019Resident499100.00%
2019Resident53266.67%
2019Resident611100.00%
2019Residentnot stated1091110.09%
2019Nonresident landowner411100.00%
2019Nonresident landownernot stated11100.00%
2019Resident landowner011100.00%
2019Resident landowner111100.00%
2019Resident landownernot stated88100.00%
2018Nonresident03100.00%
2018Nonresident112216.67%
2018Nonresident26350.00%
2018Nonresident3300.00%
2018Nonresident411100.00%
2018Nonresidentnot stated2827.14%
2018Resident0131118.40%
2018Resident1671217.91%
2018Resident2482245.83%
2018Resident318738.89%
2018Resident412758.33%
2018Resident522100.00%
2018Resident611100.00%
2018Resident811100.00%
2018Residentnot stated1111412.61%
2018Nonresident landowner011100.00%
2018Nonresident landownernot stated100.00%
2018Resident landowner04250.00%
2018Resident landowner111100.00%
2018Resident landowner211100.00%
2018Resident landownernot stated131076.92%
2017Nonresident025312.00%
2017Nonresident1300.00%
2017Nonresident2200.00%
2017Nonresident42150.00%
2017Nonresident5100.00%
2017Nonresidentnot stated19631.58%
2017Resident01181512.71%
2017Resident1852023.53%
2017Resident2381539.47%
2017Resident324416.67%
2017Resident410770.00%
2017Resident52150.00%
2017Resident7100.00%
2017Residentnot stated133139.77%
2017Resident landowner033100.00%
2017Resident landowner133100.00%
2017Resident landownernot stated10990.00%
2016Nonresident03226.25%
2016Nonresident1500.00%
2016Nonresident211100.00%
2016Nonresident411100.00%
2016Nonresidentnot stated15533.33%
2016Resident0129129.30%
2016Resident1572136.84%
2016Resident2311238.71%
2016Resident3241250.00%
2016Resident46466.67%
2016Resident511100.00%
2016Resident6100.00%
2016Residentnot stated143149.79%
2016Resident landowner03133.33%
2016Resident landowner111100.00%
2016Resident landowner311100.00%
2016Resident landownernot stated141285.71%
2015Nonresident011218.18%
2015Nonresident13266.67%
2015Nonresident24250.00%
2015Nonresident322100.00%
2015Nonresident4100.00%
2015Nonresident52150.00%
2015Nonresident6100.00%
2015Nonresidentnot stated1500.00%
2015Resident01311914.50%
2015Resident1521426.92%
2015Resident2461430.43%
2015Resident3181055.56%
2015Resident45240.00%
2015Resident53266.67%
2015Residentnot stated1501812.00%
2015Nonresident landowner011100.00%
2015Resident landowner033100.00%
2015Resident landowner111100.00%
2015Resident landownernot stated77100.00%
2014Nonresident023521.74%
2014Nonresident14125.00%
2014Nonresident2500.00%
2014Nonresident33133.33%
2014Nonresident4100.00%
2014Nonresident5100.00%
2014Nonresidentnot stated1815.56%
2014Resident0861315.12%
2014Resident1821923.17%
2014Resident225936.00%
2014Resident311763.64%
2014Resident46233.33%
2014Residentnot stated1442718.75%
2014Nonresident landowner011100.00%
2014Nonresident landowner111100.00%
2014Resident landowner05480.00%
2014Resident landownernot stated10990.00%

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.