Montana · Antelope · District 510

Montana antelope licence 510-20

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 2021 drawing did

Montana set a quota of 350 on 510-20 in 2021 and drew 350 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, 2 nonresident landowner applicants put it first and 2 drew, 100.00%; no resident landowner applicant put it first; 132 nonresident applicants put it first and 33 drew, 25.00%; 267 resident applicants put it first and 267 drew, 100.00%.

This licence code stops appearing after 2021. 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
2021	Nonresident	35	132	33	25.00%	48	0
2021	Resident	350	267	267	100.00%	161	48
2021	Nonresident landowner	35	2	2	100.00%	—	—
2021	Resident landowner	53	0	0	—	—	—
2020	Nonresident	45	117	64	54.70%	57	0
2020	Resident	450	278	278	100.00%	108	107
2020	Nonresident landowner	45	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2020	Resident landowner	68	0	0	—	—	—
2019	Nonresident	50	130	129	99.23%	36	33
2019	Resident	500	252	252	100.00%	78	78
2019	Nonresident landowner	50	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2019	Resident landowner	75	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2018	Nonresident	60	171	165	96.49%	39	7
2018	Resident	600	329	329	100.00%	99	96
2018	Nonresident landowner	60	2	2	100.00%	—	—
2018	Resident landowner	90	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2017	Nonresident	60	117	111	94.87%	38	0
2017	Resident	600	339	339	100.00%	152	146
2017	Nonresident landowner	60	0	0	—	—	—
2017	Resident landowner	90	4	4	100.00%	—	—
2016	Nonresident	60	105	105	100.00%	27	27
2016	Resident	600	368	368	100.00%	79	79
2016	Nonresident landowner	60	0	0	—	—	—
2016	Resident landowner	90	0	0	—	—	—
2015	Nonresident	60	97	97	100.00%	15	15
2015	Resident	600	349	349	100.00%	119	119
2015	Nonresident landowner	60	0	0	—	—	—
2015	Resident landowner	90	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2014	Nonresident	60	100	60	60.00%	33	0
2014	Resident	600	371	371	100.00%	172	168
2014	Nonresident landowner	60	0	0	—	—	—
2014	Resident landowner	90	1	1	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
2021	Nonresident	0	52	17	32.69%
2021	Nonresident	1	33	7	21.21%
2021	Nonresident	2	1	0	0.00%
2021	Nonresident	not stated	46	9	19.57%
2021	Resident	0	105	105	100.00%
2021	Resident	1	6	6	100.00%
2021	Resident	2	2	2	100.00%
2021	Resident	not stated	154	154	100.00%
2021	Nonresident landowner	0	1	1	100.00%
2021	Nonresident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2020	Nonresident	0	69	38	55.07%
2020	Nonresident	1	16	16	100.00%
2020	Nonresident	not stated	32	10	31.25%
2020	Resident	0	104	104	100.00%
2020	Resident	1	7	7	100.00%
2020	Resident	2	3	3	100.00%
2020	Resident	not stated	164	164	100.00%
2020	Nonresident landowner	0	1	1	100.00%
2019	Nonresident	0	60	59	98.33%
2019	Nonresident	1	14	14	100.00%
2019	Nonresident	2	3	3	100.00%
2019	Nonresident	not stated	53	53	100.00%
2019	Resident	0	74	74	100.00%
2019	Resident	1	8	8	100.00%
2019	Resident	not stated	170	170	100.00%
2019	Nonresident landowner	0	1	1	100.00%
2019	Resident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2018	Nonresident	0	98	98	100.00%
2018	Nonresident	1	7	7	100.00%
2018	Nonresident	2	1	1	100.00%
2018	Nonresident	not stated	65	59	90.77%
2018	Resident	0	103	103	100.00%
2018	Resident	1	12	12	100.00%
2018	Resident	2	1	1	100.00%
2018	Resident	not stated	213	213	100.00%
2018	Nonresident landowner	0	2	2	100.00%
2018	Resident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2017	Nonresident	0	47	44	93.62%
2017	Nonresident	1	1	1	100.00%
2017	Nonresident	2	1	1	100.00%
2017	Nonresident	not stated	68	65	95.59%
2017	Resident	0	96	96	100.00%
2017	Resident	1	4	4	100.00%
2017	Resident	not stated	239	239	100.00%
2017	Resident landowner	not stated	4	4	100.00%
2016	Nonresident	0	23	23	100.00%
2016	Nonresident	1	3	3	100.00%
2016	Nonresident	not stated	79	79	100.00%
2016	Resident	0	105	105	100.00%
2016	Resident	1	7	7	100.00%
2016	Resident	2	2	2	100.00%
2016	Resident	3	1	1	100.00%
2016	Resident	4	1	1	100.00%
2016	Resident	5	1	1	100.00%
2016	Resident	not stated	251	251	100.00%
2015	Nonresident	0	33	33	100.00%
2015	Nonresident	1	4	4	100.00%
2015	Nonresident	not stated	60	60	100.00%
2015	Resident	0	127	127	100.00%
2015	Resident	1	7	7	100.00%
2015	Resident	2	2	2	100.00%
2015	Resident	3	2	2	100.00%
2015	Resident	not stated	211	211	100.00%
2015	Resident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2014	Nonresident	0	21	10	47.62%
2014	Nonresident	1	2	2	100.00%
2014	Nonresident	not stated	77	48	62.34%
2014	Resident	0	110	110	100.00%
2014	Resident	1	19	19	100.00%
2014	Resident	2	7	7	100.00%
2014	Resident	3	1	1	100.00%
2014	Resident	4	1	1	100.00%
2014	Resident	not stated	233	233	100.00%
2014	Resident landowner	not stated	1	1	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

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
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 501-00 Antelope licence 501-20 Antelope licence 506-20 Antelope licence 510-00 Antelope licence 511-00 Antelope licence 511-20 Antelope licence 512-00 Antelope licence 512-20 Antelope B licence 510-10 Antelope B licence 510-30 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.