Montana · Antelope · District 550

Montana antelope licence 550-00

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 2013 drawing did

Montana set a quota of 200 on 550-00 in 2013 and drew 200 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, 1 nonresident landowner applicant put it first and 1 drew, 100.00%; 6 resident landowner applicants put it first and 6 drew, 100.00%; 18 nonresident applicants put it first and 11 drew, 61.11%; 254 resident applicants put it first and 182 drew, 71.65%.

This licence code stops appearing after 2013. 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
2013	Nonresident	20	18	11	61.11%	16	0
2013	Resident	200	254	182	71.65%	236	0
2013	Nonresident landowner	20	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2013	Resident landowner	30	6	6	100.00%	—	—
2012	Nonresident	20	14	12	85.71%	12	0
2012	Resident	200	231	178	77.06%	169	0
2012	Nonresident landowner	20	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2012	Resident landowner	30	9	9	100.00%	—	—
2011	Nonresident	20	14	7	50.00%	20	0
2011	Resident	200	285	185	64.91%	221	0
2011	Nonresident landowner	20	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2011	Resident landowner	30	7	7	100.00%	—	—
2010	Nonresident	20	18	10	55.56%	16	0
2010	Resident	200	254	183	72.05%	183	0
2010	Nonresident landowner	20	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2010	Resident landowner	30	6	6	100.00%	—	—
2009	Nonresident	30	21	21	100.00%	13	0
2009	Resident	300	287	273	95.12%	159	0
2009	Nonresident landowner	30	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2009	Resident landowner	45	5	5	100.00%	—	—
2008	Nonresident	30	16	15	93.75%	36	0
2008	Resident	300	309	277	89.64%	242	0
2008	Nonresident landowner	30	0	0	—	—	—
2008	Resident landowner	45	8	8	100.00%	—	—
2007	Nonresident	40	12	12	100.00%	12	3
2007	Resident	400	328	328	100.00%	98	51
2007	Nonresident landowner	40	0	0	—	—	—
2007	Resident landowner	60	6	6	100.00%	—	—
2006	Nonresident	30	33	25	75.76%	15	0
2006	Resident	300	319	266	83.39%	121	0
2006	Nonresident landowner	30	0	0	—	—	—
2006	Resident landowner	45	8	8	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
2013	Nonresident	0	4	2	50.00%
2013	Nonresident	2	1	1	100.00%
2013	Nonresident	not stated	13	8	61.54%
2013	Resident	0	102	72	70.59%
2013	Resident	1	13	13	100.00%
2013	Resident	2	2	2	100.00%
2013	Resident	not stated	137	95	69.34%
2013	Nonresident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2013	Resident landowner	0	3	3	100.00%
2013	Resident landowner	not stated	3	3	100.00%
2012	Nonresident	0	4	4	100.00%
2012	Nonresident	1	1	1	100.00%
2012	Nonresident	not stated	9	7	77.78%
2012	Resident	0	75	66	88.00%
2012	Resident	1	23	20	86.96%
2012	Resident	2	1	1	100.00%
2012	Resident	not stated	132	91	68.94%
2012	Nonresident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2012	Resident landowner	0	2	2	100.00%
2012	Resident landowner	not stated	7	7	100.00%
2011	Nonresident	0	5	4	80.00%
2011	Nonresident	not stated	9	3	33.33%
2011	Resident	0	101	70	69.31%
2011	Resident	1	19	16	84.21%
2011	Resident	not stated	165	99	60.00%
2011	Nonresident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2011	Resident landowner	0	2	2	100.00%
2011	Resident landowner	not stated	5	5	100.00%
2010	Nonresident	0	3	1	33.33%
2010	Nonresident	not stated	15	9	60.00%
2010	Resident	0	80	59	73.75%
2010	Resident	1	7	7	100.00%
2010	Resident	not stated	167	117	70.06%
2010	Nonresident landowner	0	1	1	100.00%
2010	Resident landowner	not stated	6	6	100.00%
2009	Nonresident	0	5	5	100.00%
2009	Nonresident	not stated	16	16	100.00%
2009	Resident	0	103	99	96.12%
2009	Resident	1	3	3	100.00%
2009	Resident	2	1	1	100.00%
2009	Resident	not stated	180	170	94.44%
2009	Nonresident landowner	0	1	1	100.00%
2009	Resident landowner	0	3	3	100.00%
2009	Resident landowner	not stated	2	2	100.00%
2008	Nonresident	0	5	5	100.00%
2008	Nonresident	1	1	1	100.00%
2008	Nonresident	not stated	10	9	90.00%
2008	Resident	0	116	105	90.52%
2008	Resident	1	4	4	100.00%
2008	Resident	2	4	4	100.00%
2008	Resident	not stated	185	164	88.65%
2008	Resident landowner	0	3	3	100.00%
2008	Resident landowner	not stated	5	5	100.00%
2007	Nonresident	0	5	5	100.00%
2007	Nonresident	not stated	7	7	100.00%
2007	Resident	0	91	91	100.00%
2007	Resident	1	11	11	100.00%
2007	Resident	2	1	1	100.00%
2007	Resident	not stated	225	225	100.00%
2007	Resident landowner	0	2	2	100.00%
2007	Resident landowner	not stated	4	4	100.00%
2006	Nonresident	0	4	2	50.00%
2006	Nonresident	1	1	1	100.00%
2006	Nonresident	not stated	28	22	78.57%
2006	Resident	0	103	90	87.38%
2006	Resident	1	20	19	95.00%
2006	Resident	2	2	2	100.00%
2006	Resident	not stated	195	156	80.00%
2006	Resident landowner	0	1	1	100.00%
2006	Resident landowner	not stated	7	7	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

2013 antelope stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2013-07-16, fetched 2026-09-03
2012 antelope stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2012-07-20, fetched 2026-09-03
2011 antelope stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2011-07-20, fetched 2026-09-03
2010 antelope stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2010-07-21, fetched 2026-09-03
2009 antelope stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2009-07-22, fetched 2026-09-03
2008 ANTELOPE_stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2008-07-28, fetched 2026-09-03
2007 ANTELOPE_stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2007-08-06, fetched 2026-09-03
2006 ANTELOPE_stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2006-08-07, fetched 2026-09-03
2013 dea detailed bonus point stats.xlsx — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2013-08-12, fetched 2026-09-03
2012 dea detailed stats1.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2012-10-26, fetched 2026-09-03
2011 dea detailed statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2011-08-09, fetched 2026-09-03
2010 dea detailed statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2010-07-23, fetched 2026-09-03
2009 dea detailed statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2009-07-23, fetched 2026-09-03
2008 dea detailed statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2008-07-31, fetched 2026-09-03
2007 dea detailed statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2007-10-30, fetched 2026-09-03
2006 dea detailed statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2006-09-11, fetched 2026-09-03

Other licences in these districts

Antelope licence 536-20 Antelope licence 540-00 Antelope licence 540-20 Antelope licence 546-20 Antelope licence 550-20 Antelope licence 556-20 Antelope licence 560-00 Antelope licence 560-20 Antelope B licence 550-10 Antelope B licence 550-30 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.