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Montana · Antelope · District 630

Montana antelope licence 630-20

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 399 on 630-20 in 2026 and drew 399 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, 1 nonresident landowner applicant put it first and 1 drew, 100.00%; 14 resident landowner applicants put it first and 14 drew, 100.00%; 269 nonresident applicants put it first and 37 drew, 13.75%; 847 resident applicants put it first and 347 drew, 40.97%.

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
2026Nonresident392693713.75%2200
2026Resident39984734740.97%5570
2026Nonresident landowner3911100.00%——
2026Resident landowner601414100.00%——
2025Nonresident302582911.24%2770
2025Resident30078425632.65%5000
2025Nonresident landowner3011100.00%——
2025Resident landowner451313100.00%——
2024Nonresident302112813.27%3090
2024Resident30073926135.32%5280
2024Nonresident landowner3011100.00%——
2024Resident landowner4599100.00%——
2023Nonresident20204188.82%3340
2023Resident20059517128.74%5340
2023Nonresident landowner2022100.00%——
2023Resident landowner3088100.00%——
2022Nonresident20213188.45%3000
2022Resident20053517332.34%4210
2022Nonresident landowner2011100.00%——
2022Resident landowner3077100.00%——
2021Nonresident201541912.34%2640
2021Resident20043917239.18%3880
2021Nonresident landowner2011100.00%——
2021Resident landowner3077100.00%——
2020Nonresident20941920.21%1690
2020Resident20038717344.70%2410
2020Nonresident landowner2011100.00%——
2020Resident landowner3077100.00%——
2019Nonresident1078810.26%950
2019Resident1003548524.01%1760
2019Nonresident landowner1011100.00%——
2019Resident landowner1555100.00%——
2018Nonresident1063914.29%1270
2018Resident1002828229.08%2230
2018Nonresident landowner1011100.00%——
2018Resident landowner1577100.00%——
2017Nonresident108489.52%830
2017Resident1003498323.78%1770
2017Nonresident landowner1011100.00%——
2017Resident landowner1577100.00%——
2016Nonresident1074912.16%600
2016Resident1002558232.16%1620
2016Nonresident landowner1011100.00%——
2016Resident landowner1577100.00%——
2015Nonresident15911.69%470
2015Resident1014774.76%1770
2015Nonresident landowner1100.00%——
2015Resident landowner26233.33%——
2014Nonresident14900.00%300
2014Resident1013585.93%1540
2014Nonresident landowner100———
2014Resident landowner28225.00%——

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
2026Nonresident01800.00%
2026Nonresident18122.47%
2026Nonresident24848.33%
2026Nonresident338615.79%
2026Nonresident437924.32%
2026Nonresident511218.18%
2026Nonresident620840.00%
2026Nonresident711218.18%
2026Nonresident83266.67%
2026Nonresident1011100.00%
2026Nonresident1211100.00%
2026Resident01001111.00%
2026Resident13297522.80%
2026Resident223812050.42%
2026Resident31148171.05%
2026Resident4454088.89%
2026Resident5141392.86%
2026Resident655100.00%
2026Resident722100.00%
2026Nonresident landowner311100.00%
2026Resident landowner066100.00%
2026Resident landowner166100.00%
2026Resident landowner211100.00%
2026Resident landowner311100.00%
2025Nonresident02700.00%
2025Nonresident16100.00%
2025Nonresident25823.45%
2025Nonresident33812.63%
2025Nonresident419421.05%
2025Nonresident5291241.38%
2025Nonresident616637.50%
2025Nonresident73133.33%
2025Nonresident82150.00%
2025Nonresident94250.00%
2025Nonresident10100.00%
2025Resident011165.41%
2025Resident13186119.18%
2025Resident22058842.93%
2025Resident31046663.46%
2025Resident4342470.59%
2025Resident5111090.91%
2025Resident822100.00%
2025Nonresident landowner011100.00%
2025Resident landowner055100.00%
2025Resident landowner155100.00%
2025Resident landowner233100.00%
2024Nonresident01700.00%
2024Nonresident17833.85%
2024Nonresident233618.18%
2024Nonresident324416.67%
2024Nonresident429620.69%
2024Nonresident517317.65%
2024Nonresident69444.44%
2024Nonresident73266.67%
2024Nonresident8100.00%
2024Resident01091412.84%
2024Resident13027424.50%
2024Resident21907338.42%
2024Resident3976971.13%
2024Resident4382976.32%
2024Resident533100.00%
2024Resident7100.00%
2024Nonresident landowner011100.00%
2024Resident landowner066100.00%
2024Resident landowner122100.00%
2024Resident landowner211100.00%
2023Nonresident16423.13%
2023Nonresident248612.50%
2023Nonresident33438.82%
2023Nonresident41715.88%
2023Nonresident58112.50%
2023Nonresident63133.33%
2023Nonresident75360.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated2514.00%
2023Resident12564919.14%
2023Resident21485335.81%
2023Resident3673755.22%
2023Resident4171588.24%
2023Resident555100.00%
2023Resident811100.00%
2023Residentnot stated1021211.76%
2023Nonresident landownernot stated22100.00%
2023Resident landowner122100.00%
2023Resident landownernot stated66100.00%
2022Nonresident18045.00%
2022Nonresident25811.72%
2022Nonresident32827.14%
2022Nonresident412433.33%
2022Nonresident58562.50%
2022Nonresident64250.00%
2022Nonresident7100.00%
2022Nonresidentnot stated2200.00%
2022Resident12184922.48%
2022Resident21636640.49%
2022Resident3532649.06%
2022Resident4131184.62%
2022Resident511100.00%
2022Resident633100.00%
2022Resident811100.00%
2022Residentnot stated851720.00%
2022Nonresident landownernot stated11100.00%
2022Resident landowner111100.00%
2022Resident landownernot stated66100.00%
2021Nonresident07000.00%
2021Nonresident12000.00%
2021Nonresident215320.00%
2021Nonresident39555.56%
2021Nonresident49444.44%
2021Nonresident522100.00%
2021Nonresident611100.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated28414.29%
2021Resident02016130.35%
2021Resident1843440.48%
2021Resident2332781.82%
2021Resident3121191.67%
2021Resident433100.00%
2021Resident511100.00%
2021Residentnot stated1063633.96%
2021Nonresident landownernot stated11100.00%
2021Resident landowner033100.00%
2021Resident landownernot stated44100.00%
2020Nonresident03738.11%
2020Nonresident120315.00%
2020Nonresident212650.00%
2020Nonresident36583.33%
2020Nonresident4100.00%
2020Nonresident511100.00%
2020Nonresidentnot stated1715.88%
2020Resident01433927.27%
2020Resident1874349.43%
2020Resident2533769.81%
2020Resident3302893.33%
2020Resident455100.00%
2020Resident711100.00%
2020Residentnot stated682029.41%
2020Nonresident landownernot stated11100.00%
2020Resident landowner122100.00%
2020Resident landownernot stated55100.00%
2019Nonresident03512.86%
2019Nonresident110110.00%
2019Nonresident210440.00%
2019Nonresident3200.00%
2019Nonresidentnot stated2129.52%
2019Resident01211814.88%
2019Resident1852934.12%
2019Resident2572035.09%
2019Resident3181266.67%
2019Resident422100.00%
2019Resident511100.00%
2019Residentnot stated7145.63%
2019Nonresident landownernot stated11100.00%
2019Resident landownernot stated55100.00%
2018Nonresident01915.26%
2018Nonresident11616.25%
2018Nonresident25120.00%
2018Nonresident3100.00%
2018Nonresident611100.00%
2018Nonresident711100.00%
2018Nonresidentnot stated20420.00%
2018Resident01051211.43%
2018Resident1802025.00%
2018Resident2412560.98%
2018Resident3121191.67%
2018Resident444100.00%
2018Resident544100.00%
2018Resident611100.00%
2018Resident711100.00%
2018Residentnot stated35514.29%
2018Nonresident landowner011100.00%
2018Resident landowner211100.00%
2018Resident landownernot stated66100.00%
2017Nonresident04424.55%
2017Nonresident1800.00%
2017Nonresident27342.86%
2017Nonresident42150.00%
2017Nonresident6200.00%
2017Nonresident711100.00%
2017Nonresident911100.00%
2017Nonresidentnot stated1900.00%
2017Resident01562516.03%
2017Resident1621219.35%
2017Resident225832.00%
2017Resident3201785.00%
2017Resident49777.78%
2017Resident53266.67%
2017Resident64375.00%
2017Residentnot stated711014.08%
2017Nonresident landownernot stated11100.00%
2017Resident landowner033100.00%
2017Resident landownernot stated44100.00%
2016Nonresident03013.33%
2016Nonresident19111.11%
2016Nonresident28225.00%
2016Nonresident3200.00%
2016Nonresident42150.00%
2016Nonresident53266.67%
2016Nonresident6100.00%
2016Nonresident82150.00%
2016Nonresidentnot stated1715.88%
2016Resident0901516.67%
2016Resident1451840.00%
2016Resident2301343.33%
2016Resident3291448.28%
2016Resident411545.45%
2016Resident511872.73%
2016Resident677100.00%
2016Residentnot stated3339.09%
2016Nonresident landowner111100.00%
2016Resident landowner022100.00%
2016Resident landowner311100.00%
2016Resident landowner711100.00%
2016Resident landownernot stated33100.00%
2015Nonresident01500.00%
2015Nonresident11200.00%
2015Nonresident2900.00%
2015Nonresident3500.00%
2015Nonresident4500.00%
2015Nonresident5200.00%
2015Nonresident7200.00%
2015Nonresident811100.00%
2015Nonresidentnot stated700.00%
2015Resident04512.22%
2015Resident12314.35%
2015Resident21700.00%
2015Resident310110.00%
2015Resident41100.00%
2015Resident59111.11%
2015Resident611100.00%
2015Resident722100.00%
2015Residentnot stated2500.00%
2015Nonresident landowner0100.00%
2015Resident landowner0100.00%
2015Resident landowner111100.00%
2015Resident landowner2100.00%
2015Resident landowner411100.00%
2015Resident landowner6100.00%
2015Resident landownernot stated100.00%
2014Nonresident01200.00%
2014Nonresident1700.00%
2014Nonresident21000.00%
2014Nonresident31200.00%
2014Nonresident4200.00%
2014Nonresident6200.00%
2014Nonresident7100.00%
2014Nonresidentnot stated300.00%
2014Resident04100.00%
2014Resident124312.50%
2014Resident21815.56%
2014Resident314214.29%
2014Resident412216.67%
2014Resident5400.00%
2014Resident6300.00%
2014Residentnot stated1300.00%
2014Resident landowner0200.00%
2014Resident landowner1100.00%
2014Resident landowner2100.00%
2014Resident landowner3100.00%
2014Resident landownernot stated3266.67%

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.