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Montana · Antelope · District 640

Montana antelope licence 640-20

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 125 on 640-20 in 2026 and drew 125 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, no nonresident landowner applicant put it first; 15 resident landowner applicants put it first and 15 drew, 100.00%; 83 nonresident applicants put it first and 12 drew, 14.46%; 397 resident applicants put it first and 98 drew, 24.69%.

Published in 7 of the drawing years FWP has posted, 2020 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
2026Nonresident12831214.46%1270
2026Resident1253979824.69%1660
2026Nonresident landowner1200———
2026Resident landowner191515100.00%——
2025Nonresident12901213.33%960
2025Resident1253729425.27%1710
2025Nonresident landowner1200———
2025Resident landowner19241979.17%——
2024Nonresident12741216.22%1060
2024Resident12539110226.09%2340
2024Nonresident landowner1200———
2024Resident landowner191111100.00%——
2023Nonresident12154127.79%1420
2023Resident1253959724.56%2150
2023Nonresident landowner1200———
2023Resident landowner191616100.00%——
2022Nonresident20901921.11%1240
2022Resident20030816954.87%1650
2022Nonresident landowner2011100.00%——
2022Resident landowner301111100.00%——
2021Nonresident10521019.23%1180
2021Resident1002877927.53%1410
2021Nonresident landowner1000———
2021Resident landowner151111100.00%——
2020Nonresident10371027.03%550
2020Resident1002438233.74%740
2020Nonresident landowner1000———
2020Resident landowner1588100.00%——

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
2026Nonresident01200.00%
2026Nonresident120315.00%
2026Nonresident22015.00%
2026Nonresident310110.00%
2026Nonresident414535.71%
2026Nonresident55120.00%
2026Nonresident6100.00%
2026Nonresident711100.00%
2026Resident011797.69%
2026Resident11472315.65%
2026Resident2742635.14%
2026Resident3432660.47%
2026Resident4151386.67%
2026Resident511100.00%
2026Resident landowner066100.00%
2026Resident landowner188100.00%
2026Resident landowner211100.00%
2025Nonresident01400.00%
2025Nonresident13213.13%
2025Nonresident215213.33%
2025Nonresident310110.00%
2025Nonresident48225.00%
2025Nonresident58450.00%
2025Nonresident63266.67%
2025Resident0126107.94%
2025Resident11122421.43%
2025Resident2772836.36%
2025Resident3412458.54%
2025Resident48675.00%
2025Resident53266.67%
2025Resident landowner010660.00%
2025Resident landowner1111090.91%
2025Resident landowner233100.00%
2024Nonresident01700.00%
2024Nonresident115213.33%
2024Nonresident21500.00%
2024Nonresident315640.00%
2024Nonresident49333.33%
2024Nonresident5200.00%
2024Nonresident611100.00%
2024Resident0135118.15%
2024Resident11383525.36%
2024Resident2903943.33%
2024Resident3201155.00%
2024Resident48675.00%
2024Resident landowner044100.00%
2024Resident landowner155100.00%
2024Resident landowner222100.00%
2023Nonresident15447.41%
2023Nonresident229310.34%
2023Nonresident324416.67%
2023Nonresident43133.33%
2023Nonresident5100.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated4300.00%
2023Resident11653420.61%
2023Resident2522853.85%
2023Resident3251768.00%
2023Resident4100.00%
2023Residentnot stated1521811.84%
2023Resident landowner188100.00%
2023Resident landowner211100.00%
2023Resident landownernot stated77100.00%
2022Nonresident13026.67%
2022Nonresident218527.78%
2022Nonresident36466.67%
2022Nonresident46583.33%
2022Nonresidentnot stated30310.00%
2022Resident1895056.18%
2022Resident2654975.38%
2022Resident32626100.00%
2022Resident444100.00%
2022Resident622100.00%
2022Resident711100.00%
2022Residentnot stated1223730.33%
2022Nonresident landownernot stated11100.00%
2022Resident landowner155100.00%
2022Resident landowner222100.00%
2022Resident landownernot stated44100.00%
2021Nonresident025312.00%
2021Nonresident15240.00%
2021Nonresident24375.00%
2021Nonresident411100.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated1715.88%
2021Resident01233427.64%
2021Resident1411331.71%
2021Resident210770.00%
2021Residentnot stated1132522.12%
2021Resident landowner055100.00%
2021Resident landowner111100.00%
2021Resident landownernot stated55100.00%
2020Nonresident013215.38%
2020Nonresident15240.00%
2020Nonresident211100.00%
2020Nonresidentnot stated18527.78%
2020Resident01022827.45%
2020Resident1311754.84%
2020Resident288100.00%
2020Resident322100.00%
2020Resident411100.00%
2020Residentnot stated992626.26%
2020Resident landowner055100.00%
2020Resident landowner111100.00%
2020Resident landownernot stated22100.00%

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

Antelope licence 620-20Antelope licence 630-00Antelope licence 630-10Antelope licence 630-20Antelope licence 650-00Antelope licence 650-10Antelope licence 650-20Antelope licence 670-00Antelope B licence 640-30All Montana antelopeAll 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.