Montana · Antelope · District 650

Montana antelope licence 650-20

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 700 on 650-20 in 2026 and drew 700 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, 1 nonresident landowner applicant put it first and 1 drew, 100.00%; 16 resident landowner applicants put it first and 16 drew, 100.00%; 388 nonresident applicants put it first and 67 drew, 17.27%; 1,087 resident applicants put it first and 616 drew, 56.67%.

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.
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
2026	Nonresident	70	388	67	17.27%	262	0
2026	Resident	700	1,087	616	56.67%	325	0
2026	Nonresident landowner	70	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2026	Resident landowner	105	16	16	100.00%	—	—
2025	Nonresident	70	315	70	22.22%	304	0
2025	Resident	700	1,083	612	56.51%	367	0
2025	Nonresident landowner	70	0	0	—	—	—
2025	Resident landowner	105	18	18	100.00%	—	—
2024	Nonresident	50	345	48	13.91%	253	0
2024	Resident	500	1,208	433	35.84%	456	0
2024	Nonresident landowner	50	2	2	100.00%	—	—
2024	Resident landowner	75	17	17	100.00%	—	—
2023	Nonresident	70	324	70	21.60%	324	0
2023	Resident	700	1,131	613	54.20%	484	0
2023	Nonresident landowner	70	0	0	—	—	—
2023	Resident landowner	105	17	17	100.00%	—	—
2022	Nonresident	70	362	66	18.23%	283	0
2022	Resident	700	1,134	619	54.59%	345	0
2022	Nonresident landowner	70	3	3	100.00%	—	—
2022	Resident landowner	105	12	12	100.00%	—	—
2021	Nonresident	70	269	67	24.91%	296	0
2021	Resident	700	981	614	62.59%	424	0
2021	Nonresident landowner	70	3	3	100.00%	—	—
2021	Resident landowner	105	16	16	100.00%	—	—
2020	Nonresident	70	220	69	31.36%	140	0
2020	Resident	700	859	614	71.48%	250	0
2020	Nonresident landowner	70	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2020	Resident landowner	105	16	16	100.00%	—	—
2019	Nonresident	50	90	46	51.11%	97	0
2019	Resident	500	615	431	70.08%	127	0
2019	Nonresident landowner	50	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2019	Resident landowner	75	22	22	100.00%	—	—
2018	Nonresident	35	92	31	33.70%	98	0
2018	Resident	350	516	275	53.29%	93	0
2018	Nonresident landowner	35	4	4	100.00%	—	—
2018	Resident landowner	53	40	40	100.00%	—	—
2017	Nonresident	20	92	18	19.57%	85	0
2017	Resident	200	551	152	27.59%	114	0
2017	Nonresident landowner	20	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2017	Resident landowner	30	31	29	93.55%	—	—
2016	Nonresident	20	77	15	19.48%	58	0
2016	Resident	200	545	155	28.44%	72	0
2016	Nonresident landowner	20	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2016	Resident landowner	30	38	29	76.32%	—	—
2015	Nonresident	20	66	19	28.79%	66	0
2015	Resident	200	562	151	26.87%	161	0
2015	Nonresident landowner	20	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2015	Resident landowner	30	33	29	87.88%	—	—
2014	Nonresident	20	69	17	24.64%	53	0
2014	Resident	200	507	153	30.18%	185	0
2014	Nonresident landowner	20	1	0	0.00%	—	—
2014	Resident landowner	30	38	30	78.95%	—	—

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
2026	Nonresident	0	69	1	1.45%
2026	Nonresident	1	141	8	5.67%
2026	Nonresident	2	68	10	14.71%
2026	Nonresident	3	67	27	40.30%
2026	Nonresident	4	27	10	37.04%
2026	Nonresident	5	12	7	58.33%
2026	Nonresident	6	2	2	100.00%
2026	Nonresident	7	1	1	100.00%
2026	Nonresident	8	1	1	100.00%
2026	Resident	0	264	98	37.12%
2026	Resident	1	551	271	49.18%
2026	Resident	2	192	168	87.50%
2026	Resident	3	67	66	98.51%
2026	Resident	4	8	8	100.00%
2026	Resident	5	3	3	100.00%
2026	Resident	6	1	1	100.00%
2026	Resident	8	1	1	100.00%
2026	Nonresident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2026	Resident landowner	0	9	9	100.00%
2026	Resident landowner	1	7	7	100.00%
2025	Nonresident	0	61	3	4.92%
2025	Nonresident	1	92	11	11.96%
2025	Nonresident	2	83	11	13.25%
2025	Nonresident	3	35	14	40.00%
2025	Nonresident	4	19	9	47.37%
2025	Nonresident	5	14	12	85.71%
2025	Nonresident	6	8	7	87.50%
2025	Nonresident	7	2	2	100.00%
2025	Nonresident	8	1	1	100.00%
2025	Resident	0	295	85	28.81%
2025	Resident	1	418	226	54.07%
2025	Resident	2	288	229	79.51%
2025	Resident	3	71	62	87.32%
2025	Resident	4	10	9	90.00%
2025	Resident	5	1	1	100.00%
2025	Resident landowner	0	10	10	100.00%
2025	Resident landowner	1	7	7	100.00%
2025	Resident landowner	2	1	1	100.00%
2024	Nonresident	0	57	1	1.75%
2024	Nonresident	1	137	12	8.76%
2024	Nonresident	2	72	10	13.89%
2024	Nonresident	3	40	11	27.50%
2024	Nonresident	4	23	8	34.78%
2024	Nonresident	5	11	3	27.27%
2024	Nonresident	6	4	2	50.00%
2024	Nonresident	7	1	1	100.00%
2024	Resident	0	365	60	16.44%
2024	Resident	1	561	192	34.22%
2024	Resident	2	241	145	60.17%
2024	Resident	3	35	31	88.57%
2024	Resident	4	5	5	100.00%
2024	Resident	6	1	0	0.00%
2024	Nonresident landowner	0	2	2	100.00%
2024	Resident landowner	0	9	9	100.00%
2024	Resident landowner	1	7	7	100.00%
2024	Resident landowner	2	1	1	100.00%
2023	Nonresident	1	117	16	13.68%
2023	Nonresident	2	55	10	18.18%
2023	Nonresident	3	46	23	50.00%
2023	Nonresident	4	16	9	56.25%
2023	Nonresident	5	5	3	60.00%
2023	Nonresident	6	3	3	100.00%
2023	Nonresident	not stated	82	6	7.32%
2023	Resident	0	1	0	0.00%
2023	Resident	1	531	303	57.06%
2023	Resident	2	172	144	83.72%
2023	Resident	3	43	43	100.00%
2023	Resident	4	8	8	100.00%
2023	Resident	5	1	1	100.00%
2023	Resident	not stated	375	114	30.40%
2023	Resident landowner	1	10	10	100.00%
2023	Resident landowner	not stated	7	7	100.00%
2022	Nonresident	1	125	14	11.20%
2022	Nonresident	2	71	18	25.35%
2022	Nonresident	3	50	17	34.00%
2022	Nonresident	4	9	5	55.56%
2022	Nonresident	5	2	1	50.00%
2022	Nonresident	6	3	3	100.00%
2022	Nonresident	not stated	102	8	7.84%
2022	Resident	1	495	292	58.99%
2022	Resident	2	202	172	85.15%
2022	Resident	3	48	46	95.83%
2022	Resident	4	4	4	100.00%
2022	Resident	5	2	2	100.00%
2022	Resident	not stated	383	103	26.89%
2022	Nonresident landowner	2	1	1	100.00%
2022	Nonresident landowner	not stated	2	2	100.00%
2022	Resident landowner	1	5	5	100.00%
2022	Resident landowner	not stated	7	7	100.00%
2021	Nonresident	0	119	24	20.17%
2021	Nonresident	1	50	11	22.00%
2021	Nonresident	2	11	8	72.73%
2021	Nonresident	3	10	8	80.00%
2021	Nonresident	4	1	0	0.00%
2021	Nonresident	not stated	78	16	20.51%
2021	Resident	0	455	269	59.12%
2021	Resident	1	120	90	75.00%
2021	Resident	2	13	12	92.31%
2021	Resident	3	3	3	100.00%
2021	Resident	4	1	1	100.00%
2021	Resident	6	1	1	100.00%
2021	Resident	not stated	388	238	61.34%
2021	Nonresident landowner	not stated	3	3	100.00%
2021	Resident landowner	0	6	6	100.00%
2021	Resident landowner	1	4	4	100.00%
2021	Resident landowner	not stated	6	6	100.00%
2020	Nonresident	0	113	27	23.89%
2020	Nonresident	1	24	10	41.67%
2020	Nonresident	2	11	9	81.82%
2020	Nonresident	3	5	4	80.00%
2020	Nonresident	4	1	1	100.00%
2020	Nonresident	8	1	1	100.00%
2020	Nonresident	not stated	65	17	26.15%
2020	Resident	0	410	284	69.27%
2020	Resident	1	93	86	92.47%
2020	Resident	2	23	23	100.00%
2020	Resident	3	6	5	83.33%
2020	Resident	not stated	327	216	66.06%
2020	Nonresident landowner	0	1	1	100.00%
2020	Resident landowner	0	5	5	100.00%
2020	Resident landowner	1	2	2	100.00%
2020	Resident landowner	not stated	9	9	100.00%
2019	Nonresident	0	36	15	41.67%
2019	Nonresident	1	16	13	81.25%
2019	Nonresident	2	7	4	57.14%
2019	Nonresident	not stated	31	14	45.16%
2019	Resident	0	285	187	65.61%
2019	Resident	1	82	75	91.46%
2019	Resident	2	44	43	97.73%
2019	Resident	3	8	8	100.00%
2019	Resident	4	2	2	100.00%
2019	Resident	not stated	194	116	59.79%
2019	Nonresident landowner	0	1	1	100.00%
2019	Resident landowner	0	9	9	100.00%
2019	Resident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2019	Resident landowner	not stated	12	12	100.00%
2018	Nonresident	0	36	12	33.33%
2018	Nonresident	1	17	5	29.41%
2018	Nonresident	2	4	4	100.00%
2018	Nonresident	3	4	4	100.00%
2018	Nonresident	6	1	1	100.00%
2018	Nonresident	not stated	30	5	16.67%
2018	Resident	0	174	70	40.23%
2018	Resident	1	103	63	61.17%
2018	Resident	2	41	39	95.12%
2018	Resident	3	26	26	100.00%
2018	Resident	4	4	4	100.00%
2018	Resident	6	2	2	100.00%
2018	Resident	not stated	166	71	42.77%
2018	Nonresident landowner	0	1	1	100.00%
2018	Nonresident landowner	not stated	3	3	100.00%
2018	Resident landowner	0	11	11	100.00%
2018	Resident landowner	1	2	2	100.00%
2018	Resident landowner	2	1	1	100.00%
2018	Resident landowner	not stated	26	26	100.00%
2017	Nonresident	0	40	7	17.50%
2017	Nonresident	1	13	5	38.46%
2017	Nonresident	2	6	3	50.00%
2017	Nonresident	3	1	1	100.00%
2017	Nonresident	4	1	1	100.00%
2017	Nonresident	5	2	1	50.00%
2017	Nonresident	not stated	29	0	0.00%
2017	Resident	0	184	32	17.39%
2017	Resident	1	94	34	36.17%
2017	Resident	2	52	27	51.92%
2017	Resident	3	12	8	66.67%
2017	Resident	4	8	8	100.00%
2017	Resident	6	1	1	100.00%
2017	Resident	not stated	198	42	21.21%
2017	Nonresident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2017	Resident landowner	0	10	10	100.00%
2017	Resident landowner	1	2	2	100.00%
2017	Resident landowner	2	1	1	100.00%
2017	Resident landowner	not stated	18	16	88.89%
2016	Nonresident	0	33	7	21.21%
2016	Nonresident	1	9	5	55.56%
2016	Nonresident	2	1	0	0.00%
2016	Nonresident	3	6	1	16.67%
2016	Nonresident	4	2	1	50.00%
2016	Nonresident	not stated	26	1	3.85%
2016	Resident	0	178	41	23.03%
2016	Resident	1	95	37	38.95%
2016	Resident	2	37	22	59.46%
2016	Resident	3	13	7	53.85%
2016	Resident	not stated	213	48	22.54%
2016	Nonresident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2016	Resident landowner	0	12	9	75.00%
2016	Resident landowner	1	2	1	50.00%
2016	Resident landowner	2	1	1	100.00%
2016	Resident landowner	not stated	23	18	78.26%
2015	Nonresident	0	16	3	18.75%
2015	Nonresident	1	8	7	87.50%
2015	Nonresident	2	4	0	0.00%
2015	Nonresident	3	3	1	33.33%
2015	Nonresident	4	1	0	0.00%
2015	Nonresident	not stated	34	8	23.53%
2015	Resident	0	193	41	21.24%
2015	Resident	1	106	47	44.34%
2015	Resident	2	35	18	51.43%
2015	Resident	3	9	6	66.67%
2015	Resident	4	3	2	66.67%
2015	Resident	not stated	212	37	17.45%
2015	Nonresident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2015	Resident landowner	0	14	12	85.71%
2015	Resident landowner	1	2	2	100.00%
2015	Resident landowner	2	1	1	100.00%
2015	Resident landowner	not stated	16	14	87.50%
2014	Nonresident	0	20	5	25.00%
2014	Nonresident	1	12	3	25.00%
2014	Nonresident	2	11	3	27.27%
2014	Nonresident	3	2	0	0.00%
2014	Nonresident	not stated	23	6	26.09%
2014	Resident	0	168	37	22.02%
2014	Resident	1	82	37	45.12%
2014	Resident	2	28	17	60.71%
2014	Resident	3	17	13	76.47%
2014	Resident	4	1	1	100.00%
2014	Resident	not stated	203	48	23.65%
2014	Nonresident landowner	not stated	1	0	0.00%
2014	Resident landowner	0	11	7	63.64%
2014	Resident landowner	1	4	4	100.00%
2014	Resident landowner	not stated	23	19	82.61%

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

2026 Antelope Drawing Statistics Report.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2026-08-05, fetched 2026-09-03
2025 Antelope Drawing Statistics Report.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2025-08-06, fetched 2026-09-03
2024 Antelope Drawing Statistics Report.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2024-08-07, fetched 2026-09-03
2023 Antelope Drawing Statistics Report.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2023-08-09, fetched 2026-09-03
2022 Antelope Drawing Statistics Report.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2022-08-03, fetched 2026-09-03
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
2026 Antelope Detailed Bonus Point Drawing Statistics.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2026-08-05, fetched 2026-09-03
2025 Antelope Detailed Bonus Point Drawing Statistics.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2025-08-06, fetched 2026-09-03
2024 Antelope Detailed Bonus Point Drawing Statistics.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2024-08-07, fetched 2026-09-03
2023 Antelope Detailed Bonus Point Drawing Statistics.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2023-08-09, fetched 2026-09-03
2022 Antelope and Antelope B Bonus Point Drawing Statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2009-01, 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 630-20 Antelope licence 640-20 Antelope licence 650-00 Antelope licence 650-10 Antelope licence 670-00 Antelope licence 670-10 Antelope licence 670-20 Antelope licence 690-00 Antelope B licence 650-10 Antelope B licence 650-30 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.