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Montana · Antelope · District 300

Montana antelope b licence 300-30

How many people put this antelope b 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 10 on 300-30 in 2026 and drew 10 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, no nonresident landowner applicant put it first; 1 resident landowner applicant put it first and 1 drew, 100.00%; 11 nonresident applicants put it first and 1 drew, 9.09%; 272 resident applicants put it first and 8 drew, 2.94%.

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
2026Nonresident11119.09%230
2026Resident1027282.94%3300
2026Nonresident landowner100———
2026Resident landowner211100.00%——
2025Nonresident52114.76%270
2025Resident503534913.88%3750
2025Nonresident landowner500———
2025Resident landowner800———
2024Nonresident516531.25%220
2024Resident504054410.86%3350
2024Nonresident landowner500———
2024Resident landowner811100.00%——
2023Nonresident51500.00%230
2023Resident503484914.08%3960
2023Nonresident landowner500———
2023Resident landowner811100.00%——
2022Nonresident101715.88%150
2022Resident1003349829.34%2750
2022Nonresident landowner1000———
2022Resident landowner1511100.00%——
2021Nonresident1018211.11%190
2021Resident1003229629.81%2810
2021Nonresident landowner1000———
2021Resident landowner1522100.00%——
2020Nonresident1011436.36%80
2020Resident1002969532.09%2070
2020Nonresident landowner1000———
2020Resident landowner1511100.00%——
2019Nonresident108112.50%90
2019Resident1002909733.45%1540
2019Nonresident landowner1000———
2019Resident landowner1522100.00%——
2018Nonresident108337.50%10
2018Resident1002419439.00%1560
2018Nonresident landowner1000———
2018Resident landowner1533100.00%——
2017Nonresident108562.50%40
2017Resident1002839433.22%1680
2017Nonresident landowner1000———
2017Resident landowner1511100.00%——
2016Nonresident108337.50%10
2016Resident1002649636.36%1450
2016Nonresident landowner1000———
2016Resident landowner1511100.00%——
2015Nonresident10500.00%30
2015Resident1002679937.08%1660
2015Nonresident landowner1000———
2015Resident landowner1511100.00%——
2014Nonresident105240.00%10
2014Resident1001719756.73%1470
2014Nonresident landowner1000———
2014Resident landowner1511100.00%——

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
2026Nonresident1400.00%
2026Nonresident2300.00%
2026Nonresident3100.00%
2026Nonresident4100.00%
2026Nonresident611100.00%
2026Nonresident13100.00%
2026Resident05500.00%
2026Resident17500.00%
2026Resident24724.26%
2026Resident34037.50%
2026Resident43425.88%
2026Resident51600.00%
2026Resident64125.00%
2026Resident7100.00%
2026Resident landowner011100.00%
2025Nonresident02150.00%
2025Nonresident11300.00%
2025Nonresident2100.00%
2025Nonresident3300.00%
2025Nonresident4100.00%
2025Nonresident6100.00%
2025Resident08733.45%
2025Resident18467.14%
2025Resident2661116.67%
2025Resident369913.04%
2025Resident4331442.42%
2025Resident514642.86%
2024Nonresident0200.00%
2024Nonresident18112.50%
2024Nonresident2200.00%
2024Nonresident311100.00%
2024Nonresident422100.00%
2024Nonresident511100.00%
2024Resident010721.87%
2024Resident110843.70%
2024Resident2911516.48%
2024Resident357814.04%
2024Resident4331133.33%
2024Resident58337.50%
2024Resident611100.00%
2024Resident landowner011100.00%
2023Nonresident1600.00%
2023Nonresident2600.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated300.00%
2023Resident112786.30%
2023Resident2721318.06%
2023Resident3511733.33%
2023Resident411436.36%
2023Resident54250.00%
2023Residentnot stated8356.02%
2023Resident landowner111100.00%
2022Nonresident11100.00%
2022Nonresident24125.00%
2022Nonresidentnot stated200.00%
2022Resident11213024.79%
2022Resident2772228.57%
2022Resident3402460.00%
2022Resident48675.00%
2022Resident511100.00%
2022Residentnot stated871517.24%
2022Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2021Nonresident011218.18%
2021Nonresident1100.00%
2021Nonresident2100.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated500.00%
2021Resident01293325.58%
2021Resident1672841.79%
2021Resident2271555.56%
2021Resident35480.00%
2021Residentnot stated941617.02%
2021Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2020Nonresident05240.00%
2020Nonresident12150.00%
2020Nonresidentnot stated4125.00%
2020Resident01153026.09%
2020Resident1602033.33%
2020Resident2271866.67%
2020Resident35480.00%
2020Resident411100.00%
2020Residentnot stated882225.00%
2020Resident landowner111100.00%
2019Nonresident05120.00%
2019Nonresident1100.00%
2019Nonresidentnot stated200.00%
2019Resident01182622.03%
2019Resident1673349.25%
2019Resident2211257.14%
2019Resident35480.00%
2019Residentnot stated792227.85%
2019Resident landowner011100.00%
2019Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2018Nonresident0400.00%
2018Nonresident222100.00%
2018Nonresident4100.00%
2018Nonresidentnot stated11100.00%
2018Resident0962323.96%
2018Resident1492551.02%
2018Resident2191894.74%
2018Resident399100.00%
2018Resident422100.00%
2018Residentnot stated661725.76%
2018Resident landowner011100.00%
2018Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2017Nonresident044100.00%
2017Nonresident2100.00%
2017Nonresidentnot stated3133.33%
2017Resident01283426.56%
2017Resident1491836.73%
2017Resident2281760.71%
2017Resident36583.33%
2017Resident411100.00%
2017Residentnot stated711926.76%
2017Resident landowner011100.00%
2016Nonresident04125.00%
2016Nonresident13266.67%
2016Nonresident2100.00%
2016Resident01073633.64%
2016Resident1582339.66%
2016Resident2281760.71%
2016Resident311100.00%
2016Residentnot stated701927.14%
2016Resident landowner011100.00%
2015Nonresident0400.00%
2015Nonresident1100.00%
2015Resident01153933.91%
2015Resident1471940.43%
2015Resident2121083.33%
2015Resident311100.00%
2015Residentnot stated923032.61%
2015Resident landowner011100.00%
2014Nonresident03133.33%
2014Nonresidentnot stated2150.00%
2014Resident0783747.44%
2014Resident1272281.48%
2014Resident26583.33%
2014Resident322100.00%
2014Resident411100.00%
2014Residentnot stated573052.63%
2014Resident landownernot stated11100.00%

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. This hunt shows it in 2026: in the nonresident pool every applicant at 6 points drew, and 1 of 1 at 13 did not.

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.