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Montana · Antelope · District 310

Montana antelope b licence 310-30

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 50 on 310-30 in 2026 and drew 50 — 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%; 20 nonresident applicants put it first and 3 drew, 15.00%; 560 resident applicants put it first and 46 drew, 8.21%.

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
2026Nonresident520315.00%130
2026Resident50560468.21%3520
2026Nonresident landowner500———
2026Resident landowner811100.00%——
2025Nonresident52627.69%170
2025Resident50589457.64%4230
2025Nonresident landowner511100.00%——
2025Resident landowner822100.00%——
2024Nonresident151616.25%150
2024Resident15060914623.97%4910
2024Nonresident landowner1500———
2024Resident landowner2333100.00%——
2023Nonresident1517529.41%170
2023Resident15052214227.20%4280
2023Nonresident landowner1500———
2023Resident landowner2322100.00%——
2022Nonresident1522940.91%160
2022Resident15045514130.99%3270
2022Nonresident landowner1500———
2022Resident landowner2300———
2021Nonresident1519631.58%130
2021Resident15049514328.89%2990
2021Nonresident landowner1500———
2021Resident landowner2311100.00%——
2020Nonresident1513323.08%70
2020Resident15045214732.52%2140
2020Nonresident landowner1500———
2020Resident landowner2300———
2019Nonresident1514535.71%120
2019Resident15035214440.91%1930
2019Nonresident landowner1500———
2019Resident landowner2311100.00%——
2018Nonresident1713753.85%40
2018Resident17537116745.01%1330
2018Nonresident landowner1700———
2018Resident landowner2711100.00%——
2017Nonresident1714535.71%60
2017Resident17539716842.32%1680
2017Nonresident landowner1700———
2017Resident landowner2722100.00%——
2016Nonresident25191473.68%10
2016Resident25035723465.55%1730
2016Nonresident landowner2500———
2016Resident landowner3822100.00%——
2015Nonresident25131292.31%10
2015Resident25030523677.38%1930
2015Nonresident landowner2500———
2015Resident landowner3822100.00%——
2014Nonresident1211436.36%10
2014Resident12538211931.15%1160
2014Nonresident landowner1200———
2014Resident landowner1922100.00%——

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
2026Nonresident0100.00%
2026Nonresident1200.00%
2026Nonresident2600.00%
2026Nonresident36116.67%
2026Nonresident44250.00%
2026Nonresident8100.00%
2026Resident08611.16%
2026Resident113221.52%
2026Resident2142128.45%
2026Resident31041110.58%
2026Resident4731419.18%
2026Resident517317.65%
2026Resident66350.00%
2026Resident landowner011100.00%
2025Nonresident0100.00%
2025Nonresident1900.00%
2025Nonresident21000.00%
2025Nonresident36233.33%
2025Resident010110.99%
2025Resident118363.28%
2025Resident2144106.94%
2025Resident31131916.81%
2025Resident432412.50%
2025Resident515426.67%
2025Resident711100.00%
2025Nonresident landowner011100.00%
2025Resident landowner022100.00%
2024Nonresident0300.00%
2024Nonresident1700.00%
2024Nonresident26116.67%
2024Resident010954.59%
2024Resident11852111.35%
2024Resident21894423.28%
2024Resident3834655.42%
2024Resident4332163.64%
2024Resident599100.00%
2024Resident6100.00%
2024Resident landowner033100.00%
2023Nonresident1800.00%
2023Nonresident22150.00%
2023Nonresident33133.33%
2023Nonresident411100.00%
2023Nonresident511100.00%
2023Nonresident611100.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated100.00%
2023Resident12324117.67%
2023Resident21063835.85%
2023Resident3573052.63%
2023Resident4141285.71%
2023Resident52150.00%
2023Residentnot stated1122118.75%
2023Resident landowner111100.00%
2023Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2022Nonresident16116.67%
2022Nonresident25480.00%
2022Nonresident33266.67%
2022Nonresident411100.00%
2022Nonresidentnot stated7114.29%
2022Resident11753620.57%
2022Resident21135246.02%
2022Resident3413278.05%
2022Resident4181477.78%
2022Resident52150.00%
2022Residentnot stated10665.66%
2021Nonresident08225.00%
2021Nonresident14375.00%
2021Nonresident22150.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated500.00%
2021Resident02074220.29%
2021Resident11003131.00%
2021Resident2553665.45%
2021Resident355100.00%
2021Resident411100.00%
2021Residentnot stated1272822.05%
2021Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2020Nonresident07114.29%
2020Nonresident1300.00%
2020Nonresident211100.00%
2020Nonresidentnot stated2150.00%
2020Resident01825429.67%
2020Resident11074441.12%
2020Resident2312477.42%
2020Resident322100.00%
2020Residentnot stated1302317.69%
2019Nonresident08337.50%
2019Nonresident14125.00%
2019Nonresident211100.00%
2019Nonresidentnot stated100.00%
2019Resident01535133.33%
2019Resident1592745.76%
2019Resident2353085.71%
2019Resident322100.00%
2019Residentnot stated1033433.01%
2019Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2018Nonresident04250.00%
2018Nonresident17457.14%
2018Nonresident211100.00%
2018Nonresidentnot stated100.00%
2018Resident01506342.00%
2018Resident1804252.50%
2018Resident2191789.47%
2018Resident344100.00%
2018Resident511100.00%
2018Residentnot stated1174034.19%
2018Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2017Nonresident010550.00%
2017Nonresident1100.00%
2017Nonresidentnot stated300.00%
2017Resident01755833.14%
2017Resident1593762.71%
2017Resident2131076.92%
2017Resident311100.00%
2017Resident422100.00%
2017Residentnot stated1476040.82%
2017Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2016Nonresident0161168.75%
2016Nonresident111100.00%
2016Nonresidentnot stated22100.00%
2016Resident01589459.49%
2016Resident1423685.71%
2016Resident21313100.00%
2016Resident3100.00%
2016Resident411100.00%
2016Residentnot stated1429063.38%
2016Resident landowner011100.00%
2016Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2015Nonresident06583.33%
2015Nonresident133100.00%
2015Nonresident211100.00%
2015Nonresidentnot stated33100.00%
2015Resident01138373.45%
2015Resident1666090.91%
2015Resident299100.00%
2015Resident322100.00%
2015Resident411100.00%
2015Residentnot stated1148171.05%
2015Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2014Nonresident05240.00%
2014Nonresident12150.00%
2014Nonresidentnot stated4125.00%
2014Resident01342921.64%
2014Resident1472348.94%
2014Resident210880.00%
2014Resident34375.00%
2014Residentnot stated1875629.95%
2014Resident 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

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.