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Montana · Antelope · District 401

Montana antelope b licence 401-30

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 25 on 401-30 in 2026 and drew 25 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, no nonresident landowner applicant put it first; 14 resident landowner applicants put it first and 4 drew, 28.57%; 7 nonresident applicants put it first and none of them drew; 547 resident applicants put it first and 21 drew, 3.84%.

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
2026Nonresident2700.00%00
2026Resident25547213.84%3000
2026Nonresident landowner200———
2026Resident landowner414428.57%——
2025Nonresident51000.00%130
2025Resident50482428.71%2970
2025Nonresident landowner5100.00%——
2025Resident landowner819842.11%——
2024Nonresident51300.00%100
2024Resident50524428.02%3410
2024Nonresident landowner500———
2024Resident landowner814857.14%——
2023Nonresident52114.76%140
2023Resident50624416.57%3050
2023Nonresident landowner5100.00%——
2023Resident landowner826830.77%——
2022Nonresident1013323.08%80
2022Resident1003658523.29%2460
2022Nonresident landowner1011100.00%——
2022Resident landowner151111100.00%——
2021Nonresident21000.00%50
2021Resident25397215.29%2080
2021Nonresident landowner200———
2021Resident landowner414428.57%——
2020Nonresident26116.67%00
2020Resident25398205.03%1440
2020Nonresident landowner200———
2020Resident landowner413430.77%——
2019Nonresident2800.00%20
2019Resident25389215.40%1360
2019Nonresident landowner200———
2019Resident landowner48450.00%——
2018Nonresident2600.00%30
2018Resident25512214.10%1280
2018Nonresident landowner200———
2018Resident landowner412433.33%——
2017Nonresident10700.00%40
2017Resident1004419321.09%1420
2017Nonresident landowner1000———
2017Resident landowner1577100.00%——
2016Nonresident106116.67%20
2016Resident1004619420.39%1160
2016Nonresident landowner1000———
2016Resident landowner1555100.00%——
2015Nonresident10900.00%20
2015Resident1005149318.09%1710
2015Nonresident landowner1000———
2015Resident landowner1577100.00%——
2014Nonresident104125.00%20
2014Resident1004309321.63%1630
2014Nonresident landowner1000———
2014Resident landowner1566100.00%——

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
2026Nonresident0200.00%
2026Nonresident2100.00%
2026Nonresident3200.00%
2026Nonresident4100.00%
2026Nonresident5100.00%
2026Resident011600.00%
2026Resident113332.26%
2026Resident28944.49%
2026Resident38411.19%
2026Resident47134.23%
2026Resident522418.18%
2026Resident618316.67%
2026Resident72150.00%
2026Resident811100.00%
2026Resident911100.00%
2026Resident landowner0400.00%
2026Resident landowner14250.00%
2026Resident landowner22150.00%
2026Resident landowner3200.00%
2026Resident landowner42150.00%
2025Nonresident0300.00%
2025Nonresident1300.00%
2025Nonresident2100.00%
2025Nonresident3100.00%
2025Nonresident4100.00%
2025Resident08100.00%
2025Resident110421.92%
2025Resident29555.26%
2025Resident310066.00%
2025Resident437821.62%
2025Resident5331133.33%
2025Resident611545.45%
2025Resident75360.00%
2025Resident83133.33%
2025Resident92150.00%
2025Nonresident landowner0100.00%
2025Resident landowner09555.56%
2025Resident landowner1400.00%
2025Resident landowner24250.00%
2025Resident landowner32150.00%
2024Nonresident0100.00%
2024Nonresident1400.00%
2024Nonresident2600.00%
2024Nonresident4200.00%
2024Resident011921.68%
2024Resident112132.48%
2024Resident214574.83%
2024Resident352815.38%
2024Resident440615.00%
2024Resident518633.33%
2024Resident614535.71%
2024Resident76350.00%
2024Resident83266.67%
2024Resident landowner04250.00%
2024Resident landowner15240.00%
2024Resident landowner23266.67%
2024Resident landowner322100.00%
2023Nonresident1900.00%
2023Nonresident2100.00%
2023Nonresident3300.00%
2023Nonresident611100.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated600.00%
2023Resident121252.36%
2023Resident210044.00%
2023Resident3681217.65%
2023Resident4401025.00%
2023Resident521419.05%
2023Resident67114.29%
2023Resident7500.00%
2023Residentnot stated15353.27%
2023Nonresident landownernot stated100.00%
2023Resident landowner17342.86%
2023Resident landowner2200.00%
2023Resident landowner311100.00%
2023Resident landowner422100.00%
2023Resident landownernot stated14214.29%
2022Nonresident15120.00%
2022Nonresident24125.00%
2022Nonresident411100.00%
2022Nonresident5100.00%
2022Nonresidentnot stated200.00%
2022Resident11222117.21%
2022Resident244920.45%
2022Resident3552443.64%
2022Resident421838.10%
2022Resident514964.29%
2022Resident613861.54%
2022Resident733100.00%
2022Resident811100.00%
2022Residentnot stated9222.17%
2022Nonresident landownernot stated11100.00%
2022Resident landowner111100.00%
2022Resident landowner233100.00%
2022Resident landowner311100.00%
2022Resident landowner422100.00%
2022Resident landownernot stated44100.00%
2021Nonresident0400.00%
2021Nonresident1100.00%
2021Nonresident2100.00%
2021Nonresident3100.00%
2021Nonresident4100.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated200.00%
2021Resident09133.30%
2021Resident16900.00%
2021Resident237410.81%
2021Resident327311.11%
2021Resident418316.67%
2021Resident59333.33%
2021Resident63133.33%
2021Residentnot stated13343.01%
2021Resident landowner0100.00%
2021Resident landowner1300.00%
2021Resident landowner2200.00%
2021Resident landowner311100.00%
2021Resident landowner411100.00%
2021Resident landownernot stated6233.33%
2020Nonresident0100.00%
2020Nonresident1200.00%
2020Nonresident2100.00%
2020Nonresident3100.00%
2020Nonresident511100.00%
2020Resident010510.95%
2020Resident16111.64%
2020Resident256712.50%
2020Resident32827.14%
2020Resident419421.05%
2020Resident53133.33%
2020Resident611100.00%
2020Resident722100.00%
2020Residentnot stated11410.88%
2020Resident landowner0300.00%
2020Resident landowner15120.00%
2020Resident landowner211100.00%
2020Resident landowner411100.00%
2020Resident landownernot stated3133.33%
2019Nonresident0200.00%
2019Nonresident1200.00%
2019Nonresident2100.00%
2019Nonresident4100.00%
2019Nonresidentnot stated200.00%
2019Resident09022.22%
2019Resident17667.89%
2019Resident244511.36%
2019Resident33226.25%
2019Resident49222.22%
2019Resident54125.00%
2019Resident6200.00%
2019Residentnot stated12832.34%
2019Resident landowner03133.33%
2019Resident landowner111100.00%
2019Resident landowner2100.00%
2019Resident landownernot stated3266.67%
2018Nonresident1200.00%
2018Nonresident3100.00%
2018Nonresidentnot stated300.00%
2018Resident015853.16%
2018Resident18122.47%
2018Resident24012.50%
2018Resident331516.13%
2018Resident418211.11%
2018Resident5400.00%
2018Residentnot stated17263.49%
2018Resident landowner05240.00%
2018Resident landowner1100.00%
2018Resident landownernot stated6233.33%
2017Nonresident0300.00%
2017Nonresident1200.00%
2017Nonresident2100.00%
2017Nonresidentnot stated100.00%
2017Resident01412215.60%
2017Resident1621320.97%
2017Resident2472144.68%
2017Resident3231147.83%
2017Resident413861.54%
2017Residentnot stated1551811.61%
2017Resident landowner044100.00%
2017Resident landowner211100.00%
2017Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2016Nonresident1100.00%
2016Nonresidentnot stated5120.00%
2016Resident01373021.90%
2016Resident1801113.75%
2016Resident2381026.32%
2016Resident3271348.15%
2016Resident47685.71%
2016Residentnot stated1722413.95%
2016Resident landowner022100.00%
2016Resident landownernot stated33100.00%
2015Nonresident0500.00%
2015Nonresident2100.00%
2015Nonresidentnot stated300.00%
2015Resident01522415.79%
2015Resident1862023.26%
2015Resident2752229.33%
2015Resident314535.71%
2015Resident43133.33%
2015Residentnot stated1842111.41%
2015Resident landowner122100.00%
2015Resident landownernot stated55100.00%
2014Nonresident011100.00%
2014Nonresidentnot stated300.00%
2014Resident01122320.54%
2014Resident11203529.17%
2014Resident2281346.43%
2014Resident32150.00%
2014Residentnot stated1682112.50%
2014Resident landowner233100.00%
2014Resident landownernot stated33100.00%

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.