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Montana · Antelope · District 440

Montana antelope b licence 440-30

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 100 on 440-30 in 2026 and drew 100 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, 1 nonresident landowner applicant put it first and 1 drew, 100.00%; 8 resident landowner applicants put it first and 8 drew, 100.00%; 6 nonresident applicants put it first and 1 drew, 16.67%; 319 resident applicants put it first and 90 drew, 28.21%.

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
2026Nonresident106116.67%10
2026Resident1003199028.21%1890
2026Nonresident landowner1011100.00%——
2026Resident landowner1588100.00%——
2025Nonresident105240.00%10
2025Resident1002639134.60%1700
2025Nonresident landowner1011100.00%——
2025Resident landowner1566100.00%——
2024Nonresident10200.00%30
2024Resident1002379540.08%1590
2024Nonresident landowner1011100.00%——
2024Resident landowner1544100.00%——
2023Nonresident7400.00%30
2023Resident752226931.08%1960
2023Nonresident landowner711100.00%——
2023Resident landowner1155100.00%——
2022Nonresident7500.00%100
2022Resident751807038.89%1250
2022Nonresident landowner711100.00%——
2022Resident landowner1244100.00%——
2021Nonresident76350.00%30
2021Resident751906835.79%1250
2021Nonresident landowner711100.00%——
2021Resident landowner1233100.00%——
2020Nonresident73133.33%20
2020Resident751737241.62%810
2020Nonresident landowner700———
2020Resident landowner1222100.00%——
2019Nonresident711100.00%40
2019Resident751567145.51%880
2019Nonresident landowner711100.00%——
2019Resident landowner1222100.00%——
2018Nonresident7100.00%00
2018Resident751477148.30%780
2018Nonresident landowner700———
2018Resident landowner1244100.00%——
2017Nonresident52150.00%20
2017Resident501554529.03%630
2017Nonresident landowner511100.00%——
2017Resident landowner833100.00%——
2016Nonresident500—20
2016Resident501464732.19%510
2016Nonresident landowner500———
2016Resident landowner833100.00%——
2015Nonresident5100.00%40
2015Resident501694727.81%790
2015Nonresident landowner500———
2015Resident landowner833100.00%——
2014Nonresident500—20
2014Resident501294534.88%860
2014Nonresident landowner500———
2014Resident landowner855100.00%——

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
2026Nonresident16116.67%
2026Resident05123.92%
2026Resident11262419.05%
2026Resident2943436.17%
2026Resident3291551.72%
2026Resident413969.23%
2026Resident522100.00%
2026Resident644100.00%
2026Nonresident landowner011100.00%
2026Resident landowner033100.00%
2026Resident landowner144100.00%
2026Resident landowner211100.00%
2025Nonresident0100.00%
2025Nonresident13133.33%
2025Nonresident311100.00%
2025Resident056712.50%
2025Resident11041716.35%
2025Resident2633555.56%
2025Resident3332575.76%
2025Resident466100.00%
2025Resident511100.00%
2025Nonresident landowner011100.00%
2025Resident landowner022100.00%
2025Resident landowner133100.00%
2025Resident landowner211100.00%
2024Nonresident0100.00%
2024Nonresident2100.00%
2024Resident045613.33%
2024Resident1872326.44%
2024Resident2693855.07%
2024Resident3271970.37%
2024Resident499100.00%
2024Nonresident landowner011100.00%
2024Resident landowner011100.00%
2024Resident landowner111100.00%
2024Resident landowner211100.00%
2024Resident landowner311100.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated400.00%
2023Resident1962728.13%
2023Resident2471940.43%
2023Resident3181372.22%
2023Resident433100.00%
2023Residentnot stated58712.07%
2023Nonresident landownernot stated11100.00%
2023Resident landowner311100.00%
2023Resident landownernot stated44100.00%
2022Nonresident1100.00%
2022Nonresident2100.00%
2022Nonresidentnot stated300.00%
2022Resident1783139.74%
2022Resident2311032.26%
2022Resident3151280.00%
2022Resident455100.00%
2022Residentnot stated511223.53%
2022Nonresident landownernot stated11100.00%
2022Resident landownernot stated44100.00%
2021Nonresident02150.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated4250.00%
2021Resident0682232.35%
2021Resident1381950.00%
2021Resident2141178.57%
2021Resident311100.00%
2021Residentnot stated691521.74%
2021Nonresident landownernot stated11100.00%
2021Resident landownernot stated33100.00%
2020Nonresident02150.00%
2020Nonresidentnot stated100.00%
2020Resident0742432.43%
2020Resident1381847.37%
2020Resident210880.00%
2020Resident333100.00%
2020Residentnot stated481939.58%
2020Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2019Nonresidentnot stated11100.00%
2019Resident0702434.29%
2019Resident1221672.73%
2019Resident29888.89%
2019Resident311100.00%
2019Resident422100.00%
2019Residentnot stated522038.46%
2019Nonresident landownernot stated11100.00%
2019Resident landowner011100.00%
2019Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2018Nonresident0100.00%
2018Resident0542750.00%
2018Resident1271348.15%
2018Resident277100.00%
2018Resident366100.00%
2018Resident422100.00%
2018Resident511100.00%
2018Residentnot stated501530.00%
2018Resident landowner011100.00%
2018Resident landownernot stated33100.00%
2017Nonresident02150.00%
2017Resident0461123.91%
2017Resident1201155.00%
2017Resident26233.33%
2017Resident35360.00%
2017Resident4100.00%
2017Residentnot stated771823.38%
2017Nonresident landowner011100.00%
2017Resident landowner022100.00%
2017Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2016Resident045817.78%
2016Resident1321546.88%
2016Resident214857.14%
2016Resident3300.00%
2016Resident411100.00%
2016Residentnot stated511529.41%
2016Resident landowner011100.00%
2016Resident landowner211100.00%
2016Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2015Nonresidentnot stated100.00%
2015Resident0631015.87%
2015Resident1321340.63%
2015Resident28450.00%
2015Resident344100.00%
2015Resident411100.00%
2015Residentnot stated611524.59%
2015Resident landowner011100.00%
2015Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2014Resident0481327.08%
2014Resident1231669.57%
2014Resident211654.55%
2014Resident311100.00%
2014Residentnot stated46919.57%
2014Resident landowner033100.00%
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.