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Montana · Antelope · District 471

Montana antelope b licence 471-30

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 450 on 471-30 in 2026 and drew 450 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, 1 nonresident landowner applicant put it first and 1 drew, 100.00%; 5 resident landowner applicants put it first and 5 drew, 100.00%; 26 nonresident applicants put it first and 9 drew, 34.62%; 819 resident applicants put it first and 435 drew, 53.11%.

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
2026Nonresident4526934.62%60
2026Resident45081943553.11%3020
2026Nonresident landowner4511100.00%——
2026Resident landowner6855100.00%——
2025Nonresident45261869.23%70
2025Resident45073342357.71%2570
2025Nonresident landowner4511100.00%——
2025Resident landowner6888100.00%——
2024Nonresident30291137.93%100
2024Resident30084928433.45%3280
2024Nonresident landowner3011100.00%——
2024Resident landowner4544100.00%——
2023Nonresident30291034.48%180
2023Resident30089228531.95%3720
2023Nonresident landowner3011100.00%——
2023Resident landowner4544100.00%——
2022Nonresident50201785.00%190
2022Resident50071847766.43%3000
2022Nonresident landowner5000———
2022Resident landowner7566100.00%——
2021Nonresident50241979.17%120
2021Resident50071947566.06%1980
2021Nonresident landowner5000———
2021Resident landowner7566100.00%——
2020Nonresident50211676.19%50
2020Resident50057847982.87%1780
2020Nonresident landowner5000———
2020Resident landowner7555100.00%——
2019Nonresident2099100.00%10
2019Resident200165165100.00%5426
2019Nonresident landowner2000———
2019Resident landowner3000———
2018Nonresident109555.56%10
2018Resident1001859048.65%590
2018Nonresident landowner1011100.00%——
2018Resident landowner1544100.00%——
2017Nonresident104375.00%50
2017Resident1001919650.26%750
2017Nonresident landowner1000———
2017Resident landowner1511100.00%——
2016Nonresident1011100.00%00
2016Resident1009494100.00%694
2016Nonresident landowner1000———
2016Resident landowner1511100.00%——
2015Nonresident2200.00%30
2015Resident251042524.04%790
2015Nonresident landowner200———
2015Resident landowner400———
2014Nonresident2600.00%00
2014Resident25742432.43%730
2014Nonresident landowner200———
2014Resident landowner411100.00%——

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
2026Nonresident05120.00%
2026Nonresident118633.33%
2026Nonresident23266.67%
2026Resident01745330.46%
2026Resident142319445.86%
2026Resident215011878.67%
2026Resident3565496.43%
2026Resident41212100.00%
2026Resident522100.00%
2026Resident622100.00%
2026Nonresident landowner111100.00%
2026Resident landowner011100.00%
2026Resident landowner144100.00%
2025Nonresident0300.00%
2025Nonresident112758.33%
2025Nonresident266100.00%
2025Nonresident355100.00%
2025Resident01795430.17%
2025Resident126312346.77%
2025Resident218314378.14%
2025Resident3868194.19%
2025Resident41616100.00%
2025Resident544100.00%
2025Resident611100.00%
2025Resident711100.00%
2025Nonresident landowner111100.00%
2025Resident landowner033100.00%
2025Resident landowner144100.00%
2025Resident landowner311100.00%
2024Nonresident0300.00%
2024Nonresident116637.50%
2024Nonresident210550.00%
2024Resident01972311.68%
2024Resident13337622.82%
2024Resident225312950.99%
2024Resident3473778.72%
2024Resident41414100.00%
2024Resident533100.00%
2024Resident622100.00%
2024Nonresident landowner111100.00%
2024Resident landowner033100.00%
2024Resident landowner111100.00%
2023Nonresident114321.43%
2023Nonresident255100.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated10220.00%
2023Resident146913027.72%
2023Resident21257257.60%
2023Resident3302170.00%
2023Resident41111100.00%
2023Resident555100.00%
2023Resident611100.00%
2023Residentnot stated2514517.93%
2023Nonresident landowner211100.00%
2023Resident landowner133100.00%
2023Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2022Nonresident1121083.33%
2022Nonresident222100.00%
2022Nonresident322100.00%
2022Nonresidentnot stated4375.00%
2022Resident131121368.49%
2022Resident211110897.30%
2022Resident32222100.00%
2022Resident455100.00%
2022Resident533100.00%
2022Residentnot stated26612647.37%
2022Resident landowner155100.00%
2022Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2021Nonresident0171270.59%
2021Nonresident122100.00%
2021Nonresident311100.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated44100.00%
2021Resident033721162.61%
2021Resident1675379.10%
2021Resident2201995.00%
2021Resident366100.00%
2021Resident411100.00%
2021Resident511100.00%
2021Residentnot stated28718464.11%
2021Resident landowner033100.00%
2021Resident landownernot stated33100.00%
2020Nonresident012975.00%
2020Nonresident144100.00%
2020Nonresidentnot stated5360.00%
2020Resident026320979.47%
2020Resident1625995.16%
2020Resident22424100.00%
2020Resident333100.00%
2020Resident422100.00%
2020Resident511100.00%
2020Resident611100.00%
2020Residentnot stated22218081.08%
2020Resident landowner022100.00%
2020Resident landownernot stated33100.00%
2019Nonresident033100.00%
2019Nonresident122100.00%
2019Nonresidentnot stated44100.00%
2019Resident06464100.00%
2019Resident12424100.00%
2019Resident288100.00%
2019Resident311100.00%
2019Resident422100.00%
2019Residentnot stated6666100.00%
2018Nonresident06350.00%
2018Nonresident111100.00%
2018Nonresident211100.00%
2018Nonresidentnot stated100.00%
2018Resident0753445.33%
2018Resident1292172.41%
2018Resident277100.00%
2018Resident3200.00%
2018Resident511100.00%
2018Resident611100.00%
2018Residentnot stated702637.14%
2018Nonresident landownernot stated11100.00%
2018Resident landownernot stated44100.00%
2017Nonresident04375.00%
2017Resident0783646.15%
2017Resident1221672.73%
2017Resident22150.00%
2017Resident322100.00%
2017Resident511100.00%
2017Resident611100.00%
2017Residentnot stated853945.88%
2017Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2016Nonresident111100.00%
2016Resident03333100.00%
2016Resident12323100.00%
2016Resident277100.00%
2016Resident322100.00%
2016Resident411100.00%
2016Residentnot stated2828100.00%
2016Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2015Nonresident0100.00%
2015Nonresidentnot stated100.00%
2015Resident034823.53%
2015Resident114535.71%
2015Resident25480.00%
2015Resident34250.00%
2015Resident411100.00%
2015Residentnot stated46510.87%
2014Nonresident0100.00%
2014Nonresidentnot stated500.00%
2014Resident027829.63%
2014Resident111436.36%
2014Resident25240.00%
2014Resident33266.67%
2014Residentnot stated28828.57%
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.

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.