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Montana · Antelope · District 620

Montana antelope b licence 620-30

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 620-30 in 2026 and drew 100 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, 2 nonresident landowner applicants put it first and 2 drew, 100.00%; 2 resident landowner applicants put it first and 2 drew, 100.00%; 42 nonresident applicants put it first and 6 drew, 14.29%; 696 resident applicants put it first and 90 drew, 12.93%.

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
2026Nonresident1042614.29%210
2026Resident1006969012.93%3120
2026Nonresident landowner1022100.00%——
2026Resident landowner1522100.00%——
2025Nonresident103925.13%260
2025Resident1006759213.63%3050
2025Nonresident landowner1011100.00%——
2025Resident landowner1555100.00%——
2024Nonresident542511.90%330
2024Resident50621426.76%3200
2024Nonresident landowner500———
2024Resident landowner833100.00%——
2023Nonresident535514.29%460
2023Resident50560427.50%3130
2023Nonresident landowner500———
2023Resident landowner833100.00%——
2022Nonresident54212.38%130
2022Resident50541488.87%3390
2022Nonresident landowner500———
2022Resident landowner811100.00%——
2021Nonresident53326.06%270
2021Resident50462459.74%2250
2021Nonresident landowner500———
2021Resident landowner833100.00%——
2020Nonresident521419.05%80
2020Resident503354413.13%1330
2020Nonresident landowner500———
2020Resident landowner822100.00%——
2019Nonresident52015.00%70
2019Resident503064815.69%1240
2019Nonresident landowner500———
2019Resident landowner811100.00%——
2018Nonresident51900.00%110
2018Resident504254711.06%1460
2018Nonresident landowner500———
2018Resident landowner833100.00%——
2017Nonresident51800.00%90
2017Resident504184811.48%1710
2017Nonresident landowner500———
2017Resident landowner822100.00%——
2016Nonresident51815.56%160
2016Resident504224811.37%1250
2016Nonresident landowner500———
2016Resident landowner811100.00%——
2015Nonresident518316.67%80
2015Resident504404510.23%1370
2015Nonresident landowner500———
2015Resident landowner822100.00%——
2014Nonresident51400.00%120
2014Resident503254915.08%1340
2014Nonresident landowner500———
2014Resident landowner811100.00%——

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%
2026Nonresident11616.25%
2026Nonresident2700.00%
2026Nonresident312541.67%
2026Nonresident4100.00%
2026Nonresident5200.00%
2026Nonresident6100.00%
2026Nonresident8100.00%
2026Resident09011.11%
2026Resident120252.48%
2026Resident2129118.53%
2026Resident31131614.16%
2026Resident4762228.95%
2026Resident5411536.59%
2026Resident6321134.38%
2026Resident712866.67%
2026Resident811100.00%
2026Nonresident landowner011100.00%
2026Nonresident landowner311100.00%
2026Resident landowner022100.00%
2025Nonresident01300.00%
2025Nonresident1700.00%
2025Nonresident21317.69%
2025Nonresident311100.00%
2025Nonresident4300.00%
2025Nonresident5100.00%
2025Nonresident7100.00%
2025Resident011065.45%
2025Resident116495.49%
2025Resident213675.15%
2025Resident31051817.14%
2025Resident4721520.83%
2025Resident5582237.93%
2025Resident6221045.45%
2025Resident76350.00%
2025Resident811100.00%
2025Resident911100.00%
2025Nonresident landowner011100.00%
2025Resident landowner033100.00%
2025Resident landowner122100.00%
2024Nonresident0800.00%
2024Nonresident11616.25%
2024Nonresident24125.00%
2024Nonresident3700.00%
2024Nonresident43133.33%
2024Nonresident522100.00%
2024Nonresident6200.00%
2024Resident011710.85%
2024Resident116831.79%
2024Resident211565.22%
2024Resident39499.57%
2024Resident4831416.87%
2024Resident534617.65%
2024Resident67228.57%
2024Resident7100.00%
2024Resident8100.00%
2024Resident1011100.00%
2024Resident landowner011100.00%
2024Resident landowner111100.00%
2024Resident landowner311100.00%
2023Nonresident11000.00%
2023Nonresident2700.00%
2023Nonresident36233.33%
2023Nonresident4300.00%
2023Nonresident53266.67%
2023Nonresident611100.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated500.00%
2023Resident118242.20%
2023Resident210554.76%
2023Resident38689.30%
2023Resident4441227.27%
2023Resident515320.00%
2023Resident69666.67%
2023Resident7100.00%
2023Resident811100.00%
2023Resident93266.67%
2023Resident1011100.00%
2023Residentnot stated11300.00%
2023Resident landowner111100.00%
2023Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2022Nonresident11600.00%
2022Nonresident21100.00%
2022Nonresident36116.67%
2022Nonresident4200.00%
2022Nonresident5100.00%
2022Nonresidentnot stated600.00%
2022Resident114596.21%
2022Resident213575.19%
2022Resident3751317.33%
2022Resident430620.00%
2022Resident518633.33%
2022Resident62150.00%
2022Resident722100.00%
2022Resident8300.00%
2022Resident93266.67%
2022Residentnot stated12821.56%
2022Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2021Nonresident01616.25%
2021Nonresident1300.00%
2021Nonresident2300.00%
2021Nonresident3300.00%
2021Nonresident4100.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated7114.29%
2021Resident0163127.36%
2021Resident17945.06%
2021Resident244920.45%
2021Resident330620.00%
2021Resident411872.73%
2021Resident53266.67%
2021Resident65120.00%
2021Resident7300.00%
2021Residentnot stated12432.42%
2021Resident landowner011100.00%
2021Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2020Nonresident0500.00%
2020Nonresident1300.00%
2020Nonresident26233.33%
2020Nonresident32150.00%
2020Nonresident611100.00%
2020Nonresidentnot stated400.00%
2020Resident012297.38%
2020Resident156610.71%
2020Resident241717.07%
2020Resident323521.74%
2020Resident410990.00%
2020Resident58562.50%
2020Resident6200.00%
2020Resident911100.00%
2020Residentnot stated7222.78%
2020Resident landowner011100.00%
2020Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2019Nonresident0100.00%
2019Nonresident11000.00%
2019Nonresident2200.00%
2019Nonresident52150.00%
2019Nonresidentnot stated500.00%
2019Resident08256.10%
2019Resident167811.94%
2019Resident244818.18%
2019Resident3311341.94%
2019Resident414535.71%
2019Resident56350.00%
2019Resident611100.00%
2019Resident8100.00%
2019Residentnot stated6058.33%
2019Resident landowner011100.00%
2018Nonresident01200.00%
2018Nonresident1400.00%
2018Nonresident4100.00%
2018Nonresidentnot stated200.00%
2018Resident012686.35%
2018Resident1731216.44%
2018Resident257712.28%
2018Resident330930.00%
2018Resident411218.18%
2018Resident55480.00%
2018Resident62150.00%
2018Resident74250.00%
2018Residentnot stated11721.71%
2018Resident landowner022100.00%
2018Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2017Nonresident0800.00%
2017Nonresident1200.00%
2017Nonresident3100.00%
2017Nonresidentnot stated700.00%
2017Resident012664.76%
2017Resident16934.35%
2017Resident2441227.27%
2017Resident326934.62%
2017Resident415533.33%
2017Resident55240.00%
2017Resident69444.44%
2017Residentnot stated12475.65%
2017Resident landowner011100.00%
2017Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2016Nonresident0200.00%
2016Nonresident1100.00%
2016Nonresident3100.00%
2016Nonresident411100.00%
2016Nonresidentnot stated1300.00%
2016Resident0128118.59%
2016Resident18067.50%
2016Resident2511019.61%
2016Resident3331030.30%
2016Resident410110.00%
2016Resident516531.25%
2016Residentnot stated10454.81%
2016Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2015Nonresident08112.50%
2015Nonresident1100.00%
2015Nonresident2100.00%
2015Nonresident3100.00%
2015Nonresidentnot stated7228.57%
2015Resident015085.33%
2015Resident166913.64%
2015Resident247612.77%
2015Resident32328.70%
2015Resident424729.17%
2015Resident522100.00%
2015Residentnot stated128118.59%
2015Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2014Nonresident0400.00%
2014Nonresident1100.00%
2014Nonresidentnot stated900.00%
2014Resident070811.43%
2014Resident1811012.35%
2014Resident2411331.71%
2014Resident3381231.58%
2014Resident4500.00%
2014Residentnot stated9066.67%
2014Resident landowner011100.00%

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.