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Montana · Deer · District 007

Montana deer b licence 007-03

Mule. How many people put this deer 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 1,000 on 007-03 in 2026 and drew 1,000 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, 7 nonresident landowner applicants put it first and 7 drew, 100.00%; 3 resident landowner applicants put it first and 3 drew, 100.00%; 511 nonresident applicants put it first and 101 drew, 19.77%; 795 resident applicants put it first and 795 drew, 100.00%.

Published in 11 of the drawing years FWP has posted, 2016 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
2026Nonresident10051110119.77%200
2026Resident1,000795795100.00%9494
2026Nonresident landowner10077100.00%——
2026Resident landowner15033100.00%——
2025Nonresident10061414523.62%290
2025Resident1,000770770100.00%7676
2025Nonresident landowner10055100.00%——
2025Resident landowner15044100.00%——
2024Nonresident1006369514.94%280
2024Resident1,000867867100.00%5429
2024Nonresident landowner10044100.00%——
2024Resident landowner15055100.00%——
2023Nonresident1001,347987.28%330
2023Resident1,0001,15689877.68%970
2023Nonresident landowner10022100.00%——
2023Resident landowner15022100.00%——
2022Nonresident3301,3371,13885.12%3021
2022Resident3,0001,1311,131100.00%114114
2022Nonresident landowner33011100.00%——
2022Resident landowner45044100.00%——
2021Nonresident5501,7061,65697.07%2316
2021Resident5,5001,3251,325100.00%142142
2021Nonresident landowner55022100.00%——
2021Resident landowner82544100.00%——
2020Nonresident1,1001,1001,100100.00%127
2020Resident11,0001,1121,112100.00%9999
2020Nonresident landowner1,10022100.00%——
2020Resident landowner1,65044100.00%——
2019Nonresident1,1001,1781,178100.00%126
2019Resident11,000813813100.00%6262
2019Nonresident landowner1,10022100.00%——
2019Resident landowner1,65055100.00%——
2018Nonresident1,1001,2201,21899.84%1911
2018Resident11,0001,0051,005100.00%6060
2018Nonresident landowner1,10022100.00%——
2018Resident landowner1,65077100.00%——
2017Nonresident1,1001,1561,156100.00%1811
2017Resident11,0001,1511,151100.00%6565
2017Nonresident landowner1,10022100.00%——
2017Resident landowner1,6501111100.00%——
2016Nonresident75092192099.89%1111
2016Resident7,5001,1151,115100.00%8282
2016Nonresident landowner75011100.00%——
2016Resident landowner1,12588100.00%——

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
2026Nonresident0291268.93%
2026Nonresident11263124.60%
2026Nonresident2521630.77%
2026Nonresident3372464.86%
2026Nonresident45480.00%
2026Resident0448448100.00%
2026Resident1324324100.00%
2026Resident21717100.00%
2026Resident344100.00%
2026Resident411100.00%
2026Resident511100.00%
2026Nonresident landowner044100.00%
2026Nonresident landowner122100.00%
2026Nonresident landowner211100.00%
2026Resident landowner022100.00%
2026Resident landowner111100.00%
2025Nonresident03484212.07%
2025Nonresident11353425.19%
2025Nonresident2964445.83%
2025Nonresident3322371.88%
2025Nonresident42150.00%
2025Nonresident511100.00%
2025Resident0402402100.00%
2025Resident1354354100.00%
2025Resident21111100.00%
2025Resident333100.00%
2025Nonresident landowner033100.00%
2025Nonresident landowner122100.00%
2025Resident landowner033100.00%
2025Resident landowner111100.00%
2024Nonresident0367359.54%
2024Nonresident11832212.02%
2024Nonresident2793341.77%
2024Nonresident37571.43%
2024Resident0435435100.00%
2024Resident1383383100.00%
2024Resident24040100.00%
2024Resident366100.00%
2024Resident433100.00%
2024Nonresident landowner011100.00%
2024Nonresident landowner122100.00%
2024Nonresident landowner211100.00%
2024Resident landowner033100.00%
2024Resident landowner122100.00%
2023Nonresident1372379.95%
2023Nonresident230620.00%
2023Nonresident333100.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated942525.52%
2023Resident143840091.32%
2023Resident22525100.00%
2023Resident344100.00%
2023Resident411100.00%
2023Resident522100.00%
2023Residentnot stated68646667.93%
2023Nonresident landowner122100.00%
2023Resident landowner111100.00%
2023Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2022Nonresident132328086.69%
2022Nonresident2111090.91%
2022Nonresident32150.00%
2022Nonresidentnot stated1,00184784.62%
2022Resident1372372100.00%
2022Resident23232100.00%
2022Resident322100.00%
2022Resident422100.00%
2022Resident511100.00%
2022Residentnot stated722722100.00%
2022Nonresident landowner111100.00%
2022Resident landownernot stated44100.00%
2021Nonresident050748896.25%
2021Nonresident199100.00%
2021Nonresident233100.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated1,1871,15697.39%
2021Resident0359359100.00%
2021Resident13030100.00%
2021Resident288100.00%
2021Resident355100.00%
2021Resident411100.00%
2021Residentnot stated922922100.00%
2021Nonresident landownernot stated22100.00%
2021Resident landowner011100.00%
2021Resident landownernot stated33100.00%
2020Nonresident0202202100.00%
2020Nonresident199100.00%
2020Nonresident211100.00%
2020Nonresidentnot stated888888100.00%
2020Resident0310310100.00%
2020Resident12020100.00%
2020Resident255100.00%
2020Resident333100.00%
2020Resident411100.00%
2020Residentnot stated773773100.00%
2020Nonresident landowner022100.00%
2020Resident landownernot stated44100.00%
2019Nonresident0206206100.00%
2019Nonresident144100.00%
2019Nonresident222100.00%
2019Nonresidentnot stated966966100.00%
2019Resident0230230100.00%
2019Resident199100.00%
2019Resident222100.00%
2019Resident311100.00%
2019Residentnot stated571571100.00%
2019Nonresident landownernot stated22100.00%
2019Resident landownernot stated55100.00%
2018Nonresident019619599.49%
2018Nonresident166100.00%
2018Nonresidentnot stated1,0181,01799.90%
2018Resident0291291100.00%
2018Resident12020100.00%
2018Resident233100.00%
2018Resident333100.00%
2018Residentnot stated688688100.00%
2018Nonresident landownernot stated22100.00%
2018Resident landownernot stated77100.00%
2017Nonresident0159159100.00%
2017Nonresident155100.00%
2017Nonresident233100.00%
2017Nonresident333100.00%
2017Nonresidentnot stated986986100.00%
2017Resident0321321100.00%
2017Resident14646100.00%
2017Resident288100.00%
2017Resident311100.00%
2017Resident422100.00%
2017Residentnot stated773773100.00%
2017Nonresident landownernot stated22100.00%
2017Resident landownernot stated1111100.00%
2016Nonresident0114114100.00%
2016Nonresident1242395.83%
2016Nonresident21818100.00%
2016Nonresident355100.00%
2016Nonresident455100.00%
2016Nonresidentnot stated755755100.00%
2016Resident0312312100.00%
2016Resident17979100.00%
2016Resident21515100.00%
2016Resident344100.00%
2016Resident422100.00%
2016Resident511100.00%
2016Residentnot stated702702100.00%
2016Nonresident landownernot stated11100.00%
2016Resident landownernot stated88100.00%

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.