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Montana · Deer · District 103

Montana deer b licence 103-00

Wt. 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 150 on 103-00 in 2026 and drew 150 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, no nonresident landowner applicant put it first; 4 resident landowner applicants put it first and 4 drew, 100.00%; 39 nonresident applicants put it first and 3 drew, 7.69%; 952 resident applicants put it first and 143 drew, 15.02%.

Published in 17 of the drawing years FWP has posted, 2006 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
2026Nonresident153937.69%350
2026Resident15095214315.02%5560
2026Nonresident landowner1500———
2026Resident landowner2344100.00%——
2025Nonresident153538.57%250
2025Resident15092114315.53%4820
2025Nonresident landowner1500———
2025Resident landowner2344100.00%——
2024Nonresident1529310.34%460
2024Resident15086914516.69%5910
2024Nonresident landowner1500———
2024Resident landowner2322100.00%——
2023Nonresident152613.85%200
2023Resident15077114719.07%4290
2023Nonresident landowner1500———
2023Resident landowner2322100.00%——
2022Nonresident1534617.65%150
2022Resident15069414220.46%2700
2022Nonresident landowner1500———
2022Resident landowner2322100.00%——
2021Nonresident1011327.27%300
2021Resident1003849625.00%2640
2021Nonresident landowner1000———
2021Resident landowner1511100.00%——
2020Nonresident10400.00%30
2020Resident1003029932.78%2220
2020Nonresident landowner1000———
2020Resident landowner1511100.00%——
2019Nonresident1012433.33%100
2019Resident1003709425.41%1610
2019Nonresident landowner1000———
2019Resident landowner1522100.00%——
2018Nonresident107342.86%150
2018Resident1002919733.33%2320
2018Nonresident landowner1000———
2018Resident landowner1500———
2017Nonresident101119.09%70
2017Resident1003049932.57%2220
2017Nonresident landowner1000———
2017Resident landowner1500———
2016Nonresident1012541.67%60
2016Resident1003349528.44%2140
2016Nonresident landowner1000———
2016Resident landowner1500———
2011Nonresident21000.00%80
2011Resident251772312.99%2940
2011Nonresident landowner200———
2011Resident landowner422100.00%——
2010Nonresident2600.00%140
2010Resident251562314.74%2620
2010Nonresident landowner200———
2010Resident landowner422100.00%——
2009Nonresident21200.00%280
2009Resident25266249.02%4390
2009Nonresident landowner200———
2009Resident landowner411100.00%——
2008Nonresident502020100.00%30
2008Resident50051247993.55%690
2008Nonresident landowner5000———
2008Resident landowner7511100.00%——
2006Nonresident40181794.44%10
2006Resident40040538294.32%460
2006Nonresident landowner4000———
2006Resident landowner6011100.00%——

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
2026Nonresident01400.00%
2026Nonresident11200.00%
2026Nonresident2700.00%
2026Nonresident3200.00%
2026Nonresident42150.00%
2026Nonresident522100.00%
2026Resident031151.61%
2026Resident1240187.50%
2026Resident22124722.17%
2026Resident31274031.50%
2026Resident4472348.94%
2026Resident510550.00%
2026Resident655100.00%
2026Resident landowner122100.00%
2026Resident landowner211100.00%
2026Resident landowner311100.00%
2025Nonresident0700.00%
2025Nonresident11417.14%
2025Nonresident29222.22%
2025Nonresident3300.00%
2025Nonresident4200.00%
2025Resident0297124.04%
2025Resident1286269.09%
2025Resident21883217.02%
2025Resident31034240.78%
2025Resident4352571.43%
2025Resident58337.50%
2025Resident64375.00%
2025Resident landowner133100.00%
2025Resident landowner211100.00%
2024Nonresident01100.00%
2024Nonresident11218.33%
2024Nonresident23133.33%
2024Nonresident33133.33%
2024Resident0268165.97%
2024Resident13213310.28%
2024Resident21694224.85%
2024Resident3762938.16%
2024Resident4241770.83%
2024Resident510770.00%
2024Resident611100.00%
2024Resident landowner122100.00%
2023Nonresident1800.00%
2023Nonresident2300.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated1516.67%
2023Resident12924013.70%
2023Resident21414431.21%
2023Resident3421842.86%
2023Resident4261661.54%
2023Resident55480.00%
2023Resident633100.00%
2023Resident711100.00%
2023Resident1411100.00%
2023Residentnot stated260207.69%
2023Resident landowner211100.00%
2023Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2022Nonresident11100.00%
2022Nonresident26233.33%
2022Nonresident322100.00%
2022Nonresident4100.00%
2022Nonresidentnot stated14214.29%
2022Resident12373916.46%
2022Resident21203730.83%
2022Resident3683855.88%
2022Resident4151066.67%
2022Resident54125.00%
2022Resident611100.00%
2022Resident711100.00%
2022Residentnot stated248156.05%
2022Resident landowner111100.00%
2022Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2021Nonresident0400.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated7342.86%
2021Resident01372115.33%
2021Resident1852327.06%
2021Resident2291965.52%
2021Resident310990.00%
2021Resident411100.00%
2021Residentnot stated1222318.85%
2021Resident landowner011100.00%
2020Nonresident0200.00%
2020Nonresident1100.00%
2020Nonresidentnot stated100.00%
2020Resident01132623.01%
2020Resident1522853.85%
2020Resident2251872.00%
2020Resident344100.00%
2020Resident411100.00%
2020Residentnot stated1072220.56%
2020Resident landowner011100.00%
2019Nonresident07228.57%
2019Nonresident1200.00%
2019Nonresidentnot stated3266.67%
2019Resident01352619.26%
2019Resident1813138.27%
2019Resident2261557.69%
2019Resident333100.00%
2019Resident411100.00%
2019Residentnot stated1241814.52%
2019Resident landowner211100.00%
2019Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2018Nonresident04250.00%
2018Nonresidentnot stated3133.33%
2018Resident01313123.66%
2018Resident1592745.76%
2018Resident2141285.71%
2018Resident322100.00%
2018Residentnot stated852529.41%
2017Nonresident0100.00%
2017Nonresident111100.00%
2017Nonresidentnot stated900.00%
2017Resident01373223.36%
2017Resident1502958.00%
2017Resident28675.00%
2017Resident311100.00%
2017Resident411100.00%
2017Resident511100.00%
2017Residentnot stated1062927.36%
2016Nonresident0200.00%
2016Nonresidentnot stated10550.00%
2016Resident01574729.94%
2016Resident128828.57%
2016Resident27571.43%
2016Resident3100.00%
2016Resident4100.00%
2016Residentnot stated1403525.00%
2011Nonresident1300.00%
2011Nonresidentnot stated700.00%
2011Resident060711.67%
2011Resident129517.24%
2011Resident221523.81%
2011Resident3200.00%
2011Residentnot stated6569.23%
2011Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2010Nonresident0300.00%
2010Nonresident2100.00%
2010Nonresidentnot stated200.00%
2010Resident039410.26%
2010Resident143613.95%
2010Resident26233.33%
2010Residentnot stated681116.18%
2010Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2009Nonresident0400.00%
2009Nonresident1200.00%
2009Nonresidentnot stated600.00%
2009Resident01341410.45%
2009Resident17114.29%
2009Residentnot stated12597.20%
2009Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2008Nonresident011100.00%
2008Nonresidentnot stated1919100.00%
2008Resident023121492.64%
2008Resident12222100.00%
2008Resident211100.00%
2008Residentnot stated25824293.80%
2008Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2007Nonresident09888.89%
2007Nonresident111100.00%
2007Nonresidentnot stated1212100.00%
2007Resident020818287.50%
2007Resident12828100.00%
2007Resident244100.00%
2007Resident311100.00%
2007Residentnot stated30126487.71%
2006Nonresident04375.00%
2006Nonresident111100.00%
2006Nonresidentnot stated1313100.00%
2006Resident015714894.27%
2006Resident16464100.00%
2006Resident277100.00%
2006Resident322100.00%
2006Residentnot stated17516192.00%
2006Resident landowner211100.00%

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.