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Montana · Deer · District 104

Montana deer b licence 104-00

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 100 on 104-00 in 2026 and drew 100 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, no nonresident landowner applicant put it first; 2 resident landowner applicants put it first and 2 drew, 100.00%; 15 nonresident applicants put it first and 6 drew, 40.00%; 233 resident applicants put it first and 92 drew, 39.48%.

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
2026Nonresident1015640.00%460
2026Resident1002339239.48%3340
2026Nonresident landowner1000———
2026Resident landowner1522100.00%——
2025Nonresident1015853.33%400
2025Resident1002578934.63%3170
2025Nonresident landowner1000———
2025Resident landowner1533100.00%——
2024Nonresident1018633.33%330
2024Resident1002679234.46%3560
2024Nonresident landowner1000———
2024Resident landowner1522100.00%——
2023Nonresident1011763.64%290
2023Resident1002079143.96%2960
2023Nonresident landowner1000———
2023Resident landowner1522100.00%——
2022Nonresident10191052.63%150
2022Resident1001788950.00%1880
2022Nonresident landowner1000———
2022Resident landowner1511100.00%——
2021Nonresident1014642.86%220
2021Resident1001829451.65%1880
2021Nonresident landowner1000———
2021Resident landowner1500———
2020Nonresident1011654.55%40
2020Resident1002019346.27%1760
2020Nonresident landowner1000———
2020Resident landowner1511100.00%——
2019Nonresident106233.33%170
2019Resident1001989849.49%1560
2019Nonresident landowner1000———
2019Resident landowner1500———
2018Nonresident104125.00%130
2018Resident1002239944.39%1700
2018Nonresident landowner1000———
2018Resident landowner1500———
2017Nonresident106233.33%140
2017Resident1001689858.33%1750
2017Nonresident landowner1000———
2017Resident landowner1500———
2016Nonresident105120.00%40
2016Resident1001739756.07%2170
2016Nonresident landowner1000———
2016Resident landowner1522100.00%——
2011Nonresident2300.00%110
2011Resident251302418.46%2380
2011Nonresident landowner200———
2011Resident landowner411100.00%——
2010Nonresident26233.33%220
2010Resident251262217.46%2060
2010Nonresident landowner200———
2010Resident landowner411100.00%——
2009Nonresident21119.09%300
2009Resident251842312.50%2650
2009Nonresident landowner200———
2009Resident landowner411100.00%——
2008Nonresident5099100.00%00
2008Resident500365365100.00%2222
2008Nonresident landowner5000———
2008Resident landowner7500———
2006Nonresident4044100.00%00
2006Resident400290290100.00%2020
2006Nonresident landowner4000———
2006Resident landowner6000———

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
2026Nonresident0600.00%
2026Nonresident16350.00%
2026Nonresident222100.00%
2026Nonresident311100.00%
2026Resident0711318.31%
2026Resident1903134.44%
2026Resident2513058.82%
2026Resident3181583.33%
2026Resident433100.00%
2026Resident landowner011100.00%
2026Resident landowner111100.00%
2025Nonresident04250.00%
2025Nonresident122100.00%
2025Nonresident27457.14%
2025Nonresident3200.00%
2025Resident08567.06%
2025Resident1982828.57%
2025Resident2513568.63%
2025Resident3161381.25%
2025Resident466100.00%
2025Resident611100.00%
2025Resident landowner011100.00%
2025Resident landowner122100.00%
2024Nonresident0300.00%
2024Nonresident111327.27%
2024Nonresident23266.67%
2024Nonresident311100.00%
2024Resident0841416.67%
2024Resident11154034.78%
2024Resident2583255.17%
2024Resident39555.56%
2024Resident411100.00%
2024Resident landowner011100.00%
2024Resident landowner111100.00%
2023Nonresident14250.00%
2023Nonresident25480.00%
2023Nonresident311100.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated100.00%
2023Resident1984343.88%
2023Resident2201575.00%
2023Resident366100.00%
2023Resident411100.00%
2023Resident522100.00%
2023Residentnot stated802430.00%
2023Resident landowner111100.00%
2023Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2022Nonresident19444.44%
2022Nonresident233100.00%
2022Nonresident411100.00%
2022Nonresidentnot stated6233.33%
2022Resident1692840.58%
2022Resident2322784.38%
2022Resident3181688.89%
2022Resident444100.00%
2022Residentnot stated551425.45%
2022Resident landowner111100.00%
2021Nonresident010440.00%
2021Nonresident111100.00%
2021Nonresident2100.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated2150.00%
2021Resident0733142.47%
2021Resident1352262.86%
2021Resident21111100.00%
2021Resident311100.00%
2021Residentnot stated622946.77%
2020Nonresident011100.00%
2020Nonresident1100.00%
2020Nonresidentnot stated9555.56%
2020Resident0772127.27%
2020Resident1311754.84%
2020Resident2211885.71%
2020Resident333100.00%
2020Resident411100.00%
2020Residentnot stated683348.53%
2020Resident landowner111100.00%
2019Nonresident0100.00%
2019Nonresidentnot stated5240.00%
2019Resident0753546.67%
2019Resident1513364.71%
2019Resident2171482.35%
2019Resident344100.00%
2019Residentnot stated511223.53%
2018Nonresident011100.00%
2018Nonresidentnot stated300.00%
2018Resident01033533.98%
2018Resident1473063.83%
2018Resident29888.89%
2018Resident333100.00%
2018Residentnot stated612337.70%
2017Nonresident022100.00%
2017Nonresident1100.00%
2017Nonresidentnot stated300.00%
2017Resident0623353.23%
2017Resident1383284.21%
2017Resident26583.33%
2017Residentnot stated622845.16%
2016Nonresident1100.00%
2016Nonresidentnot stated4125.00%
2016Resident0753850.67%
2016Resident1241979.17%
2016Resident266100.00%
2016Residentnot stated683450.00%
2016Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2011Nonresident0100.00%
2011Nonresidentnot stated200.00%
2011Resident045511.11%
2011Resident120420.00%
2011Resident2241250.00%
2011Residentnot stated4137.32%
2011Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2010Nonresident12150.00%
2010Nonresidentnot stated4125.00%
2010Resident042511.90%
2010Resident1341132.35%
2010Residentnot stated50612.00%
2010Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2009Nonresident05120.00%
2009Nonresidentnot stated600.00%
2009Resident0951414.74%
2009Resident1300.00%
2009Resident2100.00%
2009Residentnot stated85910.59%
2009Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2008Nonresident044100.00%
2008Nonresidentnot stated55100.00%
2008Resident0127127100.00%
2008Resident188100.00%
2008Resident211100.00%
2008Residentnot stated229229100.00%
2007Nonresident055100.00%
2007Nonresidentnot stated99100.00%
2007Resident0133133100.00%
2007Resident11010100.00%
2007Resident233100.00%
2007Resident311100.00%
2007Residentnot stated180180100.00%
2006Nonresident011100.00%
2006Nonresidentnot stated33100.00%
2006Resident09191100.00%
2006Resident14040100.00%
2006Resident255100.00%
2006Residentnot stated154154100.00%

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.