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Montana · Deer · District 120

Montana deer b licence 120-00

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 75 on 120-00 in 2026 and drew 75 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, 1 nonresident landowner applicant put it first and 1 drew, 100.00%; 3 resident landowner applicants put it first and 3 drew, 100.00%; 8 nonresident applicants put it first and 2 drew, 25.00%; 373 resident applicants put it first and 69 drew, 18.50%.

Published in 19 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
2026Nonresident78225.00%70
2026Resident753736918.50%3340
2026Nonresident landowner711100.00%——
2026Resident landowner1233100.00%——
2025Nonresident7300.00%70
2025Resident753037223.76%2590
2025Nonresident landowner711100.00%——
2025Resident landowner1222100.00%——
2024Nonresident21700.00%30
2024Resident25337226.53%2700
2024Nonresident landowner211100.00%——
2024Resident landowner422100.00%——
2023Nonresident21200.00%70
2023Resident25423235.44%2370
2023Nonresident landowner211100.00%——
2023Resident landowner411100.00%——
2022Nonresident1510550.00%120
2022Resident15027014453.33%1940
2022Nonresident landowner1500———
2022Resident landowner2211100.00%——
2021Nonresident106233.33%40
2021Resident1002209844.55%1380
2021Nonresident landowner1000———
2021Resident landowner1500———
2020Nonresident10300.00%10
2020Resident10021910045.66%1080
2020Nonresident landowner1000———
2020Resident landowner1500———
2019Nonresident106116.67%10
2019Resident1001719957.89%950
2019Nonresident landowner1000———
2019Resident landowner1500———
2018Nonresident109666.67%00
2018Resident1002239442.15%840
2018Nonresident landowner1000———
2018Resident landowner1500———
2017Nonresident103133.33%10
2017Resident1001939951.30%1150
2017Nonresident landowner1000———
2017Resident landowner1500———
2016Nonresident1000—30
2016Resident10021410046.73%670
2016Nonresident landowner1000———
2016Resident landowner1500———
2015Nonresident106350.00%10
2015Resident1002519738.65%1010
2015Nonresident landowner1000———
2015Resident landowner1500———
2014Nonresident1000—30
2014Resident10017310057.80%790
2014Nonresident landowner1000———
2014Resident landowner1500———
2011Nonresident22150.00%10
2011Resident251922412.50%1140
2011Nonresident landowner200———
2011Resident landowner400———
2010Nonresident2300.00%10
2010Resident251692514.79%850
2010Nonresident landowner200———
2010Resident landowner400———
2009Nonresident29222.22%40
2009Resident25271238.49%1340
2009Nonresident landowner200———
2009Resident landowner400———
2008Nonresident5077100.00%10
2008Resident50050049298.40%450
2008Nonresident landowner5000———
2008Resident landowner7511100.00%——
2006Nonresident3055100.00%10
2006Resident30034529585.51%280
2006Nonresident landowner3000———
2006Resident landowner4500———

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
2026Nonresident0400.00%
2026Nonresident1200.00%
2026Nonresident222100.00%
2026Resident010454.81%
2026Resident11301410.77%
2026Resident2641726.56%
2026Resident3461532.61%
2026Resident4221359.09%
2026Resident57571.43%
2026Nonresident landowner011100.00%
2026Resident landowner022100.00%
2026Resident landowner111100.00%
2025Nonresident0200.00%
2025Nonresident2100.00%
2025Resident0961010.42%
2025Resident1841517.86%
2025Resident2591423.73%
2025Resident3452248.89%
2025Resident416850.00%
2025Resident533100.00%
2025Nonresident landowner011100.00%
2025Resident landowner011100.00%
2025Resident landowner111100.00%
2024Nonresident0800.00%
2024Nonresident1600.00%
2024Nonresident2100.00%
2024Nonresident3200.00%
2024Resident010710.93%
2024Resident110321.94%
2024Resident288910.23%
2024Resident331619.35%
2024Resident48450.00%
2024Nonresident landowner111100.00%
2024Resident landowner011100.00%
2024Resident landowner111100.00%
2023Nonresident1500.00%
2023Nonresident2200.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated500.00%
2023Resident119594.62%
2023Resident256916.07%
2023Resident31815.56%
2023Resident46233.33%
2023Resident5100.00%
2023Residentnot stated14721.36%
2023Nonresident landowner111100.00%
2023Resident landowner111100.00%
2022Nonresident14250.00%
2022Nonresidentnot stated6350.00%
2022Resident11035957.28%
2022Resident2402972.50%
2022Resident3171694.12%
2022Resident444100.00%
2022Resident511100.00%
2022Residentnot stated1053533.33%
2022Resident landowner111100.00%
2021Nonresident05240.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated100.00%
2021Resident0772836.36%
2021Resident1251664.00%
2021Resident211981.82%
2021Residentnot stated1074542.06%
2020Nonresidentnot stated300.00%
2020Resident0892831.46%
2020Resident1352571.43%
2020Resident288100.00%
2020Resident311100.00%
2020Residentnot stated863844.19%
2019Nonresident0100.00%
2019Nonresidentnot stated5120.00%
2019Resident0633657.14%
2019Resident1261661.54%
2019Resident21414100.00%
2019Residentnot stated683348.53%
2018Nonresident04375.00%
2018Nonresident122100.00%
2018Nonresidentnot stated3133.33%
2018Resident0812632.10%
2018Resident1402460.00%
2018Resident233100.00%
2018Resident33266.67%
2018Residentnot stated963940.63%
2017Nonresident0200.00%
2017Nonresidentnot stated11100.00%
2017Resident0663146.97%
2017Resident1252184.00%
2017Resident24375.00%
2017Resident311100.00%
2017Residentnot stated974344.33%
2016Resident0772937.66%
2016Resident1221986.36%
2016Resident244100.00%
2016Resident344100.00%
2016Resident511100.00%
2016Residentnot stated1064340.57%
2015Nonresident0100.00%
2015Nonresidentnot stated5360.00%
2015Resident01114439.64%
2015Resident1221359.09%
2015Resident26233.33%
2015Resident42150.00%
2015Residentnot stated1103733.64%
2014Resident0633657.14%
2014Resident1171270.59%
2014Resident277100.00%
2014Resident34375.00%
2014Resident411100.00%
2014Residentnot stated814150.62%
2011Nonresident0100.00%
2011Nonresident211100.00%
2011Resident06757.46%
2011Resident142716.67%
2011Resident219526.32%
2011Resident32150.00%
2011Residentnot stated6269.68%
2010Nonresident0200.00%
2010Nonresident1100.00%
2010Resident060813.33%
2010Resident144920.45%
2010Resident2100.00%
2010Residentnot stated64812.50%
2009Nonresident06233.33%
2009Nonresidentnot stated300.00%
2009Resident0157138.28%
2009Resident15120.00%
2009Resident2100.00%
2009Residentnot stated10898.33%
2008Nonresident033100.00%
2008Nonresidentnot stated44100.00%
2008Resident021020899.05%
2008Resident177100.00%
2008Resident233100.00%
2008Residentnot stated28027497.86%
2008Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2007Nonresident044100.00%
2007Nonresidentnot stated55100.00%
2007Resident0158158100.00%
2007Resident12424100.00%
2007Resident222100.00%
2007Residentnot stated192192100.00%
2007Resident landowner011100.00%
2007Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2006Nonresident055100.00%
2006Resident015412782.47%
2006Resident1272696.30%
2006Resident222100.00%
2006Residentnot stated16214086.42%

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.