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Montana · Deer · District 124

Montana deer b licence 124-00

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 25 on 124-00 in 2026 and drew 25 — 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%; 1 nonresident applicant put it first and none of them drew; 133 resident applicants put it first and 23 drew, 17.29%.

Published in 21 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
2026Nonresident2100.00%50
2026Resident251332317.29%1250
2026Nonresident landowner200———
2026Resident landowner422100.00%——
2025Nonresident2400.00%40
2025Resident251422215.49%1200
2025Nonresident landowner200———
2025Resident landowner433100.00%——
2024Nonresident200—50
2024Resident251642314.02%1220
2024Nonresident landowner200———
2024Resident landowner422100.00%——
2023Nonresident522100.00%50
2023Resident501434732.87%980
2023Nonresident landowner500———
2023Resident landowner811100.00%——
2022Nonresident500—50
2022Resident501614930.43%650
2022Nonresident landowner500———
2022Resident landowner811100.00%——
2021Nonresident5200.00%10
2021Resident501314937.40%960
2021Nonresident landowner500———
2021Resident landowner811100.00%——
2020Nonresident5200.00%10
2020Resident501064946.23%850
2020Nonresident landowner500———
2020Resident landowner811100.00%——
2019Nonresident200—70
2019Resident25812530.86%670
2019Nonresident landowner200———
2019Resident landowner400———
2018Nonresident22150.00%30
2018Resident251242419.35%950
2018Nonresident landowner200———
2018Resident landowner400———
2017Nonresident104250.00%30
2017Resident1001229880.33%1010
2017Nonresident landowner1000———
2017Resident landowner1500———
2016Nonresident2099100.00%11
2016Resident200162162100.00%9928
2016Nonresident landowner2000———
2016Resident landowner3000———
2015Nonresident2077100.00%50
2015Resident200185185100.00%2245
2015Nonresident landowner2000———
2015Resident landowner3033100.00%——
2014Nonresident2066100.00%60
2014Resident200139139100.00%17053
2014Nonresident landowner2000———
2014Resident landowner3022100.00%——
2013Nonresident3044100.00%66
2013Resident300180180100.00%118109
2013Nonresident landowner2000———
2013Resident landowner3011100.00%——
2012Nonresident2011100.00%76
2012Resident200116116100.00%8976
2012Nonresident landowner2000———
2012Resident landowner3011100.00%——
2011Nonresident1011872.73%30
2011Resident1001429164.08%630
2011Nonresident landowner1000———
2011Resident landowner1511100.00%——
2010Nonresident1066100.00%70
2010Resident1001169380.17%470
2010Nonresident landowner1000———
2010Resident landowner1511100.00%——
2009Nonresident1011100.00%30
2009Resident1001059893.33%390
2009Nonresident landowner1000———
2009Resident landowner1511100.00%——
2008Nonresident2044100.00%11
2008Resident200125125100.00%3636
2008Nonresident landowner2000———
2008Resident landowner3011100.00%——
2006Nonresident2033100.00%11
2006Resident200113113100.00%2222
2006Nonresident landowner2000———
2006Resident landowner3011100.00%——

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
2026Nonresident3100.00%
2026Resident01800.00%
2026Resident14037.50%
2026Resident237924.32%
2026Resident324625.00%
2026Resident412541.67%
2026Resident5200.00%
2026Resident landowner022100.00%
2025Nonresident0200.00%
2025Nonresident1100.00%
2025Nonresident2100.00%
2025Resident02913.45%
2025Resident14137.32%
2025Resident24037.50%
2025Resident3241041.67%
2025Resident47457.14%
2025Resident511100.00%
2025Resident landowner033100.00%
2024Resident03000.00%
2024Resident17168.45%
2024Resident238513.16%
2024Resident321942.86%
2024Resident43266.67%
2024Resident511100.00%
2024Resident landowner011100.00%
2024Resident landowner211100.00%
2023Nonresident211100.00%
2023Nonresident411100.00%
2023Resident1521223.08%
2023Resident2401742.50%
2023Resident3121191.67%
2023Resident422100.00%
2023Residentnot stated37513.51%
2023Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2022Resident1641421.88%
2022Resident2341852.94%
2022Resident39666.67%
2022Resident422100.00%
2022Resident511100.00%
2022Residentnot stated51815.69%
2022Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2021Nonresident0200.00%
2021Resident0491224.49%
2021Resident1211257.14%
2021Resident29777.78%
2021Resident333100.00%
2021Residentnot stated491530.61%
2021Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2020Nonresident0200.00%
2020Resident0371129.73%
2020Resident1221254.55%
2020Resident2121083.33%
2020Resident311100.00%
2020Residentnot stated341544.12%
2020Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2019Resident025832.00%
2019Resident121942.86%
2019Resident24250.00%
2019Residentnot stated31619.35%
2018Nonresidentnot stated2150.00%
2018Resident052611.54%
2018Resident113430.77%
2018Resident222100.00%
2018Residentnot stated571221.05%
2017Nonresidentnot stated4250.00%
2017Resident0564580.36%
2017Resident144100.00%
2017Resident233100.00%
2017Residentnot stated594677.97%
2016Nonresidentnot stated99100.00%
2016Resident06363100.00%
2016Resident111100.00%
2016Residentnot stated9898100.00%
2015Nonresident011100.00%
2015Nonresidentnot stated66100.00%
2015Resident07272100.00%
2015Resident11010100.00%
2015Resident211100.00%
2015Residentnot stated102102100.00%
2015Resident landownernot stated33100.00%
2014Nonresident022100.00%
2014Nonresidentnot stated44100.00%
2014Resident05858100.00%
2014Resident144100.00%
2014Resident211100.00%
2014Residentnot stated7676100.00%
2014Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2013Nonresident022100.00%
2013Nonresidentnot stated22100.00%
2013Resident06969100.00%
2013Resident11616100.00%
2013Resident277100.00%
2013Resident311100.00%
2013Residentnot stated8787100.00%
2013Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2012Nonresidentnot stated11100.00%
2012Resident04242100.00%
2012Resident11919100.00%
2012Resident255100.00%
2012Resident311100.00%
2012Residentnot stated4949100.00%
2012Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2011Nonresident06583.33%
2011Nonresidentnot stated5360.00%
2011Resident0553563.64%
2011Resident1131076.92%
2011Resident24375.00%
2011Residentnot stated704361.43%
2011Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2010Nonresidentnot stated66100.00%
2010Resident0453475.56%
2010Resident11010100.00%
2010Residentnot stated614980.33%
2010Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2009Nonresidentnot stated11100.00%
2009Resident0393487.18%
2009Resident14375.00%
2009Residentnot stated626198.39%
2009Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2008Nonresident011100.00%
2008Nonresidentnot stated33100.00%
2008Resident04343100.00%
2008Residentnot stated8282100.00%
2008Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2007Resident03535100.00%
2007Resident133100.00%
2007Residentnot stated6565100.00%
2007Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2006Nonresidentnot stated33100.00%
2006Resident03737100.00%
2006Resident188100.00%
2006Residentnot stated6868100.00%
2006Resident 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.