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Montana · Deer · District 202

Montana deer b licence 202-01

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 2021 drawing did

Montana set a quota of 15 on 202-01 in 2021 and drew 15 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, no nonresident landowner applicant put it first; no resident landowner applicant put it first; 2 nonresident applicants put it first and 1 drew, 50.00%; 38 resident applicants put it first and 14 drew, 36.84%.

This licence code stops appearing after 2021. FWP's 2026 reports do not carry it, and this site does not map a retired code onto a current one — the department renumbered its licence-type suffixes and has published nothing saying which old code became which new one. What is below is the record of the 16 years it was drawn.

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
2021Nonresident12150.00%20
2021Resident15381436.84%530
2021Nonresident landowner100———
2021Resident landowner300———
2020Nonresident1100.00%20
2020Resident15431534.88%370
2020Nonresident landowner100———
2020Resident landowner300———
2019Nonresident14125.00%00
2019Resident15191473.68%170
2019Nonresident landowner100———
2019Resident landowner300———
2018Nonresident111100.00%60
2018Resident15171482.35%80
2018Nonresident landowner100———
2018Resident landowner300———
2017Nonresident000—00
2017Resident519526.32%150
2017Nonresident landowner000———
2017Resident landowner100———
2016Nonresident000—00
2016Resident515533.33%230
2016Nonresident landowner000———
2016Resident landowner100———
2015Nonresident000—00
2015Resident522522.73%200
2015Nonresident landowner000———
2015Resident landowner100———
2014Nonresident000—00
2014Resident521523.81%200
2014Nonresident landowner000———
2014Resident landowner100———
2013Nonresident000—00
2013Resident519526.32%130
2013Nonresident landowner000———
2013Resident landowner100———
2012Nonresident000—00
2012Resident514535.71%280
2012Nonresident landowner000———
2012Resident landowner100———
2011Nonresident000—00
2011Resident521523.81%170
2011Nonresident landowner000———
2011Resident landowner100———
2010Nonresident000—00
2010Resident510550.00%200
2010Nonresident landowner000———
2010Resident landowner100———
2009Nonresident1011100.00%11
2009Resident1002424100.00%1313
2009Nonresident landowner1000———
2009Resident landowner1500———
2008Nonresident1022100.00%00
2008Resident1002828100.00%1010
2008Nonresident landowner1000———
2008Resident landowner1511100.00%——
2006Nonresident1011100.00%00
2006Resident1005656100.00%11
2006Nonresident landowner1000———
2006Resident landowner1511100.00%——

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
2021Nonresidentnot stated2150.00%
2021Resident013538.46%
2021Resident18337.50%
2021Resident23133.33%
2021Residentnot stated14535.71%
2020Nonresident0100.00%
2020Resident0191052.63%
2020Resident16116.67%
2020Resident211100.00%
2020Residentnot stated17317.65%
2019Nonresident0200.00%
2019Nonresident111100.00%
2019Nonresidentnot stated100.00%
2019Resident08562.50%
2019Resident12150.00%
2019Resident222100.00%
2019Residentnot stated7685.71%
2018Nonresident011100.00%
2018Resident077100.00%
2018Resident133100.00%
2018Resident211100.00%
2018Residentnot stated6350.00%
2017Resident08225.00%
2017Resident15240.00%
2017Resident3100.00%
2017Residentnot stated5120.00%
2016Resident05240.00%
2016Resident13133.33%
2016Resident25240.00%
2016Resident3100.00%
2016Residentnot stated100.00%
2015Resident06116.67%
2015Resident17342.86%
2015Resident311100.00%
2015Resident4100.00%
2015Residentnot stated700.00%
2014Resident09111.11%
2014Resident14125.00%
2014Resident22150.00%
2014Residentnot stated6233.33%
2013Resident08112.50%
2013Resident1100.00%
2013Resident24250.00%
2013Resident311100.00%
2013Residentnot stated5120.00%
2012Resident04125.00%
2012Resident15240.00%
2012Residentnot stated5240.00%
2011Resident05120.00%
2011Resident12150.00%
2011Residentnot stated14321.43%
2010Resident04125.00%
2010Residentnot stated6466.67%
2009Nonresidentnot stated11100.00%
2009Resident01111100.00%
2009Residentnot stated1313100.00%
2008Nonresidentnot stated22100.00%
2008Resident055100.00%
2008Residentnot stated2323100.00%
2008Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2007Nonresidentnot stated11100.00%
2007Resident066100.00%
2007Residentnot stated2626100.00%
2007Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2006Nonresidentnot stated11100.00%
2006Resident01313100.00%
2006Resident122100.00%
2006Residentnot stated4141100.00%
2006Resident landownernot stated11100.00%

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.