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Montana · Deer · District 210

Montana deer b licence 210-01

Mule. 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 55 on 210-01 in 2026 and drew 55 — 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%; 13 nonresident applicants put it first and 5 drew, 38.46%; 106 resident applicants put it first and 48 drew, 45.28%.

Published in 9 of the drawing years FWP has posted, 2018 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
2026Nonresident513538.46%50
2026Resident551064845.28%680
2026Nonresident landowner500———
2026Resident landowner922100.00%——
2025Nonresident54250.00%40
2025Resident55895157.30%660
2025Nonresident landowner500———
2025Resident landowner922100.00%——
2024Nonresident54125.00%10
2024Resident551045350.96%620
2024Nonresident landowner500———
2024Resident landowner911100.00%——
2023Nonresident55240.00%60
2023Resident55985253.06%760
2023Nonresident landowner511100.00%——
2023Resident landowner800———
2022Nonresident54250.00%20
2022Resident55895157.30%480
2022Nonresident landowner511100.00%——
2022Resident landowner911100.00%——
2021Nonresident56350.00%20
2021Resident55855261.18%350
2021Nonresident landowner500———
2021Resident landowner900———
2020Nonresident522100.00%20
2020Resident555050100.00%443
2020Nonresident landowner500———
2020Resident landowner900———
2019Nonresident34375.00%10
2019Resident35373286.49%150
2019Nonresident landowner300———
2019Resident landowner600———
2018Nonresident300—00
2018Resident352626100.00%66
2018Nonresident landowner300———
2018Resident landowner600———

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
2026Nonresident111327.27%
2026Nonresident211100.00%
2026Nonresident411100.00%
2026Resident0471021.28%
2026Resident1432353.49%
2026Resident2141392.86%
2026Resident322100.00%
2026Resident landowner011100.00%
2026Resident landowner111100.00%
2025Nonresident0100.00%
2025Nonresident13266.67%
2025Resident0281139.29%
2025Resident1382052.63%
2025Resident2191684.21%
2025Resident333100.00%
2025Resident611100.00%
2025Resident landowner011100.00%
2025Resident landowner111100.00%
2024Nonresident0200.00%
2024Nonresident1100.00%
2024Nonresident211100.00%
2024Resident0451737.78%
2024Resident1392153.85%
2024Resident2141071.43%
2024Resident34375.00%
2024Resident411100.00%
2024Resident511100.00%
2024Resident landowner211100.00%
2023Nonresident1300.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated22100.00%
2023Resident1382565.79%
2023Resident28675.00%
2023Resident333100.00%
2023Resident422100.00%
2023Resident711100.00%
2023Residentnot stated461532.61%
2023Nonresident landownernot stated11100.00%
2022Nonresident1100.00%
2022Nonresidentnot stated3266.67%
2022Resident1322268.75%
2022Resident2201890.00%
2022Residentnot stated371129.73%
2022Nonresident landowner311100.00%
2022Resident landowner111100.00%
2021Nonresident0200.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated4375.00%
2021Resident0372054.05%
2021Resident15480.00%
2021Resident211100.00%
2021Resident311100.00%
2021Residentnot stated412663.41%
2020Nonresident011100.00%
2020Nonresidentnot stated11100.00%
2020Resident02525100.00%
2020Resident144100.00%
2020Resident222100.00%
2020Resident311100.00%
2020Residentnot stated1818100.00%
2019Nonresident011100.00%
2019Nonresident111100.00%
2019Nonresidentnot stated2150.00%
2019Resident0151173.33%
2019Resident155100.00%
2019Residentnot stated171694.12%
2018Resident099100.00%
2018Resident155100.00%
2018Resident211100.00%
2018Resident422100.00%
2018Residentnot stated99100.00%

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.