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Montana · Deer · District 215

Montana deer b licence 215-00

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 75 on 215-00 in 2026 and drew 75 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, no nonresident landowner applicant put it first; no resident landowner applicant put it first; 7 nonresident applicants put it first and 1 drew, 14.29%; 207 resident applicants put it first and 74 drew, 35.75%.

Published in 19 of the drawing years FWP has posted, 2008 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
2026Nonresident77114.29%20
2026Resident752077435.75%1580
2026Nonresident landowner700———
2026Resident landowner1200———
2025Nonresident77571.43%30
2025Resident752047034.31%1230
2025Nonresident landowner700———
2025Resident landowner1200———
2024Nonresident7600.00%150
2024Resident751947538.66%1450
2024Nonresident landowner700———
2024Resident landowner1200———
2023Nonresident75240.00%80
2023Resident751827340.11%1220
2023Nonresident landowner700———
2023Resident landowner1100———
2022Nonresident716743.75%80
2022Resident751786737.64%960
2022Nonresident landowner700———
2022Resident landowner1211100.00%——
2021Nonresident716531.25%10
2021Resident751696840.24%950
2021Nonresident landowner700———
2021Resident landowner1222100.00%——
2020Nonresident710330.00%40
2020Resident751597245.28%780
2020Nonresident landowner700———
2020Resident landowner1200———
2019Nonresident72150.00%10
2019Resident751037370.87%580
2019Nonresident landowner700———
2019Resident landowner1211100.00%——
2018Nonresident7500.00%00
2018Resident751147162.28%490
2018Nonresident landowner700———
2018Resident landowner1244100.00%——
2017Nonresident7100.00%00
2017Resident751547246.75%340
2017Nonresident landowner700———
2017Resident landowner1233100.00%——
2016Nonresident7200.00%00
2016Resident751227259.02%220
2016Nonresident landowner700———
2016Resident landowner1233100.00%——
2015Nonresident722100.00%00
2015Resident752246729.91%1480
2015Nonresident landowner700———
2015Resident landowner1266100.00%——
2014Nonresident54125.00%10
2014Resident502784516.19%1380
2014Nonresident landowner500———
2014Resident landowner844100.00%——
2013Nonresident22150.00%30
2013Resident251832010.93%1450
2013Nonresident landowner200———
2013Resident landowner444100.00%——
2012Nonresident211100.00%20
2012Resident251842111.41%1020
2012Nonresident landowner200———
2012Resident landowner433100.00%——
2011Nonresident511100.00%30
2011Resident502614617.62%1430
2011Nonresident landowner500———
2011Resident landowner833100.00%——
2010Nonresident55240.00%00
2010Resident502194520.55%930
2010Nonresident landowner500———
2010Resident landowner833100.00%——
2009Nonresident53133.33%00
2009Resident501484631.08%370
2009Nonresident landowner500———
2009Resident landowner833100.00%——
2008Nonresident55120.00%40
2008Resident50984848.98%260
2008Nonresident landowner511100.00%——
2008Resident landowner800———

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
2026Nonresident0300.00%
2026Nonresident1300.00%
2026Nonresident311100.00%
2026Resident0831922.89%
2026Resident1732128.77%
2026Resident2392564.10%
2026Resident310770.00%
2026Resident422100.00%
2025Nonresident011100.00%
2025Nonresident13133.33%
2025Nonresident211100.00%
2025Nonresident322100.00%
2025Resident0881618.18%
2025Resident1682029.41%
2025Resident2311961.29%
2025Resident3151386.67%
2025Resident422100.00%
2024Nonresident1400.00%
2024Nonresident2200.00%
2024Resident0801923.75%
2024Resident1813441.98%
2024Resident2301963.33%
2024Resident322100.00%
2024Resident411100.00%
2023Nonresident13133.33%
2023Nonresidentnot stated2150.00%
2023Resident1602948.33%
2023Resident2221986.36%
2023Resident322100.00%
2023Resident422100.00%
2023Residentnot stated962121.88%
2022Nonresident17457.14%
2022Nonresident22150.00%
2022Nonresidentnot stated7228.57%
2022Resident1602846.67%
2022Resident2161487.50%
2022Resident38787.50%
2022Residentnot stated941819.15%
2022Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2021Nonresident09222.22%
2021Nonresident12150.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated5240.00%
2021Resident0421638.10%
2021Resident1241458.33%
2021Resident27685.71%
2021Residentnot stated963233.33%
2021Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2020Nonresident0200.00%
2020Nonresidentnot stated8337.50%
2020Resident0521834.62%
2020Resident112758.33%
2020Resident299100.00%
2020Resident333100.00%
2020Residentnot stated833542.17%
2019Nonresident02150.00%
2019Resident0342779.41%
2019Resident116956.25%
2019Resident222100.00%
2019Residentnot stated513568.63%
2019Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2018Nonresident0200.00%
2018Nonresidentnot stated300.00%
2018Resident0502958.00%
2018Resident1141071.43%
2018Resident222100.00%
2018Residentnot stated483062.50%
2018Resident landownernot stated44100.00%
2017Nonresidentnot stated100.00%
2017Resident0522751.92%
2017Resident114750.00%
2017Resident25480.00%
2017Resident311100.00%
2017Resident411100.00%
2017Residentnot stated813239.51%
2017Resident landownernot stated33100.00%
2016Nonresident0100.00%
2016Nonresidentnot stated100.00%
2016Resident0301136.67%
2016Resident1191684.21%
2016Resident2151280.00%
2016Resident355100.00%
2016Resident422100.00%
2016Resident511100.00%
2016Residentnot stated502550.00%
2016Resident landowner011100.00%
2016Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2015Nonresident011100.00%
2015Nonresident111100.00%
2015Resident0611321.31%
2015Resident1331030.30%
2015Resident2191263.16%
2015Resident36350.00%
2015Resident46583.33%
2015Resident511100.00%
2015Residentnot stated982323.47%
2015Resident landowner022100.00%
2015Resident landownernot stated44100.00%
2014Nonresident0100.00%
2014Nonresident111100.00%
2014Nonresidentnot stated200.00%
2014Resident07368.22%
2014Resident143511.63%
2014Resident214750.00%
2014Resident39222.22%
2014Resident43266.67%
2014Resident533100.00%
2014Residentnot stated1332015.04%
2014Resident landowner011100.00%
2014Resident landownernot stated33100.00%
2013Nonresident0100.00%
2013Nonresidentnot stated11100.00%
2013Resident044511.36%
2013Resident115213.33%
2013Resident211218.18%
2013Resident311436.36%
2013Resident4300.00%
2013Resident511100.00%
2013Residentnot stated9866.12%
2013Resident landowner011100.00%
2013Resident landownernot stated33100.00%
2012Nonresidentnot stated11100.00%
2012Resident040512.50%
2012Resident127622.22%
2012Resident217423.53%
2012Resident3500.00%
2012Resident4100.00%
2012Residentnot stated9466.38%
2012Resident landownernot stated33100.00%
2011Nonresidentnot stated11100.00%
2011Resident0761418.42%
2011Resident1341132.35%
2011Resident213215.38%
2011Resident3200.00%
2011Residentnot stated1361913.97%
2011Resident landowner011100.00%
2011Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2010Nonresidentnot stated5240.00%
2010Resident0661421.21%
2010Resident124833.33%
2010Resident2300.00%
2010Residentnot stated1262318.25%
2010Resident landowner011100.00%
2010Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2009Nonresident0200.00%
2009Nonresidentnot stated11100.00%
2009Resident0551120.00%
2009Resident110660.00%
2009Residentnot stated832934.94%
2009Resident landowner011100.00%
2009Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2008Nonresident02150.00%
2008Nonresidentnot stated300.00%
2008Resident0391743.59%
2008Resident177100.00%
2008Resident311100.00%
2008Residentnot stated512345.10%
2008Nonresident 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.