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Montana · Deer · District 313

Montana deer b licence 313-01

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 20 on 313-01 in 2026 and drew 20 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, 1 nonresident landowner applicant put it first and 1 drew, 100.00%; no resident landowner applicant put it first; 6 nonresident applicants put it first and 1 drew, 16.67%; 97 resident applicants put it first and 18 drew, 18.56%.

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
2026Nonresident26116.67%30
2026Resident20971818.56%410
2026Nonresident landowner211100.00%——
2026Resident landowner300———
2025Nonresident29111.11%80
2025Resident201241814.52%690
2025Nonresident landowner211100.00%——
2025Resident landowner300———
2024Nonresident21600.00%50
2024Resident201581912.03%640
2024Nonresident landowner211100.00%——
2024Resident landowner300———
2023Nonresident21119.09%50
2023Resident251572415.29%460
2023Nonresident landowner200———
2023Resident landowner400———
2022Nonresident10161062.50%100
2022Resident1001409064.29%450
2022Nonresident landowner1000———
2022Resident landowner1500———
2021Nonresident10151066.67%70
2021Resident1001479061.22%390
2021Nonresident landowner1000———
2021Resident landowner1500———
2020Nonresident1015746.67%70
2020Resident1001639357.06%310
2020Nonresident landowner1000———
2020Resident landowner1500———
2019Nonresident1010990.00%30
2019Resident1001159179.13%60
2019Nonresident landowner1000———
2019Resident landowner1500———
2018Nonresident1077100.00%40
2018Resident100999393.94%40
2018Nonresident landowner1000———
2018Resident landowner1500———
2017Nonresident511327.27%00
2017Resident501264737.30%110
2017Nonresident landowner500———
2017Resident landowner800———
2016Nonresident58450.00%10
2016Resident501054643.81%220
2016Nonresident landowner500———
2016Resident landowner800———
2013Nonresident433100.00%50
2013Resident40693753.62%110
2013Nonresident landowner400———
2013Resident landowner600———
2012Nonresident49444.44%10
2012Resident40773646.75%100
2012Nonresident landowner400———
2012Resident landowner600———
2011Nonresident1099100.00%00
2011Resident1008686100.00%33
2011Nonresident landowner1000———
2011Resident landowner1500———
2010Nonresident1055100.00%00
2010Resident1008383100.00%00
2010Nonresident landowner1000———
2010Resident landowner1500———
2009Nonresident1022100.00%00
2009Resident1006161100.00%00
2009Nonresident landowner1000———
2009Resident landowner1500———
2008Nonresident1033100.00%00
2008Resident1006565100.00%00
2008Nonresident landowner1000———
2008Resident landowner1500———
2006Nonresident500—00
2006Resident504040100.00%22
2006Nonresident landowner500———
2006Resident landowner700———

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
2026Nonresident0100.00%
2026Nonresident15120.00%
2026Resident03226.25%
2026Resident12414.17%
2026Resident216318.75%
2026Resident313323.08%
2026Resident411872.73%
2026Resident511100.00%
2026Nonresident landowner111100.00%
2025Nonresident0500.00%
2025Nonresident111100.00%
2025Nonresident2100.00%
2025Nonresident3200.00%
2025Resident04624.35%
2025Resident127311.11%
2025Resident228725.00%
2025Resident321419.05%
2025Resident422100.00%
2025Nonresident landowner111100.00%
2024Nonresident0700.00%
2024Nonresident1600.00%
2024Nonresident2200.00%
2024Nonresident3100.00%
2024Resident05123.92%
2024Resident14936.12%
2024Resident2481225.00%
2024Resident38112.50%
2024Resident42150.00%
2024Nonresident landowner111100.00%
2023Nonresident16116.67%
2023Nonresidentnot stated500.00%
2023Resident1691217.39%
2023Resident218422.22%
2023Resident33266.67%
2023Residentnot stated6768.96%
2022Nonresident17685.71%
2022Nonresident211100.00%
2022Nonresidentnot stated8337.50%
2022Resident1513466.67%
2022Resident2191789.47%
2022Resident333100.00%
2022Residentnot stated673653.73%
2021Nonresident05360.00%
2021Nonresident133100.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated7457.14%
2021Resident0653756.92%
2021Resident1181583.33%
2021Resident233100.00%
2021Residentnot stated613557.38%
2020Nonresident07228.57%
2020Nonresidentnot stated8562.50%
2020Resident0703550.00%
2020Resident1121083.33%
2020Resident233100.00%
2020Residentnot stated784557.69%
2019Nonresident033100.00%
2019Nonresidentnot stated7685.71%
2019Resident0574273.68%
2019Resident177100.00%
2019Residentnot stated514282.35%
2018Nonresident022100.00%
2018Nonresident111100.00%
2018Nonresidentnot stated44100.00%
2018Resident0322990.63%
2018Resident11818100.00%
2018Resident255100.00%
2018Residentnot stated444193.18%
2017Nonresident0100.00%
2017Nonresidentnot stated10330.00%
2017Resident0482143.75%
2017Resident1171164.71%
2017Resident2100.00%
2017Residentnot stated601525.00%
2016Nonresident02150.00%
2016Nonresident111100.00%
2016Nonresidentnot stated5240.00%
2016Resident0301136.67%
2016Resident19777.78%
2016Resident211100.00%
2016Residentnot stated652741.54%
2013Nonresident022100.00%
2013Nonresident111100.00%
2013Resident016850.00%
2013Resident19777.78%
2013Residentnot stated442250.00%
2012Nonresident04250.00%
2012Nonresidentnot stated5240.00%
2012Resident0271037.04%
2012Resident111100.00%
2012Residentnot stated492551.02%
2011Nonresident022100.00%
2011Nonresidentnot stated77100.00%
2011Resident02727100.00%
2011Residentnot stated5959100.00%
2010Nonresident033100.00%
2010Nonresidentnot stated22100.00%
2010Resident02424100.00%
2010Resident111100.00%
2010Residentnot stated5858100.00%
2009Nonresident011100.00%
2009Nonresidentnot stated11100.00%
2009Resident01616100.00%
2009Residentnot stated4545100.00%
2008Nonresident033100.00%
2008Resident02626100.00%
2008Residentnot stated3939100.00%
2007Nonresident011100.00%
2007Nonresidentnot stated22100.00%
2007Resident01818100.00%
2007Residentnot stated352982.86%
2006Resident01717100.00%
2006Resident122100.00%
2006Residentnot stated2121100.00%

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.