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Montana · Deer · District 315

Montana deer b licence 315-01

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 250 on 315-01 in 2026 and drew 188, so 62 went undrawn, and 62 went to the surplus list. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, no nonresident landowner applicant put it first; no resident landowner applicant put it first; 14 nonresident applicants put it first and 14 drew, 100.00%; 102 resident applicants put it first and 102 drew, 100.00%.

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
2026Nonresident251414100.00%66
2026Resident250102102100.00%6666
2026Nonresident landowner2500———
2026Resident landowner3800———
2025Nonresident2588100.00%55
2025Resident2508383100.00%5151
2025Nonresident landowner2500———
2025Resident landowner3800———
2024Nonresident2577100.00%77
2024Resident2506969100.00%5959
2024Nonresident landowner2500———
2024Resident landowner3800———
2023Nonresident251212100.00%1010
2023Resident2507878100.00%6161
2023Nonresident landowner2500———
2023Resident landowner3800———
2022Nonresident251010100.00%88
2022Resident2507676100.00%3737
2022Nonresident landowner2500———
2022Resident landowner3800———
2021Nonresident251919100.00%88
2021Resident2507474100.00%4040
2021Nonresident landowner2500———
2021Resident landowner3811100.00%——
2020Nonresident2555100.00%55
2020Resident2508686100.00%2929
2020Nonresident landowner2500———
2020Resident landowner3800———
2019Nonresident2533100.00%22
2019Resident2505959100.00%1212
2019Nonresident landowner2500———
2019Resident landowner3800———
2018Nonresident251212100.00%22
2018Resident2509090100.00%1212
2018Nonresident landowner2500———
2018Resident landowner3811100.00%——
2017Nonresident251414100.00%00
2017Resident250105105100.00%4343
2017Nonresident landowner2500———
2017Resident landowner3800———
2016Nonresident251111100.00%44
2016Resident250102102100.00%4242
2016Nonresident landowner2500———
2016Resident landowner3800———
2015Nonresident251818100.00%11
2015Resident250174174100.00%5656
2015Nonresident landowner2500———
2015Resident landowner3800———
2014Nonresident25151386.67%60
2014Resident25025223693.65%360
2014Nonresident landowner2500———
2014Resident landowner3811100.00%——
2013Nonresident2555100.00%22
2013Resident250103103100.00%2929
2013Nonresident landowner2500———
2013Resident landowner3800———
2012Nonresident2577100.00%66
2012Resident2508787100.00%2424
2012Nonresident landowner2500———
2012Resident landowner3800———
2011Nonresident2577100.00%00
2011Resident2508282100.00%22
2011Nonresident landowner2500———
2011Resident landowner3811100.00%——
2010Nonresident2544100.00%00
2010Resident2507373100.00%55
2010Nonresident landowner2500———
2010Resident landowner3800———
2009Nonresident2577100.00%00
2009Resident2506767100.00%22
2009Nonresident landowner2500———
2009Resident landowner3811100.00%——
2008Nonresident2588100.00%00
2008Resident2505555100.00%55
2008Nonresident landowner2500———
2008Resident landowner3800———
2006Nonresident251414100.00%1111
2006Resident2504545100.00%1010
2006Nonresident landowner2500———
2006Resident landowner3700———

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
2026Nonresident088100.00%
2026Nonresident166100.00%
2026Resident06262100.00%
2026Resident13131100.00%
2026Resident277100.00%
2026Resident311100.00%
2026Resident411100.00%
2025Nonresident044100.00%
2025Nonresident144100.00%
2025Resident04444100.00%
2025Resident13535100.00%
2025Resident244100.00%
2024Nonresident044100.00%
2024Nonresident133100.00%
2024Resident04242100.00%
2024Resident12323100.00%
2024Resident244100.00%
2023Nonresident133100.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated99100.00%
2023Resident13232100.00%
2023Resident222100.00%
2023Resident311100.00%
2023Residentnot stated4343100.00%
2022Nonresident155100.00%
2022Nonresidentnot stated55100.00%
2022Resident12828100.00%
2022Resident211100.00%
2022Residentnot stated4747100.00%
2021Nonresident044100.00%
2021Nonresident122100.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated1313100.00%
2021Resident02121100.00%
2021Resident122100.00%
2021Resident211100.00%
2021Residentnot stated5050100.00%
2021Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2020Nonresidentnot stated55100.00%
2020Resident03838100.00%
2020Resident111100.00%
2020Resident311100.00%
2020Residentnot stated4646100.00%
2019Nonresidentnot stated33100.00%
2019Resident01717100.00%
2019Resident122100.00%
2019Residentnot stated4040100.00%
2018Nonresident022100.00%
2018Nonresidentnot stated1010100.00%
2018Resident03333100.00%
2018Resident122100.00%
2018Resident211100.00%
2018Resident311100.00%
2018Residentnot stated5353100.00%
2018Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2017Nonresident033100.00%
2017Nonresidentnot stated1111100.00%
2017Resident02929100.00%
2017Resident144100.00%
2017Resident211100.00%
2017Residentnot stated7171100.00%
2016Nonresidentnot stated1111100.00%
2016Resident02626100.00%
2016Resident133100.00%
2016Resident222100.00%
2016Residentnot stated7171100.00%
2015Nonresident033100.00%
2015Nonresidentnot stated1515100.00%
2015Resident06969100.00%
2015Resident188100.00%
2015Residentnot stated9797100.00%
2014Nonresident03266.67%
2014Nonresidentnot stated121191.67%
2014Resident0958993.68%
2014Resident11313100.00%
2014Resident233100.00%
2014Residentnot stated14113192.91%
2014Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2013Nonresident011100.00%
2013Nonresidentnot stated44100.00%
2013Resident02727100.00%
2013Resident111100.00%
2013Resident222100.00%
2013Residentnot stated7373100.00%
2012Nonresident011100.00%
2012Nonresidentnot stated66100.00%
2012Resident03838100.00%
2012Resident111100.00%
2012Residentnot stated4848100.00%
2011Nonresident033100.00%
2011Nonresidentnot stated44100.00%
2011Resident02323100.00%
2011Resident144100.00%
2011Residentnot stated5555100.00%
2011Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2010Nonresident011100.00%
2010Nonresidentnot stated33100.00%
2010Resident02424100.00%
2010Residentnot stated4949100.00%
2009Nonresident011100.00%
2009Nonresidentnot stated66100.00%
2009Resident01717100.00%
2009Resident111100.00%
2009Residentnot stated4949100.00%
2009Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2008Nonresident033100.00%
2008Nonresidentnot stated55100.00%
2008Resident02121100.00%
2008Resident111100.00%
2008Residentnot stated3333100.00%
2007Nonresidentnot stated1515100.00%
2007Resident01919100.00%
2007Resident111100.00%
2007Residentnot stated3131100.00%
2006Nonresidentnot stated1414100.00%
2006Resident01212100.00%
2006Residentnot stated3333100.00%

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.