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Montana · Deer · District 319

Montana deer b licence 319-01

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 50 on 319-01 in 2026 and drew 50 — 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%; 15 nonresident applicants put it first and 3 drew, 20.00%; 334 resident applicants put it first and 45 drew, 13.47%.

Published in 12 of the drawing years FWP has posted, 2015 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
2026Nonresident515320.00%140
2026Resident503344513.47%1610
2026Nonresident landowner500———
2026Resident landowner822100.00%——
2025Nonresident52514.00%210
2025Resident504144811.59%1710
2025Nonresident landowner500———
2025Resident landowner811100.00%——
2024Nonresident516318.75%230
2024Resident503754612.27%1610
2024Nonresident landowner500———
2024Resident landowner811100.00%——
2023Nonresident530516.67%210
2023Resident503734411.80%1520
2023Nonresident landowner500———
2023Resident landowner811100.00%——
2022Nonresident523313.04%140
2022Resident503524613.07%1050
2022Nonresident landowner500———
2022Resident landowner811100.00%——
2021Nonresident41815.56%110
2021Resident402533815.02%980
2021Nonresident landowner400———
2021Resident landowner611100.00%——
2020Nonresident41218.33%40
2020Resident402173817.51%790
2020Nonresident landowner400———
2020Resident landowner611100.00%——
2019Nonresident4900.00%40
2019Resident402393916.32%610
2019Nonresident landowner400———
2019Resident landowner611100.00%——
2018Nonresident1014321.43%60
2018Resident1002719635.42%560
2018Nonresident landowner1000———
2018Resident landowner1511100.00%——
2017Nonresident109777.78%40
2017Resident1002139243.19%1040
2017Nonresident landowner1000———
2017Resident landowner1511100.00%——
2016Nonresident711218.18%30
2016Resident752167233.33%1240
2016Nonresident landowner700———
2016Resident landowner1211100.00%——
2015Nonresident48337.50%20
2015Resident402213616.29%1250
2015Nonresident landowner400———
2015Resident landowner611100.00%——

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
2026Nonresident0600.00%
2026Nonresident13266.67%
2026Nonresident23133.33%
2026Nonresident3300.00%
2026Resident010943.67%
2026Resident18244.88%
2026Resident2671217.91%
2026Resident3381026.32%
2026Resident417741.18%
2026Resident517635.29%
2026Resident63133.33%
2026Resident711100.00%
2026Resident landowner022100.00%
2025Nonresident01000.00%
2025Nonresident1900.00%
2025Nonresident2200.00%
2025Nonresident3200.00%
2025Nonresident52150.00%
2025Resident012054.17%
2025Resident1127107.87%
2025Resident26357.94%
2025Resident3471123.40%
2025Resident437821.62%
2025Resident517741.18%
2025Resident62150.00%
2025Resident811100.00%
2025Resident landowner011100.00%
2024Nonresident0600.00%
2024Nonresident12150.00%
2024Nonresident2400.00%
2024Nonresident322100.00%
2024Nonresident4200.00%
2024Resident011232.68%
2024Resident19233.26%
2024Resident276810.53%
2024Resident3591830.51%
2024Resident4271037.04%
2024Resident57457.14%
2024Resident6100.00%
2024Resident7100.00%
2024Resident landowner011100.00%
2023Nonresident11119.09%
2023Nonresident24250.00%
2023Nonresident3200.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated13215.38%
2023Resident110254.90%
2023Resident27279.72%
2023Resident3371129.73%
2023Resident4221463.64%
2023Resident522100.00%
2023Resident6100.00%
2023Residentnot stated13753.65%
2023Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2022Nonresident110110.00%
2022Nonresident322100.00%
2022Nonresidentnot stated1100.00%
2022Resident11211512.40%
2022Resident2601016.67%
2022Resident3361130.56%
2022Resident45360.00%
2022Resident54375.00%
2022Resident711100.00%
2022Residentnot stated12532.40%
2022Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2021Nonresident0500.00%
2021Nonresident1100.00%
2021Nonresident211100.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated1100.00%
2021Resident07856.41%
2021Resident140512.50%
2021Resident221733.33%
2021Resident315746.67%
2021Resident5100.00%
2021Residentnot stated981414.29%
2021Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2020Nonresident02150.00%
2020Nonresident1200.00%
2020Nonresidentnot stated800.00%
2020Resident053815.09%
2020Resident139717.95%
2020Resident222731.82%
2020Resident39777.78%
2020Resident42150.00%
2020Residentnot stated9288.70%
2020Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2019Nonresident0400.00%
2019Nonresidentnot stated500.00%
2019Resident0721115.28%
2019Resident1481225.00%
2019Resident218316.67%
2019Resident35120.00%
2019Residentnot stated961212.50%
2019Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2018Nonresident03133.33%
2018Nonresidentnot stated11218.18%
2018Resident0912628.57%
2018Resident1512956.86%
2018Resident2161062.50%
2018Resident322100.00%
2018Residentnot stated1112926.13%
2018Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2017Nonresident04375.00%
2017Nonresidentnot stated5480.00%
2017Resident0772431.17%
2017Resident1332369.70%
2017Resident2171694.12%
2017Resident322100.00%
2017Resident422100.00%
2017Resident511100.00%
2017Residentnot stated812429.63%
2017Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2016Nonresident0400.00%
2016Nonresidentnot stated7228.57%
2016Resident0521019.23%
2016Resident1341750.00%
2016Resident28450.00%
2016Resident37571.43%
2016Resident4100.00%
2016Residentnot stated1143631.58%
2016Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2015Nonresident0200.00%
2015Nonresident1100.00%
2015Nonresidentnot stated5360.00%
2015Resident0861416.28%
2015Resident120420.00%
2015Resident27228.57%
2015Resident35360.00%
2015Resident511100.00%
2015Residentnot stated1021211.76%
2015Resident 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.