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Montana · Deer · District 331

Montana deer b licence 331-01

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 25 on 331-01 in 2026 and drew 25 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, no nonresident landowner applicant put it first; no resident landowner applicant put it first; 13 nonresident applicants put it first and 2 drew, 15.38%; 109 resident applicants put it first and 23 drew, 21.10%.

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
2026Nonresident213215.38%180
2026Resident251092321.10%1360
2026Nonresident landowner200———
2026Resident landowner400———
2025Nonresident220210.00%290
2025Resident251242318.55%1730
2025Nonresident landowner200———
2025Resident landowner400———
2024Nonresident22926.90%150
2024Resident251082321.30%1510
2024Nonresident landowner200———
2024Resident landowner400———
2023Nonresident22627.69%210
2023Resident251172319.66%1290
2023Nonresident landowner200———
2023Resident landowner400———
2022Nonresident22328.70%130
2022Resident25862326.74%1210
2022Nonresident landowner200———
2022Resident landowner400———
2021Nonresident215213.33%140
2021Resident25642335.94%890
2021Nonresident landowner200———
2021Resident landowner400———
2020Nonresident214214.29%100
2020Resident25692231.88%610
2020Nonresident landowner200———
2020Resident landowner411100.00%——
2019Nonresident28112.50%60
2019Resident25662436.36%450
2019Nonresident landowner200———
2019Resident landowner400———
2018Nonresident28112.50%60
2018Resident25492346.94%390
2018Nonresident landowner200———
2018Resident landowner411100.00%——
2017Nonresident210220.00%40
2017Resident25722230.56%660
2017Nonresident landowner200———
2017Resident landowner411100.00%——
2016Nonresident21317.69%80
2016Resident251082321.30%560
2016Nonresident landowner211100.00%——
2016Resident landowner400———
2015Nonresident22150.00%00
2015Resident25772329.87%500
2015Nonresident landowner200———
2015Resident landowner411100.00%——
2014Nonresident211218.18%00
2014Resident251402316.43%400
2014Nonresident landowner200———
2014Resident landowner400———
2013Nonresident25240.00%20
2013Resident25312374.19%290
2013Nonresident landowner200———
2013Resident landowner400———
2012Nonresident211100.00%00
2012Resident252323100.00%151
2012Nonresident landowner200———
2012Resident landowner400———
2011Nonresident23266.67%20
2011Resident25332369.70%150
2011Nonresident landowner200———
2011Resident landowner400———
2010Nonresident24250.00%20
2010Resident25342367.65%190
2010Nonresident landowner200———
2010Resident landowner400———
2009Nonresident25231669.57%60
2009Resident25027923483.87%660
2009Nonresident landowner2500———
2009Resident landowner3800———
2008Nonresident25201785.00%40
2008Resident25025923389.96%390
2008Nonresident landowner2500———
2008Resident landowner3800———
2006Nonresident1513861.54%30
2006Resident15021314266.67%420
2006Nonresident landowner1500———
2006Resident landowner2200———

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
2026Nonresident0200.00%
2026Nonresident1500.00%
2026Nonresident25240.00%
2026Nonresident3100.00%
2026Resident05559.09%
2026Resident130413.33%
2026Resident216956.25%
2026Resident36466.67%
2026Resident42150.00%
2025Nonresident0700.00%
2025Nonresident1800.00%
2025Nonresident24125.00%
2025Nonresident311100.00%
2025Resident05900.00%
2025Resident137718.92%
2025Resident219947.37%
2025Resident39777.78%
2024Nonresident0800.00%
2024Nonresident11516.67%
2024Nonresident23133.33%
2024Nonresident3300.00%
2024Resident044511.36%
2024Resident135720.00%
2024Resident223730.43%
2024Resident35360.00%
2024Resident411100.00%
2023Nonresident11417.14%
2023Nonresident2400.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated8112.50%
2023Resident146919.57%
2023Resident219947.37%
2023Resident33266.67%
2023Resident4100.00%
2023Residentnot stated4836.25%
2022Nonresident11616.25%
2022Nonresident311100.00%
2022Nonresidentnot stated600.00%
2022Resident120525.00%
2022Resident213753.85%
2022Resident333100.00%
2022Resident411100.00%
2022Residentnot stated49714.29%
2021Nonresident07228.57%
2021Nonresident1100.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated700.00%
2021Resident026934.62%
2021Resident16350.00%
2021Resident244100.00%
2021Resident311100.00%
2021Residentnot stated27622.22%
2020Nonresident0800.00%
2020Nonresident111100.00%
2020Nonresidentnot stated5120.00%
2020Resident022522.73%
2020Resident16466.67%
2020Resident24375.00%
2020Resident33266.67%
2020Residentnot stated34823.53%
2020Resident landowner011100.00%
2019Nonresident0300.00%
2019Nonresidentnot stated5120.00%
2019Resident024833.33%
2019Resident112866.67%
2019Resident23133.33%
2019Resident311100.00%
2019Residentnot stated26623.08%
2018Nonresident0200.00%
2018Nonresident12150.00%
2018Nonresidentnot stated400.00%
2018Resident019736.84%
2018Resident17342.86%
2018Resident255100.00%
2018Resident311100.00%
2018Residentnot stated17741.18%
2018Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2017Nonresident0100.00%
2017Nonresident1100.00%
2017Nonresidentnot stated8225.00%
2017Resident024833.33%
2017Resident115426.67%
2017Resident25120.00%
2017Resident322100.00%
2017Resident411100.00%
2017Residentnot stated25624.00%
2017Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2016Nonresident05120.00%
2016Nonresident1100.00%
2016Nonresidentnot stated700.00%
2016Resident033824.24%
2016Resident117529.41%
2016Resident244100.00%
2016Resident3100.00%
2016Residentnot stated53611.32%
2016Nonresident landownernot stated11100.00%
2015Nonresidentnot stated2150.00%
2015Resident026830.77%
2015Resident19444.44%
2015Resident25480.00%
2015Resident411100.00%
2015Residentnot stated36616.67%
2015Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2014Nonresident0400.00%
2014Nonresident111100.00%
2014Nonresidentnot stated6116.67%
2014Resident043716.28%
2014Resident116531.25%
2014Resident24125.00%
2014Resident32150.00%
2014Residentnot stated75912.00%
2013Nonresident02150.00%
2013Nonresidentnot stated3133.33%
2013Resident013861.54%
2013Resident122100.00%
2013Residentnot stated161381.25%
2012Nonresident011100.00%
2012Resident01313100.00%
2012Resident111100.00%
2012Residentnot stated99100.00%
2011Nonresident111100.00%
2011Nonresidentnot stated2150.00%
2011Resident011872.73%
2011Resident166100.00%
2011Residentnot stated16956.25%
2010Nonresident0100.00%
2010Nonresidentnot stated3266.67%
2010Resident016850.00%
2010Resident111100.00%
2010Residentnot stated171482.35%
2009Nonresident03266.67%
2009Nonresidentnot stated201470.00%
2009Resident01169581.90%
2009Resident11010100.00%
2009Residentnot stated15312984.31%
2008Nonresident02150.00%
2008Nonresidentnot stated181688.89%
2008Resident01099688.07%
2008Resident177100.00%
2008Resident211100.00%
2008Residentnot stated14212990.85%
2007Nonresident011100.00%
2007Nonresidentnot stated212095.24%
2007Resident0878698.85%
2007Resident12525100.00%
2007Resident266100.00%
2007Residentnot stated11411298.25%
2006Nonresidentnot stated13861.54%
2006Resident0916571.43%
2006Resident1261869.23%
2006Residentnot stated965961.46%

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.