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Montana · Deer · District 340

Montana deer b licence 340-00

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 100 on 340-00 in 2026 and drew 100 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, 1 nonresident landowner applicant put it first and 1 drew, 100.00%; 1 resident landowner applicant put it first and 1 drew, 100.00%; 21 nonresident applicants put it first and 5 drew, 23.81%; 331 resident applicants put it first and 93 drew, 28.10%.

Published in 13 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
2026Nonresident1021523.81%150
2026Resident1003319328.10%1870
2026Nonresident landowner1011100.00%——
2026Resident landowner1511100.00%——
2025Nonresident15391025.64%150
2025Resident15038913735.22%1910
2025Nonresident landowner1500———
2025Resident landowner2333100.00%——
2024Nonresident1522627.27%240
2024Resident15039514336.20%1850
2024Nonresident landowner1500———
2024Resident landowner2311100.00%——
2023Nonresident1535822.86%240
2023Resident15036614038.25%1890
2023Nonresident landowner1511100.00%——
2023Resident landowner2311100.00%——
2022Nonresident15311341.94%230
2022Resident15029113646.74%1490
2022Nonresident landowner1500———
2022Resident landowner2211100.00%——
2013Nonresident79555.56%100
2013Resident753896416.45%2000
2013Nonresident landowner700———
2013Resident landowner1266100.00%——
2012Nonresident74250.00%120
2012Resident753346820.36%1410
2012Nonresident landowner700———
2012Resident landowner1255100.00%——
2011Nonresident7800.00%10
2011Resident753067223.53%1170
2011Nonresident landowner700———
2011Resident landowner1233100.00%——
2010Nonresident71516.67%90
2010Resident752957023.73%1050
2010Nonresident landowner700———
2010Resident landowner1244100.00%——
2009Nonresident159666.67%30
2009Resident15028213848.94%310
2009Nonresident landowner1500———
2009Resident landowner2366100.00%——
2008Nonresident1510440.00%20
2008Resident15025714154.86%270
2008Nonresident landowner1500———
2008Resident landowner2355100.00%——
2006Nonresident1519947.37%30
2006Resident15024113556.02%320
2006Nonresident landowner1511100.00%——
2006Resident landowner2255100.00%——

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
2026Nonresident01300.00%
2026Nonresident1100.00%
2026Nonresident22150.00%
2026Nonresident32150.00%
2026Nonresident411100.00%
2026Nonresident522100.00%
2026Resident010354.85%
2026Resident11183126.27%
2026Resident2773241.56%
2026Resident3221568.18%
2026Resident49888.89%
2026Resident522100.00%
2026Nonresident landowner011100.00%
2026Resident landowner011100.00%
2025Nonresident02129.52%
2025Nonresident113538.46%
2025Nonresident22150.00%
2025Nonresident33266.67%
2025Resident01332115.79%
2025Resident11273124.41%
2025Resident2835161.45%
2025Resident3402972.50%
2025Resident45480.00%
2025Resident511100.00%
2025Resident landowner033100.00%
2024Nonresident09111.11%
2024Nonresident16233.33%
2024Nonresident26233.33%
2024Nonresident311100.00%
2024Resident01422416.90%
2024Resident11646539.63%
2024Resident2744256.76%
2024Resident311872.73%
2024Resident433100.00%
2024Resident511100.00%
2024Resident landowner011100.00%
2023Nonresident122627.27%
2023Nonresident25240.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated800.00%
2023Resident11505939.33%
2023Resident2422969.05%
2023Resident3272488.89%
2023Resident433100.00%
2023Residentnot stated1442517.36%
2023Nonresident landowner111100.00%
2023Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2022Nonresident1181161.11%
2022Nonresident2200.00%
2022Nonresident3100.00%
2022Nonresidentnot stated10220.00%
2022Resident1975051.55%
2022Resident2573561.40%
2022Resident32020100.00%
2022Resident455100.00%
2022Resident533100.00%
2022Resident611100.00%
2022Residentnot stated1082220.37%
2022Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2013Nonresident033100.00%
2013Nonresident13266.67%
2013Nonresidentnot stated300.00%
2013Resident01341611.94%
2013Resident1641320.31%
2013Resident226934.62%
2013Resident314428.57%
2013Resident411100.00%
2013Residentnot stated1502114.00%
2013Resident landowner033100.00%
2013Resident landowner111100.00%
2013Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2012Nonresident0100.00%
2012Nonresident122100.00%
2012Nonresidentnot stated100.00%
2012Resident01191512.61%
2012Resident1591525.42%
2012Resident2281139.29%
2012Resident35360.00%
2012Resident511100.00%
2012Residentnot stated1222318.85%
2012Resident landowner033100.00%
2012Resident landowner111100.00%
2012Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2011Nonresident0300.00%
2011Nonresident2100.00%
2011Nonresidentnot stated400.00%
2011Resident0991818.18%
2011Resident1531833.96%
2011Resident214857.14%
2011Resident311100.00%
2011Resident4100.00%
2011Residentnot stated1382719.57%
2011Resident landowner122100.00%
2011Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2010Nonresident07114.29%
2010Nonresident1100.00%
2010Nonresidentnot stated700.00%
2010Resident01162622.41%
2010Resident1291241.38%
2010Resident29333.33%
2010Resident32150.00%
2010Residentnot stated1392820.14%
2010Resident landowner022100.00%
2010Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2009Nonresident022100.00%
2009Nonresident1100.00%
2009Nonresidentnot stated6466.67%
2009Resident01085450.00%
2009Resident1292172.41%
2009Resident27457.14%
2009Residentnot stated1385942.75%
2009Resident landowner022100.00%
2009Resident landownernot stated44100.00%
2008Nonresident07114.29%
2008Nonresident111100.00%
2008Nonresidentnot stated22100.00%
2008Resident0985556.12%
2008Resident1312477.42%
2008Resident233100.00%
2008Residentnot stated1255947.20%
2008Resident landowner022100.00%
2008Resident landownernot stated33100.00%
2007Nonresident04250.00%
2007Nonresidentnot stated9666.67%
2007Resident0844958.33%
2007Resident1282382.14%
2007Resident211100.00%
2007Residentnot stated1146355.26%
2007Resident landowner022100.00%
2007Resident landownernot stated44100.00%
2006Nonresident08337.50%
2006Nonresidentnot stated11654.55%
2006Resident0944547.87%
2006Resident1171588.24%
2006Resident244100.00%
2006Residentnot stated1267156.35%
2006Nonresident landownernot stated11100.00%
2006Resident landowner011100.00%
2006Resident landownernot stated44100.00%

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.