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Montana · Deer · District 380

Montana deer b licence 380-01

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 2023 drawing did

Montana set a quota of 50 on 380-01 in 2023 and drew 50 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, no nonresident landowner applicant put it first; no resident landowner applicant put it first; 16 nonresident applicants put it first and 1 drew, 6.25%; 407 resident applicants put it first and 49 drew, 12.04%.

This licence code stops appearing after 2023. FWP's 2026 reports do not carry it, and this site does not map a retired code onto a current one — the department renumbered its licence-type suffixes and has published nothing saying which old code became which new one. What is below is the record of the 18 years it was drawn.

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
2023Nonresident51616.25%120
2023Resident504074912.04%1530
2023Nonresident landowner500———
2023Resident landowner800———
2022Nonresident51715.88%40
2022Resident503484813.79%950
2022Nonresident landowner500———
2022Resident landowner811100.00%——
2021Nonresident1010110.00%60
2021Resident1003269830.06%900
2021Nonresident landowner1000———
2021Resident landowner1511100.00%——
2020Nonresident101119.09%10
2020Resident1003499928.37%760
2020Nonresident landowner1000———
2020Resident landowner1500———
2019Nonresident105120.00%20
2019Resident1002409941.25%430
2019Nonresident landowner1000———
2019Resident landowner1500———
2018Nonresident159444.44%40
2018Resident15027614652.90%490
2018Nonresident landowner1500———
2018Resident landowner2300———
2017Nonresident159666.67%10
2017Resident15034114442.23%590
2017Nonresident landowner1500———
2017Resident landowner2300———
2016Nonresident155120.00%10
2016Resident15032314946.13%510
2016Nonresident landowner1500———
2016Resident landowner2300———
2015Nonresident159222.22%00
2015Resident15067714621.57%650
2015Nonresident landowner1500———
2015Resident landowner2322100.00%——
2014Nonresident1512325.00%20
2014Resident15072614720.25%700
2014Nonresident landowner1500———
2014Resident landowner2300———
2013Nonresident1511100.00%60
2013Resident15030514948.85%1050
2013Nonresident landowner1500———
2013Resident landowner2300———
2012Nonresident15100.00%20
2012Resident15025115059.76%800
2012Nonresident landowner1500———
2012Resident landowner2300———
2011Nonresident1500—50
2011Resident15025315059.29%790
2011Nonresident landowner1500———
2011Resident landowner2300———
2010Nonresident152150.00%100
2010Resident15021514868.84%600
2010Nonresident landowner1500———
2010Resident landowner2311100.00%——
2009Nonresident1500—20
2009Resident15018915079.37%330
2009Nonresident landowner1500———
2009Resident landowner2300———
2008Nonresident10100.00%20
2008Resident10014110070.92%530
2008Nonresident landowner1000———
2008Resident landowner1500———
2006Nonresident1022100.00%10
2006Resident1001029896.08%280
2006Nonresident landowner1000———
2006Resident landowner1500———

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
2023Nonresident1600.00%
2023Nonresident2100.00%
2023Nonresident33133.33%
2023Nonresidentnot stated600.00%
2023Resident1139107.19%
2023Resident2601423.33%
2023Resident3421228.57%
2023Resident416850.00%
2023Resident53266.67%
2023Residentnot stated14732.04%
2022Nonresident1900.00%
2022Nonresident3100.00%
2022Nonresidentnot stated7114.29%
2022Resident11211613.22%
2022Resident2741418.92%
2022Resident325832.00%
2022Resident44250.00%
2022Resident511100.00%
2022Resident811100.00%
2022Residentnot stated12264.92%
2022Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2021Nonresident1200.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated8112.50%
2021Resident01142824.56%
2021Resident1522344.23%
2021Resident2221881.82%
2021Resident322100.00%
2021Residentnot stated1362719.85%
2021Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2020Nonresident0600.00%
2020Nonresidentnot stated5120.00%
2020Resident01504127.33%
2020Resident1572035.09%
2020Resident2191684.21%
2020Resident311100.00%
2020Residentnot stated1222117.21%
2019Nonresidentnot stated5120.00%
2019Resident01054240.00%
2019Resident1331854.55%
2019Resident2161487.50%
2019Resident311100.00%
2019Residentnot stated852428.24%
2018Nonresident06233.33%
2018Nonresidentnot stated3266.67%
2018Resident01155346.09%
2018Resident1564071.43%
2018Resident29888.89%
2018Resident399100.00%
2018Resident411100.00%
2018Residentnot stated863540.70%
2017Nonresident011100.00%
2017Nonresident111100.00%
2017Nonresidentnot stated7457.14%
2017Resident01475235.37%
2017Resident1422661.90%
2017Resident2302066.67%
2017Resident3111090.91%
2017Resident411100.00%
2017Residentnot stated1103531.82%
2016Nonresidentnot stated5120.00%
2016Resident0852934.12%
2016Resident1652843.08%
2016Resident2433274.42%
2016Resident3201785.00%
2016Resident44250.00%
2016Residentnot stated1064138.68%
2015Nonresident011100.00%
2015Nonresident1100.00%
2015Nonresidentnot stated7114.29%
2015Resident01913216.75%
2015Resident11434128.67%
2015Resident2642335.94%
2015Resident313646.15%
2015Resident43133.33%
2015Resident511100.00%
2015Residentnot stated2624216.03%
2015Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2014Nonresident03133.33%
2014Nonresident111100.00%
2014Nonresidentnot stated8112.50%
2014Resident02584417.05%
2014Resident11133026.55%
2014Resident2412048.78%
2014Resident37685.71%
2014Resident43133.33%
2014Resident511100.00%
2014Residentnot stated3034514.85%
2013Nonresidentnot stated11100.00%
2013Resident01285039.06%
2013Resident1382873.68%
2013Resident2131184.62%
2013Resident411100.00%
2013Residentnot stated1255947.20%
2012Nonresidentnot stated100.00%
2012Resident0994848.48%
2012Resident1393076.92%
2012Resident28787.50%
2012Residentnot stated1056561.90%
2011Resident0995151.52%
2011Resident1423071.43%
2011Resident27685.71%
2011Residentnot stated1056360.00%
2010Nonresidentnot stated2150.00%
2010Resident01066763.21%
2010Resident1191684.21%
2010Resident222100.00%
2010Residentnot stated886371.59%
2010Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2009Resident0796075.95%
2009Resident11717100.00%
2009Resident211100.00%
2009Residentnot stated927278.26%
2008Nonresident1100.00%
2008Resident0614065.57%
2008Resident110990.00%
2008Residentnot stated705172.86%
2007Nonresident011100.00%
2007Nonresidentnot stated2150.00%
2007Resident0483879.17%
2007Resident188100.00%
2007Residentnot stated695275.36%
2006Nonresidentnot stated22100.00%
2006Resident0353497.14%
2006Resident11111100.00%
2006Resident222100.00%
2006Residentnot stated545194.44%

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.