Montana · Deer · District 401

Montana deer b licence 401-00

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 401-00 in 2026 and drew 100 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, 2 nonresident landowner applicants put it first and 2 drew, 100.00%; 8 resident landowner applicants put it first and 8 drew, 100.00%; 20 nonresident applicants put it first and 7 drew, 35.00%; 234 resident applicants put it first and 83 drew, 35.47%.

Published in 20 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.
Year	Pool	Pool cap	Put it first	Drew on first choice	First-choice success rate	Put it 2nd or 3rd	Drew on 2nd or 3rd
2026	Nonresident	10	20	7	35.00%	6	0
2026	Resident	100	234	83	35.47%	44	0
2026	Nonresident landowner	20	2	2	100.00%	—	—
2026	Resident landowner	15	8	8	100.00%	—	—
2025	Nonresident	20	24	18	75.00%	5	0
2025	Resident	200	204	168	82.35%	64	0
2025	Nonresident landowner	20	2	2	100.00%	—	—
2025	Resident landowner	30	12	12	100.00%	—	—
2024	Nonresident	20	27	18	66.67%	5	0
2024	Resident	200	218	170	77.98%	32	0
2024	Nonresident landowner	20	2	2	100.00%	—	—
2024	Resident landowner	30	10	10	100.00%	—	—
2023	Nonresident	20	40	19	47.50%	3	0
2023	Resident	200	232	168	72.41%	18	0
2023	Nonresident landowner	20	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2023	Resident landowner	30	12	12	100.00%	—	—
2022	Nonresident	20	26	20	76.92%	1	0
2022	Resident	200	221	174	78.73%	17	0
2022	Nonresident landowner	20	0	0	—	—	—
2022	Resident landowner	30	6	6	100.00%	—	—
2021	Nonresident	20	48	20	41.67%	2	0
2021	Resident	200	248	176	70.97%	28	0
2021	Nonresident landowner	20	0	0	—	—	—
2021	Resident landowner	30	4	4	100.00%	—	—
2020	Nonresident	20	33	18	54.55%	3	0
2020	Resident	200	195	177	90.77%	35	0
2020	Nonresident landowner	20	2	2	100.00%	—	—
2020	Resident landowner	30	3	3	100.00%	—	—
2019	Nonresident	20	19	19	100.00%	1	1
2019	Resident	200	135	135	100.00%	25	25
2019	Nonresident landowner	20	0	0	—	—	—
2019	Resident landowner	30	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2018	Nonresident	20	22	18	81.82%	2	0
2018	Resident	200	207	178	85.99%	29	0
2018	Nonresident landowner	20	0	0	—	—	—
2018	Resident landowner	30	4	4	100.00%	—	—
2017	Nonresident	10	39	10	25.64%	0	0
2017	Resident	100	271	83	30.63%	28	0
2017	Nonresident landowner	10	0	0	—	—	—
2017	Resident landowner	15	7	7	100.00%	—	—
2016	Nonresident	10	46	8	17.39%	4	0
2016	Resident	100	263	88	33.46%	35	0
2016	Nonresident landowner	10	0	0	—	—	—
2016	Resident landowner	15	4	4	100.00%	—	—
2015	Nonresident	20	33	19	57.58%	2	0
2015	Resident	200	338	177	52.37%	23	0
2015	Nonresident landowner	20	0	0	—	—	—
2015	Resident landowner	30	4	4	100.00%	—	—
2013	Nonresident	20	37	17	45.95%	8	0
2013	Resident	200	383	179	46.74%	79	0
2013	Nonresident landowner	20	0	0	—	—	—
2013	Resident landowner	30	4	4	100.00%	—	—
2012	Nonresident	20	34	19	55.88%	3	0
2012	Resident	200	319	179	56.11%	43	0
2012	Nonresident landowner	20	0	0	—	—	—
2012	Resident landowner	30	2	2	100.00%	—	—
2011	Nonresident	40	19	19	100.00%	0	0
2011	Resident	400	355	355	100.00%	14	14
2011	Nonresident landowner	40	0	0	—	—	—
2011	Resident landowner	60	3	3	100.00%	—	—
2010	Nonresident	40	29	29	100.00%	1	1
2010	Resident	400	339	339	100.00%	14	14
2010	Nonresident landowner	40	0	0	—	—	—
2010	Resident landowner	60	4	4	100.00%	—	—
2009	Nonresident	60	27	27	100.00%	1	1
2009	Resident	600	317	317	100.00%	10	10
2009	Nonresident landowner	60	0	0	—	—	—
2009	Resident landowner	90	5	5	100.00%	—	—
2008	Nonresident	60	31	31	100.00%	0	0
2008	Resident	600	264	264	100.00%	10	10
2008	Nonresident landowner	60	0	0	—	—	—
2008	Resident landowner	90	5	5	100.00%	—	—
2006	Nonresident	40	32	32	100.00%	2	2
2006	Resident	400	256	256	100.00%	5	5
2006	Nonresident landowner	40	0	0	—	—	—
2006	Resident landowner	60	2	2	100.00%	—	—

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.
Year	Pool	Bonus points	Applied	Drew	Drew at this level
2026	Nonresident	0	11	2	18.18%
2026	Nonresident	1	6	2	33.33%
2026	Nonresident	2	3	3	100.00%
2026	Resident	0	110	26	23.64%
2026	Resident	1	105	44	41.90%
2026	Resident	2	13	7	53.85%
2026	Resident	3	6	6	100.00%
2026	Nonresident landowner	0	1	1	100.00%
2026	Nonresident landowner	2	1	1	100.00%
2026	Resident landowner	0	3	3	100.00%
2026	Resident landowner	1	5	5	100.00%
2025	Nonresident	0	9	7	77.78%
2025	Nonresident	1	14	10	71.43%
2025	Nonresident	2	1	1	100.00%
2025	Resident	0	77	49	63.64%
2025	Resident	1	101	93	92.08%
2025	Resident	2	18	18	100.00%
2025	Resident	3	7	7	100.00%
2025	Resident	4	1	1	100.00%
2025	Nonresident landowner	0	1	1	100.00%
2025	Nonresident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2025	Resident landowner	0	6	6	100.00%
2025	Resident landowner	1	6	6	100.00%
2024	Nonresident	0	10	4	40.00%
2024	Nonresident	1	16	13	81.25%
2024	Nonresident	2	1	1	100.00%
2024	Resident	0	115	75	65.22%
2024	Resident	1	85	77	90.59%
2024	Resident	2	17	17	100.00%
2024	Resident	3	1	1	100.00%
2024	Nonresident landowner	1	2	2	100.00%
2024	Resident landowner	0	5	5	100.00%
2024	Resident landowner	1	5	5	100.00%
2023	Nonresident	1	22	13	59.09%
2023	Nonresident	2	1	1	100.00%
2023	Nonresident	not stated	17	5	29.41%
2023	Resident	1	118	97	82.20%
2023	Resident	2	16	15	93.75%
2023	Resident	3	1	1	100.00%
2023	Resident	not stated	97	55	56.70%
2023	Nonresident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2023	Resident landowner	1	5	5	100.00%
2023	Resident landowner	not stated	7	7	100.00%
2022	Nonresident	1	17	15	88.24%
2022	Nonresident	2	2	2	100.00%
2022	Nonresident	3	1	1	100.00%
2022	Nonresident	not stated	6	2	33.33%
2022	Resident	1	97	88	90.72%
2022	Resident	2	16	16	100.00%
2022	Resident	3	2	2	100.00%
2022	Resident	4	1	1	100.00%
2022	Resident	not stated	105	67	63.81%
2022	Resident landowner	1	2	2	100.00%
2022	Resident landowner	not stated	4	4	100.00%
2021	Nonresident	0	10	4	40.00%
2021	Nonresident	1	3	2	66.67%
2021	Nonresident	2	1	1	100.00%
2021	Nonresident	not stated	34	13	38.24%
2021	Resident	0	96	68	70.83%
2021	Resident	1	14	14	100.00%
2021	Resident	2	2	2	100.00%
2021	Resident	3	1	1	100.00%
2021	Resident	not stated	135	91	67.41%
2021	Resident landowner	0	1	1	100.00%
2021	Resident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2021	Resident landowner	not stated	2	2	100.00%
2020	Nonresident	0	10	5	50.00%
2020	Nonresident	not stated	23	13	56.52%
2020	Resident	0	83	74	89.16%
2020	Resident	1	9	9	100.00%
2020	Resident	2	3	3	100.00%
2020	Resident	3	1	1	100.00%
2020	Resident	not stated	99	90	90.91%
2020	Nonresident landowner	not stated	2	2	100.00%
2020	Resident landowner	0	2	2	100.00%
2020	Resident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2019	Nonresident	0	5	5	100.00%
2019	Nonresident	1	1	1	100.00%
2019	Nonresident	not stated	13	13	100.00%
2019	Resident	0	54	54	100.00%
2019	Resident	1	5	5	100.00%
2019	Resident	2	1	1	100.00%
2019	Resident	not stated	75	75	100.00%
2019	Resident landowner	0	1	1	100.00%
2018	Nonresident	0	4	2	50.00%
2018	Nonresident	1	2	2	100.00%
2018	Nonresident	2	1	1	100.00%
2018	Nonresident	not stated	15	13	86.67%
2018	Resident	0	64	52	81.25%
2018	Resident	1	26	25	96.15%
2018	Resident	2	9	9	100.00%
2018	Resident	3	3	3	100.00%
2018	Resident	not stated	105	89	84.76%
2018	Resident landowner	0	3	3	100.00%
2018	Resident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2017	Nonresident	0	4	3	75.00%
2017	Nonresident	1	2	1	50.00%
2017	Nonresident	not stated	33	6	18.18%
2017	Resident	0	88	24	27.27%
2017	Resident	1	24	11	45.83%
2017	Resident	2	7	5	71.43%
2017	Resident	3	1	1	100.00%
2017	Resident	not stated	151	42	27.81%
2017	Resident landowner	0	3	3	100.00%
2017	Resident landowner	not stated	4	4	100.00%
2016	Nonresident	0	7	2	28.57%
2016	Nonresident	1	1	1	100.00%
2016	Nonresident	2	1	0	0.00%
2016	Nonresident	not stated	37	5	13.51%
2016	Resident	0	92	32	34.78%
2016	Resident	1	24	13	54.17%
2016	Resident	2	9	5	55.56%
2016	Resident	3	1	1	100.00%
2016	Resident	not stated	137	37	27.01%
2016	Resident landowner	not stated	4	4	100.00%
2015	Nonresident	0	7	4	57.14%
2015	Nonresident	1	2	1	50.00%
2015	Nonresident	not stated	24	14	58.33%
2015	Resident	0	130	68	52.31%
2015	Resident	1	26	19	73.08%
2015	Resident	2	15	13	86.67%
2015	Resident	3	2	2	100.00%
2015	Resident	not stated	165	75	45.45%
2015	Resident landowner	not stated	4	4	100.00%
2013	Nonresident	0	5	2	40.00%
2013	Nonresident	not stated	32	15	46.88%
2013	Resident	0	137	51	37.23%
2013	Resident	1	28	15	53.57%
2013	Resident	2	2	1	50.00%
2013	Resident	3	1	1	100.00%
2013	Resident	not stated	215	111	51.63%
2013	Resident landowner	0	2	2	100.00%
2013	Resident landowner	not stated	2	2	100.00%
2012	Nonresident	0	2	2	100.00%
2012	Nonresident	not stated	32	17	53.13%
2012	Resident	0	121	63	52.07%
2012	Resident	1	8	7	87.50%
2012	Resident	2	2	2	100.00%
2012	Resident	not stated	188	107	56.91%
2012	Resident landowner	not stated	2	2	100.00%
2011	Nonresident	0	2	2	100.00%
2011	Nonresident	not stated	17	17	100.00%
2011	Resident	0	138	138	100.00%
2011	Resident	1	10	10	100.00%
2011	Resident	2	2	2	100.00%
2011	Resident	not stated	205	205	100.00%
2011	Resident landowner	not stated	3	3	100.00%
2010	Nonresident	0	6	6	100.00%
2010	Nonresident	not stated	23	23	100.00%
2010	Resident	0	119	119	100.00%
2010	Resident	1	7	7	100.00%
2010	Resident	2	2	2	100.00%
2010	Resident	3	1	1	100.00%
2010	Resident	not stated	210	210	100.00%
2010	Resident landowner	0	1	1	100.00%
2010	Resident landowner	not stated	3	3	100.00%
2009	Nonresident	0	5	5	100.00%
2009	Nonresident	not stated	22	22	100.00%
2009	Resident	0	130	130	100.00%
2009	Resident	1	4	4	100.00%
2009	Resident	2	1	1	100.00%
2009	Resident	not stated	182	182	100.00%
2009	Resident landowner	0	2	2	100.00%
2009	Resident landowner	not stated	3	3	100.00%
2008	Nonresident	0	5	5	100.00%
2008	Nonresident	not stated	26	26	100.00%
2008	Resident	0	82	82	100.00%
2008	Resident	1	2	2	100.00%
2008	Resident	not stated	180	180	100.00%
2008	Resident landowner	0	1	1	100.00%
2008	Resident landowner	not stated	4	4	100.00%
2007	Nonresident	0	6	6	100.00%
2007	Nonresident	not stated	25	25	100.00%
2007	Resident	0	109	109	100.00%
2007	Resident	not stated	178	178	100.00%
2007	Resident landowner	0	1	1	100.00%
2007	Resident landowner	not stated	3	3	100.00%
2006	Nonresident	0	2	2	100.00%
2006	Nonresident	not stated	30	30	100.00%
2006	Resident	0	94	94	100.00%
2006	Resident	1	6	6	100.00%
2006	Resident	not stated	156	156	100.00%
2006	Resident landowner	not stated	2	2	100.00%

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

2026 Deer B Drawing Statistics Report.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2026-06-12, fetched 2026-09-03
2025 Deer B Drawing Statistics Report.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2025-06-16, fetched 2026-09-03
2024 Deer B Drawing Statistics Report.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2024-06-18, fetched 2026-09-03
2023 Deer B Drawing Statistics Report.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2023-06-21, fetched 2026-09-03
2022 Deer B Drawing Statistics Report.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2022-06-13, fetched 2026-09-03
2021 deer b stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2021-06-18, fetched 2026-09-03
2020 deer b stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2020-06-11, fetched 2026-09-03
2019 deer b stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2019-07-15, fetched 2026-09-03
2018 deer b stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2018-07-16, fetched 2026-09-03
2017 deer b stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2017-07-18, fetched 2026-09-03
2016 deer b stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2016-07-18, fetched 2026-09-03
2015 Deer B Stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2015-07-20, fetched 2026-09-03
2013 deer b stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2013-07-15, fetched 2026-09-03
2012 deer b stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2012-07-16, fetched 2026-09-03
2011 deer B stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2011-07-18, fetched 2026-09-03
2010 deer b stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2010-07-19, fetched 2026-09-03
2009 DEER B STATS.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2009-07-20, fetched 2026-09-03
2008 DEER_B_stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2008-07-22, fetched 2026-09-03
2006 DEER_B_LICENSES_stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2006-07-25, fetched 2026-09-03
2026 Deer B Detailed Bonus Point Drawing Statistics.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2026-06-16, fetched 2026-09-03
2025 Deer B Detailed Bonus Point Drawing Statistics.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2025-06-16, fetched 2026-09-03
2024 Deer B Detailed Bonus Point Drawing Statistics.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2024-06-18, fetched 2026-09-03
2023 Deer B Detailed Bonus Point Drawing Statistics.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2023-06-21, fetched 2026-09-03
2022 Deer B Bonus Point Drawing Statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2009-00, fetched 2026-09-03
2021 DEA detailed bonus point statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2009-00, fetched 2026-09-03
2020 deer elk antelope detailed bonus point statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2009-00, fetched 2026-09-03
2019 DEA detailed bonus point statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2009-00, fetched 2026-09-03
2018 deer b detailed statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2009-00, fetched 2026-09-03
2017 dea detailed bonus point statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2009-00, fetched 2026-09-03
2016 dea detailed bp stats.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2016-03-01, fetched 2026-09-03
2015 dea detailed statistics final.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2015-03-01, fetched 2026-09-03
2013 dea detailed bonus point stats.xlsx — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2013-08-12, fetched 2026-09-03
2012 dea detailed stats1.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2012-10-26, fetched 2026-09-03
2011 dea detailed statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2011-08-09, fetched 2026-09-03
2010 dea detailed statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2010-07-23, fetched 2026-09-03
2009 dea detailed statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2009-07-23, fetched 2026-09-03
2008 dea detailed statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2008-07-31, fetched 2026-09-03
2007 dea detailed statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2007-10-30, fetched 2026-09-03
2006 dea detailed statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2006-09-11, fetched 2026-09-03

Other licences in these districts

Deer B licence 395-01 Deer B licence 396-01 Deer B licence 400-00 Deer B licence 400-01 Deer B licence 403-00 Deer B licence 404-00 Deer B licence 404-01 Deer B licence 405-00 Deer permit 401-50 Deer permit 401-51 All Montana deer All Montana species

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.