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Montana · Deer · District 405

Montana deer b licence 405-00

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 400 on 405-00 in 2026 and drew 374, so 26 went undrawn, and 26 went to the surplus list. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, no nonresident landowner applicant put it first; 1 resident landowner applicant put it first and 1 drew, 100.00%; 25 nonresident applicants put it first and 25 drew, 100.00%; 250 resident applicants put it first and 250 drew, 100.00%.

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.
YearPoolPool capPut it firstDrew on first choiceFirst-choice success ratePut it 2nd or 3rdDrew on 2nd or 3rd
2026Nonresident402525100.00%1212
2026Resident400250250100.00%8686
2026Nonresident landowner4000———
2026Resident landowner6011100.00%——
2025Nonresident402727100.00%1913
2025Resident400255255100.00%115105
2025Nonresident landowner4000———
2025Resident landowner6000———
2024Nonresident752727100.00%66
2024Resident750245245100.00%9191
2024Nonresident landowner7500———
2024Resident landowner11322100.00%——
2023Nonresident502727100.00%88
2023Resident500261261100.00%4545
2023Nonresident landowner5000———
2023Resident landowner7511100.00%——
2022Nonresident501818100.00%66
2022Resident500239239100.00%6363
2022Nonresident landowner5000———
2022Resident landowner7511100.00%——
2021Nonresident502020100.00%1212
2021Resident500250250100.00%8484
2021Nonresident landowner5000———
2021Resident landowner7533100.00%——
2020Nonresident402222100.00%77
2020Resident400220220100.00%6969
2020Nonresident landowner4000———
2020Resident landowner6011100.00%——
2019Nonresident401515100.00%99
2019Resident400212212100.00%5858
2019Nonresident landowner4000———
2019Resident landowner6022100.00%——
2018Nonresident401616100.00%66
2018Resident400224224100.00%4848
2018Nonresident landowner4000———
2018Resident landowner6033100.00%——
2017Nonresident402020100.00%33
2017Resident400247247100.00%3434
2017Nonresident landowner4000———
2017Resident landowner6022100.00%——
2016Nonresident52514.00%50
2016Resident502654617.36%680
2016Nonresident landowner500———
2016Resident landowner833100.00%——
2015Nonresident20211361.90%40
2015Resident20032918656.53%640
2015Nonresident landowner2000———
2015Resident landowner3011100.00%——
2013Nonresident401919100.00%1313
2013Resident400215215100.00%5656
2013Nonresident landowner4000———
2013Resident landowner6044100.00%——
2012Nonresident4055100.00%55
2012Resident400200200100.00%2323
2012Nonresident landowner4000———
2012Resident landowner6022100.00%——
2011Nonresident2088100.00%10
2011Resident200170170100.00%4019
2011Nonresident landowner2000———
2011Resident landowner3033100.00%——
2010Nonresident2077100.00%50
2010Resident200185185100.00%327
2010Nonresident landowner2000———
2010Resident landowner3011100.00%——
2009Nonresident201313100.00%22
2009Resident200162162100.00%77
2009Nonresident landowner2000———
2009Resident landowner3011100.00%——
2008Nonresident501414100.00%00
2008Resident500149149100.00%00
2008Nonresident landowner5000———
2008Resident landowner7533100.00%——
2006Nonresident5044100.00%00
2006Resident500173173100.00%44
2006Nonresident landowner5000———
2006Resident landowner7544100.00%——

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
2026Nonresident01515100.00%
2026Nonresident199100.00%
2026Nonresident211100.00%
2026Resident0130130100.00%
2026Resident1105105100.00%
2026Resident21212100.00%
2026Resident333100.00%
2026Resident landowner211100.00%
2025Nonresident01919100.00%
2025Nonresident188100.00%
2025Resident0153153100.00%
2025Resident19191100.00%
2025Resident288100.00%
2025Resident322100.00%
2025Resident411100.00%
2024Nonresident01515100.00%
2024Nonresident11212100.00%
2024Resident0141141100.00%
2024Resident19999100.00%
2024Resident244100.00%
2024Resident311100.00%
2024Resident landowner022100.00%
2023Nonresident11010100.00%
2023Nonresident222100.00%
2023Nonresident322100.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated1313100.00%
2023Resident1103103100.00%
2023Resident244100.00%
2023Resident322100.00%
2023Resident411100.00%
2023Residentnot stated151151100.00%
2023Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2022Nonresident188100.00%
2022Nonresidentnot stated1010100.00%
2022Resident18989100.00%
2022Resident255100.00%
2022Resident322100.00%
2022Resident411100.00%
2022Residentnot stated142142100.00%
2022Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2021Nonresident088100.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated1212100.00%
2021Resident08484100.00%
2021Resident11212100.00%
2021Resident211100.00%
2021Residentnot stated153153100.00%
2021Resident landownernot stated33100.00%
2020Nonresident055100.00%
2020Nonresident144100.00%
2020Nonresidentnot stated1313100.00%
2020Resident07373100.00%
2020Resident11010100.00%
2020Resident211100.00%
2020Residentnot stated136136100.00%
2020Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2019Nonresidentnot stated1515100.00%
2019Resident07676100.00%
2019Resident155100.00%
2019Resident222100.00%
2019Residentnot stated129129100.00%
2019Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2018Nonresident022100.00%
2018Nonresidentnot stated1414100.00%
2018Resident09696100.00%
2018Resident11111100.00%
2018Resident222100.00%
2018Residentnot stated115115100.00%
2018Resident landowner033100.00%
2017Nonresident044100.00%
2017Nonresidentnot stated1616100.00%
2017Resident07575100.00%
2017Resident14343100.00%
2017Resident21616100.00%
2017Resident344100.00%
2017Residentnot stated109109100.00%
2017Resident landowner011100.00%
2017Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2016Nonresident0700.00%
2016Nonresidentnot stated1815.56%
2016Resident0961818.75%
2016Resident13738.11%
2016Resident25120.00%
2016Residentnot stated1272418.90%
2016Resident landowner033100.00%
2015Nonresident044100.00%
2015Nonresident311100.00%
2015Nonresident411100.00%
2015Nonresidentnot stated15746.67%
2015Resident01276752.76%
2015Resident1231669.57%
2015Resident266100.00%
2015Resident344100.00%
2015Residentnot stated1699355.03%
2015Resident landowner011100.00%
2013Nonresident022100.00%
2013Nonresident122100.00%
2013Nonresidentnot stated1515100.00%
2013Resident08484100.00%
2013Resident199100.00%
2013Resident211100.00%
2013Residentnot stated121121100.00%
2013Resident landowner011100.00%
2013Resident landownernot stated33100.00%
2012Nonresident022100.00%
2012Nonresidentnot stated33100.00%
2012Resident07777100.00%
2012Resident166100.00%
2012Resident211100.00%
2012Residentnot stated116116100.00%
2012Resident landowner011100.00%
2012Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2011Nonresident022100.00%
2011Nonresidentnot stated66100.00%
2011Resident06464100.00%
2011Resident133100.00%
2011Residentnot stated103103100.00%
2011Resident landowner022100.00%
2011Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2010Nonresident022100.00%
2010Nonresidentnot stated55100.00%
2010Resident07676100.00%
2010Residentnot stated109109100.00%
2010Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2009Nonresident022100.00%
2009Nonresidentnot stated1111100.00%
2009Resident04747100.00%
2009Residentnot stated115115100.00%
2009Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2008Nonresident033100.00%
2008Nonresidentnot stated1111100.00%
2008Resident04545100.00%
2008Residentnot stated104104100.00%
2008Resident landowner011100.00%
2008Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2007Nonresidentnot stated1111100.00%
2007Resident05656100.00%
2007Resident111100.00%
2007Residentnot stated9494100.00%
2007Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2006Nonresidentnot stated44100.00%
2006Resident05151100.00%
2006Resident166100.00%
2006Residentnot stated116116100.00%
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.