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Montana · Deer · District 410

Montana deer b licence 410-00

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 5 on 410-00 in 2026 and drew 5 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, no nonresident landowner applicant put it first; 5 resident landowner applicants put it first and 1 drew, 20.00%; no nonresident applicant put it first; 97 resident applicants put it first and 4 drew, 4.12%.

Published in 17 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
2026Nonresident000—00
2026Resident59744.12%580
2026Nonresident landowner000———
2026Resident landowner15120.00%——
2025Nonresident000—00
2025Resident56446.25%620
2025Nonresident landowner000———
2025Resident landowner14125.00%——
2024Nonresident000—00
2024Resident59544.21%620
2024Nonresident landowner000———
2024Resident landowner12150.00%——
2023Nonresident04100.00%300
2023Resident516942.37%610
2023Nonresident landowner0100.00%——
2023Resident landowner111100.00%——
2022Nonresident1086910.47%190
2022Resident1002049044.12%630
2022Nonresident landowner1011100.00%——
2022Resident landowner1500———
2021Nonresident15791518.99%270
2021Resident15022113561.09%430
2021Nonresident landowner1500———
2021Resident landowner2300———
2020Nonresident10531018.87%70
2020Resident1001709052.94%170
2020Nonresident landowner1000———
2020Resident landowner1500———
2019Nonresident527518.52%80
2019Resident501164538.79%130
2019Nonresident landowner500———
2019Resident landowner800———
2018Nonresident530516.67%90
2018Resident501174538.46%140
2018Nonresident landowner500———
2018Resident landowner800———
2013Nonresident000—00
2013Resident57456.76%150
2013Nonresident landowner000———
2013Resident landowner100———
2012Nonresident000—00
2012Resident547510.64%220
2012Nonresident landowner000———
2012Resident landowner100———
2011Nonresident02300.00%150
2011Resident58544.71%210
2011Nonresident landowner000———
2011Resident landowner111100.00%——
2010Nonresident22528.00%180
2010Resident251162319.83%50
2010Nonresident landowner200———
2010Resident landowner400———
2009Nonresident25423.70%100
2009Resident251752313.14%120
2009Nonresident landowner200———
2009Resident landowner400———
2008Nonresident604040100.00%00
2008Resident600177177100.00%66
2008Nonresident landowner6000———
2008Resident landowner9022100.00%——
2006Nonresident303030100.00%40
2006Resident300100100100.00%22
2006Nonresident landowner3000———
2006Resident landowner4522100.00%——

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
2026Resident03100.00%
2026Resident12514.00%
2026Resident21600.00%
2026Resident36116.67%
2026Resident412216.67%
2026Resident5300.00%
2026Resident landowner0200.00%
2026Resident landowner1100.00%
2026Resident landowner22150.00%
2025Resident01815.56%
2025Resident117211.76%
2025Resident2800.00%
2025Resident31516.67%
2025Resident4300.00%
2025Resident landowner03133.33%
2025Resident landowner3100.00%
2024Resident03113.23%
2024Resident12813.57%
2024Resident22926.90%
2024Resident3600.00%
2024Resident landowner011100.00%
2024Resident landowner2100.00%
2023Nonresident11400.00%
2023Nonresident2500.00%
2023Nonresident3500.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated1600.00%
2023Resident16934.35%
2023Resident22514.00%
2023Resident3600.00%
2023Residentnot stated6900.00%
2023Nonresident landownernot stated100.00%
2023Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2022Nonresident14548.89%
2022Nonresident215533.33%
2022Nonresident3200.00%
2022Nonresidentnot stated2400.00%
2022Resident11004646.00%
2022Resident2171482.35%
2022Resident377100.00%
2022Resident433100.00%
2022Residentnot stated772025.97%
2022Nonresident landownernot stated11100.00%
2021Nonresident038513.16%
2021Nonresident18337.50%
2021Nonresidentnot stated33721.21%
2021Resident01046966.35%
2021Resident1191368.42%
2021Resident27685.71%
2021Residentnot stated914751.65%
2020Nonresident026415.38%
2020Nonresident1200.00%
2020Nonresident233100.00%
2020Nonresidentnot stated22313.64%
2020Resident0733750.68%
2020Resident1151066.67%
2020Resident277100.00%
2020Residentnot stated753648.00%
2019Nonresident0700.00%
2019Nonresident12150.00%
2019Nonresident311100.00%
2019Nonresidentnot stated17317.65%
2019Resident0431841.86%
2019Resident1261453.85%
2019Resident23133.33%
2019Residentnot stated441227.27%
2018Nonresident01500.00%
2018Nonresidentnot stated15533.33%
2018Resident0662334.85%
2018Resident12150.00%
2018Resident222100.00%
2018Resident311100.00%
2018Resident411100.00%
2018Residentnot stated451737.78%
2013Resident031412.90%
2013Resident18112.50%
2013Resident2400.00%
2013Resident3300.00%
2013Resident4100.00%
2013Residentnot stated2700.00%
2012Resident010110.00%
2012Resident14125.00%
2012Resident26233.33%
2012Resident3100.00%
2012Residentnot stated2613.85%
2011Nonresident0300.00%
2011Nonresident1200.00%
2011Nonresident2100.00%
2011Nonresidentnot stated1700.00%
2011Resident02314.35%
2011Resident11715.88%
2011Resident2100.00%
2011Residentnot stated4424.55%
2011Resident landowner211100.00%
2010Nonresident07228.57%
2010Nonresident1100.00%
2010Nonresidentnot stated1700.00%
2010Resident0451022.22%
2010Resident18112.50%
2010Residentnot stated631219.05%
2009Nonresident0700.00%
2009Nonresidentnot stated4724.26%
2009Resident058712.07%
2009Resident13266.67%
2009Resident2100.00%
2009Residentnot stated1131412.39%
2008Nonresident01313100.00%
2008Nonresidentnot stated2727100.00%
2008Resident06060100.00%
2008Resident155100.00%
2008Resident311100.00%
2008Residentnot stated111111100.00%
2008Resident landowner011100.00%
2008Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2007Nonresident099100.00%
2007Nonresidentnot stated4141100.00%
2007Resident05656100.00%
2007Resident133100.00%
2007Residentnot stated8686100.00%
2006Nonresident01212100.00%
2006Nonresident111100.00%
2006Nonresidentnot stated1717100.00%
2006Resident03030100.00%
2006Resident155100.00%
2006Residentnot stated6565100.00%
2006Resident landownernot stated22100.00%

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.