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Montana deer b licence 520-00

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 2021 drawing did

Montana set a quota of 150 on 520-00 in 2021 and drew 136, so 14 went undrawn, and 14 went to the surplus list. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, no nonresident landowner applicant put it first; no resident landowner applicant put it first; 13 nonresident applicants put it first and 13 drew, 100.00%; 103 resident applicants put it first and 103 drew, 100.00%.

This licence code stops appearing after 2021. 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 14 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.
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
2021	Nonresident	15	13	13	100.00%	4	4
2021	Resident	150	103	103	100.00%	16	16
2021	Nonresident landowner	15	0	0	—	—	—
2021	Resident landowner	23	0	0	—	—	—
2020	Nonresident	15	9	9	100.00%	2	2
2020	Resident	150	74	74	100.00%	14	14
2020	Nonresident landowner	15	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2020	Resident landowner	23	0	0	—	—	—
2019	Nonresident	15	10	10	100.00%	0	0
2019	Resident	150	62	62	100.00%	12	12
2019	Nonresident landowner	15	0	0	—	—	—
2019	Resident landowner	23	0	0	—	—	—
2018	Nonresident	15	12	12	100.00%	1	1
2018	Resident	150	79	79	100.00%	11	11
2018	Nonresident landowner	15	0	0	—	—	—
2018	Resident landowner	23	0	0	—	—	—
2017	Nonresident	5	4	1	25.00%	7	0
2017	Resident	50	79	49	62.03%	34	0
2017	Nonresident landowner	5	0	0	—	—	—
2017	Resident landowner	8	0	0	—	—	—
2016	Nonresident	5	6	3	50.00%	1	0
2016	Resident	50	61	47	77.05%	19	0
2016	Nonresident landowner	5	0	0	—	—	—
2016	Resident landowner	8	0	0	—	—	—
2013	Nonresident	5	10	5	50.00%	13	0
2013	Resident	50	79	45	56.96%	42	0
2013	Nonresident landowner	5	0	0	—	—	—
2013	Resident landowner	8	0	0	—	—	—
2012	Nonresident	5	12	4	33.33%	15	0
2012	Resident	50	86	46	53.49%	63	0
2012	Nonresident landowner	5	0	0	—	—	—
2012	Resident landowner	8	0	0	—	—	—
2011	Nonresident	15	13	13	100.00%	12	7
2011	Resident	150	85	85	100.00%	38	38
2011	Nonresident landowner	15	0	0	—	—	—
2011	Resident landowner	23	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2010	Nonresident	15	12	12	100.00%	1	1
2010	Resident	150	79	79	100.00%	1	1
2010	Nonresident landowner	15	0	0	—	—	—
2010	Resident landowner	23	0	0	—	—	—
2009	Nonresident	15	14	14	100.00%	2	1
2009	Resident	150	78	78	100.00%	3	3
2009	Nonresident landowner	15	0	0	—	—	—
2009	Resident landowner	23	0	0	—	—	—
2008	Nonresident	30	16	16	100.00%	0	0
2008	Resident	300	68	68	100.00%	0	0
2008	Nonresident landowner	30	0	0	—	—	—
2008	Resident landowner	45	0	0	—	—	—
2006	Nonresident	30	23	23	100.00%	1	1
2006	Resident	300	171	171	100.00%	3	3
2006	Nonresident landowner	30	0	0	—	—	—
2006	Resident landowner	45	0	0	—	—	—

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
2021	Nonresident	0	5	5	100.00%
2021	Nonresident	not stated	8	8	100.00%
2021	Resident	0	32	32	100.00%
2021	Resident	1	4	4	100.00%
2021	Resident	not stated	67	67	100.00%
2020	Nonresident	0	7	7	100.00%
2020	Nonresident	not stated	2	2	100.00%
2020	Resident	0	15	15	100.00%
2020	Resident	not stated	59	59	100.00%
2020	Nonresident landowner	0	1	1	100.00%
2019	Nonresident	0	4	4	100.00%
2019	Nonresident	1	2	2	100.00%
2019	Nonresident	not stated	4	4	100.00%
2019	Resident	0	18	18	100.00%
2019	Resident	1	2	2	100.00%
2019	Resident	not stated	42	42	100.00%
2018	Nonresident	0	1	1	100.00%
2018	Nonresident	not stated	11	11	100.00%
2018	Resident	0	28	28	100.00%
2018	Resident	1	2	2	100.00%
2018	Resident	not stated	49	49	100.00%
2017	Nonresident	not stated	4	1	25.00%
2017	Resident	0	21	16	76.19%
2017	Resident	1	4	4	100.00%
2017	Resident	not stated	54	29	53.70%
2016	Nonresident	not stated	6	3	50.00%
2016	Resident	0	23	18	78.26%
2016	Resident	1	1	1	100.00%
2016	Resident	not stated	37	28	75.68%
2013	Nonresident	0	2	2	100.00%
2013	Nonresident	not stated	8	3	37.50%
2013	Resident	0	23	10	43.48%
2013	Resident	1	12	10	83.33%
2013	Resident	not stated	44	25	56.82%
2012	Nonresident	0	3	0	0.00%
2012	Nonresident	not stated	9	4	44.44%
2012	Resident	0	33	15	45.45%
2012	Resident	1	2	2	100.00%
2012	Resident	2	2	2	100.00%
2012	Resident	not stated	49	27	55.10%
2011	Nonresident	0	3	3	100.00%
2011	Nonresident	not stated	10	10	100.00%
2011	Resident	0	31	31	100.00%
2011	Resident	not stated	54	54	100.00%
2011	Resident landowner	0	1	1	100.00%
2010	Nonresident	0	4	4	100.00%
2010	Nonresident	not stated	8	8	100.00%
2010	Resident	0	21	21	100.00%
2010	Resident	not stated	58	58	100.00%
2009	Nonresident	0	5	5	100.00%
2009	Nonresident	not stated	9	9	100.00%
2009	Resident	0	19	19	100.00%
2009	Resident	1	2	2	100.00%
2009	Resident	not stated	57	57	100.00%
2008	Nonresident	0	6	6	100.00%
2008	Nonresident	not stated	10	10	100.00%
2008	Resident	0	23	23	100.00%
2008	Resident	not stated	45	45	100.00%
2007	Nonresident	0	5	5	100.00%
2007	Nonresident	not stated	12	12	100.00%
2007	Resident	0	27	27	100.00%
2007	Resident	1	1	1	100.00%
2007	Resident	not stated	67	67	100.00%
2007	Nonresident landowner	0	2	2	100.00%
2006	Nonresident	0	9	9	100.00%
2006	Nonresident	not stated	14	14	100.00%
2006	Resident	0	35	35	100.00%
2006	Resident	1	1	1	100.00%
2006	Resident	not stated	135	135	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

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
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
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
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 502-00 Deer B licence 510-00 Deer B licence 511-00 Deer B licence 515-00 Deer B licence 525-00 Deer B licence 530-00 Deer B licence 530-01 Deer B licence 535-00 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.