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Montana · Deer · District 560

Montana deer b licence 560-00

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 60 on 560-00 in 2021 and drew 60 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, 1 nonresident landowner applicant put it first and 1 drew, 100.00%; 1 resident landowner applicant put it first and 1 drew, 100.00%; 27 nonresident applicants put it first and 5 drew, 18.52%; 117 resident applicants put it first and 53 drew, 45.30%.

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.
YearPoolPool capPut it firstDrew on first choiceFirst-choice success ratePut it 2nd or 3rdDrew on 2nd or 3rd
2021Nonresident627518.52%60
2021Resident601175345.30%270
2021Nonresident landowner611100.00%——
2021Resident landowner911100.00%——
2020Nonresident421314.29%20
2020Resident40803543.75%200
2020Nonresident landowner411100.00%——
2020Resident landowner611100.00%——
2019Nonresident411436.36%10
2019Resident40633453.97%70
2019Nonresident landowner400———
2019Resident landowner622100.00%——
2018Nonresident419315.79%00
2018Resident40763444.74%60
2018Nonresident landowner411100.00%——
2018Resident landowner622100.00%——
2017Nonresident415320.00%40
2017Resident40473370.21%150
2017Nonresident landowner411100.00%——
2017Resident landowner633100.00%——
2016Nonresident28225.00%10
2016Resident25492142.86%160
2016Nonresident landowner200———
2016Resident landowner422100.00%——
2013Nonresident10211047.62%80
2013Resident1007878100.00%2210
2013Nonresident landowner1000———
2013Resident landowner1522100.00%——
2012Nonresident10201155.00%110
2012Resident1007676100.00%1111
2012Nonresident landowner1000———
2012Resident landowner1522100.00%——
2011Nonresident2566100.00%44
2011Resident2505959100.00%55
2011Nonresident landowner2500———
2011Resident landowner3822100.00%——
2010Nonresident252222100.00%00
2010Resident2505050100.00%22
2010Nonresident landowner2500———
2010Resident landowner3833100.00%——
2009Nonresident25333090.91%72
2009Resident2505252100.00%22
2009Nonresident landowner2500———
2009Resident landowner3811100.00%——
2008Nonresident352121100.00%00
2008Resident3503737100.00%11
2008Nonresident landowner3500———
2008Resident landowner5322100.00%——
2006Nonresident352323100.00%77
2006Resident3504444100.00%44
2006Nonresident landowner3500———
2006Resident landowner5222100.00%——

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
2021Nonresident0300.00%
2021Nonresident12150.00%
2021Nonresident222100.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated20210.00%
2021Resident0281450.00%
2021Resident111872.73%
2021Resident411100.00%
2021Residentnot stated773038.96%
2021Nonresident landownernot stated11100.00%
2021Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2020Nonresident0500.00%
2020Nonresidentnot stated16318.75%
2020Resident0231043.48%
2020Resident122100.00%
2020Residentnot stated552341.82%
2020Nonresident landownernot stated11100.00%
2020Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2019Nonresident02150.00%
2019Nonresident211100.00%
2019Nonresidentnot stated8225.00%
2019Resident012650.00%
2019Resident12150.00%
2019Resident311100.00%
2019Residentnot stated482654.17%
2019Resident landowner111100.00%
2019Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2018Nonresident05120.00%
2018Nonresident1100.00%
2018Nonresidentnot stated13215.38%
2018Resident010440.00%
2018Resident122100.00%
2018Residentnot stated642843.75%
2018Nonresident landowner011100.00%
2018Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2017Nonresident05120.00%
2017Nonresidentnot stated10220.00%
2017Resident09666.67%
2017Resident122100.00%
2017Residentnot stated362569.44%
2017Nonresident landownernot stated11100.00%
2017Resident landownernot stated33100.00%
2016Nonresident011100.00%
2016Nonresidentnot stated7114.29%
2016Resident011545.45%
2016Resident122100.00%
2016Residentnot stated361438.89%
2016Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2013Nonresident0100.00%
2013Nonresidentnot stated201050.00%
2013Resident02323100.00%
2013Resident122100.00%
2013Residentnot stated5353100.00%
2013Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2012Nonresidentnot stated201155.00%
2012Resident01919100.00%
2012Resident411100.00%
2012Residentnot stated5656100.00%
2012Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2011Nonresident011100.00%
2011Nonresidentnot stated55100.00%
2011Resident02020100.00%
2011Residentnot stated3939100.00%
2011Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2010Nonresident088100.00%
2010Nonresidentnot stated1414100.00%
2010Resident01616100.00%
2010Residentnot stated3434100.00%
2010Resident landownernot stated33100.00%
2009Nonresident077100.00%
2009Nonresidentnot stated262388.46%
2009Resident01010100.00%
2009Residentnot stated4242100.00%
2009Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2008Nonresident022100.00%
2008Nonresidentnot stated1919100.00%
2008Resident01111100.00%
2008Residentnot stated2626100.00%
2008Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2007Nonresident055100.00%
2007Nonresident111100.00%
2007Nonresidentnot stated1313100.00%
2007Resident01717100.00%
2007Resident211100.00%
2007Residentnot stated4646100.00%
2007Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2006Nonresident044100.00%
2006Nonresidentnot stated1919100.00%
2006Resident01111100.00%
2006Resident111100.00%
2006Residentnot stated3232100.00%
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.