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Montana · Deer · District 575

Montana deer b licence 575-00

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 500 on 575-00 in 2026 and drew 418, so 82 went undrawn, and 82 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; 17 nonresident applicants put it first and 17 drew, 100.00%; 284 resident applicants put it first and 284 drew, 100.00%.

Published in 19 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
2026Nonresident501717100.00%44
2026Resident500284284100.00%113113
2026Nonresident landowner5000———
2026Resident landowner7500———
2025Nonresident501717100.00%99
2025Resident500293293100.00%113113
2025Nonresident landowner5000———
2025Resident landowner7511100.00%——
2024Nonresident502323100.00%1010
2024Resident500289289100.00%9696
2024Nonresident landowner5000———
2024Resident landowner7511100.00%——
2023Nonresident503030100.00%1111
2023Resident500320320100.00%117117
2023Nonresident landowner5000———
2023Resident landowner7500———
2022Nonresident501313100.00%1616
2022Resident500301301100.00%106106
2022Nonresident landowner5000———
2022Resident landowner7500———
2021Nonresident502626100.00%1010
2021Resident500245245100.00%5454
2021Nonresident landowner5000———
2021Resident landowner7500———
2020Nonresident501414100.00%44
2020Resident500258258100.00%2929
2020Nonresident landowner5000———
2020Resident landowner7500———
2019Nonresident501111100.00%33
2019Resident500220220100.00%99
2019Nonresident landowner5000———
2019Resident landowner7533100.00%——
2018Nonresident209777.78%20
2018Resident20020319093.60%100
2018Nonresident landowner2000———
2018Resident landowner3033100.00%——
2017Nonresident1013538.46%60
2017Resident1002168941.20%250
2017Nonresident landowner1000———
2017Resident landowner1566100.00%——
2016Nonresident1012433.33%00
2016Resident1001709153.53%270
2016Nonresident landowner1000———
2016Resident landowner1555100.00%——
2013Nonresident52813.57%120
2013Resident502804315.36%680
2013Nonresident landowner533100.00%——
2013Resident landowner833100.00%——
2012Nonresident53026.67%150
2012Resident503434412.83%460
2012Nonresident landowner533100.00%——
2012Resident landowner811100.00%——
2011Nonresident25401845.00%10
2011Resident25044423152.03%210
2011Nonresident landowner2500———
2011Resident landowner3811100.00%——
2010Nonresident505151100.00%31
2010Resident500407407100.00%1111
2010Nonresident landowner5000———
2010Resident landowner7511100.00%——
2009Nonresident753232100.00%33
2009Resident750416416100.00%1212
2009Nonresident landowner7500———
2009Resident landowner11333100.00%——
2008Nonresident755050100.00%00
2008Resident750397397100.00%11
2008Nonresident landowner7544100.00%——
2008Resident landowner11355100.00%——
2006Nonresident755252100.00%00
2006Resident750388388100.00%1616
2006Nonresident landowner7533100.00%——
2006Resident landowner11288100.00%——

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
2026Nonresident066100.00%
2026Nonresident11010100.00%
2026Nonresident311100.00%
2026Resident0162162100.00%
2026Resident1115115100.00%
2026Resident266100.00%
2026Resident311100.00%
2025Nonresident099100.00%
2025Nonresident155100.00%
2025Nonresident222100.00%
2025Nonresident311100.00%
2025Resident0193193100.00%
2025Resident19494100.00%
2025Resident266100.00%
2025Resident landowner111100.00%
2024Nonresident01111100.00%
2024Nonresident11212100.00%
2024Resident0180180100.00%
2024Resident1101101100.00%
2024Resident288100.00%
2024Resident landowner011100.00%
2023Nonresident11111100.00%
2023Nonresident266100.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated1313100.00%
2023Resident18686100.00%
2023Resident21010100.00%
2023Residentnot stated224224100.00%
2022Nonresident122100.00%
2022Nonresidentnot stated1111100.00%
2022Resident16868100.00%
2022Resident255100.00%
2022Resident322100.00%
2022Residentnot stated226226100.00%
2021Nonresident077100.00%
2021Nonresident111100.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated1818100.00%
2021Resident06464100.00%
2021Resident122100.00%
2021Residentnot stated179179100.00%
2020Nonresident077100.00%
2020Nonresidentnot stated77100.00%
2020Resident05858100.00%
2020Resident166100.00%
2020Residentnot stated194194100.00%
2019Nonresident022100.00%
2019Nonresidentnot stated99100.00%
2019Resident03939100.00%
2019Resident166100.00%
2019Residentnot stated175175100.00%
2019Resident landownernot stated33100.00%
2018Nonresident011100.00%
2018Nonresidentnot stated8675.00%
2018Resident0534788.68%
2018Resident11515100.00%
2018Resident211100.00%
2018Residentnot stated13412794.78%
2018Resident landownernot stated33100.00%
2017Nonresidentnot stated13538.46%
2017Resident0552138.18%
2017Resident111981.82%
2017Resident211100.00%
2017Residentnot stated1495838.93%
2017Resident landowner011100.00%
2017Resident landownernot stated55100.00%
2016Nonresident05120.00%
2016Nonresident111100.00%
2016Nonresidentnot stated6233.33%
2016Resident0442454.55%
2016Resident18787.50%
2016Residentnot stated1186050.85%
2016Resident landownernot stated55100.00%
2013Nonresident0200.00%
2013Nonresident1100.00%
2013Nonresidentnot stated2514.00%
2013Resident067710.45%
2013Resident1281139.29%
2013Resident25360.00%
2013Residentnot stated1802212.22%
2013Nonresident landowner033100.00%
2013Resident landownernot stated33100.00%
2012Nonresident0500.00%
2012Nonresidentnot stated2528.00%
2012Resident0871011.49%
2012Resident116425.00%
2012Residentnot stated2403012.50%
2012Nonresident landowner033100.00%
2012Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2011Nonresident04375.00%
2011Nonresidentnot stated361541.67%
2011Resident01196252.10%
2011Residentnot stated32516952.00%
2011Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2010Nonresident077100.00%
2010Nonresidentnot stated4444100.00%
2010Resident08282100.00%
2010Resident133100.00%
2010Resident211100.00%
2010Residentnot stated321321100.00%
2010Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2009Nonresident077100.00%
2009Nonresidentnot stated2525100.00%
2009Resident0117117100.00%
2009Residentnot stated299299100.00%
2009Resident landowner011100.00%
2009Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2008Nonresident01515100.00%
2008Nonresidentnot stated3535100.00%
2008Resident08484100.00%
2008Resident111100.00%
2008Resident211100.00%
2008Residentnot stated311311100.00%
2008Nonresident landowner044100.00%
2008Resident landowner011100.00%
2008Resident landownernot stated44100.00%
2007Nonresident088100.00%
2007Nonresident111100.00%
2007Nonresidentnot stated4646100.00%
2007Resident08989100.00%
2007Residentnot stated323323100.00%
2007Nonresident landownernot stated11100.00%
2007Resident landownernot stated55100.00%
2006Nonresident01616100.00%
2006Nonresidentnot stated3636100.00%
2006Resident06969100.00%
2006Resident144100.00%
2006Residentnot stated315315100.00%
2006Nonresident landownernot stated33100.00%
2006Resident landowner011100.00%
2006Resident landownernot stated77100.00%

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.