Montana · Deer · District 597

Montana deer b licence 597-00

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 1,500 on 597-00 in 2021 and drew 451, so 1,049 went undrawn, and 1,049 went to the surplus list. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, 4 nonresident landowner applicants put it first and 4 drew, 100.00%; 1 resident landowner applicant put it first and 1 drew, 100.00%; 45 nonresident applicants put it first and 45 drew, 100.00%; 313 resident applicants put it first and 313 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	150	45	45	100.00%	14	14
2021	Resident	1,500	313	313	100.00%	74	74
2021	Nonresident landowner	150	4	4	100.00%	—	—
2021	Resident landowner	225	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2020	Nonresident	150	30	30	100.00%	9	9
2020	Resident	1,500	276	276	100.00%	56	56
2020	Nonresident landowner	150	0	0	—	—	—
2020	Resident landowner	225	4	4	100.00%	—	—
2019	Nonresident	80	20	20	100.00%	0	0
2019	Resident	800	222	222	100.00%	19	19
2019	Nonresident landowner	80	0	0	—	—	—
2019	Resident landowner	120	4	4	100.00%	—	—
2018	Nonresident	80	28	28	100.00%	3	3
2018	Resident	800	226	226	100.00%	37	37
2018	Nonresident landowner	80	0	0	—	—	—
2018	Resident landowner	120	4	4	100.00%	—	—
2017	Nonresident	50	12	12	100.00%	3	3
2017	Resident	500	179	179	100.00%	21	21
2017	Nonresident landowner	50	0	0	—	—	—
2017	Resident landowner	75	2	2	100.00%	—	—
2016	Nonresident	20	26	18	69.23%	8	0
2016	Resident	200	166	166	100.00%	48	9
2016	Nonresident landowner	20	2	2	100.00%	—	—
2016	Resident landowner	30	5	5	100.00%	—	—
2013	Nonresident	15	9	8	88.89%	5	0
2013	Resident	150	158	141	89.24%	50	0
2013	Nonresident landowner	15	0	0	—	—	—
2013	Resident landowner	23	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2012	Nonresident	15	17	15	88.24%	3	0
2012	Resident	150	149	135	90.60%	20	0
2012	Nonresident landowner	15	0	0	—	—	—
2012	Resident landowner	23	0	0	—	—	—
2011	Nonresident	60	21	21	100.00%	10	10
2011	Resident	600	257	257	100.00%	35	35
2011	Nonresident landowner	60	0	0	—	—	—
2011	Resident landowner	90	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2010	Nonresident	60	20	20	100.00%	5	5
2010	Resident	600	269	269	100.00%	24	24
2010	Nonresident landowner	60	0	0	—	—	—
2010	Resident landowner	90	0	0	—	—	—
2009	Nonresident	60	9	9	100.00%	3	3
2009	Resident	600	275	275	100.00%	25	25
2009	Nonresident landowner	60	0	0	—	—	—
2009	Resident landowner	90	0	0	—	—	—
2008	Nonresident	60	6	6	100.00%	1	1
2008	Resident	600	272	272	100.00%	12	12
2008	Nonresident landowner	60	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2008	Resident landowner	90	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2006	Nonresident	60	16	16	100.00%	5	5
2006	Resident	600	351	351	100.00%	19	19
2006	Nonresident landowner	60	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2006	Resident landowner	90	4	4	100.00%	—	—

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.
Year	Pool	Bonus points	Applied	Drew	Drew at this level
2021	Nonresident	0	19	19	100.00%
2021	Nonresident	1	1	1	100.00%
2021	Nonresident	not stated	25	25	100.00%
2021	Resident	0	76	76	100.00%
2021	Resident	1	2	2	100.00%
2021	Resident	not stated	235	235	100.00%
2021	Nonresident landowner	0	3	3	100.00%
2021	Nonresident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2021	Resident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2020	Nonresident	0	11	11	100.00%
2020	Nonresident	1	1	1	100.00%
2020	Nonresident	not stated	18	18	100.00%
2020	Resident	0	80	80	100.00%
2020	Resident	1	5	5	100.00%
2020	Resident	not stated	191	191	100.00%
2020	Resident landowner	0	1	1	100.00%
2020	Resident landowner	not stated	3	3	100.00%
2019	Nonresident	0	4	4	100.00%
2019	Nonresident	not stated	16	16	100.00%
2019	Resident	0	55	55	100.00%
2019	Resident	1	6	6	100.00%
2019	Resident	3	1	1	100.00%
2019	Resident	not stated	160	160	100.00%
2019	Resident landowner	0	2	2	100.00%
2019	Resident landowner	not stated	2	2	100.00%
2018	Nonresident	0	7	7	100.00%
2018	Nonresident	not stated	21	21	100.00%
2018	Resident	0	51	51	100.00%
2018	Resident	1	9	9	100.00%
2018	Resident	not stated	166	166	100.00%
2018	Resident landowner	0	1	1	100.00%
2018	Resident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2018	Resident landowner	not stated	2	2	100.00%
2017	Nonresident	0	3	3	100.00%
2017	Nonresident	not stated	9	9	100.00%
2017	Resident	0	57	57	100.00%
2017	Resident	1	7	7	100.00%
2017	Resident	2	1	1	100.00%
2017	Resident	not stated	114	114	100.00%
2017	Resident landowner	not stated	2	2	100.00%
2016	Nonresident	0	4	3	75.00%
2016	Nonresident	1	1	1	100.00%
2016	Nonresident	not stated	21	14	66.67%
2016	Resident	0	49	49	100.00%
2016	Resident	1	13	13	100.00%
2016	Resident	2	4	4	100.00%
2016	Resident	not stated	100	100	100.00%
2016	Nonresident landowner	not stated	2	2	100.00%
2016	Resident landowner	0	1	1	100.00%
2016	Resident landowner	not stated	4	4	100.00%
2013	Nonresident	not stated	9	8	88.89%
2013	Resident	0	66	58	87.88%
2013	Resident	1	9	9	100.00%
2013	Resident	not stated	83	74	89.16%
2013	Resident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2012	Nonresident	0	3	2	66.67%
2012	Nonresident	not stated	14	13	92.86%
2012	Resident	0	63	55	87.30%
2012	Resident	1	4	4	100.00%
2012	Resident	2	1	1	100.00%
2012	Resident	not stated	81	75	92.59%
2011	Nonresident	0	8	8	100.00%
2011	Nonresident	not stated	13	13	100.00%
2011	Resident	0	88	88	100.00%
2011	Resident	1	5	5	100.00%
2011	Resident	2	1	1	100.00%
2011	Resident	not stated	163	163	100.00%
2011	Resident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2010	Nonresident	0	9	9	100.00%
2010	Nonresident	not stated	11	11	100.00%
2010	Resident	0	90	90	100.00%
2010	Resident	1	2	2	100.00%
2010	Resident	not stated	177	177	100.00%
2009	Nonresident	0	3	3	100.00%
2009	Nonresident	not stated	6	6	100.00%
2009	Resident	0	91	91	100.00%
2009	Resident	1	1	1	100.00%
2009	Resident	not stated	183	183	100.00%
2008	Nonresident	0	2	2	100.00%
2008	Nonresident	not stated	4	4	100.00%
2008	Resident	0	82	82	100.00%
2008	Resident	1	2	2	100.00%
2008	Resident	not stated	188	188	100.00%
2008	Nonresident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2008	Resident landowner	0	1	1	100.00%
2007	Nonresident	0	7	7	100.00%
2007	Nonresident	not stated	14	14	100.00%
2007	Resident	0	101	101	100.00%
2007	Resident	1	3	3	100.00%
2007	Resident	not stated	259	259	100.00%
2007	Nonresident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2007	Resident landowner	not stated	4	4	100.00%
2006	Nonresident	0	3	3	100.00%
2006	Nonresident	not stated	13	13	100.00%
2006	Resident	0	104	104	100.00%
2006	Resident	1	2	2	100.00%
2006	Resident	not stated	245	245	100.00%
2006	Nonresident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2006	Resident landowner	not stated	4	4	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 570-00 Deer B licence 575-00 Deer B licence 580-00 Deer B licence 590-00 Deer B licence 598-00 Deer B licence 599-00 Deer B licence 600-00 Deer B licence 600-01 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.