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Montana · Deer · District 670

Montana deer b licence 670-00

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 100 on 670-00 in 2026 and drew 100 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, no nonresident landowner applicant put it first; 3 resident landowner applicants put it first and 3 drew, 100.00%; 125 nonresident applicants put it first and 10 drew, 8.00%; 156 resident applicants put it first and 87 drew, 55.77%.

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
2026Nonresident10125108.00%990
2026Resident1001568755.77%520
2026Nonresident landowner1000———
2026Resident landowner1533100.00%——
2025Nonresident1020094.50%1230
2025Resident1001678852.69%620
2025Nonresident landowner1011100.00%——
2025Resident landowner1522100.00%——
2024Nonresident50256256100.00%1431
2024Resident500197197100.00%4545
2024Nonresident landowner5000———
2024Resident landowner7511100.00%——
2023Nonresident15035535299.15%14487
2023Resident1,500245245100.00%2929
2023Nonresident landowner15000———
2023Resident landowner22500———
2022Nonresident150176176100.00%9816
2022Resident1,500209209100.00%1616
2022Nonresident landowner15000———
2022Resident landowner22511100.00%——
2021Nonresident25025024899.20%402
2021Resident2,500205205100.00%1515
2021Nonresident landowner25000———
2021Resident landowner37500———
2020Nonresident150112112100.00%2525
2020Resident1,500133133100.00%99
2020Nonresident landowner15000———
2020Resident landowner22500———
2019Nonresident1009999100.00%151
2019Resident1,000104104100.00%11
2019Nonresident landowner10000———
2019Resident landowner15022100.00%——
2018Nonresident6013211184.09%407
2018Resident600146146100.00%77
2018Nonresident landowner6000———
2018Resident landowner9011100.00%——
2017Nonresident6012111393.39%40
2017Resident600143143100.00%88
2017Nonresident landowner6000———
2017Resident landowner9011100.00%——
2016Nonresident20824251.22%310
2016Resident200145145100.00%1111
2016Nonresident landowner2000———
2016Resident landowner3022100.00%——
2013Nonresident30948085.11%148
2013Resident300149149100.00%1212
2013Nonresident landowner2000———
2013Resident landowner3011100.00%——
2012Nonresident20907482.22%170
2012Resident200120120100.00%66
2012Nonresident landowner2000———
2012Resident landowner3000———
2011Nonresident20797493.67%230
2011Resident200116116100.00%99
2011Nonresident landowner2000———
2011Resident landowner3011100.00%——
2010Nonresident1359898100.00%88
2010Resident1,350111111100.00%11
2010Nonresident landowner13500———
2010Resident landowner20311100.00%——
2009Nonresident1357272100.00%11
2009Resident1,350103103100.00%33
2009Nonresident landowner13500———
2009Resident landowner20311100.00%——
2008Nonresident1358989100.00%11
2008Resident1,350100100100.00%33
2008Nonresident landowner13500———
2008Resident landowner20311100.00%——
2006Nonresident60999090.91%20
2006Resident600136136100.00%11
2006Nonresident landowner6000———
2006Resident landowner9000———

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
2026Nonresident08111.23%
2026Nonresident128414.29%
2026Nonresident214535.71%
2026Nonresident3200.00%
2026Resident0631930.16%
2026Resident1714664.79%
2026Resident22222100.00%
2026Resident landowner033100.00%
2025Nonresident013132.29%
2025Nonresident16246.45%
2025Nonresident25120.00%
2025Nonresident3100.00%
2025Nonresident411100.00%
2025Resident0703651.43%
2025Resident1884348.86%
2025Resident255100.00%
2025Resident333100.00%
2025Resident411100.00%
2025Nonresident landowner011100.00%
2025Resident landowner022100.00%
2024Nonresident0179179100.00%
2024Nonresident16666100.00%
2024Nonresident288100.00%
2024Nonresident333100.00%
2024Resident08080100.00%
2024Resident1106106100.00%
2024Resident299100.00%
2024Resident322100.00%
2024Resident landowner011100.00%
2023Nonresident1919098.90%
2023Nonresident222100.00%
2023Nonresident333100.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated25925799.23%
2023Resident18686100.00%
2023Resident277100.00%
2023Resident311100.00%
2023Resident411100.00%
2023Resident511100.00%
2023Residentnot stated149149100.00%
2022Nonresident14141100.00%
2022Nonresident211100.00%
2022Nonresident511100.00%
2022Nonresidentnot stated133133100.00%
2022Resident18080100.00%
2022Resident311100.00%
2022Residentnot stated128128100.00%
2022Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2021Nonresident07272100.00%
2021Nonresident211100.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated17717598.87%
2021Resident06969100.00%
2021Resident133100.00%
2021Resident211100.00%
2021Residentnot stated132132100.00%
2020Nonresident02424100.00%
2020Nonresident133100.00%
2020Nonresidentnot stated8585100.00%
2020Resident04141100.00%
2020Resident144100.00%
2020Residentnot stated8888100.00%
2019Nonresident01818100.00%
2019Nonresidentnot stated8181100.00%
2019Resident03636100.00%
2019Resident122100.00%
2019Resident222100.00%
2019Residentnot stated6464100.00%
2019Resident landowner011100.00%
2019Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2018Nonresident0241458.33%
2018Nonresident122100.00%
2018Nonresidentnot stated1069589.62%
2018Resident05656100.00%
2018Resident133100.00%
2018Resident222100.00%
2018Residentnot stated8585100.00%
2018Resident landowner011100.00%
2017Nonresident0212095.24%
2017Nonresident166100.00%
2017Nonresidentnot stated948792.55%
2017Resident06464100.00%
2017Resident144100.00%
2017Resident511100.00%
2017Residentnot stated7474100.00%
2017Resident landowner011100.00%
2016Nonresident0181161.11%
2016Nonresidentnot stated643148.44%
2016Resident06060100.00%
2016Resident177100.00%
2016Resident233100.00%
2016Residentnot stated7575100.00%
2016Resident landowner011100.00%
2016Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2013Nonresident01111100.00%
2013Nonresidentnot stated836983.13%
2013Resident07575100.00%
2013Resident133100.00%
2013Residentnot stated7171100.00%
2013Resident landowner011100.00%
2012Nonresident01212100.00%
2012Nonresident111100.00%
2012Nonresidentnot stated776179.22%
2012Resident06464100.00%
2012Resident11010100.00%
2012Residentnot stated4646100.00%
2011Nonresident010990.00%
2011Nonresidentnot stated696594.20%
2011Resident07070100.00%
2011Resident122100.00%
2011Residentnot stated4444100.00%
2011Resident landowner011100.00%
2010Nonresident02121100.00%
2010Nonresidentnot stated7777100.00%
2010Resident05050100.00%
2010Resident199100.00%
2010Resident222100.00%
2010Residentnot stated5050100.00%
2010Resident landowner011100.00%
2009Nonresident01212100.00%
2009Nonresidentnot stated6060100.00%
2009Resident05959100.00%
2009Residentnot stated4444100.00%
2009Resident landowner011100.00%
2008Nonresident01717100.00%
2008Nonresidentnot stated7272100.00%
2008Resident04848100.00%
2008Resident211100.00%
2008Residentnot stated5151100.00%
2008Resident landowner011100.00%
2007Nonresident01010100.00%
2007Nonresident111100.00%
2007Nonresidentnot stated6060100.00%
2007Resident04343100.00%
2007Resident111100.00%
2007Residentnot stated4242100.00%
2006Nonresident0181688.89%
2006Nonresident111100.00%
2006Nonresidentnot stated807391.25%
2006Resident07373100.00%
2006Resident111100.00%
2006Residentnot stated6262100.00%

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.