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Montana · Deer · District 130

Montana deer permit 130-50

Mule. How many people put this deer permitfirst 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 10 on 130-50 in 2026 and drew 10 — the quota filled. 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 1 drew, 7.69%; 296 resident applicants put it first and 9 drew, 3.04%.

Published in 21 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
2026Nonresident11317.69%190
2026Resident1029693.04%3090
2026Nonresident landowner100———
2026Resident landowner200———
2025Nonresident1800.00%130
2025Resident10259103.86%2630
2025Nonresident landowner100———
2025Resident landowner200———
2024Nonresident11815.56%170
2024Resident1027593.27%2450
2024Nonresident landowner100———
2024Resident landowner200———
2023Nonresident1600.00%110
2023Resident10241104.15%2130
2023Nonresident landowner100———
2023Resident landowner200———
2022Nonresident1600.00%90
2022Resident10236104.24%1540
2022Nonresident landowner100———
2022Resident landowner200———
2021Nonresident1300.00%60
2021Resident10198105.05%1370
2021Nonresident landowner100———
2021Resident landowner200———
2020Nonresident1800.00%100
2020Resident10199105.03%1010
2020Nonresident landowner100———
2020Resident landowner200———
2019Nonresident11200.00%100
2019Resident10199105.03%1480
2019Nonresident landowner100———
2019Resident landowner200———
2018Nonresident11700.00%160
2018Resident10253103.95%1380
2018Nonresident landowner100———
2018Resident landowner200———
2017Nonresident1400.00%80
2017Resident10246104.07%1900
2017Nonresident landowner100———
2017Resident landowner200———
2016Nonresident1800.00%60
2016Resident10267103.75%1120
2016Nonresident landowner100———
2016Resident landowner200———
2015Nonresident11900.00%80
2015Resident10310103.23%1630
2015Nonresident landowner100———
2015Resident landowner200———
2014Nonresident11200.00%170
2014Resident10273103.66%1300
2014Nonresident landowner100———
2014Resident landowner200———
2013Nonresident11200.00%120
2013Resident10299103.34%1200
2013Nonresident landowner100———
2013Resident landowner200———
2012Nonresident11400.00%120
2012Resident10295103.39%1170
2012Nonresident landowner100———
2012Resident landowner200———
2011Nonresident1400.00%70
2011Resident10215104.65%540
2011Nonresident landowner100———
2011Resident landowner200———
2010Nonresident1200.00%80
2010Resident10188105.32%540
2010Nonresident landowner100———
2010Resident landowner200———
2009Nonresident1500.00%40
2009Resident10193105.18%670
2009Nonresident landowner100———
2009Resident landowner200———
2008Nonresident1200.00%20
2008Resident10151106.62%490
2008Nonresident landowner100———
2008Resident landowner200———
2007Nonresident1400.00%10
2007Resident10147106.80%300
2007Nonresident landowner100———
2007Resident landowner100———
2006Nonresident1300.00%10
2006Resident10118108.47%190
2006Nonresident landowner100———
2006Resident landowner100———

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
2026Nonresident0300.00%
2026Nonresident1400.00%
2026Nonresident2300.00%
2026Nonresident3100.00%
2026Nonresident811100.00%
2026Nonresident15100.00%
2026Resident02800.00%
2026Resident16100.00%
2026Resident23000.00%
2026Resident34000.00%
2026Resident43300.00%
2026Resident52200.00%
2026Resident62414.17%
2026Resident71417.14%
2026Resident88112.50%
2026Resident97114.29%
2026Resident1010110.00%
2026Resident11300.00%
2026Resident125240.00%
2026Resident134125.00%
2026Resident14200.00%
2026Resident15200.00%
2026Resident16100.00%
2026Resident1711100.00%
2026Resident20100.00%
2025Nonresident1500.00%
2025Nonresident2300.00%
2025Resident04100.00%
2025Resident13800.00%
2025Resident24912.04%
2025Resident33213.13%
2025Resident42000.00%
2025Resident51800.00%
2025Resident61000.00%
2025Resident71119.09%
2025Resident81119.09%
2025Resident98112.50%
2025Resident10200.00%
2025Resident114125.00%
2025Resident127228.57%
2025Resident13300.00%
2025Resident143266.67%
2025Resident15100.00%
2025Resident16100.00%
2024Nonresident0600.00%
2024Nonresident1200.00%
2024Nonresident2300.00%
2024Nonresident3200.00%
2024Nonresident4200.00%
2024Nonresident5100.00%
2024Nonresident6100.00%
2024Nonresident811100.00%
2024Resident04200.00%
2024Resident15200.00%
2024Resident24900.00%
2024Resident32600.00%
2024Resident42328.70%
2024Resident51300.00%
2024Resident61500.00%
2024Resident71300.00%
2024Resident81100.00%
2024Resident97114.29%
2024Resident105120.00%
2024Resident11500.00%
2024Resident124125.00%
2024Resident134125.00%
2024Resident15200.00%
2024Resident1611100.00%
2024Resident1711100.00%
2024Resident182150.00%
2023Nonresident1200.00%
2023Nonresident2100.00%
2023Nonresident4100.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated200.00%
2023Resident16822.94%
2023Resident22800.00%
2023Resident32300.00%
2023Resident42414.17%
2023Resident51715.88%
2023Resident68112.50%
2023Resident710110.00%
2023Resident86233.33%
2023Resident9800.00%
2023Resident10400.00%
2023Resident11300.00%
2023Resident12400.00%
2023Resident13100.00%
2023Resident143266.67%
2023Resident15100.00%
2023Resident16100.00%
2023Residentnot stated3200.00%
2022Nonresident0100.00%
2022Nonresident1200.00%
2022Nonresident2100.00%
2022Nonresident10100.00%
2022Nonresidentnot stated100.00%
2022Resident05800.00%
2022Resident13300.00%
2022Resident22900.00%
2022Resident31317.69%
2022Resident41300.00%
2022Resident51400.00%
2022Resident68112.50%
2022Resident712216.67%
2022Resident87228.57%
2022Resident9300.00%
2022Resident106233.33%
2022Resident1111100.00%
2022Resident12300.00%
2022Resident13300.00%
2022Resident143133.33%
2022Resident15100.00%
2022Residentnot stated2900.00%
2021Nonresident0100.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated200.00%
2021Resident03600.00%
2021Resident12800.00%
2021Resident21700.00%
2021Resident3900.00%
2021Resident417211.76%
2021Resident51317.69%
2021Resident61400.00%
2021Resident77114.29%
2021Resident89222.22%
2021Resident9600.00%
2021Resident10100.00%
2021Resident11200.00%
2021Resident125120.00%
2021Resident13100.00%
2021Resident1411100.00%
2021Resident1511100.00%
2021Resident1711100.00%
2021Residentnot stated3000.00%
2020Nonresident0200.00%
2020Nonresident1100.00%
2020Nonresident3200.00%
2020Nonresident8100.00%
2020Nonresident15100.00%
2020Nonresidentnot stated100.00%
2020Resident04000.00%
2020Resident12800.00%
2020Resident2900.00%
2020Resident31417.14%
2020Resident41516.67%
2020Resident51400.00%
2020Resident6900.00%
2020Resident71100.00%
2020Resident8600.00%
2020Resident98337.50%
2020Resident10300.00%
2020Resident115120.00%
2020Resident125240.00%
2020Resident1311100.00%
2020Resident1511100.00%
2020Resident16100.00%
2020Residentnot stated2900.00%
2019Nonresident1200.00%
2019Nonresident2100.00%
2019Nonresident4100.00%
2019Nonresident7100.00%
2019Nonresident14100.00%
2019Nonresidentnot stated600.00%
2019Resident04312.33%
2019Resident12000.00%
2019Resident22500.00%
2019Resident31600.00%
2019Resident418316.67%
2019Resident5900.00%
2019Resident61000.00%
2019Resident78112.50%
2019Resident88112.50%
2019Resident94125.00%
2019Resident106116.67%
2019Resident115120.00%
2019Resident12200.00%
2019Resident1311100.00%
2019Resident14100.00%
2019Resident15100.00%
2019Resident16100.00%
2019Residentnot stated2100.00%
2018Nonresident0800.00%
2018Nonresident1100.00%
2018Nonresident6100.00%
2018Nonresident13100.00%
2018Nonresidentnot stated600.00%
2018Resident05700.00%
2018Resident12900.00%
2018Resident22314.35%
2018Resident32414.17%
2018Resident42300.00%
2018Resident51417.14%
2018Resident61600.00%
2018Resident71119.09%
2018Resident86116.67%
2018Resident910330.00%
2018Resident106116.67%
2018Resident11300.00%
2018Resident12400.00%
2018Resident132150.00%
2018Resident14100.00%
2018Resident15100.00%
2018Residentnot stated2300.00%
2017Nonresident0200.00%
2017Nonresident5100.00%
2017Nonresident12100.00%
2017Resident05211.92%
2017Resident13113.23%
2017Resident230310.00%
2017Resident32400.00%
2017Resident41900.00%
2017Resident517211.76%
2017Resident61100.00%
2017Resident7700.00%
2017Resident81317.69%
2017Resident96233.33%
2017Resident10100.00%
2017Resident11500.00%
2017Resident12300.00%
2017Resident13100.00%
2017Resident14100.00%
2017Residentnot stated2500.00%
2016Nonresident0400.00%
2016Nonresident1100.00%
2016Nonresident2100.00%
2016Nonresident4100.00%
2016Nonresident11100.00%
2016Resident06811.47%
2016Resident14512.22%
2016Resident22813.57%
2016Resident32114.76%
2016Resident426311.54%
2016Resident51800.00%
2016Resident67114.29%
2016Resident716212.50%
2016Resident8600.00%
2016Resident9200.00%
2016Resident10400.00%
2016Resident11400.00%
2016Resident12200.00%
2016Resident13100.00%
2016Residentnot stated1900.00%
2015Nonresident0500.00%
2015Nonresident1200.00%
2015Nonresident3100.00%
2015Nonresident4100.00%
2015Nonresident10100.00%
2015Nonresidentnot stated900.00%
2015Resident09322.15%
2015Resident14000.00%
2015Resident23700.00%
2015Resident32500.00%
2015Resident418211.11%
2015Resident51200.00%
2015Resident61900.00%
2015Resident71000.00%
2015Resident85120.00%
2015Resident9800.00%
2015Resident107114.29%
2015Resident1122100.00%
2015Resident12300.00%
2015Residentnot stated3126.45%
2014Nonresident0200.00%
2014Nonresident1100.00%
2014Nonresident2100.00%
2014Nonresident4100.00%
2014Nonresident9100.00%
2014Nonresidentnot stated600.00%
2014Resident07200.00%
2014Resident14212.38%
2014Resident24012.50%
2014Resident31500.00%
2014Resident41516.67%
2014Resident52200.00%
2014Resident61218.33%
2014Resident77114.29%
2014Resident88112.50%
2014Resident96116.67%
2014Resident106116.67%
2014Resident113133.33%
2014Residentnot stated2514.00%
2013Nonresident0700.00%
2013Nonresident1100.00%
2013Nonresident2100.00%
2013Nonresident7100.00%
2013Nonresident8100.00%
2013Nonresidentnot stated100.00%
2013Resident09422.13%
2013Resident14612.17%
2013Resident22926.90%
2013Resident31800.00%
2013Resident42613.85%
2013Resident51815.56%
2013Resident69111.11%
2013Resident71119.09%
2013Resident8500.00%
2013Resident95120.00%
2013Resident10200.00%
2013Residentnot stated3600.00%
2012Nonresident0400.00%
2012Nonresident1100.00%
2012Nonresident3300.00%
2012Nonresident7100.00%
2012Nonresidentnot stated500.00%
2012Resident011210.89%
2012Resident14300.00%
2012Resident22613.85%
2012Resident32428.33%
2012Resident42328.70%
2012Resident51417.14%
2012Resident61200.00%
2012Resident712325.00%
2012Resident8600.00%
2012Resident9200.00%
2012Residentnot stated2100.00%
2011Nonresident1100.00%
2011Nonresident2100.00%
2011Nonresident5100.00%
2011Nonresident6100.00%
2011Resident05611.79%
2011Resident13200.00%
2011Resident22229.09%
2011Resident31915.26%
2011Resident41800.00%
2011Resident511218.18%
2011Resident61417.14%
2011Resident79333.33%
2011Resident8400.00%
2011Residentnot stated3000.00%
2010Nonresident0100.00%
2010Nonresidentnot stated100.00%
2010Resident04736.38%
2010Resident12713.70%
2010Resident21800.00%
2010Resident32214.55%
2010Resident41000.00%
2010Resident51100.00%
2010Resident612325.00%
2010Resident76233.33%
2010Residentnot stated3500.00%
2009Nonresident0100.00%
2009Nonresident1100.00%
2009Nonresident4100.00%
2009Nonresidentnot stated200.00%
2009Resident05923.39%
2009Resident12727.41%
2009Resident23113.23%
2009Resident314321.43%
2009Resident415213.33%
2009Resident51100.00%
2009Resident6500.00%
2009Residentnot stated3100.00%
2008Nonresident0200.00%
2008Resident04124.88%
2008Resident13326.06%
2008Resident21417.14%
2008Resident31516.67%
2008Resident410110.00%
2008Resident57228.57%
2008Residentnot stated3113.23%
2007Nonresident0100.00%
2007Nonresident2100.00%
2007Nonresidentnot stated200.00%
2007Resident05223.85%
2007Resident122313.64%
2007Resident22528.00%
2007Resident31417.14%
2007Resident412216.67%
2007Residentnot stated2200.00%
2006Nonresident0100.00%
2006Nonresidentnot stated200.00%
2006Resident02500.00%
2006Resident130310.00%
2006Resident217317.65%
2006Resident314321.43%
2006Residentnot stated3213.13%

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. This hunt shows it in 2026: in the nonresident pool every applicant at 8 points drew, and 1 of 1 at 15 did notin the resident pool every applicant at 17 points drew, and 1 of 1 at 20 did not.

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.