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Montana · Deer · District 250

Montana deer permit 250-50

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 25 on 250-50 in 2026 and drew 25 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, no nonresident landowner applicant put it first; no resident landowner applicant put it first; 28 nonresident applicants put it first and none of them drew; 802 resident applicants put it first and 25 drew, 3.12%.

Published in 17 of the drawing years FWP has posted, 2010 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
2026Nonresident22800.00%670
2026Resident25802253.12%9000
2026Nonresident landowner200———
2026Resident landowner400———
2025Nonresident22913.45%750
2025Resident25698243.44%8310
2025Nonresident landowner200———
2025Resident landowner400———
2024Nonresident24712.13%820
2024Resident25678243.54%6750
2024Nonresident landowner200———
2024Resident landowner400———
2023Nonresident22913.45%1140
2023Resident25650243.69%6430
2023Nonresident landowner200———
2023Resident landowner400———
2022Nonresident23812.63%780
2022Resident25517244.64%6160
2022Nonresident landowner200———
2022Resident landowner400———
2021Nonresident23200.00%390
2021Resident25409256.11%5190
2021Nonresident landowner200———
2021Resident landowner400———
2020Nonresident24025.00%320
2020Resident25399235.76%4270
2020Nonresident landowner200———
2020Resident landowner400———
2019Nonresident23313.03%670
2019Resident25441235.22%6040
2019Nonresident landowner200———
2019Resident landowner411100.00%——
2018Nonresident28700.00%580
2018Resident25384256.51%5690
2018Nonresident landowner200———
2018Resident landowner400———
2017Nonresident25423.70%1280
2017Resident25349226.30%5460
2017Nonresident landowner200———
2017Resident landowner411100.00%——
2016Nonresident24524.44%870
2016Resident25278238.27%5710
2016Nonresident landowner200———
2016Resident landowner400———
2015Nonresident43339.09%1120
2015Resident402543714.57%5310
2015Nonresident landowner400———
2015Resident landowner600———
2014Nonresident45823.45%790
2014Resident402183716.97%4380
2014Nonresident landowner400———
2014Resident landowner611100.00%——
2013Nonresident857814.04%360
2013Resident851887539.89%3210
2013Nonresident landowner800———
2013Resident landowner1322100.00%——
2012Nonresident830723.33%220
2012Resident851487752.03%3380
2012Nonresident landowner811100.00%——
2012Resident landowner1300———
2011Nonresident841717.07%390
2011Resident85967679.17%2680
2011Nonresident landowner811100.00%——
2011Resident landowner1311100.00%——
2010Nonresident12381231.58%580
2010Resident1257474100.00%26939
2010Nonresident landowner1200———
2010Resident landowner1900———

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
2026Nonresident0600.00%
2026Nonresident1400.00%
2026Nonresident2300.00%
2026Nonresident3200.00%
2026Nonresident4200.00%
2026Nonresident5300.00%
2026Nonresident6300.00%
2026Nonresident7100.00%
2026Nonresident8100.00%
2026Nonresident10200.00%
2026Nonresident15100.00%
2026Resident07000.00%
2026Resident110910.92%
2026Resident29500.00%
2026Resident39211.09%
2026Resident46500.00%
2026Resident59211.09%
2026Resident65235.77%
2026Resident73725.41%
2026Resident83438.82%
2026Resident93638.33%
2026Resident103326.06%
2026Resident112314.35%
2026Resident121616.25%
2026Resident1314214.29%
2026Resident147114.29%
2026Resident158112.50%
2026Resident168112.50%
2026Resident172150.00%
2026Resident1911100.00%
2026Resident20400.00%
2026Resident21300.00%
2026Resident23100.00%
2025Nonresident0300.00%
2025Nonresident1600.00%
2025Nonresident2400.00%
2025Nonresident3100.00%
2025Nonresident4300.00%
2025Nonresident5300.00%
2025Nonresident7100.00%
2025Nonresident8200.00%
2025Nonresident9100.00%
2025Nonresident10100.00%
2025Nonresident11100.00%
2025Nonresident12100.00%
2025Nonresident14100.00%
2025Nonresident1911100.00%
2025Resident06100.00%
2025Resident18100.00%
2025Resident29200.00%
2025Resident37411.35%
2025Resident48211.22%
2025Resident55123.92%
2025Resident63700.00%
2025Resident73925.13%
2025Resident83725.41%
2025Resident942819.05%
2025Resident102713.70%
2025Resident111800.00%
2025Resident121400.00%
2025Resident13800.00%
2025Resident149111.11%
2025Resident155120.00%
2025Resident162150.00%
2025Resident172150.00%
2025Resident182150.00%
2025Resident19500.00%
2025Resident207114.29%
2025Resident212150.00%
2025Resident22100.00%
2024Nonresident01100.00%
2024Nonresident1600.00%
2024Nonresident21000.00%
2024Nonresident3400.00%
2024Nonresident4700.00%
2024Nonresident5400.00%
2024Nonresident9100.00%
2024Nonresident1011100.00%
2024Nonresident13100.00%
2024Nonresident15100.00%
2024Nonresident18100.00%
2024Resident07900.00%
2024Resident110600.00%
2024Resident28500.00%
2024Resident38611.16%
2024Resident45711.75%
2024Resident54424.55%
2024Resident63612.78%
2024Resident73638.33%
2024Resident84848.33%
2024Resident92500.00%
2024Resident101300.00%
2024Resident111417.14%
2024Resident1218422.22%
2024Resident139222.22%
2024Resident144125.00%
2024Resident15300.00%
2024Resident16100.00%
2024Resident173133.33%
2024Resident185240.00%
2024Resident19200.00%
2024Resident20200.00%
2024Resident222150.00%
2023Nonresident1300.00%
2023Nonresident2700.00%
2023Nonresident3500.00%
2023Nonresident4200.00%
2023Nonresident5100.00%
2023Nonresident6100.00%
2023Nonresident7100.00%
2023Nonresident8100.00%
2023Nonresident10100.00%
2023Nonresident12100.00%
2023Nonresident13100.00%
2023Nonresident14100.00%
2023Nonresident15100.00%
2023Nonresident1611100.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated200.00%
2023Resident19300.00%
2023Resident29611.04%
2023Resident36400.00%
2023Resident44200.00%
2023Resident54600.00%
2023Resident64449.09%
2023Resident75200.00%
2023Resident83139.68%
2023Resident921314.29%
2023Resident1012216.67%
2023Resident112300.00%
2023Resident1211218.18%
2023Resident137114.29%
2023Resident14200.00%
2023Resident154125.00%
2023Resident16400.00%
2023Resident176233.33%
2023Resident183133.33%
2023Resident192150.00%
2023Resident204375.00%
2023Residentnot stated8300.00%
2022Nonresident0600.00%
2022Nonresident1800.00%
2022Nonresident2600.00%
2022Nonresident3100.00%
2022Nonresident4300.00%
2022Nonresident5700.00%
2022Nonresident6100.00%
2022Nonresident811100.00%
2022Nonresident11100.00%
2022Nonresident15100.00%
2022Nonresidentnot stated300.00%
2022Resident09200.00%
2022Resident16300.00%
2022Resident24700.00%
2022Resident34212.38%
2022Resident43612.78%
2022Resident54724.26%
2022Resident62827.14%
2022Resident720420.00%
2022Resident814535.71%
2022Resident920315.00%
2022Resident101200.00%
2022Resident11500.00%
2022Resident125120.00%
2022Resident134250.00%
2022Resident14700.00%
2022Resident157114.29%
2022Resident163133.33%
2022Resident17100.00%
2022Resident182150.00%
2022Resident19200.00%
2022Residentnot stated6000.00%
2021Nonresident0700.00%
2021Nonresident1700.00%
2021Nonresident2200.00%
2021Nonresident3300.00%
2021Nonresident4100.00%
2021Nonresident6100.00%
2021Nonresident7200.00%
2021Nonresident13100.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated800.00%
2021Resident06200.00%
2021Resident16434.69%
2021Resident24200.00%
2021Resident32713.70%
2021Resident44536.67%
2021Resident52428.33%
2021Resident61900.00%
2021Resident71417.14%
2021Resident81715.88%
2021Resident96233.33%
2021Resident1010110.00%
2021Resident115360.00%
2021Resident12500.00%
2021Resident1311100.00%
2021Resident145240.00%
2021Resident154125.00%
2021Resident1611100.00%
2021Resident174375.00%
2021Resident18200.00%
2021Residentnot stated5200.00%
2020Nonresident01300.00%
2020Nonresident1500.00%
2020Nonresident3300.00%
2020Nonresident4200.00%
2020Nonresident5100.00%
2020Nonresident6100.00%
2020Nonresident7100.00%
2020Nonresident8200.00%
2020Nonresident9100.00%
2020Nonresident10100.00%
2020Nonresident1222100.00%
2020Nonresident13100.00%
2020Nonresidentnot stated700.00%
2020Resident06500.00%
2020Resident14900.00%
2020Resident24924.08%
2020Resident34500.00%
2020Resident43300.00%
2020Resident527311.11%
2020Resident616212.50%
2020Resident71218.33%
2020Resident811545.45%
2020Resident910330.00%
2020Resident108225.00%
2020Resident115120.00%
2020Resident125120.00%
2020Resident13600.00%
2020Resident142150.00%
2020Resident1511100.00%
2020Resident162150.00%
2020Resident17100.00%
2020Residentnot stated5200.00%
2019Nonresident0900.00%
2019Nonresident1600.00%
2019Nonresident3400.00%
2019Nonresident4100.00%
2019Nonresident5100.00%
2019Nonresident7200.00%
2019Nonresident1211100.00%
2019Nonresidentnot stated900.00%
2019Resident09011.11%
2019Resident15900.00%
2019Resident25800.00%
2019Resident34636.52%
2019Resident43013.33%
2019Resident51700.00%
2019Resident62214.55%
2019Resident71100.00%
2019Resident87342.86%
2019Resident9300.00%
2019Resident10200.00%
2019Resident114125.00%
2019Resident127342.86%
2019Resident135360.00%
2019Resident143266.67%
2019Resident153133.33%
2019Resident163266.67%
2019Residentnot stated7122.82%
2019Resident landowner011100.00%
2018Nonresident02500.00%
2018Nonresident1700.00%
2018Nonresident2700.00%
2018Nonresident3300.00%
2018Nonresident4400.00%
2018Nonresident5100.00%
2018Nonresident6400.00%
2018Nonresident7100.00%
2018Nonresident10200.00%
2018Nonresident11100.00%
2018Nonresidentnot stated3200.00%
2018Resident07300.00%
2018Resident17022.86%
2018Resident25000.00%
2018Resident33326.06%
2018Resident420315.00%
2018Resident523313.04%
2018Resident65120.00%
2018Resident7300.00%
2018Resident89111.11%
2018Resident98562.50%
2018Resident10300.00%
2018Resident116233.33%
2018Resident124125.00%
2018Resident133133.33%
2018Resident144250.00%
2018Resident155240.00%
2018Residentnot stated6500.00%
2017Nonresident0400.00%
2017Nonresident11500.00%
2017Nonresident2500.00%
2017Nonresident37114.29%
2017Nonresident4100.00%
2017Nonresident6200.00%
2017Nonresident7200.00%
2017Nonresident9300.00%
2017Nonresident10100.00%
2017Nonresident11100.00%
2017Nonresidentnot stated1317.69%
2017Resident08455.95%
2017Resident16457.81%
2017Resident237410.81%
2017Resident326519.23%
2017Resident41700.00%
2017Resident57114.29%
2017Resident6800.00%
2017Resident77114.29%
2017Resident8500.00%
2017Resident9500.00%
2017Resident10500.00%
2017Resident11400.00%
2017Resident12100.00%
2017Resident13200.00%
2017Resident142150.00%
2017Residentnot stated7500.00%
2017Resident landowner011100.00%
2016Nonresident01500.00%
2016Nonresident14125.00%
2016Nonresident21000.00%
2016Nonresident4300.00%
2016Nonresident8100.00%
2016Nonresident9200.00%
2016Nonresidentnot stated10110.00%
2016Resident07422.70%
2016Resident15135.88%
2016Resident236822.22%
2016Resident32229.09%
2016Resident413215.38%
2016Resident56233.33%
2016Resident6200.00%
2016Resident77228.57%
2016Resident8500.00%
2016Resident9400.00%
2016Resident10400.00%
2016Resident114125.00%
2016Resident12200.00%
2016Resident13100.00%
2016Residentnot stated4712.13%
2015Nonresident01200.00%
2015Nonresident1700.00%
2015Nonresident2100.00%
2015Nonresident3200.00%
2015Nonresident411100.00%
2015Nonresident511100.00%
2015Nonresident6100.00%
2015Nonresident7100.00%
2015Nonresidentnot stated7114.29%
2015Resident06569.23%
2015Resident153815.09%
2015Resident229310.34%
2015Resident38112.50%
2015Resident43133.33%
2015Resident57571.43%
2015Resident6100.00%
2015Resident73133.33%
2015Resident84125.00%
2015Resident9400.00%
2015Resident106466.67%
2015Resident112150.00%
2015Resident124375.00%
2015Residentnot stated6534.62%
2014Nonresident02900.00%
2014Nonresident1800.00%
2014Nonresident2100.00%
2014Nonresident36116.67%
2014Nonresidentnot stated1417.14%
2014Resident07222.78%
2014Resident140820.00%
2014Resident215426.67%
2014Resident36350.00%
2014Resident4200.00%
2014Resident5300.00%
2014Resident62150.00%
2014Resident74125.00%
2014Resident833100.00%
2014Resident94125.00%
2014Resident1022100.00%
2014Resident1133100.00%
2014Residentnot stated62914.52%
2014Resident landowner011100.00%
2013Nonresident024312.50%
2013Nonresident16233.33%
2013Nonresident23133.33%
2013Nonresident32150.00%
2013Nonresident4100.00%
2013Nonresident5100.00%
2013Nonresident611100.00%
2013Nonresident8100.00%
2013Nonresident9100.00%
2013Nonresidentnot stated1700.00%
2013Resident0771722.08%
2013Resident1301756.67%
2013Resident26233.33%
2013Resident36583.33%
2013Resident42150.00%
2013Resident55480.00%
2013Resident633100.00%
2013Resident722100.00%
2013Resident833100.00%
2013Resident93266.67%
2013Resident1022100.00%
2013Residentnot stated491734.69%
2013Resident landowner111100.00%
2013Resident landowner511100.00%
2012Nonresident018527.78%
2012Nonresident1200.00%
2012Nonresident2100.00%
2012Nonresident411100.00%
2012Nonresidentnot stated8112.50%
2012Resident0511937.25%
2012Resident1171270.59%
2012Resident27571.43%
2012Resident366100.00%
2012Resident466100.00%
2012Resident55240.00%
2012Resident655100.00%
2012Resident72150.00%
2012Resident855100.00%
2012Resident911100.00%
2012Residentnot stated431534.88%
2012Nonresident landownernot stated11100.00%
2011Nonresident04125.00%
2011Nonresident211100.00%
2011Nonresident411100.00%
2011Nonresident511100.00%
2011Nonresidentnot stated3438.82%
2011Resident0332472.73%
2011Resident17685.71%
2011Resident233100.00%
2011Resident322100.00%
2011Resident422100.00%
2011Resident522100.00%
2011Resident622100.00%
2011Resident733100.00%
2011Resident822100.00%
2011Residentnot stated403075.00%
2011Nonresident landowner011100.00%
2011Resident landowner011100.00%
2010Nonresident0100.00%
2010Nonresident211100.00%
2010Nonresident3100.00%
2010Nonresidentnot stated351131.43%
2010Resident01919100.00%
2010Resident199100.00%
2010Resident244100.00%
2010Resident322100.00%
2010Resident466100.00%
2010Resident511100.00%
2010Resident633100.00%
2010Resident744100.00%
2010Residentnot stated2626100.00%

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. This hunt shows it in 2026: in the resident pool every applicant at 19 points drew, and 4 of 4 at 20, 3 of 3 at 21, 1 of 1 at 23 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.