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Montana · Deer · District 312

Montana deer permit 312-50

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 40 on 312-50 in 2026 and drew 40 — 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%; 21 nonresident applicants put it first and 1 drew, 4.76%; 1,023 resident applicants put it first and 36 drew, 3.52%.

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
2026Nonresident42114.76%260
2026Resident401,023363.52%3730
2026Nonresident landowner400———
2026Resident landowner633100.00%——
2025Nonresident42400.00%140
2025Resident40887364.06%2990
2025Nonresident landowner400———
2025Resident landowner644100.00%——
2024Nonresident42400.00%110
2024Resident40879353.98%2720
2024Nonresident landowner400———
2024Resident landowner655100.00%——
2023Nonresident41600.00%100
2023Resident40847384.49%2350
2023Nonresident landowner400———
2023Resident landowner622100.00%——
2022Nonresident42813.57%40
2022Resident40699375.29%1840
2022Nonresident landowner400———
2022Resident landowner622100.00%——
2021Nonresident71300.00%170
2021Resident757297410.15%2250
2021Nonresident landowner700———
2021Resident landowner1211100.00%——
2020Nonresident73825.26%110
2020Resident757137210.10%1670
2020Nonresident landowner700———
2020Resident landowner1211100.00%——
2019Nonresident74037.50%180
2019Resident75825708.48%2320
2019Nonresident landowner711100.00%——
2019Resident landowner1211100.00%——
2018Nonresident739410.26%90
2018Resident75887687.67%1960
2018Nonresident landowner711100.00%——
2018Resident landowner1222100.00%——
2017Nonresident74624.35%280
2017Resident75886707.90%2010
2017Nonresident landowner700———
2017Resident landowner1233100.00%——
2016Nonresident74349.30%150
2016Resident75926697.45%1920
2016Nonresident landowner700———
2016Resident landowner1222100.00%——
2015Nonresident74724.26%200
2015Resident75929727.75%1750
2015Nonresident landowner700———
2015Resident landowner1211100.00%——
2014Nonresident748612.50%160
2014Resident75776688.76%1360
2014Nonresident landowner700———
2014Resident landowner1211100.00%——
2013Nonresident74612.17%190
2013Resident75864728.33%1590
2013Nonresident landowner700———
2013Resident landowner1222100.00%——
2012Nonresident75147.84%110
2012Resident75956707.32%1270
2012Nonresident landowner700———
2012Resident landowner1211100.00%——
2011Nonresident74412.27%240
2011Resident75921717.71%1040
2011Nonresident landowner700———
2011Resident landowner1233100.00%——
2010Nonresident74524.44%80
2010Resident75839698.22%1040
2010Nonresident landowner700———
2010Resident landowner1244100.00%——
2009Nonresident121915.26%100
2009Resident12591812013.07%840
2009Nonresident landowner1200———
2009Resident landowner1944100.00%——
2008Nonresident121915.26%50
2008Resident12597212112.45%1070
2008Nonresident landowner1200———
2008Resident landowner1933100.00%——
2007Nonresident1229413.79%50
2007Resident12589611913.28%960
2007Nonresident landowner1200———
2007Resident landowner1822100.00%——
2006Nonresident1218211.11%60
2006Resident12584111713.91%820
2006Nonresident landowner1200———
2006Resident landowner1866100.00%——

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
2026Nonresident0400.00%
2026Nonresident1600.00%
2026Nonresident2300.00%
2026Nonresident3100.00%
2026Nonresident4100.00%
2026Nonresident5300.00%
2026Nonresident6100.00%
2026Nonresident72150.00%
2026Resident013110.76%
2026Resident122200.00%
2026Resident217410.57%
2026Resident312232.46%
2026Resident410810.93%
2026Resident57234.17%
2026Resident6681014.71%
2026Resident749612.24%
2026Resident82827.14%
2026Resident918211.11%
2026Resident1016212.50%
2026Resident118337.50%
2026Resident122150.00%
2026Resident13100.00%
2026Resident144125.00%
2026Resident landowner011100.00%
2026Resident landowner122100.00%
2025Nonresident0300.00%
2025Nonresident11100.00%
2025Nonresident2500.00%
2025Nonresident3100.00%
2025Nonresident5100.00%
2025Nonresident6200.00%
2025Nonresident7100.00%
2025Resident012600.00%
2025Resident118321.09%
2025Resident213921.44%
2025Resident312232.46%
2025Resident48522.35%
2025Resident57468.11%
2025Resident654916.67%
2025Resident73300.00%
2025Resident828517.86%
2025Resident922522.73%
2025Resident10900.00%
2025Resident11400.00%
2025Resident12200.00%
2025Resident13300.00%
2025Resident15100.00%
2025Resident1911100.00%
2025Resident2211100.00%
2025Resident landowner033100.00%
2025Resident landowner111100.00%
2024Nonresident0500.00%
2024Nonresident1400.00%
2024Nonresident2400.00%
2024Nonresident3300.00%
2024Nonresident4200.00%
2024Nonresident5400.00%
2024Nonresident6200.00%
2024Resident014500.00%
2024Resident119510.51%
2024Resident215463.90%
2024Resident310987.34%
2024Resident48644.65%
2024Resident56234.84%
2024Resident64336.98%
2024Resident735411.43%
2024Resident828414.29%
2024Resident91100.00%
2024Resident10400.00%
2024Resident11100.00%
2024Resident122150.00%
2024Resident1311100.00%
2024Resident14100.00%
2024Resident15100.00%
2024Resident18100.00%
2024Resident landowner011100.00%
2024Resident landowner133100.00%
2024Resident landowner211100.00%
2023Nonresident11000.00%
2023Nonresident4100.00%
2023Nonresident6100.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated400.00%
2023Resident123231.29%
2023Resident214142.84%
2023Resident39700.00%
2023Resident47956.33%
2023Resident56423.13%
2023Resident63712.70%
2023Resident734926.47%
2023Resident813646.15%
2023Resident95120.00%
2023Resident103266.67%
2023Resident113133.33%
2023Resident123133.33%
2023Resident1622100.00%
2023Residentnot stated13410.75%
2023Resident landowner111100.00%
2023Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2022Nonresident0600.00%
2022Nonresident1600.00%
2022Nonresident2500.00%
2022Nonresident3200.00%
2022Nonresident4100.00%
2022Nonresident5300.00%
2022Nonresident7100.00%
2022Nonresident911100.00%
2022Nonresidentnot stated300.00%
2022Resident018900.00%
2022Resident112710.79%
2022Resident28655.81%
2022Resident37756.49%
2022Resident439410.26%
2022Resident545511.11%
2022Resident616425.00%
2022Resident712433.33%
2022Resident83133.33%
2022Resident95120.00%
2022Resident105360.00%
2022Resident114250.00%
2022Resident1211100.00%
2022Resident142150.00%
2022Residentnot stated8800.00%
2022Resident landowner011100.00%
2022Resident landowner211100.00%
2021Nonresident0300.00%
2021Nonresident1500.00%
2021Nonresident2100.00%
2021Nonresident3100.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated300.00%
2021Resident021020.95%
2021Resident111654.31%
2021Resident210398.74%
2021Resident3721216.67%
2021Resident4531018.87%
2021Resident528828.57%
2021Resident616850.00%
2021Resident7131076.92%
2021Resident87228.57%
2021Resident93133.33%
2021Resident102150.00%
2021Resident1233100.00%
2021Resident1311100.00%
2021Residentnot stated10221.96%
2021Resident landowner211100.00%
2020Nonresident01800.00%
2020Nonresident1700.00%
2020Nonresident2100.00%
2020Nonresident33266.67%
2020Nonresident4300.00%
2020Nonresident7100.00%
2020Nonresidentnot stated500.00%
2020Resident017010.59%
2020Resident112121.65%
2020Resident210243.92%
2020Resident369710.14%
2020Resident4531120.75%
2020Resident5251144.00%
2020Resident627829.63%
2020Resident716956.25%
2020Resident8141178.57%
2020Resident94250.00%
2020Resident105480.00%
2020Resident113133.33%
2020Residentnot stated10410.96%
2020Resident landowner011100.00%
2019Nonresident01900.00%
2019Nonresident1400.00%
2019Nonresident2400.00%
2019Nonresident3300.00%
2019Nonresident42150.00%
2019Nonresident511100.00%
2019Nonresident811100.00%
2019Nonresidentnot stated600.00%
2019Resident022610.44%
2019Resident116542.42%
2019Resident211376.19%
2019Resident374810.81%
2019Resident440922.50%
2019Resident530930.00%
2019Resident6291034.48%
2019Resident718422.22%
2019Resident89444.44%
2019Resident911763.64%
2019Resident107342.86%
2019Resident112150.00%
2019Resident1211100.00%
2019Resident1311100.00%
2019Resident1411100.00%
2019Residentnot stated9800.00%
2019Nonresident landowner011100.00%
2019Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2018Nonresident01200.00%
2018Nonresident14125.00%
2018Nonresident2300.00%
2018Nonresident34125.00%
2018Nonresident4100.00%
2018Nonresident5100.00%
2018Nonresident611100.00%
2018Nonresident72150.00%
2018Nonresident8100.00%
2018Nonresidentnot stated1000.00%
2018Resident026820.75%
2018Resident116410.61%
2018Resident210843.70%
2018Resident3661015.15%
2018Resident449816.33%
2018Resident52827.14%
2018Resident628725.00%
2018Resident718844.44%
2018Resident813538.46%
2018Resident914535.71%
2018Resident107571.43%
2018Resident1144100.00%
2018Resident125360.00%
2018Resident1322100.00%
2018Residentnot stated11321.77%
2018Nonresident landowner011100.00%
2018Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2017Nonresident01815.56%
2017Nonresident1400.00%
2017Nonresident2700.00%
2017Nonresident3100.00%
2017Nonresident4100.00%
2017Nonresident5200.00%
2017Nonresident6200.00%
2017Nonresident711100.00%
2017Nonresidentnot stated1000.00%
2017Resident026251.91%
2017Resident1137128.76%
2017Resident2991010.10%
2017Resident37568.00%
2017Resident4631320.63%
2017Resident543613.95%
2017Resident622313.64%
2017Resident722313.64%
2017Resident818316.67%
2017Resident99111.11%
2017Resident109333.33%
2017Resident116233.33%
2017Resident13100.00%
2017Residentnot stated12032.50%
2017Resident landowner111100.00%
2017Resident landowner211100.00%
2017Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2016Nonresident01715.88%
2016Nonresident16116.67%
2016Nonresident2200.00%
2016Nonresident3100.00%
2016Nonresident4100.00%
2016Nonresident54250.00%
2016Nonresident7100.00%
2016Nonresidentnot stated1100.00%
2016Resident0286113.85%
2016Resident116353.07%
2016Resident2101109.90%
2016Resident380810.00%
2016Resident449612.24%
2016Resident536616.67%
2016Resident635822.86%
2016Resident724520.83%
2016Resident810330.00%
2016Resident911327.27%
2016Resident10800.00%
2016Resident1133100.00%
2016Resident12100.00%
2016Resident13100.00%
2016Residentnot stated11810.85%
2016Resident landowner022100.00%
2015Nonresident02015.00%
2015Nonresident1500.00%
2015Nonresident25120.00%
2015Nonresident3100.00%
2015Nonresident4400.00%
2015Nonresident6100.00%
2015Nonresidentnot stated1100.00%
2015Resident0298103.36%
2015Resident114396.29%
2015Resident2113119.73%
2015Resident36968.70%
2015Resident4511223.53%
2015Resident535411.43%
2015Resident630620.00%
2015Resident716425.00%
2015Resident81616.25%
2015Resident911327.27%
2015Resident102150.00%
2015Resident112150.00%
2015Residentnot stated14342.80%
2015Resident landowner111100.00%
2014Nonresident01516.67%
2014Nonresident1400.00%
2014Nonresident27228.57%
2014Nonresident36233.33%
2014Nonresident4100.00%
2014Nonresident52150.00%
2014Nonresident6100.00%
2014Nonresident11100.00%
2014Nonresidentnot stated1100.00%
2014Resident021731.38%
2014Resident1143149.79%
2014Resident29077.78%
2014Resident366812.12%
2014Resident4501020.00%
2014Resident539410.26%
2014Resident619736.84%
2014Resident727518.52%
2014Resident817317.65%
2014Resident94125.00%
2014Resident102150.00%
2014Resident1111100.00%
2014Residentnot stated10143.96%
2014Resident landowner411100.00%
2013Nonresident01500.00%
2013Nonresident1600.00%
2013Nonresident2600.00%
2013Nonresident3100.00%
2013Nonresident4100.00%
2013Nonresident511100.00%
2013Nonresident10100.00%
2013Nonresidentnot stated1500.00%
2013Resident024752.02%
2013Resident115774.46%
2013Resident21041514.42%
2013Resident378810.26%
2013Resident462812.90%
2013Resident533721.21%
2013Resident636822.22%
2013Resident722522.73%
2013Resident811545.45%
2013Resident94125.00%
2013Resident10400.00%
2013Residentnot stated10632.83%
2013Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2012Nonresident01700.00%
2012Nonresident112216.67%
2012Nonresident2300.00%
2012Nonresident3200.00%
2012Nonresident44125.00%
2012Nonresident52150.00%
2012Nonresident6100.00%
2012Nonresident8100.00%
2012Nonresidentnot stated900.00%
2012Resident033682.38%
2012Resident1167105.99%
2012Resident21121311.61%
2012Resident3951515.79%
2012Resident449612.24%
2012Resident553916.98%
2012Resident62913.45%
2012Resident719631.58%
2012Resident88225.00%
2012Resident9500.00%
2012Residentnot stated8300.00%
2012Resident landowner011100.00%
2011Nonresident02600.00%
2011Nonresident1900.00%
2011Nonresident2300.00%
2011Nonresident311100.00%
2011Nonresident4100.00%
2011Nonresident8100.00%
2011Nonresidentnot stated300.00%
2011Resident0263124.56%
2011Resident1150138.67%
2011Resident2131139.92%
2011Resident3841011.90%
2011Resident467710.45%
2011Resident541614.63%
2011Resident625416.00%
2011Resident71119.09%
2011Resident87228.57%
2011Residentnot stated14232.11%
2011Resident landowner011100.00%
2011Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2010Nonresident01417.14%
2010Nonresident1400.00%
2010Nonresident2200.00%
2010Nonresident311100.00%
2010Nonresident4200.00%
2010Nonresidentnot stated2200.00%
2010Resident0231135.63%
2010Resident1172158.72%
2010Resident21101412.73%
2010Resident38578.24%
2010Resident451611.76%
2010Resident533721.21%
2010Resident611218.18%
2010Resident75120.00%
2010Residentnot stated14142.84%
2010Resident landowner011100.00%
2010Resident landowner411100.00%
2010Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2009Nonresident06116.67%
2009Nonresident1100.00%
2009Nonresident3200.00%
2009Nonresidentnot stated1000.00%
2009Resident0300165.33%
2009Resident11832614.21%
2009Resident21311612.21%
2009Resident3853136.47%
2009Resident4531222.64%
2009Resident519736.84%
2009Resident67342.86%
2009Residentnot stated14096.43%
2009Resident landowner011100.00%
2009Resident landownernot stated33100.00%
2008Nonresident0800.00%
2008Nonresident15120.00%
2008Nonresident2100.00%
2008Nonresident4100.00%
2008Nonresident5100.00%
2008Nonresidentnot stated300.00%
2008Resident0335278.06%
2008Resident11982211.11%
2008Resident21382618.84%
2008Resident3951920.00%
2008Resident4341441.18%
2008Resident515320.00%
2008Residentnot stated157106.37%
2008Resident landownernot stated33100.00%
2007Nonresident05120.00%
2007Nonresident17114.29%
2007Nonresident2300.00%
2007Nonresident311100.00%
2007Nonresident4100.00%
2007Nonresidentnot stated1218.33%
2007Resident0305227.21%
2007Resident12053416.59%
2007Resident21362820.59%
2007Resident3481020.83%
2007Resident4291137.93%
2007Residentnot stated173148.09%
2007Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2006Nonresident0600.00%
2006Nonresident13133.33%
2006Nonresidentnot stated9111.11%
2006Resident0347267.49%
2006Resident11922915.10%
2006Resident2842327.38%
2006Resident3582543.10%
2006Residentnot stated160148.75%
2006Resident landowner044100.00%
2006Resident landownernot stated22100.00%

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.