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Montana · Deer · District 441

Montana deer permit 441-50

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 35 on 441-50 in 2026 and drew 35 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, 1 nonresident landowner applicant put it first and none of them drew; 10 resident landowner applicants put it first and 6 drew, 60.00%; 16 nonresident applicants put it first and none of them drew; 911 resident applicants put it first and 29 drew, 3.18%.

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
2026Nonresident31600.00%130
2026Resident35911293.18%2240
2026Nonresident landowner3100.00%——
2026Resident landowner610660.00%——
2025Nonresident32000.00%200
2025Resident35804293.61%2450
2025Nonresident landowner311100.00%——
2025Resident landowner611545.45%——
2024Nonresident32114.76%280
2024Resident35926283.02%2140
2024Nonresident landowner300———
2024Resident landowner610660.00%——
2023Nonresident33113.23%170
2023Resident35889283.15%2160
2023Nonresident landowner300———
2023Resident landowner612650.00%——
2022Nonresident33013.33%100
2022Resident35739283.79%2210
2022Nonresident landowner3100.00%——
2022Resident landowner612650.00%——
2021Nonresident33013.33%170
2021Resident35828283.38%2280
2021Nonresident landowner300———
2021Resident landowner610660.00%——
2020Nonresident33512.86%130
2020Resident35817283.43%1950
2020Nonresident landowner300———
2020Resident landowner612650.00%——
2019Nonresident33700.00%160
2019Resident35964293.01%2880
2019Nonresident landowner3100.00%——
2019Resident landowner615640.00%——
2018Nonresident36400.00%260
2018Resident35951293.05%2910
2018Nonresident landowner300———
2018Resident landowner617635.29%——
2017Nonresident35400.00%270
2017Resident341,022282.74%2960
2017Nonresident landowner300———
2017Resident landowner619631.58%——
2016Nonresident34912.04%340
2016Resident351,115292.60%2580
2016Nonresident landowner300———
2016Resident landowner515533.33%——
2015Nonresident34324.65%220
2015Resident351,089282.57%2720
2015Nonresident landowner300———
2015Resident landowner514535.71%——
2014Nonresident35200.00%190
2014Resident351,078302.78%2710
2014Nonresident landowner300———
2014Resident landowner513538.46%——
2013Nonresident55211.92%190
2013Resident501,038413.95%2340
2013Nonresident landowner500———
2013Resident landowner817847.06%——
2012Nonresident56434.69%310
2012Resident501,120393.48%2320
2012Nonresident landowner500———
2012Resident landowner817847.06%——
2011Nonresident54037.50%490
2011Resident50969394.02%1490
2011Nonresident landowner500———
2011Resident landowner819842.11%——
2010Nonresident54500.00%470
2010Resident50971424.33%1640
2010Nonresident landowner500———
2010Resident landowner815853.33%——
2009Nonresident53712.70%140
2009Resident50920414.46%1250
2009Nonresident landowner500———
2009Resident landowner815853.33%——
2008Nonresident54500.00%180
2008Resident50866424.85%1290
2008Nonresident landowner500———
2008Resident landowner816850.00%——
2007Nonresident53512.86%320
2007Resident50862424.87%1170
2007Nonresident landowner500———
2007Resident landowner715746.67%——
2006Nonresident52000.00%130
2006Resident50694436.20%1020
2006Nonresident landowner500———
2006Resident landowner715746.67%——

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
2026Nonresident0100.00%
2026Nonresident1200.00%
2026Nonresident2200.00%
2026Nonresident3100.00%
2026Nonresident4100.00%
2026Nonresident6200.00%
2026Nonresident9200.00%
2026Nonresident11100.00%
2026Nonresident12100.00%
2026Nonresident15100.00%
2026Nonresident18100.00%
2026Resident08200.00%
2026Resident114000.00%
2026Resident211510.87%
2026Resident38700.00%
2026Resident49922.02%
2026Resident54912.04%
2026Resident66223.23%
2026Resident73912.56%
2026Resident83700.00%
2026Resident93912.56%
2026Resident103000.00%
2026Resident112015.00%
2026Resident1227414.81%
2026Resident1319210.53%
2026Resident1422522.73%
2026Resident1516318.75%
2026Resident1610330.00%
2026Resident175240.00%
2026Resident18400.00%
2026Resident195120.00%
2026Nonresident landowner1100.00%
2026Resident landowner04125.00%
2026Resident landowner24375.00%
2026Resident landowner322100.00%
2025Nonresident0100.00%
2025Nonresident1200.00%
2025Nonresident2300.00%
2025Nonresident3200.00%
2025Nonresident4300.00%
2025Nonresident5300.00%
2025Nonresident7100.00%
2025Nonresident8200.00%
2025Nonresident11200.00%
2025Nonresident17100.00%
2025Resident05900.00%
2025Resident111521.74%
2025Resident210332.91%
2025Resident310310.97%
2025Resident45600.00%
2025Resident56323.17%
2025Resident64600.00%
2025Resident74824.17%
2025Resident84948.16%
2025Resident92700.00%
2025Resident102015.00%
2025Resident112514.00%
2025Resident121815.56%
2025Resident1324520.83%
2025Resident1420210.00%
2025Resident159222.22%
2025Resident163133.33%
2025Resident17500.00%
2025Resident18300.00%
2025Resident1922100.00%
2025Nonresident landowner511100.00%
2025Resident landowner0400.00%
2025Resident landowner13133.33%
2025Resident landowner211100.00%
2025Resident landowner522100.00%
2025Resident landowner611100.00%
2024Nonresident0600.00%
2024Nonresident1100.00%
2024Nonresident2300.00%
2024Nonresident3100.00%
2024Nonresident4200.00%
2024Nonresident7200.00%
2024Nonresident9200.00%
2024Nonresident10200.00%
2024Nonresident1211100.00%
2024Nonresident16100.00%
2024Resident07000.00%
2024Resident113710.73%
2024Resident215100.00%
2024Resident38011.25%
2024Resident48200.00%
2024Resident56911.45%
2024Resident65623.57%
2024Resident75811.72%
2024Resident83525.71%
2024Resident931516.13%
2024Resident102700.00%
2024Resident1123313.04%
2024Resident122713.70%
2024Resident1327414.81%
2024Resident141317.69%
2024Resident1511327.27%
2024Resident161500.00%
2024Resident172150.00%
2024Resident182150.00%
2024Resident19100.00%
2024Resident20200.00%
2024Resident212150.00%
2024Resident22100.00%
2024Resident landowner04250.00%
2024Resident landowner1200.00%
2024Resident landowner211100.00%
2024Resident landowner311100.00%
2024Resident landowner411100.00%
2024Resident landowner1111100.00%
2023Nonresident1600.00%
2023Nonresident2500.00%
2023Nonresident3200.00%
2023Nonresident4300.00%
2023Nonresident5100.00%
2023Nonresident6300.00%
2023Nonresident8200.00%
2023Nonresident9400.00%
2023Nonresident11100.00%
2023Nonresident1611100.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated300.00%
2023Resident118700.00%
2023Resident210732.80%
2023Resident38500.00%
2023Resident47922.53%
2023Resident55823.45%
2023Resident65511.82%
2023Resident73825.26%
2023Resident83638.33%
2023Resident92514.00%
2023Resident102827.14%
2023Resident1126311.54%
2023Resident123326.06%
2023Resident131417.14%
2023Resident1413323.08%
2023Resident151516.67%
2023Resident16300.00%
2023Resident17400.00%
2023Resident18300.00%
2023Resident193266.67%
2023Resident20300.00%
2023Residentnot stated6800.00%
2023Resident landowner12150.00%
2023Resident landowner22150.00%
2023Resident landowner3100.00%
2023Resident landowner1111100.00%
2023Resident landowner1611100.00%
2023Resident landownernot stated5240.00%
2022Nonresident0500.00%
2022Nonresident1800.00%
2022Nonresident2200.00%
2022Nonresident3100.00%
2022Nonresident4200.00%
2022Nonresident6100.00%
2022Nonresident7200.00%
2022Nonresident9300.00%
2022Nonresident1311100.00%
2022Nonresidentnot stated400.00%
2022Resident011300.00%
2022Resident19800.00%
2022Resident27111.41%
2022Resident36900.00%
2022Resident45223.85%
2022Resident53812.63%
2022Resident63912.56%
2022Resident735411.43%
2022Resident82926.90%
2022Resident92428.33%
2022Resident103000.00%
2022Resident1116212.50%
2022Resident121400.00%
2022Resident131119.09%
2022Resident1412650.00%
2022Resident155240.00%
2022Resident165120.00%
2022Resident173133.33%
2022Resident183133.33%
2022Resident1911100.00%
2022Residentnot stated6500.00%
2022Nonresident landowner1100.00%
2022Resident landowner0200.00%
2022Resident landowner13133.33%
2022Resident landowner311100.00%
2022Resident landownernot stated6466.67%
2021Nonresident0800.00%
2021Nonresident1400.00%
2021Nonresident2200.00%
2021Nonresident3300.00%
2021Nonresident511100.00%
2021Nonresident6100.00%
2021Nonresident8200.00%
2021Nonresident12200.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated700.00%
2021Resident013710.73%
2021Resident19700.00%
2021Resident29622.08%
2021Resident36200.00%
2021Resident44800.00%
2021Resident55311.89%
2021Resident63625.56%
2021Resident72926.90%
2021Resident837410.81%
2021Resident93725.41%
2021Resident1019210.53%
2021Resident112328.70%
2021Resident1217211.76%
2021Resident1314428.57%
2021Resident148225.00%
2021Resident15600.00%
2021Resident16400.00%
2021Resident174125.00%
2021Resident1811100.00%
2021Residentnot stated9600.00%
2021Resident landowner04375.00%
2021Resident landowner111100.00%
2021Resident landowner222100.00%
2021Resident landownernot stated300.00%
2020Nonresident01100.00%
2020Nonresident1200.00%
2020Nonresident2200.00%
2020Nonresident3200.00%
2020Nonresident44125.00%
2020Nonresident5300.00%
2020Nonresident7300.00%
2020Nonresident9100.00%
2020Nonresident11100.00%
2020Nonresident12100.00%
2020Nonresidentnot stated500.00%
2020Resident012100.00%
2020Resident112600.00%
2020Resident29400.00%
2020Resident36411.56%
2020Resident46500.00%
2020Resident55723.51%
2020Resident63425.88%
2020Resident74436.82%
2020Resident83538.57%
2020Resident92129.52%
2020Resident1016212.50%
2020Resident111119.09%
2020Resident121200.00%
2020Resident1312541.67%
2020Resident149333.33%
2020Resident155240.00%
2020Resident165120.00%
2020Resident172150.00%
2020Residentnot stated7800.00%
2020Resident landowner05360.00%
2020Resident landowner12150.00%
2020Resident landowner411100.00%
2020Resident landownernot stated4125.00%
2019Nonresident01700.00%
2019Nonresident1500.00%
2019Nonresident3300.00%
2019Nonresident6300.00%
2019Nonresident10100.00%
2019Nonresidentnot stated700.00%
2019Resident022531.33%
2019Resident113300.00%
2019Resident28111.23%
2019Resident37911.27%
2019Resident46511.54%
2019Resident54712.13%
2019Resident64924.08%
2019Resident74636.52%
2019Resident82400.00%
2019Resident926311.54%
2019Resident1020420.00%
2019Resident111300.00%
2019Resident1219421.05%
2019Resident131218.33%
2019Resident149222.22%
2019Resident156116.67%
2019Resident164250.00%
2019Residentnot stated9700.00%
2019Nonresident landownernot stated100.00%
2019Resident landowner0200.00%
2019Resident landowner12150.00%
2019Resident landowner23266.67%
2019Resident landowner32150.00%
2019Resident landowner411100.00%
2019Resident landowner511100.00%
2019Resident landownernot stated400.00%
2018Nonresident02400.00%
2018Nonresident1300.00%
2018Nonresident2600.00%
2018Nonresident3600.00%
2018Nonresident5300.00%
2018Nonresident6100.00%
2018Nonresident7100.00%
2018Nonresident9100.00%
2018Nonresident10100.00%
2018Nonresidentnot stated1800.00%
2018Resident020700.00%
2018Resident112100.00%
2018Resident28600.00%
2018Resident37100.00%
2018Resident46334.76%
2018Resident55858.62%
2018Resident65223.85%
2018Resident72514.00%
2018Resident83538.57%
2018Resident92428.33%
2018Resident1020420.00%
2018Resident112129.52%
2018Resident1213215.38%
2018Resident1313323.08%
2018Resident14700.00%
2018Resident156233.33%
2018Residentnot stated11800.00%
2018Resident landowner02150.00%
2018Resident landowner1300.00%
2018Resident landowner2100.00%
2018Resident landowner32150.00%
2018Resident landowner4100.00%
2018Resident landowner511100.00%
2018Resident landowner611100.00%
2018Resident landowner811100.00%
2018Resident landowner1111100.00%
2018Resident landownernot stated400.00%
2017Nonresident01400.00%
2017Nonresident1400.00%
2017Nonresident2500.00%
2017Nonresident3100.00%
2017Nonresident4300.00%
2017Nonresident5100.00%
2017Nonresident6100.00%
2017Nonresident8100.00%
2017Nonresident9100.00%
2017Nonresidentnot stated2300.00%
2017Resident021331.41%
2017Resident114121.42%
2017Resident29411.06%
2017Resident38844.55%
2017Resident48022.50%
2017Resident57234.17%
2017Resident63425.88%
2017Resident74037.50%
2017Resident82713.70%
2017Resident93313.03%
2017Resident1026311.54%
2017Resident111417.14%
2017Resident121200.00%
2017Resident139111.11%
2017Resident149111.11%
2017Residentnot stated11700.00%
2017Resident landowner04250.00%
2017Resident landowner1300.00%
2017Resident landowner25240.00%
2017Resident landowner3100.00%
2017Resident landowner4100.00%
2017Resident landowner611100.00%
2017Resident landowner7100.00%
2017Resident landownernot stated3133.33%
2016Nonresident01500.00%
2016Nonresident1500.00%
2016Nonresident2200.00%
2016Nonresident3500.00%
2016Nonresident4200.00%
2016Nonresident5200.00%
2016Nonresident6200.00%
2016Nonresident7100.00%
2016Nonresident8200.00%
2016Nonresident911100.00%
2016Nonresident10100.00%
2016Nonresidentnot stated1100.00%
2016Resident022110.45%
2016Resident113910.72%
2016Resident210710.93%
2016Resident310821.85%
2016Resident48311.20%
2016Resident547510.64%
2016Resident65823.45%
2016Resident743511.63%
2016Resident83812.63%
2016Resident94025.00%
2016Resident102114.76%
2016Resident1124416.67%
2016Resident121317.69%
2016Resident1312216.67%
2016Residentnot stated15100.00%
2016Resident landowner05120.00%
2016Resident landowner1400.00%
2016Resident landowner22150.00%
2016Resident landowner511100.00%
2016Resident landownernot stated3266.67%
2015Nonresident01200.00%
2015Nonresident1400.00%
2015Nonresident25120.00%
2015Nonresident3200.00%
2015Nonresident4200.00%
2015Nonresident5100.00%
2015Nonresident7200.00%
2015Nonresident811100.00%
2015Nonresidentnot stated1400.00%
2015Resident026120.77%
2015Resident112810.78%
2015Resident212121.65%
2015Resident39133.30%
2015Resident46523.08%
2015Resident56434.69%
2015Resident65523.64%
2015Resident74149.76%
2015Resident84224.76%
2015Resident92428.33%
2015Resident102528.00%
2015Resident111900.00%
2015Resident1218211.11%
2015Residentnot stated12610.79%
2015Resident landowner05120.00%
2015Resident landowner14375.00%
2015Resident landowner3100.00%
2015Resident landowner811100.00%
2015Resident landownernot stated300.00%
2014Nonresident01700.00%
2014Nonresident1400.00%
2014Nonresident2100.00%
2014Nonresident3200.00%
2014Nonresident4100.00%
2014Nonresident5400.00%
2014Nonresident6300.00%
2014Nonresident7100.00%
2014Nonresidentnot stated1900.00%
2014Resident024510.41%
2014Resident116310.61%
2014Resident211221.79%
2014Resident37600.00%
2014Resident47856.41%
2014Resident56523.08%
2014Resident66334.76%
2014Resident74324.65%
2014Resident834411.76%
2014Resident92926.90%
2014Resident1021314.29%
2014Resident112129.52%
2014Residentnot stated12032.50%
2014Resident landowner0500.00%
2014Resident landowner111100.00%
2014Resident landowner222100.00%
2014Resident landownernot stated5240.00%
2013Nonresident02100.00%
2013Nonresident17114.29%
2013Nonresident2200.00%
2013Nonresident3300.00%
2013Nonresident4200.00%
2013Nonresident5100.00%
2013Nonresident6200.00%
2013Nonresidentnot stated1400.00%
2013Resident025520.78%
2013Resident115042.67%
2013Resident210198.91%
2013Resident39233.26%
2013Resident47157.04%
2013Resident56957.25%
2013Resident65036.00%
2013Resident738513.16%
2013Resident82900.00%
2013Resident92600.00%
2013Resident103339.09%
2013Residentnot stated11521.74%
2013Resident landowner05240.00%
2013Resident landowner12150.00%
2013Resident landowner222100.00%
2013Resident landowner4100.00%
2013Resident landowner611100.00%
2013Resident landownernot stated6233.33%
2012Nonresident02300.00%
2012Nonresident1900.00%
2012Nonresident22150.00%
2012Nonresident34125.00%
2012Nonresident4200.00%
2012Nonresident53133.33%
2012Nonresidentnot stated2100.00%
2012Resident030441.32%
2012Resident114932.01%
2012Resident211810.85%
2012Resident39655.21%
2012Resident47856.41%
2012Resident57545.33%
2012Resident64912.04%
2012Resident740512.50%
2012Resident843818.60%
2012Resident93738.11%
2012Residentnot stated12200.00%
2012Resident landowner04375.00%
2012Resident landowner12150.00%
2012Resident landowner23266.67%
2012Resident landowner3100.00%
2012Resident landowner511100.00%
2012Resident landowner7100.00%
2012Resident landownernot stated5120.00%
2011Nonresident0900.00%
2011Nonresident1400.00%
2011Nonresident26116.67%
2011Nonresident35120.00%
2011Nonresident43133.33%
2011Nonresidentnot stated1300.00%
2011Resident019631.53%
2011Resident114053.57%
2011Resident211065.45%
2011Resident39055.56%
2011Resident47511.33%
2011Resident55036.00%
2011Resident652713.46%
2011Resident74324.65%
2011Resident84748.51%
2011Residentnot stated15531.94%
2011Resident landowner04250.00%
2011Resident landowner13266.67%
2011Resident landowner411100.00%
2011Resident landowner522100.00%
2011Resident landownernot stated9111.11%
2010Nonresident01700.00%
2010Nonresident1600.00%
2010Nonresident2300.00%
2010Nonresident3100.00%
2010Nonresident6100.00%
2010Nonresidentnot stated1700.00%
2010Resident021341.88%
2010Resident115153.31%
2010Resident211065.45%
2010Resident310055.00%
2010Resident47368.22%
2010Resident554611.11%
2010Resident653611.32%
2010Resident75511.82%
2010Residentnot stated15531.94%
2010Resident landowner04125.00%
2010Resident landowner13133.33%
2010Resident landowner211100.00%
2010Resident landowner411100.00%
2010Resident landowner711100.00%
2010Resident landownernot stated5360.00%
2009Nonresident01200.00%
2009Nonresident1500.00%
2009Nonresident24125.00%
2009Nonresident3400.00%
2009Nonresident4100.00%
2009Nonresidentnot stated1100.00%
2009Resident021720.92%
2009Resident112310.81%
2009Resident212164.96%
2009Resident38533.53%
2009Resident4781316.67%
2009Resident567913.43%
2009Resident67256.94%
2009Residentnot stated15021.33%
2009Resident landowner05360.00%
2009Resident landowner1100.00%
2009Resident landowner222100.00%
2009Resident landownernot stated7342.86%
2008Nonresident01400.00%
2008Nonresident1300.00%
2008Nonresident2100.00%
2008Nonresident3200.00%
2008Nonresident4100.00%
2008Nonresidentnot stated2400.00%
2008Resident022052.27%
2008Resident115595.81%
2008Resident29411.06%
2008Resident38633.49%
2008Resident476810.53%
2008Resident5971616.49%
2008Residentnot stated13000.00%
2008Resident landowner07342.86%
2008Resident landowner122100.00%
2008Resident landowner311100.00%
2008Resident landownernot stated6233.33%
2007Nonresident01000.00%
2007Nonresident1300.00%
2007Nonresident2600.00%
2007Nonresident4100.00%
2007Nonresidentnot stated1516.67%
2007Resident023141.73%
2007Resident111365.31%
2007Resident212443.23%
2007Resident310898.33%
2007Resident41261814.29%
2007Residentnot stated15210.66%
2007Resident landowner05360.00%
2007Resident landowner111100.00%
2007Resident landowner211100.00%
2007Resident landownernot stated8225.00%
2006Nonresident0600.00%
2006Nonresident1600.00%
2006Nonresidentnot stated800.00%
2006Resident0152117.24%
2006Resident113386.02%
2006Resident211165.41%
2006Resident3152149.21%
2006Residentnot stated13842.90%
2006Resident landowner03266.67%
2006Resident landowner13133.33%
2006Resident landowner211100.00%
2006Resident landowner311100.00%
2006Resident landownernot stated7228.57%

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.

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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.