Montana · Deer · District 530

Montana deer permit 530-50

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 2021 drawing did

Montana set a quota of 650 on 530-50 in 2021 and drew 650 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, 2 nonresident landowner applicants put it first and 2 drew, 100.00%; 21 resident landowner applicants put it first and 21 drew, 100.00%; 157 nonresident applicants put it first and 60 drew, 38.22%; 1,092 resident applicants put it first and 567 drew, 51.92%.

This licence code stops appearing after 2021. FWP's 2026 reports do not carry it, and this site does not map a retired code onto a current one — the department renumbered its licence-type suffixes and has published nothing saying which old code became which new one. What is below is the record of the 16 years it was drawn.

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.
Year	Pool	Pool cap	Put it first	Drew on first choice	First-choice success rate	Put it 2nd or 3rd	Drew on 2nd or 3rd
2021	Nonresident	65	157	60	38.22%	33	0
2021	Resident	650	1,092	567	51.92%	189	0
2021	Nonresident landowner	65	2	2	100.00%	—	—
2021	Resident landowner	98	21	21	100.00%	—	—
2020	Nonresident	65	181	60	33.15%	28	0
2020	Resident	650	988	574	58.10%	141	0
2020	Nonresident landowner	65	3	3	100.00%	—	—
2020	Resident landowner	98	13	13	100.00%	—	—
2019	Nonresident	50	194	47	24.23%	40	0
2019	Resident	500	852	430	50.47%	200	0
2019	Nonresident landowner	50	3	3	100.00%	—	—
2019	Resident landowner	75	20	20	100.00%	—	—
2018	Nonresident	50	222	46	20.72%	36	0
2018	Resident	500	791	427	53.98%	157	0
2018	Nonresident landowner	50	3	3	100.00%	—	—
2018	Resident landowner	75	24	24	100.00%	—	—
2017	Nonresident	50	148	46	31.08%	29	0
2017	Resident	500	669	427	63.83%	151	0
2017	Nonresident landowner	50	3	3	100.00%	—	—
2017	Resident landowner	75	24	24	100.00%	—	—
2016	Nonresident	50	140	49	35.00%	21	0
2016	Resident	500	621	425	68.44%	102	0
2016	Nonresident landowner	50	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2016	Resident landowner	75	25	25	100.00%	—	—
2015	Nonresident	50	153	48	31.37%	13	0
2015	Resident	500	594	428	72.05%	103	0
2015	Nonresident landowner	50	2	2	100.00%	—	—
2015	Resident landowner	75	22	22	100.00%	—	—
2014	Nonresident	50	112	47	41.96%	10	0
2014	Resident	500	469	430	91.68%	82	0
2014	Nonresident landowner	50	2	2	100.00%	—	—
2014	Resident landowner	75	21	21	100.00%	—	—
2013	Nonresident	50	115	50	43.48%	12	0
2013	Resident	500	529	433	81.85%	89	0
2013	Nonresident landowner	50	0	0	—	—	—
2013	Resident landowner	75	17	17	100.00%	—	—
2012	Nonresident	50	91	49	53.85%	8	0
2012	Resident	500	499	436	87.37%	77	0
2012	Nonresident landowner	50	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2012	Resident landowner	75	14	14	100.00%	—	—
2011	Nonresident	50	142	50	35.21%	8	0
2011	Resident	500	455	432	94.95%	44	0
2011	Nonresident landowner	50	0	0	—	—	—
2011	Resident landowner	75	18	18	100.00%	—	—
2010	Nonresident	60	101	60	59.41%	14	0
2010	Resident	600	499	499	100.00%	54	24
2010	Nonresident landowner	60	0	0	—	—	—
2010	Resident landowner	90	17	17	100.00%	—	—
2009	Nonresident	60	74	74	100.00%	5	3
2009	Resident	600	425	425	100.00%	42	42
2009	Nonresident landowner	60	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2009	Resident landowner	90	17	17	100.00%	—	—
2008	Nonresident	75	69	69	100.00%	1	1
2008	Resident	750	467	467	100.00%	29	29
2008	Nonresident landowner	75	1	1	100.00%	—	—
2008	Resident landowner	113	18	18	100.00%	—	—
2007	Nonresident	75	66	66	100.00%	5	5
2007	Resident	750	455	455	100.00%	31	31
2007	Nonresident landowner	75	0	0	—	—	—
2007	Resident landowner	112	15	15	100.00%	—	—
2006	Nonresident	75	80	80	100.00%	4	4
2006	Resident	750	492	492	100.00%	36	36
2006	Nonresident landowner	75	0	0	—	—	—
2006	Resident landowner	112	16	16	100.00%	—	—

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.
Year	Pool	Bonus points	Applied	Drew	Drew at this level
2021	Nonresident	0	67	19	28.36%
2021	Nonresident	1	26	9	34.62%
2021	Nonresident	2	14	10	71.43%
2021	Nonresident	3	8	8	100.00%
2021	Nonresident	4	2	2	100.00%
2021	Nonresident	5	1	1	100.00%
2021	Nonresident	8	1	1	100.00%
2021	Nonresident	not stated	38	10	26.32%
2021	Resident	0	443	201	45.37%
2021	Resident	1	151	101	66.89%
2021	Resident	2	39	37	94.87%
2021	Resident	3	11	11	100.00%
2021	Resident	4	4	4	100.00%
2021	Resident	5	8	8	100.00%
2021	Resident	6	3	3	100.00%
2021	Resident	8	2	2	100.00%
2021	Resident	9	2	2	100.00%
2021	Resident	11	1	1	100.00%
2021	Resident	13	1	1	100.00%
2021	Resident	14	1	1	100.00%
2021	Resident	15	2	2	100.00%
2021	Resident	17	1	1	100.00%
2021	Resident	not stated	423	192	45.39%
2021	Nonresident landowner	not stated	2	2	100.00%
2021	Resident landowner	0	9	9	100.00%
2021	Resident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2021	Resident landowner	not stated	11	11	100.00%
2020	Nonresident	0	70	8	11.43%
2020	Nonresident	1	35	14	40.00%
2020	Nonresident	2	28	19	67.86%
2020	Nonresident	3	5	4	80.00%
2020	Nonresident	10	1	1	100.00%
2020	Nonresident	not stated	42	14	33.33%
2020	Resident	0	389	209	53.73%
2020	Resident	1	114	78	68.42%
2020	Resident	2	48	45	93.75%
2020	Resident	3	7	7	100.00%
2020	Resident	4	6	6	100.00%
2020	Resident	5	5	5	100.00%
2020	Resident	6	6	6	100.00%
2020	Resident	7	2	2	100.00%
2020	Resident	8	2	2	100.00%
2020	Resident	9	2	2	100.00%
2020	Resident	10	1	1	100.00%
2020	Resident	13	1	1	100.00%
2020	Resident	not stated	405	210	51.85%
2020	Nonresident landowner	0	1	1	100.00%
2020	Nonresident landowner	not stated	2	2	100.00%
2020	Resident landowner	0	7	7	100.00%
2020	Resident landowner	1	2	2	100.00%
2020	Resident landowner	not stated	4	4	100.00%
2019	Nonresident	0	95	20	21.05%
2019	Nonresident	1	39	8	20.51%
2019	Nonresident	2	11	6	54.55%
2019	Nonresident	3	1	1	100.00%
2019	Nonresident	5	2	2	100.00%
2019	Nonresident	not stated	46	10	21.74%
2019	Resident	0	362	155	42.82%
2019	Resident	1	101	69	68.32%
2019	Resident	2	21	19	90.48%
2019	Resident	3	12	12	100.00%
2019	Resident	4	2	2	100.00%
2019	Resident	5	4	4	100.00%
2019	Resident	10	1	1	100.00%
2019	Resident	12	1	1	100.00%
2019	Resident	not stated	348	167	47.99%
2019	Nonresident landowner	0	1	1	100.00%
2019	Nonresident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2019	Nonresident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2019	Resident landowner	0	6	6	100.00%
2019	Resident landowner	1	2	2	100.00%
2019	Resident landowner	not stated	12	12	100.00%
2018	Nonresident	0	117	20	17.09%
2018	Nonresident	1	34	11	32.35%
2018	Nonresident	2	4	2	50.00%
2018	Nonresident	3	2	1	50.00%
2018	Nonresident	4	1	0	0.00%
2018	Nonresident	not stated	64	12	18.75%
2018	Resident	0	331	156	47.13%
2018	Resident	1	85	63	74.12%
2018	Resident	2	14	12	85.71%
2018	Resident	3	5	5	100.00%
2018	Resident	4	3	3	100.00%
2018	Resident	5	6	6	100.00%
2018	Resident	6	1	1	100.00%
2018	Resident	7	3	3	100.00%
2018	Resident	8	2	2	100.00%
2018	Resident	9	2	2	100.00%
2018	Resident	10	1	1	100.00%
2018	Resident	11	1	1	100.00%
2018	Resident	13	1	1	100.00%
2018	Resident	not stated	336	171	50.89%
2018	Nonresident landowner	not stated	3	3	100.00%
2018	Resident landowner	0	8	8	100.00%
2018	Resident landowner	1	1	1	100.00%
2018	Resident landowner	not stated	15	15	100.00%
2017	Nonresident	0	65	20	30.77%
2017	Nonresident	1	13	6	46.15%
2017	Nonresident	2	5	4	80.00%
2017	Nonresident	3	1	1	100.00%
2017	Nonresident	not stated	64	15	23.44%
2017	Resident	0	257	153	59.53%
2017	Resident	1	53	45	84.91%
2017	Resident	2	11	10	90.91%
2017	Resident	3	3	3	100.00%
2017	Resident	4	2	2	100.00%
2017	Resident	6	1	1	100.00%
2017	Resident	8	2	2	100.00%
2017	Resident	13	1	1	100.00%
2017	Resident	not stated	339	210	61.95%
2017	Nonresident landowner	not stated	3	3	100.00%
2017	Resident landowner	0	7	7	100.00%
2017	Resident landowner	not stated	17	17	100.00%
2016	Nonresident	0	55	20	36.36%
2016	Nonresident	1	11	5	45.45%
2016	Nonresident	2	3	1	33.33%
2016	Nonresident	3	1	0	0.00%
2016	Nonresident	not stated	70	23	32.86%
2016	Resident	0	237	159	67.09%
2016	Resident	1	41	34	82.93%
2016	Resident	2	7	7	100.00%
2016	Resident	3	1	1	100.00%
2016	Resident	4	2	2	100.00%
2016	Resident	7	2	2	100.00%
2016	Resident	11	1	1	100.00%
2016	Resident	not stated	330	219	66.36%
2016	Nonresident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2016	Resident landowner	0	6	6	100.00%
2016	Resident landowner	not stated	19	19	100.00%
2015	Nonresident	0	42	16	38.10%
2015	Nonresident	1	10	6	60.00%
2015	Nonresident	2	5	4	80.00%
2015	Nonresident	4	2	2	100.00%
2015	Nonresident	6	1	0	0.00%
2015	Nonresident	not stated	93	20	21.51%
2015	Resident	0	239	172	71.97%
2015	Resident	1	25	20	80.00%
2015	Resident	2	1	1	100.00%
2015	Resident	3	4	4	100.00%
2015	Resident	4	1	1	100.00%
2015	Resident	9	1	1	100.00%
2015	Resident	10	1	1	100.00%
2015	Resident	not stated	322	228	70.81%
2015	Nonresident landowner	not stated	2	2	100.00%
2015	Resident landowner	0	6	6	100.00%
2015	Resident landowner	not stated	16	16	100.00%
2014	Nonresident	0	25	6	24.00%
2014	Nonresident	1	12	7	58.33%
2014	Nonresident	2	2	2	100.00%
2014	Nonresident	9	1	1	100.00%
2014	Nonresident	not stated	72	31	43.06%
2014	Resident	0	171	154	90.06%
2014	Resident	1	31	29	93.55%
2014	Resident	2	4	4	100.00%
2014	Resident	3	5	5	100.00%
2014	Resident	4	1	1	100.00%
2014	Resident	7	1	1	100.00%
2014	Resident	not stated	256	236	92.19%
2014	Nonresident landowner	2	1	1	100.00%
2014	Nonresident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2014	Resident landowner	0	2	2	100.00%
2014	Resident landowner	not stated	19	19	100.00%
2013	Nonresident	0	43	14	32.56%
2013	Nonresident	1	10	6	60.00%
2013	Nonresident	2	6	6	100.00%
2013	Nonresident	not stated	56	24	42.86%
2013	Resident	0	215	175	81.40%
2013	Resident	1	18	17	94.44%
2013	Resident	2	6	6	100.00%
2013	Resident	3	6	6	100.00%
2013	Resident	5	3	3	100.00%
2013	Resident	6	1	1	100.00%
2013	Resident	9	1	1	100.00%
2013	Resident	not stated	279	224	80.29%
2013	Resident landowner	0	6	6	100.00%
2013	Resident landowner	not stated	11	11	100.00%
2012	Nonresident	0	37	16	43.24%
2012	Nonresident	1	5	4	80.00%
2012	Nonresident	2	1	1	100.00%
2012	Nonresident	4	1	1	100.00%
2012	Nonresident	not stated	47	27	57.45%
2012	Resident	0	195	165	84.62%
2012	Resident	1	17	16	94.12%
2012	Resident	2	1	1	100.00%
2012	Resident	3	2	2	100.00%
2012	Resident	4	3	3	100.00%
2012	Resident	not stated	281	249	88.61%
2012	Nonresident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2012	Resident landowner	0	2	2	100.00%
2012	Resident landowner	not stated	12	12	100.00%
2011	Nonresident	0	70	26	37.14%
2011	Nonresident	1	8	5	62.50%
2011	Nonresident	2	2	1	50.00%
2011	Nonresident	not stated	62	18	29.03%
2011	Resident	0	141	131	92.91%
2011	Resident	1	8	8	100.00%
2011	Resident	2	1	1	100.00%
2011	Resident	3	4	4	100.00%
2011	Resident	5	3	3	100.00%
2011	Resident	not stated	298	285	95.64%
2011	Resident landowner	0	4	4	100.00%
2011	Resident landowner	not stated	14	14	100.00%
2010	Nonresident	0	50	32	64.00%
2010	Nonresident	1	2	1	50.00%
2010	Nonresident	2	1	1	100.00%
2010	Nonresident	not stated	48	26	54.17%
2010	Resident	0	161	161	100.00%
2010	Resident	1	1	1	100.00%
2010	Resident	3	1	1	100.00%
2010	Resident	4	1	1	100.00%
2010	Resident	not stated	335	335	100.00%
2010	Resident landowner	0	6	6	100.00%
2010	Resident landowner	not stated	11	11	100.00%
2009	Nonresident	0	17	17	100.00%
2009	Nonresident	1	2	2	100.00%
2009	Nonresident	2	2	2	100.00%
2009	Nonresident	not stated	53	53	100.00%
2009	Resident	0	131	131	100.00%
2009	Resident	1	4	4	100.00%
2009	Resident	2	1	1	100.00%
2009	Resident	3	2	2	100.00%
2009	Resident	4	1	1	100.00%
2009	Resident	not stated	286	286	100.00%
2009	Nonresident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2009	Resident landowner	0	6	6	100.00%
2009	Resident landowner	not stated	11	11	100.00%
2008	Nonresident	0	8	8	100.00%
2008	Nonresident	1	2	2	100.00%
2008	Nonresident	not stated	59	59	100.00%
2008	Resident	0	147	147	100.00%
2008	Resident	1	3	3	100.00%
2008	Resident	2	1	1	100.00%
2008	Resident	4	1	1	100.00%
2008	Resident	not stated	315	315	100.00%
2008	Nonresident landowner	not stated	1	1	100.00%
2008	Resident landowner	0	3	3	100.00%
2008	Resident landowner	not stated	15	15	100.00%
2007	Nonresident	0	9	9	100.00%
2007	Nonresident	1	3	3	100.00%
2007	Nonresident	not stated	54	54	100.00%
2007	Resident	0	162	162	100.00%
2007	Resident	1	3	3	100.00%
2007	Resident	2	1	1	100.00%
2007	Resident	not stated	289	289	100.00%
2007	Resident landowner	0	4	4	100.00%
2007	Resident landowner	not stated	11	11	100.00%
2006	Nonresident	0	28	28	100.00%
2006	Nonresident	1	1	1	100.00%
2006	Nonresident	not stated	51	51	100.00%
2006	Resident	0	148	148	100.00%
2006	Resident	1	5	5	100.00%
2006	Resident	not stated	339	339	100.00%
2006	Resident landowner	0	4	4	100.00%
2006	Resident landowner	not stated	12	12	100.00%

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

2021 deer permit stats old format.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2021-04-27, fetched 2026-09-03
2020 deer permit stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2020-04-14, fetched 2026-09-03
2019 deer permit stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2019-04-22, fetched 2026-09-03
2018 deer permit stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2018-04-24, fetched 2026-09-03
2017 deer permit stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2017-04-24, fetched 2026-09-03
2016 deer permit stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2016-04-19, fetched 2026-09-03
2015 deer permit stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2015-04-15, fetched 2026-09-03
2014 deer permit stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2014-04-18, fetched 2026-09-03
2013 deer permit stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2013-04-24, fetched 2026-09-03
2012 deer permit stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2012-04-18, fetched 2026-09-03
2011 deer permit stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2011-07-18, fetched 2026-09-03
2010 deer permit stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2010-07-19, fetched 2026-09-03
2009 deer permit stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2009-07-20, fetched 2026-09-03
2008 DEER_PERMIT_stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2008-07-21, fetched 2026-09-03
2007 DEER_PERMIT_stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2007-07-23, fetched 2026-09-03
2006 DEER_PERMIT_stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2006-07-25, fetched 2026-09-03
2021 DEA detailed bonus point statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2009-00, fetched 2026-09-03
2020 deer elk antelope detailed bonus point statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2009-00, fetched 2026-09-03
2019 DEA detailed bonus point statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2009-00, fetched 2026-09-03
2018 deer permit detailed bonus point statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2009-00, fetched 2026-09-03
2017 dea detailed bonus point statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2009-00, fetched 2026-09-03
2016 dea detailed bp stats.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2016-03-01, fetched 2026-09-03
2015 dea detailed statistics final.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2015-03-01, fetched 2026-09-03
2014 dea detailed statistics.xlsx — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2014-07-22, fetched 2026-09-03
2013 dea detailed bonus point stats.xlsx — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2013-08-12, fetched 2026-09-03
2012 dea detailed stats1.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2012-10-26, fetched 2026-09-03
2011 dea detailed statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2011-08-09, fetched 2026-09-03
2010 dea detailed statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2010-07-23, fetched 2026-09-03
2009 dea detailed statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2009-07-23, fetched 2026-09-03
2008 dea detailed statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2008-07-31, fetched 2026-09-03
2007 dea detailed statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2007-10-30, fetched 2026-09-03
2006 dea detailed statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2006-09-11, fetched 2026-09-03

Other licences in these districts

Deer B licence 530-00 Deer B licence 530-01 Deer permit 455-70 Deer permit 471-50 Deer permit 510-40 Deer permit 510-50 Deer permit 535-50 Deer permit 630-20 Deer permit 652-50 All Montana deer All Montana species

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.