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Montana · Elk · District 632

Montana elk permit 632-20

How many people put this elk 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 10 on 632-20 in 2021 and drew 10 — 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 2 drew, 66.67%; 104 nonresident applicants put it first and none of them drew; 281 resident applicants put it first and 8 drew, 2.85%.

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.
YearPoolPool capPut it firstDrew on first choiceFirst-choice success ratePut it 2nd or 3rdDrew on 2nd or 3rd
2021Nonresident110400.00%640
2021Resident1028182.85%3390
2021Nonresident landowner100———
2021Resident landowner23266.67%——
2020Nonresident18300.00%710
2020Resident10279103.58%3850
2020Nonresident landowner100———
2020Resident landowner200———
2019Nonresident111710.85%540
2019Resident1027972.51%3150
2019Nonresident landowner100———
2019Resident landowner222100.00%——
2018Nonresident110100.00%750
2018Resident1033582.39%3980
2018Nonresident landowner100———
2018Resident landowner222100.00%——
2017Nonresident114510.69%750
2017Resident1035982.23%4390
2017Nonresident landowner100———
2017Resident landowner211100.00%——
2016Nonresident110310.97%610
2016Resident1035782.24%3760
2016Nonresident landowner100———
2016Resident landowner211100.00%——
2015Nonresident111200.00%840
2015Resident1044292.04%4360
2015Nonresident landowner100———
2015Resident landowner211100.00%——
2013Nonresident111010.91%720
2013Resident1043871.60%6050
2013Nonresident landowner100———
2013Resident landowner23266.67%——
2012Nonresident19500.00%750
2012Resident1049791.81%5320
2012Nonresident landowner100———
2012Resident landowner211100.00%——
2011Nonresident13600.00%580
2011Resident1045192.00%5750
2011Nonresident landowner100———
2011Resident landowner211100.00%——
2010Nonresident14112.44%660
2010Resident1046371.51%5990
2010Nonresident landowner100———
2010Resident landowner222100.00%——
2009Nonresident12500.00%350
2009Resident1038482.08%3960
2009Nonresident landowner100———
2009Resident landowner222100.00%——
2008Nonresident12000.00%380
2008Resident1034482.33%3970
2008Nonresident landowner100———
2008Resident landowner222100.00%——
2007Nonresident11516.67%340
2007Resident1031182.57%4390
2007Nonresident landowner100———
2007Resident landowner211100.00%——
2006Nonresident12400.00%290
2006Resident1034582.32%4040
2006Nonresident landowner100———
2006Resident landowner222100.00%——

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
2021Nonresident02300.00%
2021Nonresident11700.00%
2021Nonresident2200.00%
2021Nonresident3400.00%
2021Nonresident4100.00%
2021Nonresident5100.00%
2021Nonresident6200.00%
2021Nonresident7100.00%
2021Nonresident8300.00%
2021Nonresident9400.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated4600.00%
2021Resident06300.00%
2021Resident14400.00%
2021Resident22600.00%
2021Resident32414.17%
2021Resident42100.00%
2021Resident51317.69%
2021Resident61300.00%
2021Resident7800.00%
2021Resident8600.00%
2021Resident9600.00%
2021Resident10700.00%
2021Resident112150.00%
2021Resident12100.00%
2021Resident133266.67%
2021Resident14200.00%
2021Resident15300.00%
2021Resident162150.00%
2021Resident174125.00%
2021Resident183133.33%
2021Residentnot stated2900.00%
2021Resident landowner311100.00%
2021Resident landownernot stated2150.00%
2020Nonresident02800.00%
2020Nonresident1700.00%
2020Nonresident2500.00%
2020Nonresident3600.00%
2020Nonresident4300.00%
2020Nonresident5300.00%
2020Nonresident7300.00%
2020Nonresident8100.00%
2020Nonresident11100.00%
2020Nonresident13100.00%
2020Nonresidentnot stated2500.00%
2020Resident05900.00%
2020Resident13200.00%
2020Resident22800.00%
2020Resident319210.53%
2020Resident41700.00%
2020Resident51100.00%
2020Resident68112.50%
2020Resident79111.11%
2020Resident8600.00%
2020Resident91317.69%
2020Resident10500.00%
2020Resident11300.00%
2020Resident12400.00%
2020Resident136116.67%
2020Resident145120.00%
2020Resident15200.00%
2020Resident165120.00%
2020Resident175240.00%
2020Residentnot stated4200.00%
2019Nonresident02200.00%
2019Nonresident1900.00%
2019Nonresident2300.00%
2019Nonresident3200.00%
2019Nonresident4100.00%
2019Nonresident5400.00%
2019Nonresident7100.00%
2019Nonresident83133.33%
2019Nonresident10100.00%
2019Nonresident11100.00%
2019Nonresident12100.00%
2019Nonresident16100.00%
2019Nonresidentnot stated6800.00%
2019Resident04600.00%
2019Resident13700.00%
2019Resident23000.00%
2019Resident32000.00%
2019Resident42200.00%
2019Resident51700.00%
2019Resident69111.11%
2019Resident7900.00%
2019Resident810110.00%
2019Resident98112.50%
2019Resident10500.00%
2019Resident11300.00%
2019Resident121119.09%
2019Resident13300.00%
2019Resident144125.00%
2019Resident15600.00%
2019Resident1610220.00%
2019Residentnot stated2900.00%
2019Resident landowner011100.00%
2019Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2018Nonresident02400.00%
2018Nonresident1600.00%
2018Nonresident2300.00%
2018Nonresident4400.00%
2018Nonresident5200.00%
2018Nonresident6300.00%
2018Nonresident8100.00%
2018Nonresident9100.00%
2018Nonresident11100.00%
2018Nonresident15100.00%
2018Nonresidentnot stated5500.00%
2018Resident06500.00%
2018Resident14200.00%
2018Resident24300.00%
2018Resident31800.00%
2018Resident41300.00%
2018Resident51300.00%
2018Resident617211.76%
2018Resident71300.00%
2018Resident81500.00%
2018Resident98112.50%
2018Resident106116.67%
2018Resident11800.00%
2018Resident127228.57%
2018Resident13500.00%
2018Resident1410220.00%
2018Resident151500.00%
2018Residentnot stated3700.00%
2018Resident landowner011100.00%
2018Resident landowner211100.00%
2017Nonresident03100.00%
2017Nonresident11100.00%
2017Nonresident2500.00%
2017Nonresident3500.00%
2017Nonresident4900.00%
2017Nonresident5900.00%
2017Nonresident6200.00%
2017Nonresident7200.00%
2017Nonresident8100.00%
2017Nonresident93133.33%
2017Nonresident10100.00%
2017Nonresident11100.00%
2017Nonresident14100.00%
2017Nonresidentnot stated6400.00%
2017Resident07011.43%
2017Resident15800.00%
2017Resident22200.00%
2017Resident32100.00%
2017Resident42100.00%
2017Resident51700.00%
2017Resident61400.00%
2017Resident71500.00%
2017Resident81119.09%
2017Resident91000.00%
2017Resident1014321.43%
2017Resident11900.00%
2017Resident1210220.00%
2017Resident131119.09%
2017Resident141200.00%
2017Residentnot stated4400.00%
2017Resident landowner011100.00%
2016Nonresident01800.00%
2016Nonresident1700.00%
2016Nonresident2700.00%
2016Nonresident3700.00%
2016Nonresident4600.00%
2016Nonresident5400.00%
2016Nonresident6200.00%
2016Nonresident7100.00%
2016Nonresident8200.00%
2016Nonresident10100.00%
2016Nonresident13100.00%
2016Nonresidentnot stated4712.13%
2016Resident08500.00%
2016Resident14724.26%
2016Resident22600.00%
2016Resident32100.00%
2016Resident41815.56%
2016Resident51700.00%
2016Resident62400.00%
2016Resident71119.09%
2016Resident810110.00%
2016Resident91400.00%
2016Resident101417.14%
2016Resident111000.00%
2016Resident121417.14%
2016Resident132015.00%
2016Residentnot stated2600.00%
2016Resident landowner011100.00%
2015Nonresident01700.00%
2015Nonresident11300.00%
2015Nonresident2800.00%
2015Nonresident3800.00%
2015Nonresident4500.00%
2015Nonresident5400.00%
2015Nonresident6200.00%
2015Nonresident7300.00%
2015Nonresident9100.00%
2015Nonresident12100.00%
2015Nonresidentnot stated5000.00%
2015Resident09400.00%
2015Resident15000.00%
2015Resident23200.00%
2015Resident32800.00%
2015Resident43200.00%
2015Resident52528.00%
2015Resident61915.26%
2015Resident71218.33%
2015Resident81915.26%
2015Resident91417.14%
2015Resident102100.00%
2015Resident1120210.00%
2015Resident122314.35%
2015Residentnot stated5300.00%
2015Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2014Nonresident01600.00%
2014Nonresident11200.00%
2014Nonresident2300.00%
2014Nonresident3200.00%
2014Nonresident4200.00%
2014Nonresident5100.00%
2014Nonresident6100.00%
2014Nonresident7100.00%
2014Nonresident11100.00%
2014Nonresidentnot stated2100.00%
2014Resident07200.00%
2014Resident14037.50%
2014Resident23512.86%
2014Resident33313.03%
2014Resident43300.00%
2014Resident52100.00%
2014Resident61119.09%
2014Resident72015.00%
2014Resident81800.00%
2014Resident91500.00%
2014Resident102114.76%
2014Resident112100.00%
2014Residentnot stated3900.00%
2014Resident landownernot stated3266.67%
2013Nonresident01900.00%
2013Nonresident1700.00%
2013Nonresident2700.00%
2013Nonresident3400.00%
2013Nonresident4300.00%
2013Nonresident5100.00%
2013Nonresident63133.33%
2013Nonresident8100.00%
2013Nonresident10100.00%
2013Nonresidentnot stated6400.00%
2013Resident08000.00%
2013Resident14712.13%
2013Resident24600.00%
2013Resident34312.33%
2013Resident42700.00%
2013Resident51616.25%
2013Resident62200.00%
2013Resident71900.00%
2013Resident818211.11%
2013Resident92813.57%
2013Resident103200.00%
2013Residentnot stated5911.69%
2013Resident landownernot stated3266.67%
2012Nonresident02300.00%
2012Nonresident1700.00%
2012Nonresident2500.00%
2012Nonresident3400.00%
2012Nonresident4200.00%
2012Nonresident5100.00%
2012Nonresident7100.00%
2012Nonresident9100.00%
2012Nonresidentnot stated5100.00%
2012Resident010210.98%
2012Resident16911.45%
2012Resident26800.00%
2012Resident34312.33%
2012Resident42813.57%
2012Resident53512.86%
2012Resident62500.00%
2012Resident71800.00%
2012Resident82528.00%
2012Resident93625.56%
2012Residentnot stated4800.00%
2012Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2011Nonresident01000.00%
2011Nonresident1600.00%
2011Nonresident2300.00%
2011Nonresident3100.00%
2011Nonresident6100.00%
2011Nonresident7100.00%
2011Nonresident8100.00%
2011Nonresidentnot stated1300.00%
2011Resident08800.00%
2011Resident17511.33%
2011Resident24912.04%
2011Resident328310.71%
2011Resident44237.14%
2011Resident51900.00%
2011Resident62214.55%
2011Resident72400.00%
2011Resident83800.00%
2011Residentnot stated6600.00%
2011Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2010Nonresident01600.00%
2010Nonresident1400.00%
2010Nonresident311100.00%
2010Nonresident5300.00%
2010Nonresident6200.00%
2010Nonresident7100.00%
2010Nonresidentnot stated1400.00%
2010Resident09700.00%
2010Resident16100.00%
2010Resident24100.00%
2010Resident35100.00%
2010Resident43000.00%
2010Resident52500.00%
2010Resident63326.06%
2010Resident744511.36%
2010Residentnot stated8100.00%
2010Resident landowner111100.00%
2010Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2009Nonresident0800.00%
2009Nonresident1600.00%
2009Nonresident3200.00%
2009Nonresidentnot stated900.00%
2009Resident09100.00%
2009Resident15400.00%
2009Resident25036.00%
2009Resident32229.09%
2009Resident43200.00%
2009Resident52913.45%
2009Resident64524.44%
2009Residentnot stated6100.00%
2009Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2008Nonresident0800.00%
2008Nonresident1200.00%
2008Nonresident2200.00%
2008Nonresident3200.00%
2008Nonresident4100.00%
2008Nonresident5100.00%
2008Nonresidentnot stated400.00%
2008Resident06800.00%
2008Resident16023.33%
2008Resident24712.13%
2008Resident33013.33%
2008Resident43612.78%
2008Resident55223.85%
2008Residentnot stated5111.96%
2008Resident landowner011100.00%
2008Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2007Nonresident0400.00%
2007Nonresident1200.00%
2007Nonresident24125.00%
2007Nonresident4100.00%
2007Nonresidentnot stated400.00%
2007Resident07711.30%
2007Resident14112.44%
2007Resident23837.89%
2007Resident33512.86%
2007Resident45423.70%
2007Residentnot stated6600.00%
2007Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2006Nonresident0600.00%
2006Nonresident1300.00%
2006Nonresident2300.00%
2006Nonresident3200.00%
2006Nonresidentnot stated1000.00%
2006Resident08722.30%
2006Resident15711.75%
2006Resident25835.17%
2006Resident38411.19%
2006Residentnot stated5911.69%
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.