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Montana · Elk · District 690

Montana elk permit 690-20

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 2026 drawing did

Montana set a quota of 50 on 690-20 in 2026 and drew 50 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, 1 nonresident landowner applicant put it first and none of them drew; 25 resident landowner applicants put it first and 8 drew, 32.00%; 178 nonresident applicants put it first and 5 drew, 2.81%; 1,568 resident applicants put it first and 37 drew, 2.36%.

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
2026Nonresident517852.81%510
2026Resident501,568372.36%5880
2026Nonresident landowner5100.00%——
2026Resident landowner825832.00%——
2025Nonresident520641.94%550
2025Resident501,430382.66%5310
2025Nonresident landowner511100.00%——
2025Resident landowner826726.92%——
2024Nonresident521831.38%590
2024Resident501,367392.85%4950
2024Nonresident landowner52150.00%——
2024Resident landowner825728.00%——
2023Nonresident522841.75%530
2023Resident501,279382.97%4860
2023Nonresident landowner500———
2023Resident landowner824833.33%——
2022Nonresident528151.78%600
2022Resident501,211373.06%4290
2022Nonresident landowner500———
2022Resident landowner819842.11%——
2021Nonresident327110.37%670
2021Resident351,130292.57%4720
2021Nonresident landowner3400.00%——
2021Resident landowner519526.32%——
2020Nonresident327031.11%740
2020Resident35967272.79%3820
2020Nonresident landowner3100.00%——
2020Resident landowner511545.45%——
2019Nonresident326320.76%470
2019Resident35998282.81%4000
2019Nonresident landowner32150.00%——
2019Resident landowner519421.05%——
2018Nonresident326820.75%950
2018Resident35845283.31%4040
2018Nonresident landowner32150.00%——
2018Resident landowner517423.53%——
2017Nonresident328020.71%840
2017Resident35966282.90%4230
2017Nonresident landowner35120.00%——
2017Resident landowner521419.05%——
2016Nonresident323620.85%570
2016Resident35961282.91%4110
2016Nonresident landowner34125.00%——
2016Resident landowner521419.05%——
2015Nonresident317831.69%420
2015Resident35891273.03%3880
2015Nonresident landowner3200.00%——
2015Resident landowner525520.00%——
2013Nonresident317531.71%630
2013Resident351,016272.66%5310
2013Nonresident landowner3200.00%——
2013Resident landowner514535.71%——
2012Nonresident318831.60%430
2012Resident301,061222.07%5540
2012Nonresident landowner3200.00%——
2012Resident landowner522522.73%——
2011Nonresident39411.06%330
2011Resident301,140242.11%4440
2011Nonresident landowner3100.00%——
2011Resident landowner521523.81%——
2010Nonresident38100.00%340
2010Resident301,212252.06%4790
2010Nonresident landowner300———
2010Resident landowner526519.23%——
2009Nonresident35411.85%220
2009Resident301,022242.35%3390
2009Nonresident landowner300———
2009Resident landowner520525.00%——
2008Nonresident33013.33%250
2008Resident30875242.74%3410
2008Nonresident landowner300———
2008Resident landowner514535.71%——
2007Nonresident34200.00%120
2007Resident30775253.23%2950
2007Nonresident landowner300———
2007Resident landowner519526.32%——
2006Nonresident22414.17%190
2006Resident25634203.15%2920
2006Nonresident landowner2100.00%——
2006Resident landowner414428.57%——

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
2026Nonresident0900.00%
2026Nonresident12500.00%
2026Nonresident22514.00%
2026Nonresident31915.26%
2026Nonresident41700.00%
2026Nonresident5900.00%
2026Nonresident61400.00%
2026Nonresident71500.00%
2026Nonresident8800.00%
2026Nonresident9600.00%
2026Nonresident10500.00%
2026Nonresident119111.11%
2026Nonresident12300.00%
2026Nonresident13200.00%
2026Nonresident142150.00%
2026Nonresident15100.00%
2026Nonresident16100.00%
2026Nonresident173133.33%
2026Nonresident18100.00%
2026Nonresident20100.00%
2026Nonresident22100.00%
2026Nonresident24100.00%
2026Resident014210.70%
2026Resident120700.00%
2026Resident222110.45%
2026Resident315310.65%
2026Resident415131.99%
2026Resident512421.61%
2026Resident69100.00%
2026Resident710221.96%
2026Resident88644.65%
2026Resident95423.70%
2026Resident103725.41%
2026Resident114025.00%
2026Resident122528.00%
2026Resident1321419.05%
2026Resident142428.33%
2026Resident159111.11%
2026Resident169111.11%
2026Resident171317.69%
2026Resident181119.09%
2026Resident1911327.27%
2026Resident20300.00%
2026Resident216116.67%
2026Resident22400.00%
2026Resident23300.00%
2026Resident244125.00%
2026Nonresident landowner1100.00%
2026Resident landowner0300.00%
2026Resident landowner1700.00%
2026Resident landowner24125.00%
2026Resident landowner33133.33%
2026Resident landowner4100.00%
2026Resident landowner511100.00%
2026Resident landowner62150.00%
2026Resident landowner711100.00%
2026Resident landowner911100.00%
2026Resident landowner1011100.00%
2026Resident landowner1111100.00%
2025Nonresident01200.00%
2025Nonresident12000.00%
2025Nonresident23326.06%
2025Nonresident31600.00%
2025Nonresident41600.00%
2025Nonresident51700.00%
2025Nonresident62600.00%
2025Nonresident71200.00%
2025Nonresident81200.00%
2025Nonresident91100.00%
2025Nonresident101000.00%
2025Nonresident11300.00%
2025Nonresident12100.00%
2025Nonresident13200.00%
2025Nonresident14200.00%
2025Nonresident15300.00%
2025Nonresident163133.33%
2025Nonresident18200.00%
2025Nonresident19200.00%
2025Nonresident2111100.00%
2025Nonresident23200.00%
2025Resident012100.00%
2025Resident122200.00%
2025Resident215921.26%
2025Resident317010.59%
2025Resident412710.79%
2025Resident510943.67%
2025Resident610432.88%
2025Resident77911.27%
2025Resident85311.89%
2025Resident94948.16%
2025Resident104400.00%
2025Resident112700.00%
2025Resident122414.17%
2025Resident1331516.13%
2025Resident1416212.50%
2025Resident1510110.00%
2025Resident1619315.79%
2025Resident1710110.00%
2025Resident1814321.43%
2025Resident195240.00%
2025Resident20300.00%
2025Resident215120.00%
2025Resident225120.00%
2025Resident235120.00%
2025Nonresident landowner411100.00%
2025Resident landowner0300.00%
2025Resident landowner1400.00%
2025Resident landowner2500.00%
2025Resident landowner34125.00%
2025Resident landowner4100.00%
2025Resident landowner53133.33%
2025Resident landowner62150.00%
2025Resident landowner722100.00%
2025Resident landowner811100.00%
2025Resident landowner911100.00%
2024Nonresident02200.00%
2024Nonresident12700.00%
2024Nonresident22900.00%
2024Nonresident32200.00%
2024Nonresident42314.35%
2024Nonresident52400.00%
2024Nonresident6900.00%
2024Nonresident71317.69%
2024Nonresident81100.00%
2024Nonresident9900.00%
2024Nonresident10500.00%
2024Nonresident11300.00%
2024Nonresident12300.00%
2024Nonresident13500.00%
2024Nonresident14300.00%
2024Nonresident15200.00%
2024Nonresident16100.00%
2024Nonresident17200.00%
2024Nonresident1911100.00%
2024Nonresident20100.00%
2024Nonresident22200.00%
2024Resident012200.00%
2024Resident121300.00%
2024Resident218700.00%
2024Resident313710.73%
2024Resident411621.72%
2024Resident511221.79%
2024Resident68555.88%
2024Resident76623.03%
2024Resident86246.45%
2024Resident94312.33%
2024Resident103425.88%
2024Resident1128310.71%
2024Resident1238410.53%
2024Resident131815.56%
2024Resident141218.33%
2024Resident152100.00%
2024Resident161119.09%
2024Resident1713215.38%
2024Resident187114.29%
2024Resident195240.00%
2024Resident204125.00%
2024Resident2111327.27%
2024Resident224125.00%
2024Nonresident landowner311100.00%
2024Nonresident landowner6100.00%
2024Resident landowner0300.00%
2024Resident landowner1800.00%
2024Resident landowner2100.00%
2024Resident landowner33266.67%
2024Resident landowner44125.00%
2024Resident landowner5100.00%
2024Resident landowner6100.00%
2024Resident landowner711100.00%
2024Resident landowner1011100.00%
2024Resident landowner1411100.00%
2024Resident landowner1511100.00%
2023Nonresident14400.00%
2023Nonresident23900.00%
2023Nonresident32000.00%
2023Nonresident41900.00%
2023Nonresident51100.00%
2023Nonresident61700.00%
2023Nonresident71616.25%
2023Nonresident8800.00%
2023Nonresident9600.00%
2023Nonresident107114.29%
2023Nonresident11400.00%
2023Nonresident1222100.00%
2023Nonresident13400.00%
2023Nonresident14300.00%
2023Nonresident15100.00%
2023Nonresident16100.00%
2023Nonresident17300.00%
2023Nonresident21100.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated2200.00%
2023Resident119500.00%
2023Resident215021.33%
2023Resident313710.73%
2023Resident413432.24%
2023Resident58711.15%
2023Resident66911.45%
2023Resident75311.89%
2023Resident84948.16%
2023Resident94037.50%
2023Resident1032412.50%
2023Resident114124.88%
2023Resident1218211.11%
2023Resident131616.25%
2023Resident142514.00%
2023Resident151317.69%
2023Resident1613323.08%
2023Resident17400.00%
2023Resident186350.00%
2023Resident198337.50%
2023Resident209222.22%
2023Resident21300.00%
2023Residentnot stated16100.00%
2023Resident landowner1400.00%
2023Resident landowner2200.00%
2023Resident landowner36233.33%
2023Resident landowner4200.00%
2023Resident landowner53133.33%
2023Resident landowner622100.00%
2023Resident landowner722100.00%
2023Resident landowner8100.00%
2023Resident landowner1011100.00%
2023Resident landownernot stated100.00%
2022Nonresident05300.00%
2022Nonresident14200.00%
2022Nonresident22800.00%
2022Nonresident32700.00%
2022Nonresident42129.52%
2022Nonresident51218.33%
2022Nonresident69111.11%
2022Nonresident7300.00%
2022Nonresident88112.50%
2022Nonresident9200.00%
2022Nonresident10300.00%
2022Nonresident11100.00%
2022Nonresident12200.00%
2022Nonresident13100.00%
2022Nonresident14100.00%
2022Nonresident17200.00%
2022Nonresident19200.00%
2022Nonresidentnot stated6400.00%
2022Resident016910.59%
2022Resident116621.20%
2022Resident212600.00%
2022Resident311821.69%
2022Resident48122.47%
2022Resident57456.76%
2022Resident64212.38%
2022Resident73800.00%
2022Resident83200.00%
2022Resident93825.26%
2022Resident102314.35%
2022Resident1122522.73%
2022Resident122200.00%
2022Resident1316318.75%
2022Resident1417211.76%
2022Resident151119.09%
2022Resident168225.00%
2022Resident1711327.27%
2022Resident1811218.18%
2022Resident198337.50%
2022Residentnot stated16700.00%
2022Resident landowner0100.00%
2022Resident landowner13133.33%
2022Resident landowner2200.00%
2022Resident landowner32150.00%
2022Resident landowner44375.00%
2022Resident landowner911100.00%
2022Resident landowner1311100.00%
2022Resident landownernot stated5120.00%
2021Nonresident04700.00%
2021Nonresident13700.00%
2021Nonresident21600.00%
2021Nonresident32200.00%
2021Nonresident41900.00%
2021Nonresident5900.00%
2021Nonresident6600.00%
2021Nonresident7300.00%
2021Nonresident811100.00%
2021Nonresident9100.00%
2021Nonresident10100.00%
2021Nonresident11100.00%
2021Nonresident12100.00%
2021Nonresident13100.00%
2021Nonresident14100.00%
2021Nonresident15100.00%
2021Nonresident16100.00%
2021Nonresident17100.00%
2021Nonresident18100.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated9700.00%
2021Resident021210.47%
2021Resident114800.00%
2021Resident211421.75%
2021Resident39533.16%
2021Resident46700.00%
2021Resident55111.96%
2021Resident64012.50%
2021Resident74212.38%
2021Resident83700.00%
2021Resident92000.00%
2021Resident102229.09%
2021Resident112727.41%
2021Resident1219315.79%
2021Resident1321419.05%
2021Resident1411218.18%
2021Resident1510330.00%
2021Resident161200.00%
2021Resident1715213.33%
2021Resident189222.22%
2021Residentnot stated14400.00%
2021Nonresident landowner0100.00%
2021Nonresident landowner2100.00%
2021Nonresident landowner3200.00%
2021Resident landowner0300.00%
2021Resident landowner1200.00%
2021Resident landowner2200.00%
2021Resident landowner3200.00%
2021Resident landowner411100.00%
2021Resident landowner52150.00%
2021Resident landowner62150.00%
2021Resident landowner711100.00%
2021Resident landowner1811100.00%
2021Resident landownernot stated300.00%
2020Nonresident07300.00%
2020Nonresident15900.00%
2020Nonresident23100.00%
2020Nonresident32600.00%
2020Nonresident41400.00%
2020Nonresident57114.29%
2020Nonresident6600.00%
2020Nonresident78112.50%
2020Nonresident8300.00%
2020Nonresident9200.00%
2020Nonresident10400.00%
2020Nonresident11200.00%
2020Nonresident143133.33%
2020Nonresident15100.00%
2020Nonresident17200.00%
2020Nonresidentnot stated2800.00%
2020Resident017300.00%
2020Resident113700.00%
2020Resident28400.00%
2020Resident39000.00%
2020Resident46123.28%
2020Resident53925.13%
2020Resident64800.00%
2020Resident74124.88%
2020Resident828310.71%
2020Resident92514.00%
2020Resident102727.41%
2020Resident111600.00%
2020Resident122314.35%
2020Resident1312433.33%
2020Resident141119.09%
2020Resident1512433.33%
2020Resident161300.00%
2020Resident1711545.45%
2020Residentnot stated11000.00%
2020Nonresident landowner0100.00%
2020Resident landowner0100.00%
2020Resident landowner14125.00%
2020Resident landowner22150.00%
2020Resident landowner322100.00%
2020Resident landowner611100.00%
2020Resident landownernot stated100.00%
2019Nonresident08900.00%
2019Nonresident14212.38%
2019Nonresident23000.00%
2019Nonresident31616.25%
2019Nonresident4800.00%
2019Nonresident51300.00%
2019Nonresident6700.00%
2019Nonresident7400.00%
2019Nonresident8200.00%
2019Nonresident9200.00%
2019Nonresident10300.00%
2019Nonresident11100.00%
2019Nonresident12200.00%
2019Nonresident13200.00%
2019Nonresident14100.00%
2019Nonresident16200.00%
2019Nonresidentnot stated3800.00%
2019Resident018500.00%
2019Resident111800.00%
2019Resident210400.00%
2019Resident36800.00%
2019Resident46223.23%
2019Resident54712.13%
2019Resident65511.82%
2019Resident74025.00%
2019Resident82900.00%
2019Resident930310.00%
2019Resident102528.00%
2019Resident112827.14%
2019Resident1212325.00%
2019Resident139444.44%
2019Resident1412325.00%
2019Resident1510110.00%
2019Resident1619421.05%
2019Residentnot stated13000.00%
2019Nonresident landowner0100.00%
2019Nonresident landowner411100.00%
2019Resident landowner0400.00%
2019Resident landowner13133.33%
2019Resident landowner26233.33%
2019Resident landowner3100.00%
2019Resident landowner4100.00%
2019Resident landowner711100.00%
2019Resident landownernot stated300.00%
2018Nonresident08100.00%
2018Nonresident14312.33%
2018Nonresident23100.00%
2018Nonresident32200.00%
2018Nonresident4900.00%
2018Nonresident5900.00%
2018Nonresident7100.00%
2018Nonresident8400.00%
2018Nonresident9400.00%
2018Nonresident10100.00%
2018Nonresident11100.00%
2018Nonresident12200.00%
2018Nonresident13100.00%
2018Nonresident14100.00%
2018Nonresidentnot stated5711.75%
2018Resident014400.00%
2018Resident110700.00%
2018Resident26600.00%
2018Resident37034.29%
2018Resident45000.00%
2018Resident54636.52%
2018Resident63837.89%
2018Resident73126.45%
2018Resident82528.00%
2018Resident93026.67%
2018Resident102727.41%
2018Resident112015.00%
2018Resident121317.69%
2018Resident1315213.33%
2018Resident1415320.00%
2018Resident1526415.38%
2018Residentnot stated10900.00%
2018Nonresident landowner0100.00%
2018Nonresident landowner311100.00%
2018Resident landowner0200.00%
2018Resident landowner1700.00%
2018Resident landowner22150.00%
2018Resident landowner3100.00%
2018Resident landowner411100.00%
2018Resident landowner6100.00%
2018Resident landowner711100.00%
2018Resident landowner1311100.00%
2018Resident landownernot stated100.00%
2017Nonresident09400.00%
2017Nonresident13912.56%
2017Nonresident23300.00%
2017Nonresident31900.00%
2017Nonresident41500.00%
2017Nonresident5700.00%
2017Nonresident6200.00%
2017Nonresident7500.00%
2017Nonresident8200.00%
2017Nonresident9300.00%
2017Nonresident10100.00%
2017Nonresident11200.00%
2017Nonresident123133.33%
2017Nonresident14100.00%
2017Nonresidentnot stated5000.00%
2017Resident018900.00%
2017Resident112932.33%
2017Resident29711.03%
2017Resident35100.00%
2017Resident46011.67%
2017Resident53313.03%
2017Resident64636.52%
2017Resident73525.71%
2017Resident838410.53%
2017Resident929310.34%
2017Resident1030310.00%
2017Resident111400.00%
2017Resident1219210.53%
2017Resident132015.00%
2017Resident143438.82%
2017Residentnot stated12510.80%
2017Nonresident landowner2200.00%
2017Nonresident landowner7100.00%
2017Nonresident landowner811100.00%
2017Nonresident landownernot stated100.00%
2017Resident landowner0600.00%
2017Resident landowner1200.00%
2017Resident landowner22150.00%
2017Resident landowner34125.00%
2017Resident landowner53133.33%
2017Resident landowner611100.00%
2017Resident landownernot stated300.00%
2016Nonresident06800.00%
2016Nonresident13100.00%
2016Nonresident2800.00%
2016Nonresident32314.35%
2016Nonresident47114.29%
2016Nonresident5200.00%
2016Nonresident6500.00%
2016Nonresident7500.00%
2016Nonresident8100.00%
2016Nonresident9100.00%
2016Nonresident10200.00%
2016Nonresident11100.00%
2016Nonresident13100.00%
2016Nonresidentnot stated7800.00%
2016Resident020400.00%
2016Resident113532.22%
2016Resident27100.00%
2016Resident36611.52%
2016Resident44600.00%
2016Resident54724.26%
2016Resident63425.88%
2016Resident74736.38%
2016Resident83812.63%
2016Resident93912.56%
2016Resident1020420.00%
2016Resident1129413.79%
2016Resident1225312.00%
2016Resident133438.82%
2016Residentnot stated10910.92%
2016Nonresident landowner1100.00%
2016Nonresident landowner6100.00%
2016Nonresident landowner711100.00%
2016Nonresident landownernot stated100.00%
2016Resident landowner07114.29%
2016Resident landowner1200.00%
2016Resident landowner2300.00%
2016Resident landowner3100.00%
2016Resident landowner42150.00%
2016Resident landowner5100.00%
2016Resident landowner611100.00%
2016Resident landowner10100.00%
2016Resident landowner11100.00%
2016Resident landownernot stated2150.00%
2015Nonresident03700.00%
2015Nonresident115213.33%
2015Nonresident22314.35%
2015Nonresident3600.00%
2015Nonresident4200.00%
2015Nonresident5600.00%
2015Nonresident6300.00%
2015Nonresident7200.00%
2015Nonresident8500.00%
2015Nonresident9200.00%
2015Nonresident10100.00%
2015Nonresidentnot stated7400.00%
2015Resident016600.00%
2015Resident18811.14%
2015Resident27022.86%
2015Resident35835.17%
2015Resident45823.45%
2015Resident53412.94%
2015Resident64400.00%
2015Resident74436.82%
2015Resident83638.33%
2015Resident92328.70%
2015Resident103226.25%
2015Resident113239.38%
2015Resident1238410.53%
2015Residentnot stated14810.68%
2015Nonresident landowner0100.00%
2015Nonresident landowner6100.00%
2015Resident landowner010110.00%
2015Resident landowner15120.00%
2015Resident landowner2100.00%
2015Resident landowner3200.00%
2015Resident landowner4100.00%
2015Resident landowner511100.00%
2015Resident landowner6100.00%
2015Resident landowner711100.00%
2015Resident landowner911100.00%
2015Resident landownernot stated200.00%
2014Nonresident03300.00%
2014Nonresident12314.35%
2014Nonresident21200.00%
2014Nonresident3600.00%
2014Nonresident4500.00%
2014Nonresident5400.00%
2014Nonresident6300.00%
2014Nonresident7600.00%
2014Nonresident8300.00%
2014Nonresident102150.00%
2014Nonresident11200.00%
2014Nonresidentnot stated7400.00%
2014Resident015521.29%
2014Resident110532.86%
2014Resident27000.00%
2014Resident37422.70%
2014Resident45411.85%
2014Resident55711.75%
2014Resident65211.92%
2014Resident73625.56%
2014Resident82813.57%
2014Resident94037.50%
2014Resident1038615.79%
2014Resident115359.43%
2014Residentnot stated12610.79%
2014Nonresident landowner2100.00%
2014Nonresident landowner5100.00%
2014Resident landowner0700.00%
2014Resident landowner211100.00%
2014Resident landowner43266.67%
2014Resident landowner52150.00%
2014Resident landowner6100.00%
2014Resident landownernot stated7114.29%
2013Nonresident03400.00%
2013Nonresident12500.00%
2013Nonresident2800.00%
2013Nonresident3800.00%
2013Nonresident47114.29%
2013Nonresident5300.00%
2013Nonresident6500.00%
2013Nonresident7200.00%
2013Nonresident83266.67%
2013Nonresidentnot stated7800.00%
2013Resident019010.53%
2013Resident113621.47%
2013Resident28822.27%
2013Resident37522.67%
2013Resident47534.00%
2013Resident55611.79%
2013Resident65835.17%
2013Resident73139.68%
2013Resident84800.00%
2013Resident95711.75%
2013Resident1065913.85%
2013Residentnot stated12800.00%
2013Nonresident landowner0100.00%
2013Nonresident landowner4100.00%
2013Resident landowner0300.00%
2013Resident landowner13133.33%
2013Resident landowner211100.00%
2013Resident landowner311100.00%
2013Resident landowner4100.00%
2013Resident landowner711100.00%
2013Resident landownernot stated4125.00%
2012Nonresident07800.00%
2012Nonresident12000.00%
2012Nonresident2800.00%
2012Nonresident3600.00%
2012Nonresident45240.00%
2012Nonresident5400.00%
2012Nonresidentnot stated6511.54%
2012Resident021110.47%
2012Resident113043.08%
2012Resident211010.91%
2012Resident38811.14%
2012Resident48011.25%
2012Resident55311.89%
2012Resident64812.08%
2012Resident75335.66%
2012Resident85823.45%
2012Resident98278.54%
2012Residentnot stated13100.00%
2012Nonresident landowner0100.00%
2012Nonresident landownernot stated100.00%
2012Resident landowner06116.67%
2012Resident landowner13266.67%
2012Resident landowner24125.00%
2012Resident landowner3300.00%
2012Resident landowner611100.00%
2012Resident landownernot stated500.00%
2011Nonresident02100.00%
2011Nonresident11100.00%
2011Nonresident2700.00%
2011Nonresident3500.00%
2011Nonresident4400.00%
2011Nonresident5100.00%
2011Nonresident62150.00%
2011Nonresidentnot stated4200.00%
2011Resident019210.52%
2011Resident115542.58%
2011Resident213032.31%
2011Resident39233.26%
2011Resident47311.37%
2011Resident54924.08%
2011Resident65523.64%
2011Resident76934.35%
2011Resident88955.62%
2011Residentnot stated22000.00%
2011Nonresident landownernot stated100.00%
2011Resident landowner0200.00%
2011Resident landowner1200.00%
2011Resident landowner23266.67%
2011Resident landowner322100.00%
2011Resident landownernot stated1218.33%
2010Nonresident04000.00%
2010Nonresident11100.00%
2010Nonresident2300.00%
2010Nonresident3600.00%
2010Nonresident4400.00%
2010Nonresident5300.00%
2010Nonresidentnot stated1400.00%
2010Resident022720.88%
2010Resident116931.78%
2010Resident212221.64%
2010Resident38700.00%
2010Resident45823.45%
2010Resident57545.33%
2010Resident68333.61%
2010Resident711187.21%
2010Residentnot stated25910.39%
2010Resident landowner0400.00%
2010Resident landowner17228.57%
2010Resident landowner23133.33%
2010Resident landowner5100.00%
2010Resident landownernot stated11218.18%
2009Nonresident02300.00%
2009Nonresident14125.00%
2009Nonresident2300.00%
2009Nonresident3200.00%
2009Nonresidentnot stated2200.00%
2009Resident020600.00%
2009Resident112100.00%
2009Resident211176.31%
2009Resident38033.75%
2009Resident49155.49%
2009Resident58933.37%
2009Resident612154.13%
2009Residentnot stated18810.53%
2009Resident landowner06116.67%
2009Resident landowner1400.00%
2009Resident landowner211100.00%
2009Resident landowner42150.00%
2009Resident landowner611100.00%
2009Resident landownernot stated6116.67%
2008Nonresident0500.00%
2008Nonresident1300.00%
2008Nonresident2200.00%
2008Nonresident4100.00%
2008Nonresident511100.00%
2008Nonresidentnot stated1800.00%
2008Resident018042.22%
2008Resident111521.74%
2008Resident27400.00%
2008Resident39233.26%
2008Resident48633.49%
2008Resident5129118.53%
2008Residentnot stated19010.53%
2008Resident landowner04125.00%
2008Resident landowner12150.00%
2008Resident landowner32150.00%
2008Resident landowner411100.00%
2008Resident landownernot stated5120.00%
2007Nonresident01500.00%
2007Nonresident1600.00%
2007Nonresident2300.00%
2007Nonresident3300.00%
2007Nonresidentnot stated1500.00%
2007Resident015431.95%
2007Resident19111.10%
2007Resident210543.81%
2007Resident38555.88%
2007Resident4145106.90%
2007Residentnot stated18121.10%
2007Resident landowner05120.00%
2007Resident landowner1100.00%
2007Resident landowner23133.33%
2007Resident landowner322100.00%
2007Resident landownernot stated8112.50%
2006Nonresident05120.00%
2006Nonresident1200.00%
2006Nonresident2300.00%
2006Nonresident3100.00%
2006Nonresidentnot stated1200.00%
2006Resident09911.01%
2006Resident111332.65%
2006Resident29255.43%
2006Resident316784.79%
2006Residentnot stated15331.96%
2006Nonresident landowner0100.00%
2006Resident landowner0200.00%
2006Resident landowner111100.00%
2006Resident landowner23133.33%
2006Resident landowner311100.00%
2006Resident landownernot stated7114.29%

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 landowner pool every applicant at 5 points drew, and 1 of 2 at 6 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.

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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.