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Montana bighorn sheep licence 123-00

How many people put this bighorn sheep licencefirst 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 2013 drawing did

Montana set a quota of 4 on 123-00 in 2013 and drew 4 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, no nonresident landowner applicant put it first; no resident landowner applicant put it first; no nonresident applicant put it first; 214 resident applicants put it first and 4 drew, 1.87%.

This licence code stops appearing after 2013. 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 8 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
2013	Nonresident	0	0	0	—	0	0
2013	Resident	4	214	4	1.87%	0	0
2013	Nonresident landowner	0	0	0	—	—	—
2013	Resident landowner	0	0	0	—	—	—
2012	Nonresident	1	180	1	0.56%	0	0
2012	Resident	4	252	3	1.19%	0	0
2012	Nonresident landowner	0	0	0	—	—	—
2012	Resident landowner	0	0	0	—	—	—
2011	Nonresident	0	0	0	—	0	0
2011	Resident	4	216	4	1.85%	0	0
2011	Nonresident landowner	0	0	0	—	—	—
2011	Resident landowner	0	0	0	—	—	—
2010	Nonresident	0	0	0	—	0	0
2010	Resident	4	226	4	1.77%	0	0
2010	Nonresident landowner	0	0	0	—	—	—
2010	Resident landowner	0	0	0	—	—	—
2009	Nonresident	0	61	0	0.00%	0	0
2009	Resident	4	209	4	1.91%	0	0
2009	Nonresident landowner	0	0	0	—	—	—
2009	Resident landowner	0	0	0	—	—	—
2008	Nonresident	0	1	0	0.00%	0	0
2008	Resident	4	226	4	1.77%	0	0
2008	Nonresident landowner	0	0	0	—	—	—
2008	Resident landowner	0	0	0	—	—	—
2007	Nonresident	0	0	0	—	0	0
2007	Resident	4	229	4	1.75%	0	0
2007	Nonresident landowner	0	0	0	—	—	—
2007	Resident landowner	0	0	0	—	—	—
2006	Nonresident	0	2	0	0.00%	0	0
2006	Resident	3	245	3	1.22%	0	0
2006	Nonresident landowner	0	0	0	—	—	—
2006	Resident landowner	0	0	0	—	—	—

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
2013	Resident	0	22	0	0.00%
2013	Resident	1	23	0	0.00%
2013	Resident	2	14	0	0.00%
2013	Resident	3	14	0	0.00%
2013	Resident	4	16	0	0.00%
2013	Resident	5	13	0	0.00%
2013	Resident	6	9	0	0.00%
2013	Resident	7	12	0	0.00%
2013	Resident	8	7	1	14.29%
2013	Resident	9	15	0	0.00%
2013	Resident	10	18	0	0.00%
2013	Resident	11	21	0	0.00%
2013	Resident	12	25	3	12.00%
2013	Resident	not stated	5	0	0.00%
2012	Nonresident	0	26	0	0.00%
2012	Nonresident	1	28	0	0.00%
2012	Nonresident	2	14	0	0.00%
2012	Nonresident	3	17	0	0.00%
2012	Nonresident	4	17	0	0.00%
2012	Nonresident	5	6	0	0.00%
2012	Nonresident	6	9	0	0.00%
2012	Nonresident	7	11	1	9.09%
2012	Nonresident	8	8	0	0.00%
2012	Nonresident	9	12	0	0.00%
2012	Nonresident	10	14	0	0.00%
2012	Nonresident	11	17	0	0.00%
2012	Nonresident	not stated	1	0	0.00%
2012	Resident	0	36	1	2.78%
2012	Resident	1	16	0	0.00%
2012	Resident	2	16	0	0.00%
2012	Resident	3	13	0	0.00%
2012	Resident	4	20	0	0.00%
2012	Resident	5	16	0	0.00%
2012	Resident	6	21	0	0.00%
2012	Resident	7	17	0	0.00%
2012	Resident	8	13	0	0.00%
2012	Resident	9	23	1	4.35%
2012	Resident	10	17	1	5.88%
2012	Resident	11	36	0	0.00%
2012	Resident	not stated	8	0	0.00%
2011	Resident	0	26	0	0.00%
2011	Resident	1	20	0	0.00%
2011	Resident	2	16	1	6.25%
2011	Resident	3	13	0	0.00%
2011	Resident	4	14	1	7.14%
2011	Resident	5	24	1	4.17%
2011	Resident	6	14	0	0.00%
2011	Resident	7	14	0	0.00%
2011	Resident	8	13	0	0.00%
2011	Resident	9	20	1	5.00%
2011	Resident	10	37	0	0.00%
2011	Resident	not stated	5	0	0.00%
2010	Resident	0	22	0	0.00%
2010	Resident	1	26	0	0.00%
2010	Resident	2	24	0	0.00%
2010	Resident	3	16	1	6.25%
2010	Resident	4	27	0	0.00%
2010	Resident	5	7	0	0.00%
2010	Resident	6	12	1	8.33%
2010	Resident	7	19	0	0.00%
2010	Resident	8	26	1	3.85%
2010	Resident	9	38	1	2.63%
2010	Resident	not stated	9	0	0.00%
2009	Nonresident	0	10	0	0.00%
2009	Nonresident	1	13	0	0.00%
2009	Nonresident	2	9	0	0.00%
2009	Nonresident	3	9	0	0.00%
2009	Nonresident	4	3	0	0.00%
2009	Nonresident	5	2	0	0.00%
2009	Nonresident	6	4	0	0.00%
2009	Nonresident	7	2	0	0.00%
2009	Nonresident	8	9	0	0.00%
2009	Resident	0	27	0	0.00%
2009	Resident	1	26	0	0.00%
2009	Resident	2	22	0	0.00%
2009	Resident	3	26	0	0.00%
2009	Resident	4	10	1	10.00%
2009	Resident	5	17	0	0.00%
2009	Resident	6	17	0	0.00%
2009	Resident	7	23	1	4.35%
2009	Resident	8	37	2	5.41%
2009	Resident	not stated	4	0	0.00%
2008	Nonresident	0	1	0	0.00%
2008	Resident	0	33	0	0.00%
2008	Resident	1	22	0	0.00%
2008	Resident	2	27	1	3.70%
2008	Resident	3	17	0	0.00%
2008	Resident	4	16	0	0.00%
2008	Resident	5	21	0	0.00%
2008	Resident	6	36	2	5.56%
2008	Resident	7	52	1	1.92%
2008	Resident	not stated	2	0	0.00%
2007	Resident	0	26	0	0.00%
2007	Resident	1	29	0	0.00%
2007	Resident	2	20	1	5.00%
2007	Resident	3	18	0	0.00%
2007	Resident	4	25	0	0.00%
2007	Resident	5	44	2	4.55%
2007	Resident	6	60	1	1.67%
2007	Resident	not stated	7	0	0.00%
2006	Nonresident	4	1	0	0.00%
2006	Nonresident	5	1	0	0.00%
2006	Resident	0	44	0	0.00%
2006	Resident	1	30	0	0.00%
2006	Resident	2	24	0	0.00%
2006	Resident	3	19	1	5.26%
2006	Resident	4	51	1	1.96%
2006	Resident	5	73	1	1.37%
2006	Resident	not stated	4	0	0.00%

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

2013 sheep stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2013-06-17, fetched 2026-09-03
2012 sheep stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2012-06-18, fetched 2026-09-03
2011 sheep stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2011-06-20, fetched 2026-09-03
2010 sheep stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2010-06-21, fetched 2026-09-03
2009_SHEEP_stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2009-06-15, fetched 2026-09-03
2008 SHEEP_stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2008-06-16, fetched 2026-09-03
2007 SHEEP_stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2007-06-18, fetched 2026-09-03
2006 SHEEP_stats.pdf — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2006-06-15, fetched 2026-09-03
2013 msg detailed stats.xlsx — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2013-06-18, fetched 2026-09-03
2012 msg detailed statistics.xlsx — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2012-06-18, fetched 2026-09-03
2011 msg detailed statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2011-06-22, fetched 2026-09-03
2010 msg detailed statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2010-06-21, fetched 2026-09-03
2009 msg detailed statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2009-06-17, fetched 2026-09-03
2008 msg detailed statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2008-06-17, fetched 2026-09-03
2007 msg detailed statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2007-06-19, fetched 2026-09-03
2006 msg detailed statistics.xls — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, dated 2006-06-19, fetched 2026-09-03

Other licences in these districts

Bighorn sheep licence 122 Bighorn sheep licence 122-00 Bighorn sheep licence 122-20 Bighorn sheep licence 122-30 Bighorn sheep licence 123-20 Bighorn sheep licence 123-30 Bighorn sheep licence 124-00 Bighorn sheep licence 124-20 All Montana bighorn sheep 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.