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Montana bighorn sheep licence 622-30

Adult Ewe. 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 2025 drawing did

Montana set a quota of 0 on 622-30 in 2025 and drew 0 — 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; 23 resident applicants put it first and none of them drew.

This licence code stops appearing after 2025. 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 18 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
2025Nonresident000—00
2025Resident02300.00%4760
2025Nonresident landowner000———
2025Resident landowner000———
2024Nonresident03500.00%2040
2024Resident513653.68%1,2820
2024Nonresident landowner000———
2024Resident landowner000———
2023Nonresident11516.67%810
2023Resident1013996.47%1,0770
2023Nonresident landowner000———
2023Resident landowner000———
2022Nonresident1600.00%1220
2022Resident10127107.87%1,3400
2022Nonresident landowner000———
2022Resident landowner000———
2021Nonresident21417.14%1180
2021Resident201041918.27%1,2030
2021Nonresident landowner000———
2021Resident landowner000———
2020Nonresident28225.00%810
2020Resident201041817.31%1,0790
2020Nonresident landowner000———
2020Resident landowner000———
2019Nonresident29111.11%790
2019Resident201041918.27%8180
2019Nonresident landowner000———
2019Resident landowner000———
2018Nonresident314321.43%730
2018Resident301162723.28%7940
2018Nonresident landowner000———
2018Resident landowner000———
2017Nonresident58337.50%490
2017Resident501464732.19%8620
2017Nonresident landowner000———
2017Resident landowner000———
2016Nonresident75480.00%300
2016Resident70836679.52%6120
2016Nonresident landowner000———
2016Resident landowner000———
2015Nonresident35120.00%450
2015Resident35903437.78%6080
2015Nonresident landowner000———
2015Resident landowner000———
2014Nonresident313323.08%140
2014Resident25782228.21%4850
2014Nonresident landowner000———
2014Resident landowner000———
2013Nonresident100—150
2013Resident10381026.32%3210
2013Nonresident landowner000———
2013Resident landowner000———
2012Nonresident000—00
2012Resident515533.33%2570
2012Nonresident landowner000———
2012Resident landowner000———
2011Nonresident1100.00%60
2011Resident11119.09%2140
2011Nonresident landowner000———
2011Resident landowner000———
2010Nonresident000—00
2010Resident18112.50%2020
2010Nonresident landowner000———
2010Resident landowner000———
2009Nonresident000—00
2009Resident18112.50%1610
2009Nonresident landowner000———
2009Resident landowner000———
2008Nonresident0900.00%20
2008Resident15120.00%1680
2008Nonresident landowner000———
2008Resident landowner000———

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
2025Resident0300.00%
2025Resident1100.00%
2025Resident2400.00%
2025Resident3600.00%
2025Resident4400.00%
2025Resident5200.00%
2025Resident6100.00%
2025Resident8100.00%
2025Resident11100.00%
2024Nonresident0500.00%
2024Nonresident1700.00%
2024Nonresident2500.00%
2024Nonresident3200.00%
2024Nonresident4400.00%
2024Nonresident5600.00%
2024Nonresident6400.00%
2024Nonresident7100.00%
2024Nonresident12100.00%
2024Resident01500.00%
2024Resident13500.00%
2024Resident22713.70%
2024Resident32514.00%
2024Resident41300.00%
2024Resident512216.67%
2024Resident6400.00%
2024Resident7100.00%
2024Resident8200.00%
2024Resident12100.00%
2024Resident1611100.00%
2023Nonresident1200.00%
2023Nonresident2100.00%
2023Nonresident45120.00%
2023Nonresident5500.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated200.00%
2023Resident13300.00%
2023Resident22800.00%
2023Resident315213.33%
2023Resident420210.00%
2023Resident511327.27%
2023Resident6200.00%
2023Resident7100.00%
2023Resident922100.00%
2023Resident15100.00%
2023Resident18100.00%
2023Resident19100.00%
2023Residentnot stated2400.00%
2022Nonresident0200.00%
2022Nonresident1100.00%
2022Nonresident2100.00%
2022Nonresident3200.00%
2022Resident03412.94%
2022Resident13013.33%
2022Resident218211.11%
2022Resident31218.33%
2022Resident43266.67%
2022Resident5300.00%
2022Resident611100.00%
2022Resident7100.00%
2022Resident811100.00%
2022Resident911100.00%
2022Residentnot stated2300.00%
2021Nonresident0600.00%
2021Nonresident1300.00%
2021Nonresident24125.00%
2021Nonresident4100.00%
2021Resident02613.85%
2021Resident126311.54%
2021Resident213323.08%
2021Resident38225.00%
2021Resident46116.67%
2021Resident53266.67%
2021Resident611100.00%
2021Resident733100.00%
2021Resident1211100.00%
2021Resident1311100.00%
2021Resident1511100.00%
2021Residentnot stated1500.00%
2020Nonresident05120.00%
2020Nonresident1100.00%
2020Nonresident2100.00%
2020Nonresident1711100.00%
2020Resident02613.85%
2020Resident130310.00%
2020Resident214428.57%
2020Resident312866.67%
2020Resident42150.00%
2020Residentnot stated2015.00%
2019Nonresident0500.00%
2019Nonresident1200.00%
2019Nonresident2100.00%
2019Nonresident411100.00%
2019Resident03612.78%
2019Resident118316.67%
2019Resident221523.81%
2019Resident37457.14%
2019Resident1211100.00%
2019Residentnot stated21523.81%
2018Nonresident0400.00%
2018Nonresident15240.00%
2018Nonresident2200.00%
2018Nonresident4100.00%
2018Nonresident1511100.00%
2018Nonresidentnot stated100.00%
2018Resident04349.30%
2018Resident136719.44%
2018Resident212866.67%
2018Resident411100.00%
2018Resident511100.00%
2018Resident611100.00%
2018Resident711100.00%
2018Resident1422100.00%
2018Resident1711100.00%
2018Residentnot stated1815.56%
2017Nonresident0200.00%
2017Nonresident1100.00%
2017Nonresident211100.00%
2017Nonresident411100.00%
2017Nonresidentnot stated3133.33%
2017Resident0621117.74%
2017Resident123626.09%
2017Resident26466.67%
2017Resident37571.43%
2017Resident47457.14%
2017Resident555100.00%
2017Resident711100.00%
2017Resident811100.00%
2017Resident1011100.00%
2017Resident1511100.00%
2017Residentnot stated32825.00%
2016Nonresident03266.67%
2016Nonresident811100.00%
2016Nonresident1011100.00%
2016Resident0261661.54%
2016Resident1262492.31%
2016Resident21010100.00%
2016Resident344100.00%
2016Resident511100.00%
2016Resident711100.00%
2016Resident1111100.00%
2016Resident1311100.00%
2016Residentnot stated13861.54%
2015Nonresident1300.00%
2015Nonresident311100.00%
2015Nonresidentnot stated100.00%
2015Resident0351028.57%
2015Resident120525.00%
2015Resident27342.86%
2015Resident35480.00%
2015Resident533100.00%
2015Resident811100.00%
2015Resident911100.00%
2015Resident11100.00%
2015Resident1322100.00%
2015Resident1411100.00%
2015Residentnot stated14428.57%
2014Nonresident0600.00%
2014Nonresident1100.00%
2014Nonresident4100.00%
2014Nonresident811100.00%
2014Nonresident1011100.00%
2014Nonresidentnot stated3133.33%
2014Resident035720.00%
2014Resident112325.00%
2014Resident25360.00%
2014Resident3100.00%
2014Resident4100.00%
2014Resident711100.00%
2014Resident911100.00%
2014Resident103266.67%
2014Resident1111100.00%
2014Resident123133.33%
2014Resident1311100.00%
2014Residentnot stated14214.29%
2013Resident01616.25%
2013Resident19444.44%
2013Resident22150.00%
2013Resident4100.00%
2013Resident5100.00%
2013Resident62150.00%
2013Resident711100.00%
2013Resident911100.00%
2013Resident10100.00%
2013Resident1111100.00%
2013Residentnot stated300.00%
2012Resident0500.00%
2012Resident12150.00%
2012Resident233100.00%
2012Resident411100.00%
2012Resident5100.00%
2012Residentnot stated300.00%
2011Nonresident0100.00%
2011Resident0300.00%
2011Resident1400.00%
2011Resident311100.00%
2011Residentnot stated300.00%
2010Resident04125.00%
2010Resident1100.00%
2010Resident2100.00%
2010Resident8100.00%
2010Residentnot stated100.00%
2009Resident0400.00%
2009Resident1100.00%
2009Resident3100.00%
2009Resident611100.00%
2009Resident7100.00%
2008Nonresident0400.00%
2008Nonresident2200.00%
2008Nonresident3100.00%
2008Nonresident7200.00%
2008Resident03133.33%
2008Residentnot stated200.00%

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.