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Montana · Bighorn Sheep · District 680

Montana bighorn sheep licence 680-30

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 2026 drawing did

Montana set a quota of 1 on 680-30 in 2026 and drew 1 — 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; 117 resident applicants put it first and 1 drew, 0.85%.

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
2026Nonresident000—00
2026Resident111710.85%2,0490
2026Nonresident landowner000———
2026Resident landowner000———
2025Nonresident000—00
2025Resident513453.73%1,5740
2025Nonresident landowner000———
2025Resident landowner000———
2024Nonresident23026.67%2290
2024Resident20184189.78%1,0980
2024Nonresident landowner000———
2024Resident landowner000———
2023Nonresident325312.00%1120
2023Resident302142712.62%1,0370
2023Nonresident landowner000———
2023Resident landowner000———
2022Nonresident419421.05%1640
2022Resident401733620.81%1,1640
2022Nonresident landowner000———
2022Resident landowner000———
2021Nonresident419421.05%1460
2021Resident401203630.00%1,0600
2021Nonresident landowner000———
2021Resident landowner000———
2020Nonresident410330.00%1440
2020Resident401393726.62%9820
2020Nonresident landowner000———
2020Resident landowner000———
2019Nonresident414428.57%1200
2019Resident401113632.43%7020
2019Nonresident landowner000———
2019Resident landowner000———
2018Nonresident412433.33%960
2018Resident40943638.30%5190
2018Nonresident landowner000———
2018Resident landowner000———
2017Nonresident25120.00%640
2017Resident30552952.73%4760
2017Nonresident landowner000———
2017Resident landowner000———
2016Nonresident13133.33%920
2016Resident15411434.15%4100
2016Nonresident landowner000———
2016Resident landowner000———
2015Nonresident12150.00%940
2015Resident15571424.56%4080
2015Nonresident landowner000———
2015Resident landowner000———
2014Nonresident1400.00%1090
2014Resident15721520.83%4270
2014Nonresident landowner000———
2014Resident landowner000———
2013Nonresident1500.00%620
2013Resident15401537.50%3540
2013Nonresident landowner000———
2013Resident landowner000———
2012Nonresident27228.57%540
2012Resident15761317.11%3470
2012Nonresident landowner000———
2012Resident landowner000———
2011Nonresident35240.00%370
2011Resident30602846.67%3150
2011Nonresident landowner000———
2011Resident landowner000———
2010Nonresident34125.00%290
2010Resident30532954.72%2900
2010Nonresident landowner000———
2010Resident landowner000———
2009Nonresident39333.33%350
2009Resident30622743.55%3010
2009Nonresident landowner000———
2009Resident landowner000———
2008Nonresident35360.00%390
2008Resident302323100.00%1834
2008Nonresident landowner000———
2008Resident landowner000———
2007Nonresident28225.00%320
2007Resident301052826.67%2080
2007Nonresident landowner000———
2007Resident landowner000———
2006Nonresident212216.67%250
2006Resident25382360.53%1920
2006Nonresident landowner000———
2006Resident 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
2026Resident01400.00%
2026Resident12500.00%
2026Resident21600.00%
2026Resident31000.00%
2026Resident41600.00%
2026Resident51715.88%
2026Resident6900.00%
2026Resident7500.00%
2026Resident8100.00%
2026Resident9200.00%
2026Resident10200.00%
2025Resident0800.00%
2025Resident12000.00%
2025Resident21400.00%
2025Resident33113.23%
2025Resident42613.85%
2025Resident51600.00%
2025Resident6900.00%
2025Resident7200.00%
2025Resident8100.00%
2025Resident9200.00%
2025Resident11200.00%
2025Resident2122100.00%
2025Resident2511100.00%
2024Nonresident0300.00%
2024Nonresident11200.00%
2024Nonresident2400.00%
2024Nonresident3100.00%
2024Nonresident4300.00%
2024Nonresident5200.00%
2024Nonresident6100.00%
2024Nonresident7200.00%
2024Nonresident1111100.00%
2024Nonresident1211100.00%
2024Resident01417.14%
2024Resident13612.78%
2024Resident24112.44%
2024Resident34524.44%
2024Resident425520.00%
2024Resident515213.33%
2024Resident63133.33%
2024Resident811100.00%
2024Resident911100.00%
2024Resident1322100.00%
2024Resident1511100.00%
2023Nonresident1500.00%
2023Nonresident2200.00%
2023Nonresident35120.00%
2023Nonresident45240.00%
2023Nonresident5100.00%
2023Nonresident6300.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated400.00%
2023Resident14924.08%
2023Resident26035.00%
2023Resident337513.51%
2023Resident429827.59%
2023Resident57228.57%
2023Resident76466.67%
2023Resident911100.00%
2023Resident12100.00%
2023Resident1811100.00%
2023Resident2211100.00%
2023Residentnot stated2200.00%
2022Nonresident0300.00%
2022Nonresident15120.00%
2022Nonresident2400.00%
2022Nonresident34250.00%
2022Nonresident511100.00%
2022Nonresident6100.00%
2022Nonresidentnot stated100.00%
2022Resident05435.56%
2022Resident13525.71%
2022Resident228517.86%
2022Resident3221568.18%
2022Resident43266.67%
2022Resident5100.00%
2022Resident6100.00%
2022Resident711100.00%
2022Resident811100.00%
2022Resident911100.00%
2022Resident1011100.00%
2022Resident2011100.00%
2022Residentnot stated24416.67%
2021Nonresident09111.11%
2021Nonresident1200.00%
2021Nonresident2200.00%
2021Nonresident311100.00%
2021Nonresident511100.00%
2021Nonresident1811100.00%
2021Nonresidentnot stated200.00%
2021Resident034514.71%
2021Resident131516.13%
2021Resident2271244.44%
2021Resident38675.00%
2021Resident43266.67%
2021Resident522100.00%
2021Resident711100.00%
2021Resident911100.00%
2021Resident1311100.00%
2021Residentnot stated1218.33%
2020Nonresident0400.00%
2020Nonresident1100.00%
2020Nonresident33266.67%
2020Nonresident411100.00%
2020Nonresidentnot stated100.00%
2020Resident051713.73%
2020Resident131412.90%
2020Resident2161168.75%
2020Resident310660.00%
2020Resident45480.00%
2020Resident511100.00%
2020Resident711100.00%
2020Resident911100.00%
2020Resident1111100.00%
2020Residentnot stated2214.55%
2019Nonresident0700.00%
2019Nonresident13133.33%
2019Nonresident22150.00%
2019Nonresident311100.00%
2019Nonresidentnot stated11100.00%
2019Resident047714.89%
2019Resident125728.00%
2019Resident211545.45%
2019Resident366100.00%
2019Resident455100.00%
2019Resident1511100.00%
2019Residentnot stated16531.25%
2018Nonresident0700.00%
2018Nonresident13266.67%
2018Nonresident211100.00%
2018Nonresident1211100.00%
2018Resident0501428.00%
2018Resident116743.75%
2018Resident255100.00%
2018Resident311100.00%
2018Resident433100.00%
2018Resident911100.00%
2018Resident1111100.00%
2018Resident1711100.00%
2018Residentnot stated16318.75%
2017Nonresident02150.00%
2017Nonresidentnot stated300.00%
2017Resident018844.44%
2017Resident19555.56%
2017Resident28562.50%
2017Resident36466.67%
2017Resident511100.00%
2017Resident611100.00%
2017Resident1011100.00%
2017Resident1311100.00%
2017Residentnot stated10330.00%
2016Nonresident2200.00%
2016Nonresident311100.00%
2016Resident014214.29%
2016Resident15240.00%
2016Resident27457.14%
2016Resident3100.00%
2016Resident411100.00%
2016Resident62150.00%
2016Resident822100.00%
2016Resident1011100.00%
2016Residentnot stated8112.50%
2015Nonresident2100.00%
2015Nonresident1211100.00%
2015Resident015213.33%
2015Resident118527.78%
2015Resident23133.33%
2015Resident36233.33%
2015Resident42150.00%
2015Resident5100.00%
2015Resident711100.00%
2015Resident133266.67%
2015Residentnot stated800.00%
2014Nonresident0400.00%
2014Resident035514.29%
2014Resident110110.00%
2014Resident27228.57%
2014Resident33266.67%
2014Resident4200.00%
2014Resident622100.00%
2014Resident911100.00%
2014Resident1111100.00%
2014Residentnot stated1119.09%
2013Nonresident0200.00%
2013Nonresident1200.00%
2013Nonresident2100.00%
2013Resident012325.00%
2013Resident19222.22%
2013Resident26350.00%
2013Resident322100.00%
2013Resident43266.67%
2013Resident511100.00%
2013Resident911100.00%
2013Residentnot stated6116.67%
2012Nonresident0200.00%
2012Nonresident2300.00%
2012Nonresident411100.00%
2012Nonresident811100.00%
2012Resident037410.81%
2012Resident116425.00%
2012Resident26116.67%
2012Resident36116.67%
2012Resident611100.00%
2012Resident911100.00%
2012Residentnot stated9111.11%
2011Nonresident0100.00%
2011Nonresident1200.00%
2011Nonresident311100.00%
2011Nonresident711100.00%
2011Resident0241458.33%
2011Resident114750.00%
2011Resident22150.00%
2011Resident311100.00%
2011Resident422100.00%
2011Resident62150.00%
2011Residentnot stated15213.33%
2010Nonresident0200.00%
2010Nonresident22150.00%
2010Resident022731.82%
2010Resident19888.89%
2010Resident233100.00%
2010Resident311100.00%
2010Resident611100.00%
2010Resident722100.00%
2010Resident822100.00%
2010Residentnot stated13538.46%
2009Nonresident04125.00%
2009Nonresident1300.00%
2009Nonresident211100.00%
2009Nonresident311100.00%
2009Resident027933.33%
2009Resident17571.43%
2009Resident23266.67%
2009Resident411100.00%
2009Resident511100.00%
2009Resident63266.67%
2009Resident722100.00%
2009Resident833100.00%
2009Residentnot stated15213.33%
2008Nonresident0200.00%
2008Nonresident211100.00%
2008Nonresident311100.00%
2008Nonresident511100.00%
2008Resident066100.00%
2008Resident144100.00%
2008Resident222100.00%
2008Resident322100.00%
2008Resident422100.00%
2008Resident511100.00%
2008Resident611100.00%
2008Resident722100.00%
2008Residentnot stated33100.00%
2007Nonresident0200.00%
2007Nonresident13133.33%
2007Nonresident2100.00%
2007Nonresident611100.00%
2007Nonresidentnot stated100.00%
2007Resident023313.04%
2007Resident111218.18%
2007Resident218422.22%
2007Resident39111.11%
2007Resident410550.00%
2007Resident514535.71%
2007Resident613861.54%
2007Residentnot stated700.00%
2006Nonresident0300.00%
2006Nonresident15120.00%
2006Nonresident211100.00%
2006Nonresident3100.00%
2006Nonresident5100.00%
2006Nonresidentnot stated100.00%
2006Resident09111.11%
2006Resident210550.00%
2006Resident366100.00%
2006Resident455100.00%
2006Resident56583.33%
2006Residentnot stated2150.00%

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.