So to answer you're question? You said you applied for a combination tag, but did you mean a deer/elk combination tag or a general deer tag is also called a combination tag because you get a handful of other licenses with it like fishing, small game.....etc... I have applied to Montana for quite awhile. I applied in 03 and drew on the first try with my dad. This is now my 4th year applying with my dad and cousin..so going into this year we had a total of nine points for three guys. We should have drawn last year, but three years isnt a gaurantee but my family has been going out there for 20 years and three seems to be the magic number. Your first year chance of drawing a deer tag is around 12 percent and by the third year you are up over 50 percent. With the elk/deer combo licenses your first year succes rate is about 53 percent. I hope to draw a tag this year, I'm pretty much banking on it.