The drawing stats are very misleading due to how the State reports them. First year first time (ie. no points)draw success on Elk/Deer combo tags is right at 12%. The state will tell you that the success rate is close to 60% but that is for the entire pool of applicants not just the zero points guys. The success rate is even worse for Deer Combo's.

Antelope odds very by region and district, in some districts NR have at better chance of getting drawn then residents do. Ie there are far fewer NR apps for the available 10% of tags vs resident applicant apps for the 90% of tags.

Since the state is going away from the guaranteed archery antelope tags there is no such thing as a guaranteed antelope tag anymore. You put your app. in and you take your chances. At 700 tag is your most likely option to draw a tag fairly frequently.

If you have to hunt Montana every year there are the Guaranteed Outfitter Set Aside license but the State of Montana is pretty proud of them and you have to hunt with a Licensed outfitter.

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