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Idaho · Deer · Hunt 1008

Idaho deer controlled hunt 1008

How many hunters put this controlled hunt first and how many of them drew it — season by season, for both of Idaho's application periods and both residency pools. Every figure comes from an Idaho Fish and Game response linked at the foot of this page.

What the 2026 drawing did

Idaho offered 190 permits on hunt 1008 in 2026 and issued 190 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 245 hunters put it first and 172 drew, 70.20%. A further 18 permits went to hunters who had named it as their second choice.

Idaho grants no preference for having applied before. The department is direct about it — "IDFG does not use any point system in our draw process" — and its own published data has never carried a point, preference or bonus field in the twenty-nine seasons it covers. Applying for eleven years earns exactly what applying for the first time earns. There is no points-to-draw figure on this page because there is none to publish, and any site showing you one for Idaho has invented it.

Published in 29 of the 29 seasons Idaho offers, 1998 to 2026.

Application period
Residency

First-choice draw rate, by season

The rate is the hunters awarded this hunt on their first choice, divided by the hunters who named it first. Both are exact integers Idaho Fish and Game returns in the same record. A dash means nobody named it first, so the drawing answered nothing — absent, not nought.
SeasonPeriodAreaPermits availablePut it firstDrew on first choiceFirst-choice draw ratePut it secondDrew on second choicePermits issued
2026Second14171421711.97%62017
2026First1419024517270.20%22718190
2025Second14181331813.53%86018
2025First1419025619074.22%1740190
2024Second1412861213.95%58012
2024First1419027619068.84%1490190
2023Second14141311410.69%60014
2023First1419020417987.75%14711190
2022Second18416842.38%6804
2022First18553885514.18%157055
2021Second1849444.26%7604
2021First18552345523.50%181055
2020First18552875519.16%198055
2019Second1827022.86%3302
2019First18553055518.03%178055
2018Second18310532.86%6103
2018First18953419527.86%195095
2017Second18216821.19%5002
2017First18953139530.35%171095
2016Second18217921.12%8002
2016First18953829524.87%192095
2015Second18313632.21%6603
2015First18952989531.88%201095
2014First19A10115108.70%14010
2013First19A10961010.42%10010
2012First19A10841011.90%29010
2011First19A10571017.54%18010
2010Second19A11317.69%101
2010First19A10711014.08%25010
2009Second18625762.33%3806
2009First1812072912016.46%2290120
2008Second18213721.46%4402
2008First1812068112017.62%2270120
2007Second19A23026.67%402
2007First19A10681014.71%26010
2006Second19A11119.09%701
2006First19A10421023.81%33010
2005First19A10631015.87%23010
2004First19A10391025.64%27010
2003First19A10371027.03%20010
2002First19A10381026.32%23010
2001First19A10261038.46%9010
2000First19A-110291034.48%11010
1999First20Ano cap1919100.00%8625
1998First22403174012.62%206040

Idaho draws each hunt twice. The first application period is where almost everybody applies; the second is a real second drawing for what is left. They are different competitions and nothing here averages them.

No cap is a hunt Idaho drew without a permit limit. Its data carries 99,999 and 999,999 as placeholders in the permits-available field and states nowhere what they mean, so no quota is shown rather than one of those figures.

The area label changes across seasons for this hunt number — Idaho printed 14, 18, 19A, 19A-1, 20A, 22. A controlled hunt number is reissued, and the department publishes nothing that settles whether the same number covers the same ground from one season to the next: across all its hunts, 874 of 974 numbers see its own internal area key change and 888 see the printed label change, independently of each other. So each row shows the label Idaho printed for that season and this page asserts nothing about the place.

By residency

Idaho splits both applicants and permits by residency. The applicant counts are first-choice only in every season; the permit counts are not, which is why some rates here are blank.
SeasonPeriodResidencyPut it firstPermitsDraw rateWhat the permit count coversIDFG's own figure
2026SecondResident1251310.40%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2026SecondNonresident17423.53%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree24%
2026FirstResident153153100.00%first choice only100%
2026FirstNonresident921920.65%first choice only21%
2025SecondResident1111513.51%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree14%
2025SecondNonresident22313.64%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree14%
2025FirstResident19317188.60%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree89%
2025FirstNonresident631930.16%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree30%
2024SecondResident711014.08%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree14%
2024SecondNonresident15213.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree13%
2024FirstResident18617191.94%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree92%
2024FirstNonresident901921.11%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree21%
2023SecondResident113119.73%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2023SecondNonresident18316.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree17%
2023FirstResident16116099.38%first choice only99%
2023FirstNonresident431944.19%first choice only44%
2022SecondResident13642.94%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2022SecondNonresident3200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2022FirstResident3065016.34%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree16%
2022FirstNonresident8256.10%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2021SecondResident8045.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2021SecondNonresident1400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2021FirstResident1865026.88%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree27%
2021FirstNonresident48510.42%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2020FirstResident2115023.70%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree24%
2020FirstNonresident7656.58%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2019SecondResident5111.96%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2019SecondNonresident1915.26%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2019FirstResident2155023.26%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree23%
2019FirstNonresident9055.56%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2018SecondResident8933.37%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2018SecondNonresident1600.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2018FirstResident2538633.99%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree34%
2018FirstNonresident88910.23%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2017SecondResident14921.34%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2017SecondNonresident1900.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2017FirstResident2548633.86%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree34%
2017FirstNonresident59915.25%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree15%
2016SecondResident14610.68%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2016SecondNonresident3313.03%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2016FirstResident2848630.28%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree30%
2016FirstNonresident9899.18%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2015SecondResident11632.59%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2015SecondNonresident2000.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2015FirstResident2378636.29%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree36%
2015FirstNonresident61914.75%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree15%
2014FirstResident9399.68%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2014FirstNonresident2214.55%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2013FirstResident81911.11%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2013FirstNonresident1516.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2012FirstResident67913.43%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree13%
2012FirstNonresident1715.88%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2011FirstResident50918.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree18%
2011FirstNonresident7114.29%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree14%
2010SecondResident1000.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2010SecondNonresident3133.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree33%
2010FirstResident62914.52%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree15%
2010FirstNonresident9111.11%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2009SecondResident23352.15%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2009SecondNonresident2414.17%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2009FirstResident60810817.76%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree18%
2009FirstNonresident121129.92%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2008SecondResident11521.74%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2008SecondNonresident2200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2008FirstResident55610819.42%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree19%
2008FirstNonresident125129.60%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2007SecondResident2713.70%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2007SecondNonresident3133.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree33%
2007FirstResident62914.52%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree15%
2007FirstNonresident6116.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree17%
2006SecondResident1119.09%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2006SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2006FirstResident34926.47%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree26%
2006FirstNonresident8112.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree12%
2005FirstResident55916.36%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree16%
2005FirstNonresident8112.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree12%
2004FirstResident33927.27%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree27%
2004FirstNonresident6116.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree16%
2003FirstResident311032.26%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree32%
2003FirstNonresident600.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2002FirstResident30930.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree30%
2002FirstNonresident8112.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree12%
2001FirstResident20945.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree45%
2001FirstNonresident6116.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree16%
2000FirstResident25936.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree36%
2000FirstNonresident4125.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree25%
1999FirstResident58—both draw choices100%
1999FirstNonresident1417—both draw choices100%
1998FirstResident2833713.07%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree13%
1998FirstNonresident3438.82%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%

Why some residency rates are blank. Idaho changed what its residency permit columns count around the 2019 season without renaming them. Before, they cover both application choices; from 2019, first choice only. The applicant columns are first-choice-only throughout. So on an older row where permits went to second-choice hunters, dividing one by the other counts winners the denominator never counted — on one 1998 deer hunt that arithmetic gives 250%. Rather than publish that, or pick an era and apply it to every row, this site reads which meaning each row's own totals support and leaves the rate empty where the two do not match.

IDFG's own figure is the percentage the department publishes alongside its counts. It is a rounded summary and it disagrees with its own rows: on the 1998 hunt above it reads 100. It is shown because the department publishes it and a reader will meet it elsewhere, not because it answers the question this page is about.

At least one row here has hunters who applied and no rate. That is the case above, and the "what the permit count covers" column says which.

Where Idaho's own figures disagree with each other

  • IDFG printed 6 different area labels for deer hunt 1008 across the seasons it published (14, 18, 19A, 19A-1, 20A, 22). Neither its label nor its internal area key is an identity, so this site shows what the department printed for each season and asserts nothing about whether the ground is the same.

Nothing above is corrected. Correcting it would mean publishing a figure the department never stated.

Sources for this hunt

  • deer/2026-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2026 season, fetched 2026-09-03
  • deer/2026-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2026 season, fetched 2026-09-03
  • deer/2025-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2025 season, fetched 2026-09-03
  • deer/2025-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2025 season, fetched 2026-09-03
  • deer/2024-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2024 season, fetched 2026-09-03
  • deer/2024-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2024 season, fetched 2026-09-03
  • deer/2023-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2023 season, fetched 2026-09-03
  • deer/2023-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2023 season, fetched 2026-09-03
  • deer/2022-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2022 season, fetched 2026-09-03
  • deer/2022-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2022 season, fetched 2026-09-03
  • deer/2021-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2021 season, fetched 2026-09-03
  • deer/2021-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2021 season, fetched 2026-09-03
  • deer/2020-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2020 season, fetched 2026-09-03
  • deer/2019-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2019 season, fetched 2026-09-03
  • deer/2019-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2019 season, fetched 2026-09-03
  • deer/2018-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2018 season, fetched 2026-09-03
  • deer/2018-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2018 season, fetched 2026-09-03
  • deer/2017-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2017 season, fetched 2026-09-03
  • deer/2017-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2017 season, fetched 2026-09-03
  • deer/2016-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2016 season, fetched 2026-09-03
  • deer/2016-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2016 season, fetched 2026-09-03
  • deer/2015-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2015 season, fetched 2026-09-03
  • deer/2015-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2015 season, fetched 2026-09-03
  • deer/2014-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2014 season, fetched 2026-09-03
  • deer/2013-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2013 season, fetched 2026-09-03
  • deer/2012-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2012 season, fetched 2026-09-03
  • deer/2011-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2011 season, fetched 2026-09-03
  • deer/2010-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2010 season, fetched 2026-09-03
  • deer/2010-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2010 season, fetched 2026-09-03
  • deer/2009-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2009 season, fetched 2026-09-03
  • deer/2009-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2009 season, fetched 2026-09-03
  • deer/2008-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2008 season, fetched 2026-09-03
  • deer/2008-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2008 season, fetched 2026-09-03
  • deer/2007-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2007 season, fetched 2026-09-03
  • deer/2007-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2007 season, fetched 2026-09-03
  • deer/2006-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2006 season, fetched 2026-09-03
  • deer/2006-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2006 season, fetched 2026-09-03
  • deer/2005-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2005 season, fetched 2026-09-03
  • deer/2004-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2004 season, fetched 2026-09-03
  • deer/2003-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2003 season, fetched 2026-09-03
  • deer/2002-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2002 season, fetched 2026-09-03
  • deer/2001-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2001 season, fetched 2026-09-03
  • deer/2000-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2000 season, fetched 2026-09-03
  • deer/1999-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 1999 season, fetched 2026-09-03
  • deer/1998-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 1998 season, fetched 2026-09-03

Nearby hunt numbers

Idaho grants no preference to previously unsuccessful applicants, so nothing on this page accumulates and nothing here predicts next season. See how these numbers are produced and checked, or the Idaho application deadlines.