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Idaho · Deer · Hunt 1015

Idaho deer controlled hunt 1015

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 25 permits on hunt 1015 in 2026 and issued 25 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 221 hunters put it first and 25 drew, 11.31%.

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
2026Second23317831.69%4603
2026First23252212511.31%161025
2025Second23521552.33%5705
2025First23252202511.36%164025
2024Second2315511.82%2601
2024First23251872513.37%126025
2023Second2319911.01%3001
2023First23251922513.02%150025
2022First2510228104.39%45010
2021First2510196105.10%37010
2020First2510268103.73%84010
2019First2510235104.26%46010
2018First2510210104.76%34010
2017First2510191105.24%41010
2016First2510190105.26%41010
2015Second2515111.96%501
2015First2510167105.99%48010
2014First27no cap385385100.00%186159544
2013First27no cap315315100.00%133127442
2012Second30A13612.78%501
2012First30A301483020.27%46030
2011Second30A12813.57%701
2011First30A30933032.26%46030
2010First30A301543019.48%36030
2009First27no cap246246100.00%6245291
2008First27no cap315315100.00%7964379
2007First31301973015.23%171030
2006First27no cap336336100.00%9075411
2005Second3112613.85%1101
2005First31301623018.52%169030
2004First27no cap343343100.00%5944387
2003First27no cap388388100.00%7457445
2002First27no cap278278100.00%6150328
2001First27no cap228228100.00%4638266
2000First27no cap215215100.00%1812227
1999First32-140676405.92%320040
1998First402002,6042007.68%6500200

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 23, 25, 27, 30A, 31, 32-1, 40. 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
2026SecondResident15431.95%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2026SecondNonresident2400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2026FirstResident1862312.37%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree12%
2026FirstNonresident3525.71%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2025SecondResident19242.08%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2025SecondNonresident2314.35%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2025FirstResident1872312.30%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree12%
2025FirstNonresident3326.06%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2024SecondResident4712.13%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2024SecondNonresident800.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2024FirstResident1662313.86%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree14%
2024FirstNonresident2129.52%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2023SecondResident8511.18%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2023SecondNonresident1400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2023FirstResident1762313.07%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree13%
2023FirstNonresident16212.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree12%
2022FirstResident225104.44%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2022FirstNonresident300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2021FirstResident193105.18%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2021FirstNonresident300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2020FirstResident251103.98%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2020FirstNonresident1700.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2019FirstResident22693.98%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2019FirstNonresident9111.11%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2018FirstResident206104.85%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2018FirstNonresident400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2017FirstResident186105.38%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2017FirstNonresident500.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2016FirstResident189105.29%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2016FirstNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2015SecondResident5012.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2015SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2015FirstResident163106.13%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2015FirstNonresident400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2014FirstResident73190—both draw choices100%
2014FirstNonresident312354—both draw choices100%
2013FirstResident63155—both draw choices100%
2013FirstNonresident252287—both draw choices100%
2012SecondResident3313.03%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2012SecondNonresident300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2012FirstResident1372820.44%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree20%
2012FirstNonresident11218.18%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree18%
2011SecondResident2813.57%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2011SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2011FirstResident842833.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree33%
2011FirstNonresident9222.22%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree22%
2010FirstResident1372719.71%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree20%
2010FirstNonresident17317.65%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree18%
2009FirstResident3756—both draw choices100%
2009FirstNonresident209235—both draw choices100%
2008FirstResident3885—both draw choices100%
2008FirstNonresident277294—both draw choices100%
2007FirstResident1832915.85%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree16%
2007FirstNonresident1417.14%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2006FirstResident3487—both draw choices100%
2006FirstNonresident302324—both draw choices100%
2005SecondResident2214.55%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2005SecondNonresident400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2005FirstResident1512919.21%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree19%
2005FirstNonresident1119.09%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2004FirstResident4471—both draw choices100%
2004FirstNonresident299316—both draw choices100%
2003FirstResident5892—both draw choices100%
2003FirstNonresident330353—both draw choices100%
2002FirstResident3260—both draw choices100%
2002FirstNonresident246268—both draw choices100%
2001FirstResident3657—both draw choices100%
2001FirstNonresident192209—both draw choices100%
2000FirstResident1927—both draw choices100%
2000FirstNonresident196200—both draw choices100%
1999FirstResident653375.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
1999FirstNonresident23313.04%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree13%
1998FirstResident2,3891857.74%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
1998FirstNonresident215156.98%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%

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 7 different area labels for deer hunt 1015 across the seasons it published (23, 25, 27, 30A, 31, 32-1, 40). 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-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2022 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-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2019 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-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2017 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-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2012 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-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2011 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-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2010 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-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2008 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-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2006 season, fetched 2026-09-03
  • deer/2005-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2005 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.