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Idaho deer controlled hunt 1021

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 30 permits on hunt 1021 in 2026 and issued 30 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 197 hunters put it first and 30 drew, 15.23%.

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
2026Second30A214921.34%2302
2026First30A301973015.23%100030
2025Second30A19711.03%2201
2025First30A301673017.96%96030
2024Second30A14212.38%3001
2024First30A301763017.05%73030
2023Second30A38433.57%5003
2023First30A301713017.54%112030
2022Second31000—000
2022First3130319309.40%314030
2021Second3117811.28%3201
2021First3130340308.82%332030
2020Second3119611.04%3801
2020First3130382307.85%323030
2019First31302823010.64%345030
2018Second3114012.50%2001
2018First31324631.22%29903
2017Second31325631.17%6903
2017First3130311309.65%283030
2016Second31336330.83%5403
2016First3130372308.06%346030
2015Second31538851.29%5205
2015First3130343308.75%330030
2014First32A30599305.01%617030
2013First32A30505305.94%591030
2012First39-119948219941.29%3950199
2011Second40342230.71%6603
2011First401954,0661954.80%1,0090195
2010Second40-1248220.41%13302
2010First40-11953,6791955.30%8610195
2009Second39-1813585.93%3408
2009First39-119948119941.37%3520199
2008Second39-112157127.64%80012
2008First39-119959119933.67%3680199
2007Second4226822.94%8102
2007First42744457416.63%622074
2006Second4138233.66%11503
2006First4110045310022.08%7460100
2005Second4239933.03%9703
2005First42744517416.41%525074
2004Second41316831.79%4603
2004First4110037210026.88%4670100
2003First4110041410024.15%6000100
2002First4110052310019.12%6210100
2001First4110040910024.45%5870100
2000First4110051110019.57%6190100
1999First44-12001,37220014.58%6820200
1998First45-2501,431503.49%662050

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.

The area label changes across seasons for this hunt number — Idaho printed 30A, 31, 32A, 39-1, 40, 40-1, 42, 41, 44-1, 45-2. 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
2026SecondResident14321.40%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2026SecondNonresident600.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2026FirstResident1592716.98%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree17%
2026FirstNonresident3837.89%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2025SecondResident8400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2025SecondNonresident1317.69%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2025FirstResident1442718.75%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree19%
2025FirstNonresident23313.04%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree13%
2024SecondResident3412.94%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2024SecondNonresident800.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2024FirstResident1542717.53%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree18%
2024FirstNonresident22313.64%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree14%
2023SecondResident7733.90%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2023SecondNonresident700.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2023FirstResident1572817.83%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree18%
2023FirstNonresident14214.29%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree14%
2022SecondResident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2022SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2022FirstResident285289.82%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2022FirstNonresident3425.88%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2021SecondResident6711.49%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2021SecondNonresident1100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2021FirstResident304289.21%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2021FirstNonresident3625.56%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2020SecondResident8600.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2020SecondNonresident10110.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2020FirstResident333278.11%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2020FirstNonresident4936.12%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2019FirstResident2522811.11%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2019FirstNonresident3026.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2018SecondResident3812.63%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2018SecondNonresident200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2018FirstResident22120.90%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2018FirstNonresident2514.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2017SecondResident24231.24%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2017SecondNonresident1400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2017FirstResident2872910.10%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2017FirstNonresident2414.17%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2016SecondResident33730.89%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2016SecondNonresident2600.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2016FirstResident337298.61%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2016FirstNonresident3512.86%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2015SecondResident37251.34%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2015SecondNonresident1600.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2015FirstResident308289.09%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2015FirstNonresident3525.71%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2014FirstResident582294.98%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2014FirstNonresident1715.88%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2013FirstResident498295.82%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2013FirstNonresident7114.29%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree14%
2012FirstResident44618641.70%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree42%
2012FirstNonresident361336.11%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree36%
2011SecondResident37620.53%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2011SecondNonresident4612.17%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2011FirstResident3,5531764.95%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2011FirstNonresident513193.70%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2010SecondResident44920.45%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2010SecondNonresident3300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2010FirstResident3,3371825.45%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2010FirstNonresident342133.80%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2009SecondResident13186.11%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2009SecondNonresident400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2009FirstResident45019242.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree43%
2009FirstNonresident31722.58%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree23%
2008SecondResident152127.89%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2008SecondNonresident500.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2008FirstResident55518433.15%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree33%
2008FirstNonresident361541.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree42%
2007SecondResident6223.23%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2007SecondNonresident600.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2007FirstResident3756717.87%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree18%
2007FirstNonresident70710.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2006SecondResident6611.52%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2006SecondNonresident16212.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree12%
2006FirstResident3679024.52%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree25%
2006FirstNonresident861011.63%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree12%
2005SecondResident9133.30%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2005SecondNonresident800.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2005FirstResident3696818.43%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree18%
2005FirstNonresident8267.32%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2004SecondResident13032.31%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2004SecondNonresident3800.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2004FirstResident3009030.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree30%
2004FirstNonresident721013.89%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree13%
2003FirstResident3689024.46%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree24%
2003FirstNonresident461021.74%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree21%
2002FirstResident3989022.61%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree22%
2002FirstNonresident125108.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2001FirstResident3209028.13%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree28%
2001FirstNonresident891011.24%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2000FirstResident4199021.48%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree21%
2000FirstNonresident921010.87%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
1999FirstResident1,21918315.01%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree15%
1999FirstNonresident1531711.11%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
1998FirstResident1,277453.52%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
1998FirstNonresident15453.25%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%

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.

Where Idaho's own figures disagree with each other

  • IDFG printed 10 different area labels for deer hunt 1021 across the seasons it published (30A, 31, 32A, 39-1, 40, 40-1, 41, 42, 44-1, 45-2). 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-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2020 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-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-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-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-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-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2004 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.