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Idaho deer controlled hunt 1029

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 20 permits on hunt 1029 in 2026 and issued 20 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 47 hunters put it first and 20 drew, 42.55%.

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
2026Second38-244648.70%2404
2026First38-220472042.55%43020
2025First3820452044.44%29020
2024Second38-2324312.50%803
2024First38-220462043.48%35020
2023Second38-234037.50%903
2023First38-220282071.43%31020
2022Second3914441143.17%167014
2022First392001,09220018.32%7880200
2021Second3912331123.63%125012
2021First3920098320020.35%7200200
2020Second40171410.14%21401
2020First401955,1811953.76%1,5450195
2019Second4021,24420.16%25202
2019First401954,9161953.97%1,4270195
2018Second4031,01030.30%25303
2018First401954,5251954.31%1,2360195
2017Second4031,38330.22%17503
2017First401954,5271954.31%1,2700195
2016First401954,5651954.27%1,2290195
2015Second40136010.28%13101
2015First401955,2401953.72%1,1850195
2014First442252,9042257.75%1,1680225
2013Second44796370.73%17507
2013First442253,1592257.12%1,1740225
2012First4810731013.70%93010
2011First4910791012.66%95010
2010Second4926023.33%3702
2010First4910561017.86%70010
2009Second4812114.76%3001
2009First4810681014.71%65010
2008Second4812314.35%2001
2008First4810721013.89%70010
2007Second52-1210521.90%5202
2007First52-150797506.27%373050
2006First50-110431102.32%156010
2005Second50-118111.23%2101
2005First50-110451102.22%167010
2004First4810481020.83%53010
2003First4810631015.87%65010
2002First4810501020.00%55010
2001First4810571017.54%63010
2000First4810371027.03%73010
1999First50-155586559.39%231055
1998First52A10381026.32%85010

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 38-2, 38, 39, 40, 44, 48, 49, 52-1, 50-1, 52A. 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
2026SecondResident4536.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2026SecondNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2026FirstResident441840.91%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree41%
2026FirstNonresident3266.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree67%
2025FirstResident442045.45%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree45%
2025FirstNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2024SecondResident24312.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree13%
2024SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2024FirstResident442045.45%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree45%
2024FirstNonresident200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2023SecondResident3837.89%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2023SecondNonresident200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2023FirstResident241875.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree75%
2023FirstNonresident4250.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2022SecondResident409112.69%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2022SecondNonresident3239.38%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2022FirstResident97318018.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree18%
2022FirstNonresident1192016.81%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree17%
2021SecondResident302113.64%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2021SecondNonresident2913.45%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2021FirstResident86918020.71%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree21%
2021FirstNonresident1142017.54%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree18%
2020SecondResident57610.17%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2020SecondNonresident13800.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2020FirstResident4,2991764.09%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2020FirstNonresident882192.15%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2019SecondResident99410.10%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2019SecondNonresident25010.40%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2019FirstResident4,0821764.31%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2019FirstNonresident834192.28%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2018SecondResident89330.34%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2018SecondNonresident11700.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2018FirstResident3,8141764.61%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2018FirstNonresident711192.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2017SecondResident1,16130.26%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2017SecondNonresident22200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2017FirstResident3,8381764.59%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2017FirstNonresident689192.76%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2016FirstResident3,8291764.60%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2016FirstNonresident736192.58%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2015SecondResident31600.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2015SecondNonresident4412.27%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2015FirstResident4,4601763.95%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2015FirstNonresident780192.44%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2014FirstResident2,5602037.93%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2014FirstNonresident344226.40%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2013SecondResident85970.81%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2013SecondNonresident10400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2013FirstResident2,8022057.32%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2013FirstNonresident357205.60%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2012FirstResident701014.29%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree14%
2012FirstNonresident300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2011FirstResident761013.16%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree13%
2011FirstNonresident300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2010SecondResident5923.39%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2010SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2010FirstResident551018.18%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree18%
2010FirstNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2009SecondResident2015.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2009SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2009FirstResident65913.85%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree14%
2009FirstNonresident3133.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree33%
2008SecondResident2214.55%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2008SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2008FirstResident66913.64%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree14%
2008FirstNonresident6116.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree17%
2007SecondResident9911.01%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2007SecondNonresident6116.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree17%
2007FirstResident727466.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2007FirstNonresident7045.71%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2006FirstResident41492.17%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2006FirstNonresident1715.88%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2005SecondResident7711.30%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2005SecondNonresident400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2005FirstResident42792.11%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2005FirstNonresident2414.17%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2004FirstResident471021.28%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree21%
2004FirstNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2003FirstResident59915.25%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree15%
2003FirstNonresident4125.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree25%
2002FirstResident38923.68%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree23%
2002FirstNonresident1218.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2001FirstResident561017.86%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree17%
2001FirstNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2000FirstResident35925.71%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree25%
2000FirstNonresident2150.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
1999FirstResident5335410.13%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
1999FirstNonresident5311.89%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
1998FirstResident371027.03%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree27%
1998FirstNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%

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 1029 across the seasons it published (38, 38-2, 39, 40, 44, 48, 49, 50-1, 52-1, 52A). 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-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-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-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-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2013 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-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.