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Idaho · Deer · Hunt 1034

Idaho deer controlled hunt 1034

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 225 permits on hunt 1034 in 2026 and issued 225 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 5,324 hunters put it first and 225 drew, 4.23%.

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
2026Second4451,78950.28%38905
2026First442255,3242254.23%1,8600225
2025Second4421,50220.13%36102
2025First442255,1872254.34%1,8440225
2024Second4461,73460.35%37806
2024First442255,0902254.42%1,6620225
2023Second4431,48430.20%31203
2023First442254,8362254.65%1,5100225
2022Second45000—000
2022First45752,752752.73%1,455075
2021Second45384230.36%27803
2021First45752,794752.68%1,279075
2020Second47213821.45%5902
2020First47905149017.51%345090
2019Second47623962.51%9106
2019First47904879018.48%332090
2018Second47416042.50%6304
2018First47904869018.52%339090
2017Second47217221.16%7402
2017First47904339020.79%283090
2016Second47314532.07%7503
2016First47904219021.38%290090
2015Second47520752.42%6205
2015First47904089022.06%309090
2014First4910110109.09%167010
2013First4910871011.49%125010
2012Second54228820.69%18002
2012First5420763202.62%837020
2011First5525386256.48%300025
2010Second5515111.96%3101
2010First5525434255.76%278025
2009First5420676202.96%799020
2008First5420629203.18%966020
2007Second5766469.38%2306
2007First5710928910937.72%2170109
2006Second5523385235.97%159023
2006First554501,33345033.76%1,0070450
2005First5420498204.02%702020
2004First52A10901011.11%138010
2003First52A10921010.87%66010
2002First52A10821012.20%123010
2001First52A10641015.63%113010
2000First52A10671014.93%80010
1999First54-230432306.94%684030
1998First561752,2101757.92%4390175

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 44, 45, 47, 49, 54, 55, 57, 52A, 54-2, 56. 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
2026SecondResident1,58450.32%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2026SecondNonresident20500.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2026FirstResident4,2432034.78%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2026FirstNonresident1,081222.04%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2025SecondResident1,25620.16%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2025SecondNonresident24600.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2025FirstResident4,2062034.83%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2025FirstNonresident981222.24%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2024SecondResident1,53250.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2024SecondNonresident20210.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2024FirstResident4,2642034.76%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2024FirstNonresident826222.66%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2023SecondResident1,28630.23%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2023SecondNonresident19800.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2023FirstResident4,1292024.89%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2023FirstNonresident707233.25%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2022SecondResident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2022SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2022FirstResident2,072683.28%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2022FirstNonresident68071.03%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2021SecondResident70320.28%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2021SecondNonresident13910.72%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2021FirstResident2,198683.09%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2021FirstNonresident59671.17%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2020SecondResident11210.89%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2020SecondNonresident2613.85%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2020FirstResident4398118.45%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree18%
2020FirstNonresident75912.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree12%
2019SecondResident20852.40%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2019SecondNonresident3113.23%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2019FirstResident4158119.52%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree20%
2019FirstNonresident72912.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree12%
2018SecondResident14542.76%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2018SecondNonresident1500.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2018FirstResident4208119.29%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree19%
2018FirstNonresident66913.64%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree14%
2017SecondResident14921.34%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2017SecondNonresident2300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2017FirstResident3788121.43%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree21%
2017FirstNonresident55916.36%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree16%
2016SecondResident13532.22%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2016SecondNonresident1000.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2016FirstResident3818121.26%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree21%
2016FirstNonresident40922.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree22%
2015SecondResident19552.56%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2015SecondNonresident1200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2015FirstResident3748121.66%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree22%
2015FirstNonresident34926.47%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree26%
2014FirstResident104109.62%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2014FirstNonresident600.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2013FirstResident82910.98%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2013FirstNonresident5120.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree20%
2012SecondResident25820.78%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2012SecondNonresident3000.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2012FirstResident646192.94%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2012FirstNonresident11710.85%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2011FirstResident344236.69%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2011FirstNonresident4224.76%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2010SecondResident4412.27%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2010SecondNonresident700.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2010FirstResident374246.42%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2010FirstNonresident6011.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2009FirstResident588183.06%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2009FirstNonresident8822.27%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2008FirstResident513183.51%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2008FirstNonresident11621.72%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2007SecondResident4948.16%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2007SecondNonresident15213.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree13%
2007FirstResident2339942.49%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree42%
2007FirstNonresident561017.86%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree18%
2006SecondResident308196.17%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2006SecondNonresident7745.19%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2006FirstResident1,06840537.92%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree38%
2006FirstNonresident2654516.98%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree17%
2005FirstResident403184.47%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2005FirstNonresident9522.11%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2004FirstResident84910.71%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2004FirstNonresident6116.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree16%
2003FirstResident871011.49%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2003FirstNonresident500.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2002FirstResident79911.39%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2002FirstNonresident3133.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree33%
2001FirstResident55916.36%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree16%
2001FirstNonresident9111.11%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2000FirstResident591016.95%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree16%
2000FirstNonresident800.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
1999FirstResident347288.07%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
1999FirstNonresident8522.35%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
1998FirstResident1,9571588.07%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
1998FirstNonresident253176.72%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%

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 1034 across the seasons it published (44, 45, 47, 49, 52A, 54, 54-2, 55, 56, 57). 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-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-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-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-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-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.