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Idaho deer controlled hunt 1039

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 10 permits on hunt 1039 in 2026 and issued 10 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 213 hunters put it first and 10 drew, 4.69%.

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
2026Second49114710.68%5201
2026First4910213104.69%238010
2025First4910154106.49%232010
2024Second4919711.03%4701
2024First4910158106.33%206010
2023First4910194105.15%166010
2022First50-110606101.65%187010
2021First50-110569101.76%180010
2020Second52118510.54%9101
2020First52751,100756.82%579075
2019Second52227120.74%10002
2019First5275976757.68%560075
2018Second52114110.71%6001
2018First52751,197756.27%583075
2017First5275971757.72%486075
2016Second52442640.94%9604
2016First52751,144756.56%460075
2015Second52112010.83%8101
2015First52751,125756.67%529075
2014First55-125487255.13%260025
2013First55-125525254.76%276025
2012First58*10484102.07%145010
2011First60-1*25609254.11%259025
2010Second60-1*314432.08%3303
2010First60-1*50501509.98%284050
2009First58*10478102.09%175010
2008First58*10520101.92%184010
2007First6610243104.12%239010
2006Second6225523.64%3402
2006First6230433306.93%147030
2005First58*10486102.06%157010
2004Second5734636.52%1703
2004First5710928810937.85%2080109
2003First56351,195352.93%345035
2002First56501,530503.27%309050
2001First56501,424503.51%315050
2000First561251,9671256.35%3810125
1999First57-210130107.69%269010
1998First60A-140649406.16%240040

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 49, 50-1, 52, 55-1, 58*, 60-1*, 66, 62, 57, 56, 57-2, 60A-1. 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
2026SecondResident13910.72%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2026SecondNonresident800.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2026FirstResident18294.95%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2026FirstNonresident3113.23%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2025FirstResident13396.77%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2025FirstNonresident2114.76%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2024SecondResident8411.19%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2024SecondNonresident1300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2024FirstResident14396.29%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2024FirstNonresident1516.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2023FirstResident168105.95%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2023FirstNonresident2600.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2022FirstResident57091.58%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2022FirstNonresident3612.78%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2021FirstResident545101.83%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2021FirstNonresident2400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2020SecondResident14210.70%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2020SecondNonresident4300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2020FirstResident848688.02%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2020FirstNonresident25272.78%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2019SecondResident22220.90%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2019SecondNonresident4900.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2019FirstResident821688.28%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2019FirstNonresident15574.52%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2018SecondResident12110.83%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2018SecondNonresident2000.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2018FirstResident1,028686.61%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2018FirstNonresident16974.14%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2017FirstResident875748.46%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2017FirstNonresident9611.04%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2016SecondResident38541.04%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2016SecondNonresident4100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2016FirstResident1,053686.46%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2016FirstNonresident9177.69%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2015SecondResident11010.91%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2015SecondNonresident1000.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2015FirstResident1,038696.65%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2015FirstNonresident8766.90%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2014FirstResident418235.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2014FirstNonresident6922.90%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2013FirstResident440235.23%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2013FirstNonresident8522.35%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2012FirstResident476102.10%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2012FirstNonresident800.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2011FirstResident599254.17%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2011FirstNonresident1000.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2010SecondResident14332.10%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2010SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2010FirstResident4995010.02%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2010FirstNonresident200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2009FirstResident469102.13%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2009FirstNonresident900.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2008FirstResident509101.96%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2008FirstNonresident1100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2007FirstResident224104.46%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2007FirstNonresident1900.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2006SecondResident5123.92%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2006SecondNonresident400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2006FirstResident409276.60%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2006FirstNonresident24312.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree12%
2005FirstResident457102.19%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2005FirstNonresident2900.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2004SecondResident3825.26%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2004SecondNonresident8112.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree12%
2004FirstResident2449940.57%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree40%
2004FirstNonresident441022.73%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree22%
2003FirstResident1,031333.20%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2003FirstNonresident16421.22%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2002FirstResident1,332453.38%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2002FirstNonresident19852.53%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2001FirstResident1,258453.58%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2001FirstNonresident16653.01%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2000FirstResident1,6441136.87%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2000FirstNonresident323123.72%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
1999FirstResident120108.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
1999FirstNonresident1000.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
1998FirstResident635406.30%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
1998FirstNonresident1400.00%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 12 different area labels for deer hunt 1039 across the seasons it published (49, 50-1, 52, 55-1, 56, 57, 57-2, 58*, 60-1*, 60A-1, 62, 66). 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-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-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-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-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-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-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.