Big Game by StateThe public record of western draws

Idaho · Deer · Hunt 1042

Idaho deer controlled hunt 1042

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 300 permits on hunt 1042 in 2026 and issued 300 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 3,794 hunters put it first and 300 drew, 7.91%.

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
2026Second54151,412151.06%353015
2026First543003,7943007.91%1,6310300
2025Second54111,393110.79%304011
2025First543003,5133008.54%1,5380300
2024Second5410751101.33%297010
2024First543003,3193009.04%1,3820300
2023Second54893580.86%23108
2023First543003,2193009.32%1,3980300
2022First5420951202.10%796020
2021First5420737202.71%727020
2020First5525626253.99%357025
2019First5525567254.41%332025
2018First5525558254.48%289025
2017First5525501254.99%284025
2016First5525511254.89%273025
2015First5525525254.76%263025
2014First5710271103.69%163010
2013First5710285103.51%172010
2012First6610250104.00%240010
2011First6720732202.73%245020
2010First6740640406.25%270040
2009First6610245104.08%174010
2008First6610264103.79%205010
2007Second22241515100.00%10419
2007First22350338338100.00%10712350
2006First6910727101.38%267010
2005Second64*429341.37%3704
2005First64*50947505.28%245050
2004Second60-1210821.85%3802
2004First60-150652507.67%357050
2003First5820397205.04%147020
2002First5820422204.74%168020
2001First5820330206.06%140020
2000First58251682514.88%79025
1999First60A-140569407.03%321040
1998First69-1751,196756.27%399075

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 54, 55, 57, 66, 67, 22, 69, 64*, 60-1, 58, 60A-1, 69-1. 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
2026SecondResident1,305141.07%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2026SecondNonresident10710.93%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2026FirstResident3,3452758.22%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2026FirstNonresident449255.57%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2025SecondResident1,239110.89%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2025SecondNonresident15400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2025FirstResident3,1792708.49%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2025FirstNonresident334308.98%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2024SecondResident664101.51%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2024SecondNonresident8700.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2024FirstResident3,0092708.97%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2024FirstNonresident310309.68%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2023SecondResident83980.95%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2023SecondNonresident9600.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2023FirstResident2,9082749.42%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2023FirstNonresident311268.36%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2022FirstResident813182.21%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2022FirstNonresident13821.45%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2021FirstResident594183.03%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2021FirstNonresident14321.40%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2020FirstResident480234.79%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2020FirstNonresident14621.37%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2019FirstResident450235.11%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2019FirstNonresident11721.71%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2018FirstResident442245.43%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2018FirstNonresident11610.86%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2017FirstResident431235.34%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2017FirstNonresident7022.86%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2016FirstResident426235.40%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2016FirstNonresident8522.35%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2015FirstResident450235.11%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2015FirstNonresident7522.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2014FirstResident22993.93%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2014FirstNonresident4212.38%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2013FirstResident24393.70%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2013FirstNonresident4212.38%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2012FirstResident24693.66%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2012FirstNonresident4125.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree25%
2011FirstResident701202.85%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2011FirstNonresident3100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2010FirstResident594386.40%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2010FirstNonresident4624.35%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2009FirstResident241104.15%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2009FirstNonresident400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2008FirstResident23793.80%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2008FirstNonresident2713.70%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2007SecondResident1519—both draw choices100%
2007SecondNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2007FirstResident335347—both draw choices100%
2007FirstNonresident33—both draw choices100%
2006FirstResident698101.43%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2006FirstNonresident2900.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2005SecondResident27441.46%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2005SecondNonresident1900.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2005FirstResident877485.47%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2005FirstNonresident7022.86%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2004SecondResident10421.92%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2004SecondNonresident400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2004FirstResident634507.89%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2004FirstNonresident1800.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2003FirstResident375184.80%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2003FirstNonresident2229.09%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2002FirstResident408194.66%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2002FirstNonresident1417.14%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2001FirstResident321195.92%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2001FirstNonresident9111.11%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2000FirstResident1642515.24%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree15%
2000FirstNonresident400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
1999FirstResident568407.04%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
1999FirstNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
1998FirstResident1,048686.49%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
1998FirstNonresident14874.73%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%

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 12 different area labels for deer hunt 1042 across the seasons it published (22, 54, 55, 57, 58, 60-1, 60A-1, 64*, 66, 67, 69, 69-1). 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-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-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-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.