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Idaho deer controlled hunt 1043

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 1043 in 2026 and issued 20 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 1,243 hunters put it first and 20 drew, 1.61%.

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
2026First54201,243201.61%1,159020
2025First54201,190201.68%1,075020
2024Second54126110.38%16101
2024First54201,032201.94%1,056020
2023First5420974202.05%951020
2022Second55000—000
2022First5525573254.36%317025
2021Second55112410.81%5601
2021First5525710253.52%294025
2020Second55979491.13%27509
2020First553752,35337515.94%1,1390375
2019Second5510650101.54%289010
2019First553752,26337516.57%1,1590375
2018Second5513667131.95%310013
2018First553752,14637517.47%1,1350375
2017Second55546151.08%22105
2017First553751,89737519.77%1,1380375
2016Second55540851.23%21105
2016First553751,98937518.85%1,0550375
2015Second5515887151.69%201015
2015First553751,98537518.89%1,0980375
2014First58*10550101.82%185010
2013First5810485102.06%178010
2012First6720706202.83%264020
2011First6910674101.48%338010
2010First6910582101.72%314010
2009Second67114810.68%3801
2009First6740708405.65%261040
2008Second67222220.90%2302
2008First6740938404.26%282040
2007Second312051919100.00%18524
2007First31350144144100.00%12227171
2006Second21-1*8700—111
2006First21-1*1001818100.00%7523
2005First6610247104.05%209010
2004First6230374308.02%194030
2003First60-140414409.66%245040
2002First60-140670405.97%246040
2001First60A40627406.38%327040
2000First59252002512.50%145025
1999First66-1252492510.04%187025
1998First10AX15039915037.59%1400150

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, 58*, 58, 67, 69, 31, 21-1*, 66, 62, 60-1, 60A, 59, 66-1, 10AX. 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
2026FirstResident1,000181.80%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2026FirstNonresident24320.82%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2025FirstResident971181.85%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2025FirstNonresident21920.91%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2024SecondResident22510.44%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2024SecondNonresident3600.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2024FirstResident863182.09%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2024FirstNonresident16921.18%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2023FirstResident840182.14%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2023FirstNonresident13421.49%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2022SecondResident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2022SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2022FirstResident463234.97%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2022FirstNonresident11021.82%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2021SecondResident10610.94%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2021SecondNonresident1800.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2021FirstResident584233.94%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2021FirstNonresident12621.59%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2020SecondResident68691.31%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2020SecondNonresident10800.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2020FirstResident1,93533817.47%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree17%
2020FirstNonresident418378.85%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2019SecondResident566101.77%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2019SecondNonresident8400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2019FirstResident1,86033818.17%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree18%
2019FirstNonresident403379.18%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2018SecondResident580111.90%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2018SecondNonresident8722.30%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2018FirstResident1,83633818.41%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree18%
2018FirstNonresident3103711.94%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree12%
2017SecondResident41151.22%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2017SecondNonresident5000.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2017FirstResident1,65733820.40%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree20%
2017FirstNonresident2403715.42%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree15%
2016SecondResident36951.36%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2016SecondNonresident3900.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2016FirstResident1,69333819.96%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree20%
2016FirstNonresident2963712.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree12%
2015SecondResident805151.86%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2015SecondNonresident8200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2015FirstResident1,71233819.74%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree20%
2015FirstNonresident2733713.55%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree14%
2014FirstResident531101.88%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2014FirstNonresident1900.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2013FirstResident481102.08%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2013FirstNonresident400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2012FirstResident673192.82%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2012FirstNonresident3313.03%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2011FirstResident66691.35%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2011FirstNonresident8112.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree12%
2010FirstResident57291.57%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2010FirstNonresident10110.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2009SecondResident14110.71%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2009SecondNonresident700.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2009FirstResident641365.62%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2009FirstNonresident6745.97%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2008SecondResident20220.99%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2008SecondNonresident2000.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2008FirstResident825374.48%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2008FirstNonresident11332.65%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2007SecondResident1924—both draw choices100%
2007SecondNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2007FirstResident144171—both draw choices100%
2007FirstNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2006SecondResident01—both draw choices0%
2006SecondNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2006FirstResident1722—both draw choices100%
2006FirstNonresident11—both draw choices100%
2005FirstResident21594.19%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2005FirstNonresident3213.13%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2004FirstResident345298.41%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2004FirstNonresident2913.45%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2003FirstResident407409.83%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2003FirstNonresident700.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2002FirstResident650396.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2002FirstNonresident2015.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2001FirstResident616406.49%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2001FirstNonresident1100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2000FirstResident1902312.11%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree12%
2000FirstNonresident10220.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree20%
1999FirstResident2382410.08%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
1999FirstNonresident1119.09%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
1998FirstResident39715037.78%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree37%
1998FirstNonresident200.00%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.

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 15 different area labels for deer hunt 1043 across the seasons it published (10AX, 21-1*, 31, 54, 55, 58, 58*, 59, 60-1, 60A, 62, 66, 66-1, 67, 69). 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-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-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-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-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-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.