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Idaho deer controlled hunt 1045

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 320 permits on hunt 1045 in 2026 and issued 320 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 2,384 hunters put it first and 320 drew, 13.42%.

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
2026Second5513802131.62%361013
2026First553202,38432013.42%1,1730320
2025Second55650961.18%25406
2025First553202,31932013.80%1,1340320
2024Second5520940202.13%214020
2024First553202,31232013.84%1,1170320
2023Second55445040.89%21604
2023First553202,13932014.96%1,1140320
2022Second5728322.41%5402
2022First57503475014.41%197050
2021Second57310832.78%5703
2021First57503205015.63%211050
2020First5710204104.90%203010
2019First5710208104.81%201010
2018First5710207104.83%162010
2017First5710187105.35%158010
2016First5710203104.93%158010
2015First5710164106.10%157010
2014Second6217711.30%2701
2014First6215275155.45%179015
2013First6215223156.73%183015
2012Second70944692.02%1809
2012First701751,31617513.30%1320175
2011First73no cap1,2241,224100.00%8087121,936
2010First73no cap1,1151,115100.00%7066001,715
2009Second7010306103.27%24010
2009First7017579817521.93%1190175
2008Second70813585.93%608
2008First7017538017546.05%440175
2007Second32A16361644.44%14016
2007First32A15026215057.25%2410150
2006Second311932121100.00%16829
2006First31350156156100.00%11731187
2005Second8X555050100.00%22050
2005First8X300277277100.00%1070277
2004First6625317257.89%340025
2003First64504295011.66%225050
2002First64503355014.93%126050
2001First64502805017.86%144050
2000First64501965025.51%92050
1999First69-1751,055757.11%384075
1998First16X10024410040.98%870100

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.

No cap is a hunt Idaho drew without a permit limit. Its data carries 99,999 and 999,999 as placeholders in the permits-available field and states nowhere what they mean, so no quota is shown rather than one of those figures.

The area label changes across seasons for this hunt number — Idaho printed 55, 57, 62, 70, 73, 32A, 31, 8X, 66, 64, 69-1, 16X. 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
2026SecondResident731111.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2026SecondNonresident7122.82%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2026FirstResident2,03328814.17%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree14%
2026FirstNonresident351329.12%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2025SecondResident43030.70%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2025SecondNonresident7933.80%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2025FirstResident2,01129214.52%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree15%
2025FirstNonresident308289.09%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2024SecondResident837192.27%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2024SecondNonresident10310.97%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2024FirstResident1,97828814.56%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree15%
2024FirstNonresident334329.58%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2023SecondResident40141.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2023SecondNonresident4900.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2023FirstResident1,86828815.42%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree15%
2023FirstNonresident2713211.81%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree12%
2022SecondResident6511.54%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2022SecondNonresident1815.56%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2022FirstResident2934515.36%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree15%
2022FirstNonresident5459.26%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2021SecondResident8422.38%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2021SecondNonresident2414.17%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2021FirstResident2574517.51%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree18%
2021FirstNonresident6357.94%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2020FirstResident16295.56%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2020FirstNonresident4212.38%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2019FirstResident16495.49%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2019FirstNonresident4412.27%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2018FirstResident17095.29%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2018FirstNonresident3712.70%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2017FirstResident163106.13%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2017FirstNonresident2400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2016FirstResident17595.14%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2016FirstNonresident2813.57%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2015FirstResident14896.08%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2015FirstNonresident1616.25%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2014SecondResident6911.45%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2014SecondNonresident800.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2014FirstResident238145.88%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2014FirstNonresident3712.70%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2013FirstResident216156.94%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2013FirstNonresident700.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2012SecondResident43592.07%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2012SecondNonresident1100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2012FirstResident1,26717413.73%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree14%
2012FirstNonresident4912.04%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2011FirstResident9141,465—both draw choices100%
2011FirstNonresident310471—both draw choices100%
2010FirstResident8411,287—both draw choices100%
2010FirstNonresident274428—both draw choices100%
2009SecondResident29593.05%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2009SecondNonresident1119.09%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2009FirstResident68415823.10%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree23%
2009FirstNonresident1141714.91%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree15%
2008SecondResident12886.25%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2008SecondNonresident700.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2008FirstResident36216746.13%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree46%
2008FirstNonresident18844.44%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree44%
2007SecondResident361644.44%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree44%
2007SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2007FirstResident25814756.98%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree57%
2007FirstNonresident4375.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree75%
2006SecondResident2027—both draw choices100%
2006SecondNonresident12—both draw choices100%
2006FirstResident155186—both draw choices100%
2006FirstNonresident11—both draw choices100%
2005SecondResident5050100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2005SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2005FirstResident276276100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2005FirstNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2004FirstResident299237.69%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2004FirstNonresident18211.11%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2003FirstResident3834511.75%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2003FirstNonresident46510.87%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2002FirstResident3094815.53%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree15%
2002FirstNonresident2627.69%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2001FirstResident2634617.49%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree17%
2001FirstNonresident17423.53%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree23%
2000FirstResident1734526.01%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree26%
2000FirstNonresident23521.74%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree21%
1999FirstResident919687.40%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
1999FirstNonresident13675.15%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
1998FirstResident24410040.98%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree41%
1998FirstNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%

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 1045 across the seasons it published (16X, 31, 32A, 55, 57, 62, 64, 66, 69-1, 70, 73, 8X). 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-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-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2014 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-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-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.