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Idaho deer controlled hunt 1046

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 50 permits on hunt 1046 in 2026 and issued 50 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 457 hunters put it first and 50 drew, 10.94%.

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
2026First57504575010.94%243050
2025First57504285011.68%237050
2024Second5713812.63%2801
2024First57503765013.30%211050
2023Second57212921.55%4302
2023First57503795013.19%178050
2022First5710214104.67%178010
2021First5710193105.18%154010
2020First58-110788101.27%227010
2019First58-110689101.45%257010
2018First58-110571101.75%239010
2017First58-110598101.67%206010
2016First58-110552101.81%196010
2015First58-110495102.02%203010
2014First6610285103.51%215010
2013First6610259103.86%225010
2012First73no cap1,0401,040100.00%8317491,789
2011Second7817243177.00%23017
2011First7820065520030.53%740200
2010Second7812167127.19%21012
2010First7820047620042.02%950200
2009First73no cap872872100.00%4533611,233
2008Second7810421023.81%5010
2008First7820021018186.19%6319200
2007Second39-2189101101100.00%2914115
2007First39-21,2001,0161,016100.00%2951201,136
2006Second3219411946.34%15019
2006First3235038735090.44%2130350
2005Second8AX555353100.00%33255
2005First8AX300248248100.00%24623271
2004First69251,013252.47%442025
2003First66501,055504.74%357050
2002First6625255259.80%232025
2001First6625256259.77%282025
2000First6625271259.23%247025
1999First10AX15039015038.46%1120150
1998First41-250575087.72%58050

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 57, 58-1, 66, 73, 78, 39-2, 32, 8AX, 69, 10AX, 41-2. 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
2026FirstResident3704512.16%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree12%
2026FirstNonresident8755.75%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2025FirstResident3504512.86%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree13%
2025FirstNonresident7856.41%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2024SecondResident2613.85%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2024SecondNonresident1200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2024FirstResident3064514.71%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree15%
2024FirstNonresident7057.14%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2023SecondResident9522.11%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2023SecondNonresident3400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2023FirstResident3054514.75%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree15%
2023FirstNonresident7456.76%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2022FirstResident16595.45%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2022FirstNonresident4912.04%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2021FirstResident16095.63%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2021FirstNonresident3313.03%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2020FirstResident766101.31%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2020FirstNonresident2200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2019FirstResident668101.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2019FirstNonresident2100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2018FirstResident553101.81%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2018FirstNonresident1800.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2017FirstResident581101.72%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2017FirstNonresident1700.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2016FirstResident547101.83%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2016FirstNonresident500.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2015FirstResident483102.07%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2015FirstNonresident1200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2014FirstResident254103.94%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2014FirstNonresident3100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2013FirstResident235104.26%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2013FirstNonresident2400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2012FirstResident8191,385—both draw choices100%
2012FirstNonresident221404—both draw choices100%
2011SecondResident192147.29%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2011SecondNonresident5135.88%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2011FirstResident49618036.29%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree36%
2011FirstNonresident1592012.58%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree13%
2010SecondResident119119.24%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2010SecondNonresident4812.08%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2010FirstResident38118047.24%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree47%
2010FirstNonresident952021.05%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree21%
2009FirstResident709964—both draw choices100%
2009FirstNonresident163269—both draw choices100%
2008SecondResident2727.41%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2008SecondNonresident15853.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree53%
2008FirstResident164180—both draw choices100%
2008FirstNonresident4620—both draw choices43%
2007SecondResident101115—both draw choices100%
2007SecondNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2007FirstResident1,0121,132—both draw choices100%
2007FirstNonresident44—both draw choices100%
2006SecondResident411946.34%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree46%
2006SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2006FirstResident38334690.34%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree90%
2006FirstNonresident44100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2005SecondResident5355—both draw choices100%
2005SecondNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2005FirstResident246269—both draw choices100%
2005FirstNonresident22—both draw choices100%
2004FirstResident972252.57%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2004FirstNonresident4100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2003FirstResident981494.99%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2003FirstNonresident7411.35%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2002FirstResident2282510.96%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2002FirstNonresident2700.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2001FirstResident2392510.46%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2001FirstNonresident1700.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2000FirstResident244249.84%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2000FirstNonresident2713.70%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
1999FirstResident39015038.46%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree38%
1999FirstNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
1998FirstResident575087.72%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree87%
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 11 different area labels for deer hunt 1046 across the seasons it published (10AX, 32, 39-2, 41-2, 57, 58-1, 66, 69, 73, 78, 8AX). 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-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-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2011 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-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.