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Idaho deer controlled hunt 1048

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 1048 in 2026 and issued 10 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 860 hunters put it first and 10 drew, 1.16%.

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
2026First58-110860101.16%323010
2025First58-110845101.18%415010
2024First58-110693101.44%332010
2023First58-110750101.33%305010
2022Second60-1388330.34%17903
2022First60-1402,568401.56%587040
2021First60-1402,193401.82%522040
2020First6215425153.53%253015
2019First6215426153.52%259015
2018First6215345154.35%214015
2017First6215317154.73%199015
2016First6215331154.53%215015
2015First6215291155.15%251015
2014First6910587101.70%423010
2013First6910756101.32%361010
2012Second2210601016.67%13010
2012First2215031615047.47%1230150
2011Second2823266.67%202
2011First2830383078.95%8030
2010Second28-1212216.67%102
2010First28-130313096.77%15030
2009Second2222342264.71%12022
2009First22350335335100.00%10115350
2008Second28-12099100.00%009
2008First28-1301010100.00%4010
2007Second44-140704057.14%34040
2007First44-1450411411100.00%38439450
2006Second39-2209118118100.00%3722140
2006First39-21,200989989100.00%3041221,111
2005Second11AX*534949100.00%17453
2005First11AX*450431431100.00%13719450
2004Second8AX1057070100.00%251282
2004First8AX300186186100.00%19911197
2003First8AX300137137100.00%1840137
2002First8X1507777100.00%88784
2001First10AX35038435091.15%650350
2000First10AX15030715048.86%1270150
1999First16X10019310051.81%640100
1998First44-38001,03180077.59%9050800

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 58-1, 60-1, 62, 69, 22, 28, 28-1, 44-1, 39-2, 11AX*, 8AX, 8X, 10AX, 16X, 44-3. 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
2026FirstResident813101.23%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2026FirstNonresident4700.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2025FirstResident81291.11%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2025FirstNonresident3313.03%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2024FirstResident669101.49%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2024FirstNonresident2400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2023FirstResident723101.38%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2023FirstNonresident2700.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2022SecondResident83520.24%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2022SecondNonresident4812.08%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2022FirstResident2,484401.61%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2022FirstNonresident8400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2021FirstResident2,109401.90%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2021FirstNonresident8400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2020FirstResident402153.73%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2020FirstNonresident2300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2019FirstResident409153.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2019FirstNonresident1700.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2018FirstResident328144.27%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2018FirstNonresident1715.88%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2017FirstResident303154.95%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2017FirstNonresident1400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2016FirstResident317144.42%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2016FirstNonresident1417.14%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2015FirstResident282144.96%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2015FirstNonresident9111.11%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2014FirstResident56191.60%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2014FirstNonresident2613.85%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2013FirstResident745101.34%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2013FirstNonresident1100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2012SecondResident581017.24%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree17%
2012SecondNonresident200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2012FirstResident31515047.62%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree48%
2012FirstNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2011SecondResident3266.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree67%
2011SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2011FirstResident383078.95%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree79%
2011FirstNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2010SecondResident12216.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree17%
2010SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2010FirstResident302996.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree97%
2010FirstNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2009SecondResident342264.71%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree65%
2009SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2009FirstResident334347—both draw choices100%
2009FirstNonresident13—both draw choices100%
2008SecondResident99100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2008SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2008FirstResident1010100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2008FirstNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2007SecondResident704057.14%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree57%
2007SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2007FirstResident405444—both draw choices100%
2007FirstNonresident66—both draw choices100%
2006SecondResident115137—both draw choices100%
2006SecondNonresident33—both draw choices100%
2006FirstResident9891,110—both draw choices100%
2006FirstNonresident01—both draw choices0%
2005SecondResident4953—both draw choices100%
2005SecondNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2005FirstResident429448—both draw choices100%
2005FirstNonresident22—both draw choices100%
2004SecondResident6981—both draw choices100%
2004SecondNonresident11—both draw choices100%
2004FirstResident184195—both draw choices100%
2004FirstNonresident22—both draw choices100%
2003FirstResident135135100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2003FirstNonresident22100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2002FirstResident7683—both draw choices100%
2002FirstNonresident11—both draw choices100%
2001FirstResident38134791.08%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree91%
2001FirstNonresident33100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2000FirstResident30515049.18%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree49%
2000FirstNonresident200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
1999FirstResident1929951.56%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree51%
1999FirstNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
1998FirstResident1,02479477.54%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree77%
1998FirstNonresident7685.71%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree85%

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 1048 across the seasons it published (10AX, 11AX*, 16X, 22, 28, 28-1, 39-2, 44-1, 44-3, 58-1, 60-1, 62, 69, 8AX, 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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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.