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Idaho deer controlled hunt 1049

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 40 permits on hunt 1049 in 2026 and issued 40 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 3,430 hunters put it first and 40 drew, 1.17%.

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
2026First60-1403,430401.17%940040
2025Second60-1171510.14%11801
2025First60-1403,235401.24%749040
2024First60-1403,106401.29%741040
2023Second60-1146510.22%10501
2023First60-1402,811401.42%650040
2022Second62000—000
2022First6220441204.54%319020
2021Second62223820.84%3802
2021First6220431204.64%253020
2020First6610272103.68%194010
2019First6610212104.72%233010
2018First6620294206.80%167020
2017First6620278207.19%179020
2016First6620317206.31%173020
2015First6620274207.30%236020
2014Second70117510.57%1901
2014First701751,64417510.64%1700175
2013Second70953491.69%2309
2013First701751,47517511.86%1670175
2012Second28212216.67%302
2012First2830443068.18%14030
2011Second3111401127.50%14011
2011First31150142142100.00%948150
2010Second311874747100.00%12754
2010First31350145145100.00%11137182
2009Second28-119111.11%201
2009First28-130353085.71%7030
2008Second312063333100.00%7336
2008First31350120120100.00%11242162
2007Second45751047572.12%62075
2007First45700524524100.00%605176700
2006Second434284545100.00%371863
2006First43700261261100.00%26556317
2005Second15X*11351131.43%7011
2005First15X*20023220086.21%1010200
2004Second10AX11341132.35%24011
2004First10AX40045040088.89%1230400
2003First10AX500413413100.00%1204417
2002First8AX1508888100.00%115896
2001First11AX-115024815060.48%1710150
2000First11AX15032015046.88%1850150
1999First22-2250206206100.00%818214
1998First45-360064860092.59%6110600

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 60-1, 62, 66, 70, 28, 31, 28-1, 45, 43, 15X*, 10AX, 8AX, 11AX-1, 11AX, 22-2, 45-3. 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
2026FirstResident3,227391.21%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2026FirstNonresident20310.49%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2025SecondResident66800.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2025SecondNonresident4712.13%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2025FirstResident3,072401.30%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2025FirstNonresident16300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2024FirstResident2,992381.27%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2024FirstNonresident11421.75%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2023SecondResident43210.23%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2023SecondNonresident3300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2023FirstResident2,716381.40%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2023FirstNonresident9522.11%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2022SecondResident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2022SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2022FirstResident418204.78%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2022FirstNonresident2300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2021SecondResident22120.90%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2021SecondNonresident1700.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2021FirstResident414194.59%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2021FirstNonresident1715.88%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2020FirstResident25493.54%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2020FirstNonresident1815.56%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2019FirstResident199105.03%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2019FirstNonresident1300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2018FirstResident253207.91%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2018FirstNonresident4100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2017FirstResident240197.92%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2017FirstNonresident3812.63%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2016FirstResident289186.23%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2016FirstNonresident2827.14%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2015FirstResident240197.92%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2015FirstNonresident3412.94%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2014SecondResident16910.59%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2014SecondNonresident600.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2014FirstResident1,56817110.91%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2014FirstNonresident7645.26%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2013SecondResident52391.72%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2013SecondNonresident1100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2013FirstResident1,42617312.13%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree12%
2013FirstNonresident4924.08%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2012SecondResident12216.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree17%
2012SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2012FirstResident443068.18%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree68%
2012FirstNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2011SecondResident401127.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree28%
2011SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2011FirstResident141149—both draw choices100%
2011FirstNonresident11—both draw choices100%
2010SecondResident4754—both draw choices100%
2010SecondNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2010FirstResident143180—both draw choices100%
2010FirstNonresident22—both draw choices100%
2009SecondResident9111.11%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2009SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2009FirstResident353085.71%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree86%
2009FirstNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2008SecondResident3235—both draw choices100%
2008SecondNonresident11—both draw choices100%
2008FirstResident120161—both draw choices100%
2008FirstNonresident01—both draw choices0%
2007SecondResident997070.71%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree71%
2007SecondNonresident55100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2007FirstResident521697—both draw choices100%
2007FirstNonresident33—both draw choices100%
2006SecondResident4563—both draw choices100%
2006SecondNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2006FirstResident261315—both draw choices100%
2006FirstNonresident02—both draw choices0%
2005SecondResident351131.43%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree31%
2005SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2005FirstResident23220086.21%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree86%
2005FirstNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2004SecondResident341132.35%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree32%
2004SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2004FirstResident45040088.89%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree88%
2004FirstNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2003FirstResident403407—both draw choices100%
2003FirstNonresident1010—both draw choices100%
2002FirstResident8896—both draw choices100%
2002FirstNonresident00—both draw choices100%
2001FirstResident24514760.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree60%
2001FirstNonresident33100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2000FirstResident31715047.32%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree47%
2000FirstNonresident300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
1999FirstResident204212—both draw choices100%
1999FirstNonresident22—both draw choices100%
1998FirstResident64559792.56%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree92%
1998FirstNonresident33100.00%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 16 different area labels for deer hunt 1049 across the seasons it published (10AX, 11AX, 11AX-1, 15X*, 22-2, 28, 28-1, 31, 43, 45, 45-3, 60-1, 62, 66, 70, 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-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-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-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2013 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.