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Idaho deer controlled hunt 1053

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 1053 in 2026 and issued 40 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 1,251 hunters put it first and 40 drew, 3.20%.

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
2026First67401,251403.20%370040
2025Second67132410.31%7701
2025First67401,189403.36%341040
2024Second67253620.37%10302
2024First67401,099403.64%395040
2023Second67249820.40%8002
2023First67401,084403.69%413040
2022Second69000—000
2022First6910656101.52%363010
2021Second69118910.53%6701
2021First6910574101.74%359010
2020First70541351.21%36905
2019First70542651.17%32405
2018First70535451.41%29205
2017First70533151.51%28005
2016First70532251.55%23705
2015First70545751.09%28005
2014Second28-2*161111100.00%1112
2014First28-2*604646100.00%5450
2013Second28-2617635.29%206
2013First28-230463065.22%7030
2012Second39-1762057637.07%90076
2012First39-11,0001,2491,00080.06%51901,000
2011Second4325352571.43%38025
2011First43250204204100.00%25346250
2010Second43292727100.00%29229
2010First43250208208100.00%18842250
2009Second39-211114011179.29%440111
2009First39-21,2001,0771,077100.00%4001231,200
2008Second43662121100.00%16930
2008First43250171171100.00%17032203
2007Second52-313231356.52%18013
2007First52-3200172172100.00%21528200
2006Second49-2*1272727100.00%341744
2006First49-2*300120120100.00%16372192
2005Second32221717100.00%8118
2005First32350310310100.00%21040350
2004Second23X12451226.67%2012
2004First23X20025220079.37%110200
2003First2230036010027.78%1130100
2002First16X250214214100.00%567221
2001First31350220220100.00%17162282
2000First3235050135069.86%3250350
1999First39-290092190097.72%4750900
1998First59-214019614071.43%1330140

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 67, 69, 70, 28-2*, 28-2, 39-1, 43, 39-2, 52-3, 49-2*, 32, 23X, 22, 16X, 31, 59-2. 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
2026FirstResident1,130363.19%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2026FirstNonresident12143.31%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2025SecondResident29810.34%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2025SecondNonresident2600.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2025FirstResident1,089363.31%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2025FirstNonresident10044.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2024SecondResident50620.40%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2024SecondNonresident3000.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2024FirstResident1,005383.78%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2024FirstNonresident9422.13%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2023SecondResident46020.43%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2023SecondNonresident3800.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2023FirstResident995363.62%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2023FirstNonresident8944.49%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2022SecondResident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2022SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2022FirstResident642101.56%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2022FirstNonresident1400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2021SecondResident18810.53%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2021SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2021FirstResident559101.79%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2021FirstNonresident1500.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2020FirstResident37251.34%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2020FirstNonresident4100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2019FirstResident40051.25%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2019FirstNonresident2600.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2018FirstResident33851.48%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2018FirstNonresident1600.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2017FirstResident30651.63%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2017FirstNonresident2500.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2016FirstResident31441.27%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2016FirstNonresident8112.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree12%
2015FirstResident42351.18%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2015FirstNonresident3400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2014SecondResident1112—both draw choices100%
2014SecondNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2014FirstResident4650—both draw choices100%
2014FirstNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2013SecondResident17635.29%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree35%
2013SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2013FirstResident452964.44%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree64%
2013FirstNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2012SecondResident2027637.62%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree38%
2012SecondNonresident300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2012FirstResident1,24299480.03%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree80%
2012FirstNonresident7685.71%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree86%
2011SecondResident352571.43%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree71%
2011SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2011FirstResident201244—both draw choices100%
2011FirstNonresident36—both draw choices100%
2010SecondResident2729—both draw choices100%
2010SecondNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2010FirstResident206248—both draw choices100%
2010FirstNonresident22—both draw choices100%
2009SecondResident14011179.29%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree79%
2009SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2009FirstResident1,0741,197—both draw choices100%
2009FirstNonresident33—both draw choices100%
2008SecondResident2130—both draw choices100%
2008SecondNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2008FirstResident171202—both draw choices100%
2008FirstNonresident01—both draw choices0%
2007SecondResident231356.52%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree57%
2007SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2007FirstResident172200—both draw choices100%
2007FirstNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2006SecondResident2744—both draw choices100%
2006SecondNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2006FirstResident119191—both draw choices100%
2006FirstNonresident11—both draw choices100%
2005SecondResident1718—both draw choices100%
2005SecondNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2005FirstResident306346—both draw choices100%
2005FirstNonresident44—both draw choices100%
2004SecondResident451226.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree26%
2004SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2004FirstResident25119979.28%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree79%
2004FirstNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2003FirstResident35910027.86%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree27%
2003FirstNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2002FirstResident212219—both draw choices100%
2002FirstNonresident22—both draw choices100%
2001FirstResident220282—both draw choices100%
2001FirstNonresident00—both draw choices100%
2000FirstResident50034969.80%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree69%
2000FirstNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
1999FirstResident91589497.70%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree97%
1999FirstNonresident66100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
1998FirstResident19614071.43%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree71%
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 16 different area labels for deer hunt 1053 across the seasons it published (16X, 22, 23X, 28-2, 28-2*, 31, 32, 39-1, 39-2, 43, 49-2*, 52-3, 59-2, 67, 69, 70). 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-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-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.