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Idaho deer controlled hunt 1055

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 5 permits on hunt 1055 in 2026 and issued 5 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 528 hunters put it first and 5 drew, 0.95%.

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
2026First70552850.95%35905
2025First70551750.97%29405
2024First70551650.97%37105
2023First70552150.96%34005
2022Second70248520.41%5002
2022First701701,8661709.11%3600170
2021Second70455040.73%4904
2021First701701,9531708.70%3520170
2020First73no cap2,3521,96383.46%001,963
2019First73no cap2,3901,84677.24%001,846
2018First73no cap2,0142,014100.00%002,014
2017First73no cap1,8101,810100.00%001,810
2016First73no cap1,7131,713100.00%001,713
2015First73no cap1,7291,729100.00%001,729
2014Second3288589.41%4708
2014First3215033915044.25%2520150
2013Second3212891213.48%49012
2013First3215036915040.65%2480150
2012Second44-1957915.79%3909
2012First44-115032415046.30%2900150
2011Second4511142117.75%66011
2011First4525059725041.88%4880250
2010Second45141311410.69%49014
2010First4525062725039.87%4780250
2009Second44-117841720.24%47017
2009First44-125030325082.51%3800250
2008Second45151271511.81%79015
2008First4525050925049.12%5260250
2007Second55433100.00%1214
2007First551008888100.00%13612100
2006Second52613646.15%2706
2006First5220021220094.34%2320200
2005Second39-210611210694.64%380106
2005First39-21,2001,1651,165100.00%398351,200
2004Second3215351542.86%21015
2004First3235040235087.06%2240350
2003First3135020910047.85%1550100
2002First31350220220100.00%17555275
2001First32A15025615058.59%2930150
2000First39-29001,04790085.96%4900900
1999First44-370094370074.23%7210700
1998First6210017610056.82%1860100

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 70, 73, 32, 44-1, 45, 55, 52, 39-2, 31, 32A, 44-3, 62. 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
2026FirstResident51050.98%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2026FirstNonresident1800.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2025FirstResident49851.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2025FirstNonresident1900.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2024FirstResident48651.03%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2024FirstNonresident3000.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2023FirstResident48340.83%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2023FirstNonresident3812.63%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2022SecondResident46720.43%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2022SecondNonresident1800.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2022FirstResident1,7651629.18%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2022FirstNonresident10187.92%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2021SecondResident53320.38%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2021SecondNonresident17211.76%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree12%
2021FirstResident1,8631638.75%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2021FirstNonresident9077.78%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2020FirstResident1,7341,72399.37%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree99%
2020FirstNonresident61824038.83%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree39%
2019FirstResident1,6241,60698.89%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree99%
2019FirstNonresident76624031.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree31%
2018FirstResident1,3131,313100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2018FirstNonresident701701100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2017FirstResident1,2001,200100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2017FirstNonresident610610100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2016FirstResident1,1841,184100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2016FirstNonresident529529100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2015FirstResident1,2211,221100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2015FirstNonresident508508100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2014SecondResident8489.52%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2014SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2014FirstResident33614844.05%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree44%
2014FirstNonresident3266.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree67%
2013SecondResident871213.79%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree14%
2013SecondNonresident200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2013FirstResident36715040.87%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree41%
2013FirstNonresident200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2012SecondResident57915.79%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree16%
2012SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2012FirstResident32215046.58%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree47%
2012FirstNonresident200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2011SecondResident139117.91%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2011SecondNonresident300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2011FirstResident59425042.09%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree42%
2011FirstNonresident300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2010SecondResident1311410.69%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2010SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2010FirstResident62424739.58%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree40%
2010FirstNonresident33100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2009SecondResident841720.24%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree20%
2009SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2009FirstResident30124882.39%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree82%
2009FirstNonresident22100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2008SecondResident1261411.11%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2008SecondNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2008FirstResident50524748.91%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree49%
2008FirstNonresident4375.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree75%
2007SecondResident34—both draw choices100%
2007SecondNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2007FirstResident8799—both draw choices100%
2007FirstNonresident11—both draw choices100%
2006SecondResident13646.15%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree46%
2006SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2006FirstResident21220094.34%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree94%
2006FirstNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2005SecondResident10610094.34%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree94%
2005SecondNonresident66100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2005FirstResident1,1611,196—both draw choices100%
2005FirstNonresident44—both draw choices100%
2004SecondResident351542.86%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree42%
2004SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2004FirstResident39634587.12%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree87%
2004FirstNonresident6583.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree83%
2003FirstResident20910047.85%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree47%
2003FirstNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2002FirstResident220275—both draw choices100%
2002FirstNonresident00—both draw choices100%
2001FirstResident25414858.27%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree58%
2001FirstNonresident22100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2000FirstResident1,04389685.91%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree85%
2000FirstNonresident44100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
1999FirstResident93669674.36%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree74%
1999FirstNonresident7457.14%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree57%
1998FirstResident17610056.82%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree56%
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 1055 across the seasons it published (31, 32, 32A, 39-2, 44-1, 44-3, 45, 52, 55, 62, 70, 73). 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-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.