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Idaho deer controlled hunt 1056

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 145 permits on hunt 1056 in 2026 and issued 145 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 1,471 hunters put it first and 145 drew, 9.86%.

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
2026Second70238420.52%5302
2026First701451,4711459.86%3730145
2025Second70771270.98%5607
2025First701451,4951459.70%3430145
2024Second70771670.98%7307
2024First701701,63817010.38%3360170
2023Second70453240.75%5404
2023First701701,56917010.83%2910170
2022First731,8922,0951,89290.31%001,892
2021First73no cap2,1061,87088.79%001,870
2020First73539051.28%19805
2019First73538451.30%18505
2018First73534051.47%19705
2017First73536951.36%20205
2016First73534051.47%17005
2015First73544551.12%19705
2014Second32A10112108.93%39010
2014First32A15040715036.86%2620150
2013Second32A161071614.95%35016
2013First32A15036515041.10%2640150
2012Second45-215701521.43%36015
2012First45-225042825058.41%4080250
2011Second48618633.33%1406
2011First48504949100.00%80150
2010Second4856583.33%205
2010First48503939100.00%491150
2009Second45-214178147.87%44014
2009First45-225053825046.47%4730250
2008Second481244100.00%1337
2008First48503232100.00%471345
2007Second60-1*19211990.48%27019
2007First60-1*200164164100.00%26336200
2006Second5511131076.92%24111
2006First55100100100100.00%900100
2005Second433427171100.00%362495
2005First43700325325100.00%34667392
2004Second32A14381436.84%17014
2004First32A15030515049.18%2590150
2003First3235042135083.14%2550350
2002First3235045535076.92%2850350
2001First39-29001,03690086.87%4020900
2000First43-1800381381100.00%37977458
1999First45-350054750091.41%5320500
1998First6350675074.63%29050

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, 32A, 45-2, 48, 60-1*, 55, 43, 32, 39-2, 43-1, 45-3, 63. 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
2026SecondResident37520.53%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2026SecondNonresident900.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2026FirstResident1,3791349.72%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2026FirstNonresident921111.96%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree12%
2025SecondResident67971.03%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2025SecondNonresident3300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2025FirstResident1,4031379.76%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2025FirstNonresident9288.70%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2024SecondResident69871.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2024SecondNonresident1800.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2024FirstResident1,56715910.15%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2024FirstNonresident711115.49%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree15%
2023SecondResident50840.79%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2023SecondNonresident2400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2023FirstResident1,49816110.75%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2023FirstNonresident71912.68%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree13%
2022FirstResident1,6541,65299.88%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2022FirstNonresident44124054.42%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree54%
2021FirstResident1,6301,630100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2021FirstNonresident47624050.42%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2020FirstResident35041.14%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2020FirstNonresident4012.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2019FirstResident34241.17%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2019FirstNonresident4212.38%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2018FirstResident31641.27%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2018FirstNonresident2414.17%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2017FirstResident34051.47%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2017FirstNonresident2900.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2016FirstResident30551.64%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2016FirstNonresident3500.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2015FirstResident41040.98%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2015FirstNonresident3512.86%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2014SecondResident112108.93%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2014SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2014FirstResident40314936.97%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree37%
2014FirstNonresident4125.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree25%
2013SecondResident1071614.95%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree15%
2013SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2013FirstResident36314941.05%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree41%
2013FirstNonresident2150.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2012SecondResident701521.43%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree21%
2012SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2012FirstResident42424858.49%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree58%
2012FirstNonresident4250.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2011SecondResident18633.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree33%
2011SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2011FirstResident4748—both draw choices100%
2011FirstNonresident22—both draw choices100%
2010SecondResident6583.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree83%
2010SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2010FirstResident3950—both draw choices100%
2010FirstNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2009SecondResident177147.91%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2009SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2009FirstResident53524846.36%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree46%
2009FirstNonresident3266.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree67%
2008SecondResident47—both draw choices100%
2008SecondNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2008FirstResident3245—both draw choices100%
2008FirstNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2007SecondResident211990.48%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree90%
2007SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2007FirstResident160196—both draw choices100%
2007FirstNonresident44—both draw choices100%
2006SecondResident1311—both draw choices85%
2006SecondNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2006FirstResident9999100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2006FirstNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2005SecondResident7195—both draw choices100%
2005SecondNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2005FirstResident322389—both draw choices100%
2005FirstNonresident33—both draw choices100%
2004SecondResident361438.89%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree38%
2004SecondNonresident200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2004FirstResident30215049.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree49%
2004FirstNonresident300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2003FirstResident41734682.97%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree83%
2003FirstNonresident44100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2002FirstResident45234876.99%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree77%
2002FirstNonresident3266.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree66%
2001FirstResident1,03589986.86%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree86%
2001FirstNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2000FirstResident379454—both draw choices100%
2000FirstNonresident24—both draw choices100%
1999FirstResident54650091.58%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree91%
1999FirstNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
1998FirstResident654873.85%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree73%
1998FirstNonresident22100.00%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 13 different area labels for deer hunt 1056 across the seasons it published (32, 32A, 39-2, 43, 43-1, 45-2, 45-3, 48, 55, 60-1*, 63, 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-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2026 season, fetched 2026-09-03
  • 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-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-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.