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Idaho deer controlled hunt 1073

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 50 permits on hunt 1073 in 2026 and issued 50 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 239 hunters put it first and 50 drew, 20.92%.

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 28 of the 29 seasons Idaho offers, 1999 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
2026Second4034137.32%2103
2026First40502395020.92%100050
2025Second4023825.26%2202
2025First40502435020.58%88050
2024Second22437410.81%1604
2024First22251262519.84%56025
2023First22251282519.53%57025
2022Second2244748.51%1704
2022First22251192521.01%47025
2021Second2211616.25%301
2021First22251192521.01%27025
2020First73402574015.56%153040
2019Second73421841.83%3304
2019First73401964020.41%131040
2018Second63A322313.64%2403
2018First63A50715070.42%44050
2017Second63A527518.52%1305
2017First63A50585086.21%36050
2016Second55766710.61%3707
2016First5510017010058.82%2600100
2015Second5533139.68%4203
2015First5510021410046.73%2540100
2014Second67724672.85%2907
2014First67753377522.26%211075
2013Second67415342.61%3204
2013First67752837526.50%163075
2012Second45-617221777.27%3017
2012First45-6200171171100.00%8429200
2011Second11A12713.70%001
2011First11A251482516.89%2025
2010First68A/72no cap255255100.00%10885340
2009First11A251182521.19%3025
2008Second44-2*2282424100.00%191640
2008First44-2*400107107100.00%13283190
2007First61no cap2020100.00%281232
2006Second52A418422.22%904
2006First52A75905156.67%632475
2005Second4536134.92%2503
2005First45301453020.69%76030
2004Second2927562748.21%12027
2004First291211047774.04%332299
2003First39-312519612563.78%310125
2002First6675777597.40%125075
2001First39-310012210081.97%310100
2000First3314920514972.68%740149
1999First5120016514386.67%10857200

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 40, 22, 73, 63A, 55, 67, 45-6, 11A, 68A/72, 44-2*, 61, 52A, 45, 29, 39-3, 66, 33, 51. 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
2026SecondResident4037.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2026SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2026FirstResident1854524.32%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree24%
2026FirstNonresident5459.26%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2025SecondResident3625.56%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2025SecondNonresident200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2025FirstResident1724526.16%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree26%
2025FirstNonresident7157.04%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2024SecondResident34411.76%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree12%
2024SecondNonresident300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2024FirstResident1082321.30%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree21%
2024FirstNonresident18211.11%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2023FirstResident1132320.35%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree20%
2023FirstNonresident15213.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree13%
2022SecondResident4237.14%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2022SecondNonresident5120.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree20%
2022FirstResident1082321.30%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree21%
2022FirstNonresident11218.18%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree18%
2021SecondResident1100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2021SecondNonresident5120.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree20%
2021FirstResident1062321.70%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree22%
2021FirstNonresident13215.38%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree15%
2020FirstResident2113617.06%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree17%
2020FirstNonresident4648.70%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2019SecondResident15142.65%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2019SecondNonresident6700.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2019FirstResident1693621.30%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree21%
2019FirstNonresident27414.81%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree15%
2018SecondResident22313.64%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree14%
2018SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2018FirstResident704970.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree70%
2018FirstNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2017SecondResident27518.52%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree19%
2017SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2017FirstResident585086.21%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree86%
2017FirstNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2016SecondResident66710.61%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2016SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2016FirstResident17010058.82%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree59%
2016FirstNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2015SecondResident29310.34%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2015SecondNonresident200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2015FirstResident2119946.92%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree47%
2015FirstNonresident3133.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree33%
2014SecondResident23862.52%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2014SecondNonresident8112.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree12%
2014FirstResident3066822.22%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree22%
2014FirstNonresident31722.58%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree23%
2013SecondResident14742.72%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2013SecondNonresident600.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2013FirstResident2607026.92%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree27%
2013FirstNonresident23521.74%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree22%
2012SecondResident221777.27%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree77%
2012SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2012FirstResident169198—both draw choices100%
2012FirstNonresident22—both draw choices100%
2011SecondResident2500.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2011SecondNonresident2150.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2011FirstResident1342417.91%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree18%
2011FirstNonresident1417.14%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2010FirstResident248328—both draw choices100%
2010FirstNonresident712—both draw choices100%
2009FirstResident1042322.12%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree22%
2009FirstNonresident14214.29%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree14%
2008SecondResident2440—both draw choices100%
2008SecondNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2008FirstResident106185—both draw choices100%
2008FirstNonresident15—both draw choices100%
2007FirstResident2030—both draw choices100%
2007FirstNonresident02—both draw choices0%
2006SecondResident9111.11%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2006SecondNonresident9333.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree33%
2006FirstResident4468—both draw choices100%
2006FirstNonresident467—both draw choices15%
2005SecondResident5723.51%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2005SecondNonresident4125.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree25%
2005FirstResident1302720.77%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree21%
2005FirstNonresident15320.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree20%
2004SecondResident492551.02%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree51%
2004SecondNonresident7228.57%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree28%
2004FirstResident6687—both draw choices100%
2004FirstNonresident3812—both draw choices31%
2003FirstResident17611364.20%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree64%
2003FirstNonresident201260.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree60%
2002FirstResident706897.14%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree97%
2002FirstNonresident77100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2001FirstResident1139180.53%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree80%
2001FirstNonresident99100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2000FirstResident18213674.73%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree74%
2000FirstNonresident231356.52%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree56%
1999FirstResident131180—both draw choices100%
1999FirstNonresident3420—both draw choices58%

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 18 different area labels for deer hunt 1073 across the seasons it published (11A, 22, 29, 33, 39-3, 40, 44-2*, 45, 45-6, 51, 52A, 55, 61, 63A, 66, 67, 68A/72, 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-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-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2019 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-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2018 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-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2017 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-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2016 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-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2015 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-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2010 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-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

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.