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Idaho · Deer · Hunt 1078

Idaho deer controlled hunt 1078

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 10 permits on hunt 1078 in 2026 and issued 10 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 40 hunters put it first and 10 drew, 25.00%.

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
2026First5210401025.00%20010
2025First5210351028.57%30010
2024First44503045016.45%126050
2023First44502915017.18%91050
2022Second4424124.88%1502
2022First44502525019.84%67050
2021Second4422727.41%1702
2021First44501995025.13%74050
2020Second41-129222.22%702
2020First41-125372567.57%40025
2019Second41-148450.00%804
2019First41-125342573.53%33025
2018Second21-1511100.00%112
2018First21-110231043.48%10010
2017Second21-113133.33%101
2017First21-11018950.00%17110
2016Second60-221492214.27%39021
2016First60-25001,16350042.99%6140500
2015Second60-215336154.46%43015
2015First60-25001,17250042.66%5260500
2014Second45-3*30443068.18%13030
2014First45-3*250196196100.00%8854250
2013Second45-425262596.15%4025
2013First45-4200141141100.00%8752193
2012Second55-2324312.50%503
2012First55-2502425020.66%86050
2011Second8A2200—222
2011First8A2533100.00%325
2010Second8A2022100.00%002
2010First8A2544100.00%848
2009Second8A2200—100
2009First8A257685.71%506
2008Second33*768710.29%1507
2008First33*14918614980.11%760149
2007Second5X342525100.00%7025
2007First5X1007070100.00%14070
2006Second11AX*878787100.00%24087
2006First11AX*600534534100.00%13227561
2005Second44-2*2063434100.00%201751
2005First44-2*400105105100.00%190123228
2004First61no cap5757100.00%874299
2003First45-1302403012.50%78030
2002First29no cap188188100.00%13894282
2001First45-1302023014.85%58030
2000First21no cap5757100.00%19865
1999First65X1502929100.00%361140

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 52, 44, 41-1, 21-1, 60-2, 45-3*, 45-4, 55-2, 8A, 33*, 5X, 11AX*, 44-2*, 61, 45-1, 29, 21, 65X. 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
2026FirstResident28932.14%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree32%
2026FirstNonresident1218.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2025FirstResident26934.62%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree35%
2025FirstNonresident9111.11%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2024FirstResident1994522.61%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree23%
2024FirstNonresident10554.76%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2023FirstResident1854524.32%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree24%
2023FirstNonresident10654.72%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2022SecondResident3525.71%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2022SecondNonresident600.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2022FirstResident1784525.28%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree25%
2022FirstNonresident7456.76%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2021SecondResident2214.55%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2021SecondNonresident5120.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree20%
2021FirstResident1414531.91%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree32%
2021FirstNonresident5858.62%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2020SecondResident7114.29%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree14%
2020SecondNonresident2150.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2020FirstResident282382.14%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree82%
2020FirstNonresident9222.22%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree22%
2019SecondResident8450.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2019SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2019FirstResident292379.31%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree79%
2019FirstNonresident5240.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree40%
2018SecondResident12—both draw choices100%
2018SecondNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2018FirstResident12975.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree75%
2018FirstNonresident1119.09%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2017SecondResident2150.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2017SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2017FirstResident139—both draw choices69%
2017FirstNonresident51—both draw choices20%
2016SecondResident488214.30%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2016SecondNonresident400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2016FirstResident1,13549343.44%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree43%
2016FirstNonresident28725.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree25%
2015SecondResident331154.53%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2015SecondNonresident500.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2015FirstResident1,16249742.77%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree43%
2015FirstNonresident10330.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree30%
2014SecondResident443068.18%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree68%
2014SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2014FirstResident196249—both draw choices100%
2014FirstNonresident01—both draw choices0%
2013SecondResident252496.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree96%
2013SecondNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2013FirstResident138190—both draw choices100%
2013FirstNonresident33—both draw choices100%
2012SecondResident24312.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree12%
2012SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2012FirstResident2194621.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree21%
2012FirstNonresident23417.39%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree17%
2011SecondResident02—both draw choices0%
2011SecondNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2011FirstResident35—both draw choices100%
2011FirstNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2010SecondResident22100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2010SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2010FirstResident48—both draw choices100%
2010FirstNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2009SecondResident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2009SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2009FirstResident44100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2009FirstNonresident3266.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree67%
2008SecondResident67710.45%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2008SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2008FirstResident17814480.90%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree81%
2008FirstNonresident8562.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree62%
2007SecondResident2323100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2007SecondNonresident22100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2007FirstResident7070100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2007FirstNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2006SecondResident8585100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2006SecondNonresident22100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2006FirstResident532559—both draw choices100%
2006FirstNonresident22—both draw choices100%
2005SecondResident3451—both draw choices100%
2005SecondNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2005FirstResident102222—both draw choices100%
2005FirstNonresident36—both draw choices100%
2004FirstResident5494—both draw choices100%
2004FirstNonresident35—both draw choices100%
2003FirstResident1942713.92%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree13%
2003FirstNonresident4636.52%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2002FirstResident139206—both draw choices100%
2002FirstNonresident4976—both draw choices100%
2001FirstResident1772815.82%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree15%
2001FirstNonresident2528.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2000FirstResident4856—both draw choices100%
2000FirstNonresident99—both draw choices100%
1999FirstResident2940—both draw choices100%
1999FirstNonresident00—both draw choices100%

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 1078 across the seasons it published (11AX*, 21, 21-1, 29, 33*, 41-1, 44, 44-2*, 45-1, 45-3*, 45-4, 52, 55-2, 5X, 60-2, 61, 65X, 8A). 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-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2020 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-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-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.