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Idaho deer controlled hunt 1080

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 534 permits on hunt 1080 in 2026 and issued 534 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 289 hunters put it first and 243 drew, 84.08%. A further 291 permits went to hunters who had named it as their second choice.

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
2026First5453428924384.08%335291534
2025First5457028025691.43%390314570
2024First5210441022.73%18010
2023First5210481020.83%22010
2022Second5227228.57%502
2022First5210291034.48%15010
2021First5210351028.57%19010
2020Second4424224.76%1702
2020First44502485020.16%93050
2019Second4424824.17%1402
2019First44502205022.73%66050
2018Second39-146745.97%3204
2018First39-1502155023.26%80050
2017Second39-125523.64%1302
2017First39-1501445034.72%81050
2016Second63A431412.90%504
2016First63A50565089.29%68050
2015Second63A813861.54%108
2015First63A504646100.00%40450
2014Second47-11322100.00%768
2014First47-12066100.00%1217
2013Second47-11422100.00%413
2013First47-12022100.00%1146
2012Second22318316.67%503
2012First2225392564.10%11025
2011Second33*810387.77%1608
2011First33*14919514976.41%950149
2010Second33*968913.24%709
2010First33*149138138100.00%8811149
2009Second33*15561526.79%23015
2009First33*149133133100.00%6416149
2008Second43791414100.00%121226
2008First431252828100.00%403159
2007Second8AX20482041.67%56020
2007First8AX30031730094.64%2840300
2006Second23X13631320.63%14013
2006First23X20027220073.53%300200
2005First1211100.00%001
2004First21no cap149149100.00%4430179
2003First5110015510064.52%1110100
2002First45-1302513011.95%70030
2001First51200144144100.00%12056200
2000First65X501818100.00%22826
1999First43-2300264264100.00%844268

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 54, 52, 44, 39-1, 63A, 47-1, 22, 33*, 43, 8AX, 23X, 1, 21, 51, 45-1, 65X, 43-2. 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
2026FirstResident184184100.00%first choice only100%
2026FirstNonresident1055956.19%first choice only56%
2025FirstResident19919798.99%first choice only99%
2025FirstNonresident815972.84%first choice only73%
2024FirstResident31929.03%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree29%
2024FirstNonresident1317.69%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2023FirstResident33927.27%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree27%
2023FirstNonresident1516.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2022SecondResident7228.57%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree29%
2022SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2022FirstResident22940.91%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree41%
2022FirstNonresident7114.29%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree14%
2021FirstResident28932.14%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree32%
2021FirstNonresident7114.29%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree14%
2020SecondResident3126.45%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2020SecondNonresident1100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2020FirstResident1754525.71%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree26%
2020FirstNonresident7356.85%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2019SecondResident3912.56%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2019SecondNonresident9111.11%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2019FirstResident1514529.80%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree30%
2019FirstNonresident6957.25%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2018SecondResident6446.25%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2018SecondNonresident300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2018FirstResident1954523.08%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree23%
2018FirstNonresident20525.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree25%
2017SecondResident5123.92%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2017SecondNonresident400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2017FirstResident1394834.53%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree35%
2017FirstNonresident5240.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree40%
2016SecondResident30310.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2016SecondNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2016FirstResident565089.29%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree89%
2016FirstNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2015SecondResident13861.54%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree62%
2015SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2015FirstResident4650—both draw choices100%
2015FirstNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2014SecondResident28—both draw choices100%
2014SecondNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2014FirstResident67—both draw choices100%
2014FirstNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2013SecondResident23—both draw choices100%
2013SecondNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2013FirstResident26—both draw choices100%
2013FirstNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2012SecondResident18316.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree17%
2012SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2012FirstResident382463.16%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree63%
2012FirstNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2011SecondResident9666.25%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2011SecondNonresident7228.57%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree29%
2011FirstResident18914576.72%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree77%
2011FirstNonresident6466.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree67%
2010SecondResident65913.85%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree14%
2010SecondNonresident300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2010FirstResident135146—both draw choices100%
2010FirstNonresident33—both draw choices100%
2009SecondResident551527.27%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree27%
2009SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2009FirstResident120136—both draw choices100%
2009FirstNonresident1313—both draw choices100%
2008SecondResident1223—both draw choices100%
2008SecondNonresident23—both draw choices100%
2008FirstResident2859—both draw choices100%
2008FirstNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2007SecondResident482041.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree42%
2007SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2007FirstResident31429894.90%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree95%
2007FirstNonresident3266.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree67%
2006SecondResident631320.63%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree21%
2006SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2006FirstResident27019873.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree73%
2006FirstNonresident22100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2005FirstResident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2005FirstNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2004FirstResident129157—both draw choices100%
2004FirstNonresident2022—both draw choices100%
2003FirstResident1359066.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree66%
2003FirstNonresident201050.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2002FirstResident2192913.24%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree13%
2002FirstNonresident3213.13%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2001FirstResident134189—both draw choices100%
2001FirstNonresident1011—both draw choices100%
2000FirstResident1826—both draw choices100%
2000FirstNonresident00—both draw choices100%
1999FirstResident264268—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 17 different area labels for deer hunt 1080 across the seasons it published (1, 21, 22, 23X, 33*, 39-1, 43, 43-2, 44, 45-1, 47-1, 51, 52, 54, 63A, 65X, 8AX). 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-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-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.