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Idaho · Deer · Hunt 1096

Idaho deer controlled hunt 1096

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 1096 in 2026 and issued 50 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 47 hunters put it first and 43 drew, 91.49%. A further 7 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 24 of the 29 seasons Idaho offers, 2001 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
2026Second70740717.50%2207
2026First7050474391.49%47750
2025Second70548510.42%2105
2025First7050514792.16%59350
2024Second5711815.56%1001
2024First57151241512.10%50015
2023Second5713512.86%1301
2023First5715511529.41%26015
2022Second52210421.92%3302
2022First52252142511.68%76025
2021Second5216111.64%1501
2021First52251902513.16%71025
2020Second51-1312532.40%2203
2020First51-1503325015.06%151050
2019Second51-117511.33%1101
2019First51-1503445014.53%153050
2018Second33-1513353.76%1405
2018First33-114932314946.13%860149
2017Second33-110156106.41%17010
2017First33-114932214946.27%790149
2016First72-1no cap174174100.00%241218392
2015First72-1no cap121121100.00%181156277
2014Second10A911981.82%409
2014First10A252121100.00%3122
2013Second37*48744.60%1604
2013First37*731677343.71%60073
2012First61no cap2929100.00%766796
2011Second15X946919.57%2209
2011First15X10023710042.19%940100
2010Second21X*13611321.31%1013
2010First21X*21032721064.22%130210
2009Second23X*542511.90%305
2009First23X*10024110041.49%340100
2008First1*100—000
2007First40-1521523.81%005
2004First5712150.00%001
2003First50-1444100.00%004
2002First4214125.00%201
2001First50-145480.00%004

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, 57, 52, 51-1, 33-1, 72-1, 10A, 37*, 61, 15X, 21X*, 23X*, 1*, 40-1, 50-1, 42. 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
2026SecondResident37513.51%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree14%
2026SecondNonresident3266.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree67%
2026FirstResident3838100.00%first choice only100%
2026FirstNonresident9555.56%first choice only56%
2025SecondResident4349.30%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2025SecondNonresident5120.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree20%
2025FirstResident464291.30%first choice only91%
2025FirstNonresident55100.00%first choice only100%
2024SecondResident1417.14%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2024SecondNonresident400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2024FirstResident971414.43%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree14%
2024FirstNonresident2713.70%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2023SecondResident2514.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2023SecondNonresident1000.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2023FirstResident391435.90%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree36%
2023FirstNonresident1218.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2022SecondResident8311.20%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2022SecondNonresident2114.76%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2022FirstResident1512315.23%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree15%
2022FirstNonresident6323.17%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2021SecondResident4812.08%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2021SecondNonresident1300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2021FirstResident1362316.91%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree17%
2021FirstNonresident5423.70%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2020SecondResident11932.52%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2020SecondNonresident600.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2020FirstResident2984515.10%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree15%
2020FirstNonresident34514.71%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree15%
2019SecondResident7111.41%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2019SecondNonresident400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2019FirstResident2994515.05%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree15%
2019FirstNonresident45511.11%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2018SecondResident11643.45%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2018SecondNonresident1715.88%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2018FirstResident28013949.64%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2018FirstNonresident431023.26%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree23%
2017SecondResident13775.11%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2017SecondNonresident19315.79%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree16%
2017FirstResident26913550.19%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2017FirstNonresident531426.42%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree26%
2016FirstResident132292—both draw choices100%
2016FirstNonresident42100—both draw choices100%
2015FirstResident92186—both draw choices100%
2015FirstNonresident2991—both draw choices100%
2014SecondResident9777.78%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree78%
2014SecondNonresident22100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2014FirstResident2021—both draw choices100%
2014FirstNonresident11—both draw choices100%
2013SecondResident8233.66%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2013SecondNonresident5120.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree20%
2013FirstResident1496644.30%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree44%
2013FirstNonresident18738.89%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree39%
2012FirstResident2895—both draw choices100%
2012FirstNonresident11—both draw choices100%
2011SecondResident46919.57%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree20%
2011SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2011FirstResident23710042.19%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree42%
2011FirstNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2010SecondResident611321.31%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree21%
2010SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2010FirstResident32520864.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree64%
2010FirstNonresident22100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2009SecondResident42511.90%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree12%
2009SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2009FirstResident2379841.35%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree41%
2009FirstNonresident4250.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2008FirstResident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2008FirstNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2007FirstResident13430.77%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree31%
2007FirstNonresident8112.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree12%
2004FirstResident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2004FirstNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2003FirstResident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2003FirstNonresident44100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2002FirstResident300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2002FirstNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2001FirstResident4375.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree75%
2001FirstNonresident11100.00%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 16 different area labels for deer hunt 1096 across the seasons it published (1*, 10A, 15X, 21X*, 23X*, 33-1, 37*, 40-1, 42, 50-1, 51-1, 52, 57, 61, 70, 72-1). 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-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-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-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-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/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

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.