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Idaho · Deer · Hunt 1098

Idaho deer controlled hunt 1098

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 20 permits on hunt 1098 in 2026 and issued 20 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 192 hunters put it first and 20 drew, 10.42%.

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 23 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
2026Second7418411.19%1601
2026First74201922010.42%78020
2025First74201922010.42%46020
2024Second6812713.70%1201
2024First6820792025.32%44020
2023First6820762026.32%32020
2022Second57000—000
2022First5715701521.43%42015
2021Second5722926.90%1402
2021First5715431534.88%26015
2020Second52A984910.71%2809
2020First52A75937580.65%92075
2019Second52A55858.62%2805
2019First52A75886776.14%102875
2018Second4513812.63%1101
2018First45402104019.05%116040
2017Second4516911.45%2401
2017First45402224018.02%87040
2016Second10A1088100.00%5210
2016First10A25181583.33%8621
2015Second10A611654.55%006
2015First10A251515100.00%161025
2014First30A514535.71%1405
2013Second45-114112.44%201
2013First45-1301913015.71%100030
2012Second1X16581627.59%1016
2012First1X25035625070.22%180250
2011Second21X*15701521.43%2015
2011First21X*21030121069.77%110210
2010Second32X17341750.00%7017
2010First32X10015010066.67%380100
2009Second50X*407161161100.00%3425186
2009First50X*1,200851851100.00%14756907
2008First11A23266.67%202
2007First4523266.67%002
2003First57111100.00%001
2002First5513133.33%001
2001First57111100.00%001

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.

The area label changes across seasons for this hunt number — Idaho printed 74, 68, 57, 52A, 45, 10A, 30A, 45-1, 1X, 21X*, 32X, 50X*, 11A, 55. 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
2026SecondResident7911.27%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2026SecondNonresident500.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2026FirstResident1701810.59%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2026FirstNonresident2229.09%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2025FirstResident1651810.91%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2025FirstNonresident2727.41%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2024SecondResident2713.70%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2024SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2024FirstResident781924.36%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree24%
2024FirstNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2023FirstResident681927.94%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree28%
2023FirstNonresident8112.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree12%
2022SecondResident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2022SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2022FirstResident561425.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree25%
2022FirstNonresident1417.14%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2021SecondResident2314.35%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2021SecondNonresident6116.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree17%
2021FirstResident251456.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree56%
2021FirstNonresident1815.56%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2020SecondResident7179.86%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2020SecondNonresident13215.38%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree20%
2020FirstResident766889.47%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree89%
2020FirstNonresident17741.18%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree41%
2019SecondResident48510.42%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2019SecondNonresident1000.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2019FirstResident6060100.00%first choice only100%
2019FirstNonresident28725.00%first choice only25%
2018SecondResident3412.94%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2018SecondNonresident400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2018FirstResident1703621.18%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree21%
2018FirstNonresident40410.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2017SecondResident5511.82%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2017SecondNonresident1400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2017FirstResident1583622.78%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree23%
2017FirstNonresident6446.25%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2016SecondResident810—both draw choices100%
2016SecondNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2016FirstResident1319—both draw choices100%
2016FirstNonresident52—both draw choices40%
2015SecondResident10550.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2015SecondNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2015FirstResident1323—both draw choices100%
2015FirstNonresident22—both draw choices100%
2014FirstResident14535.71%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree36%
2014FirstNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2013SecondResident3213.13%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2013SecondNonresident900.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2013FirstResident1482718.24%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree18%
2013FirstNonresident4336.98%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2012SecondResident581627.59%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree28%
2012SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2012FirstResident35625070.22%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree70%
2012FirstNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2011SecondResident701521.43%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree21%
2011SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2011FirstResident30121069.77%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree70%
2011FirstNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2010SecondResident341750.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2010SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2010FirstResident15010066.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree67%
2010FirstNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2009SecondResident161186—both draw choices100%
2009SecondNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2009FirstResident850906—both draw choices100%
2009FirstNonresident11—both draw choices100%
2008FirstResident3266.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree67%
2008FirstNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2007FirstResident3266.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree67%
2007FirstNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2003FirstResident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2003FirstNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2002FirstResident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2002FirstNonresident3133.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree33%
2001FirstResident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
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 14 different area labels for deer hunt 1098 across the seasons it published (10A, 11A, 1X, 21X*, 30A, 32X, 45, 45-1, 50X*, 52A, 55, 57, 68, 74). 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-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-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-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-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/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.