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Idaho · Deer · Hunt 1124

Idaho deer controlled hunt 1124

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 150 permits on hunt 1124 in 2026 and issued 150 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 425 hunters put it first and 150 drew, 35.29%.

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 16 of the 29 seasons Idaho offers, 2010 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
2026Second2-1X58655.81%3505
2026First2-1X15042515035.29%1050150
2025Second2-1X11125118.80%19011
2025First2-1X15043515034.48%950150
2024Second14X24622438.71%11024
2024First14X18023018078.26%700180
2023Second14X292222100.00%9527
2023First14X180153153100.00%8516169
2021Second8-2X29892932.58%44029
2021First8-2X35048435072.31%2200350
2020Second1-1X402164018.52%30040
2020First1-1X9001,22890073.29%1420900
2019Second1-1X571495738.26%24057
2019First1-1X9001,06290084.75%1320900
2018Second2-1X998383100.00%391699
2018First2-1X300207207100.00%1219216
2017Second2-1X1407373100.00%25881
2017First2-1X300156156100.00%1265161
2016Second21-1X866100.00%117
2016First21-1X504242100.00%4446
2015Second21-1X1177100.00%007
2015First21-1X503939100.00%4039
2014First32X*10022310044.84%250100
2013Second50X*351183183100.00%7056239
2013First50X*1,200891891100.00%2561441,035
2012First18911100.00%001
2011First57111100.00%201
2010First78711763.64%007

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 2-1X, 14X, 8-2X, 1-1X, 21-1X, 32X*, 50X*, 18, 57, 78. 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
2026SecondResident8555.88%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2026SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2026FirstResident42415035.38%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree35%
2026FirstNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2025SecondResident124118.87%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2025SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2025FirstResident43414934.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree34%
2025FirstNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2024SecondResident612439.34%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree39%
2024SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2024FirstResident22417578.13%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree78%
2024FirstNonresident6583.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree83%
2023SecondResident2222100.00%first choice only100%
2023SecondNonresident00—first choice only0%
2023FirstResident147147100.00%first choice only100%
2023FirstNonresident66100.00%first choice only100%
2021SecondResident872933.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree33%
2021SecondNonresident200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2021FirstResident48234972.41%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree72%
2021FirstNonresident2150.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2020SecondResident2113717.54%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree18%
2020SecondNonresident5360.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2020FirstResident1,21489173.39%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree73%
2020FirstNonresident14964.29%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree64%
2019SecondResident1475638.10%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree38%
2019SecondNonresident2150.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2019FirstResident1,04889185.02%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree85%
2019FirstNonresident14964.29%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree64%
2018SecondResident8298—both draw choices100%
2018SecondNonresident11—both draw choices100%
2018FirstResident206214—both draw choices100%
2018FirstNonresident12—both draw choices100%
2017SecondResident7381—both draw choices111%
2017SecondNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2017FirstResident155160—both draw choices100%
2017FirstNonresident11—both draw choices100%
2016SecondResident67—both draw choices100%
2016SecondNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2016FirstResident4246—both draw choices100%
2016FirstNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2015SecondResident77100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2015SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2015FirstResident3838100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2015FirstNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2014FirstResident22310044.84%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree45%
2014FirstNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2013SecondResident182238—both draw choices100%
2013SecondNonresident11—both draw choices100%
2013FirstResident8871,031—both draw choices100%
2013FirstNonresident44—both draw choices100%
2012FirstResident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2012FirstNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2011FirstResident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2011FirstNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2010FirstResident4250.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2010FirstNonresident7571.43%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree71%

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 10 different area labels for deer hunt 1124 across the seasons it published (1-1X, 14X, 18, 2-1X, 21-1X, 32X*, 50X*, 57, 78, 8-2X). 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/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-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2012 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

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.