Big Game by StateThe public record of western draws

Idaho · Elk

Idaho elk draw odds

Every elk controlled hunt Idaho Fish and Game has published drawing odds for, 1998 to 2026. Pick a hunt to see how many hunters named it first and how many of them drew it, season by season.

Idaho runs no point system. Not for elk, not for any species — the department says so plainly and its published data has never carried a point, preference or bonus field in twenty-nine seasons. Every controlled hunt below is a straight random drawing among the hunters who applied that year, which means the published odds are the complete answer rather than one factor in it.

410 controlled hunts · 17,416 published residency rows · 29 seasons · both application periods.

Hunts 2000–2099

99 hunts, drawn between 1998 and 2026.

Hunts 2100–2199

100 hunts, drawn between 1998 and 2026.

Hunts 2200–2299

74 hunts, drawn between 2008 and 2026.

Hunts 2500–2599

99 hunts, drawn between 1999 and 2003.

Hunts 2600–2699

16 hunts, drawn between 1999 and 2003.

Hunts 2700–2799

21 hunts, drawn between 2002 and 2003.

Hunts 2900–2999

1 hunt, drawn between 2002 and 2003.

What Idaho publishes, and what it does not

Idaho Fish and Game publishes controlled hunt drawing odds back to 1998 — the longest run of any state on this site — with, for every hunt, the permits available, the hunters who named it first and second, how many of each drew, and a split of applicants and permits by residency.

What it does not publish is a firm results date, an explanation of the placeholder values in its permits-available field, or anything that settles whether a controlled hunt number refers to the same ground from one season to the next. Each hunt page says which of those touch it.