Idaho · Elk · Hunt 2005

Idaho elk controlled hunt 2005

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 180 permits on hunt 2005 in 2026 and issued 180 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 1,077 hunters put it first and 180 drew, 16.71%.

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 29 of the 29 seasons Idaho offers, 1998 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.
Season	Period	Area	Permits available	Put it first	Drew on first choice	First-choice draw rate	Put it second	Drew on second choice	Permits issued
2026	Second	29	5	404	5	1.24%	102	0	5
2026	First	29	180	1,077	180	16.71%	403	0	180
2025	Second	29	8	592	8	1.35%	111	0	8
2025	First	29	180	1,083	180	16.62%	353	0	180
2024	Second	29	2	201	2	1.00%	56	0	2
2024	First	29	180	1,032	180	17.44%	353	0	180
2023	Second	29	3	350	3	0.86%	69	0	3
2023	First	29	180	887	180	20.29%	354	0	180
2022	Second	29	9	564	9	1.60%	124	0	9
2022	First	29	180	974	180	18.48%	346	0	180
2021	Second	29	4	307	4	1.30%	89	0	4
2021	First	29	180	904	180	19.91%	285	0	180
2020	Second	29	4	466	4	0.86%	96	0	4
2020	First	29	180	1,123	180	16.03%	386	0	180
2019	First	29	180	1,196	180	15.05%	409	0	180
2018	Second	29	6	476	6	1.26%	49	0	6
2018	First	29	180	1,215	180	14.81%	338	0	180
2017	Second	29	1	206	1	0.49%	20	0	1
2017	First	29	180	1,204	180	14.95%	314	0	180
2016	Second	29	2	338	2	0.59%	24	0	2
2016	First	29	180	1,094	180	16.45%	318	0	180
2015	Second	29	6	420	6	1.43%	52	0	6
2015	First	29	180	1,073	180	16.78%	342	0	180
2014	Second	29	3	245	3	1.22%	48	0	3
2014	First	29	180	945	180	19.05%	349	0	180
2013	Second	29	4	241	4	1.66%	32	0	4
2013	First	29	180	867	180	20.76%	278	0	180
2012	First	23-1	5	103	5	4.85%	79	0	5
2011	First	23-1	5	84	5	5.95%	51	0	5
2010	Second	23-1	1	53	1	1.89%	20	0	1
2010	First	23-1	5	67	5	7.46%	66	0	5
2009	Second	23-1	1	35	1	2.86%	7	0	1
2009	First	23-1	5	111	5	4.50%	50	0	5
2008	Second	29-1	7	298	7	2.35%	35	0	7
2008	First	29-1	223	880	223	25.34%	259	0	223
2007	Second	29-1	6	268	6	2.24%	40	0	6
2007	First	29-1	223	872	223	25.57%	291	0	223
2006	Second	29-1	11	287	11	3.83%	57	0	11
2006	First	29-1	252	965	252	26.11%	320	0	252
2005	Second	29-1	8	244	8	3.28%	39	0	8
2005	First	29-1	252	1,094	252	23.03%	307	0	252
2004	Second	29-1	3	203	3	1.48%	61	0	3
2004	First	29-1	252	1,329	252	18.96%	367	0	252
2003	First	29-1	194	1,372	252	18.37%	368	0	252
2002	First	29-1	194	1,200	194	16.17%	355	0	194
2001	First	29-1	194	1,238	194	15.67%	336	0	194
2000	First	29-1	144	1,131	144	12.73%	287	0	144
1999	First	27	no cap	503	503	100.00%	132	103	606
1998	First	29-1	150	1,201	150	12.49%	306	0	150

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 29, 23-1, 29-1, 27. 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.
Season	Period	Residency	Put it first	Permits	Draw rate	What the permit count covers	IDFG's own figure
2026	Second	Resident	325	3	0.92%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2026	Second	Nonresident	79	2	2.53%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	3%
2026	First	Resident	764	162	21.20%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	21%
2026	First	Nonresident	313	18	5.75%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	6%
2025	Second	Resident	470	7	1.49%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2025	Second	Nonresident	122	1	0.82%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2025	First	Resident	811	162	19.98%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	20%
2025	First	Nonresident	272	18	6.62%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	7%
2024	Second	Resident	137	2	1.46%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2024	Second	Nonresident	64	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2024	First	Resident	783	162	20.69%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	21%
2024	First	Nonresident	249	18	7.23%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	7%
2023	Second	Resident	294	2	0.68%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2023	Second	Nonresident	56	1	1.79%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2023	First	Resident	699	162	23.18%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	23%
2023	First	Nonresident	188	18	9.57%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	10%
2022	Second	Resident	434	7	1.61%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	2%
2022	Second	Nonresident	130	2	1.54%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	2%
2022	First	Resident	751	162	21.57%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	22%
2022	First	Nonresident	223	18	8.07%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	8%
2021	Second	Resident	240	3	1.25%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2021	Second	Nonresident	67	1	1.49%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2021	First	Resident	689	162	23.51%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	24%
2021	First	Nonresident	215	18	8.37%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	8%
2020	Second	Resident	373	4	1.07%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2020	Second	Nonresident	93	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2020	First	Resident	880	162	18.41%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	18%
2020	First	Nonresident	243	18	7.41%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	7%
2019	First	Resident	899	162	18.02%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	18%
2019	First	Nonresident	297	18	6.06%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	6%
2018	Second	Resident	419	5	1.19%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2018	Second	Nonresident	57	1	1.75%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	2%
2018	First	Resident	971	162	16.68%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	17%
2018	First	Nonresident	244	18	7.38%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	7%
2017	Second	Resident	178	1	0.56%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2017	Second	Nonresident	28	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2017	First	Resident	958	162	16.91%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	17%
2017	First	Nonresident	246	18	7.32%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	7%
2016	Second	Resident	311	2	0.64%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2016	Second	Nonresident	27	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2016	First	Resident	899	162	18.02%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	18%
2016	First	Nonresident	195	18	9.23%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	9%
2015	Second	Resident	359	6	1.67%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	2%
2015	Second	Nonresident	61	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2015	First	Resident	869	162	18.64%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	19%
2015	First	Nonresident	204	18	8.82%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	9%
2014	Second	Resident	214	3	1.40%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2014	Second	Nonresident	31	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2014	First	Resident	760	162	21.32%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	21%
2014	First	Nonresident	185	18	9.73%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	10%
2013	Second	Resident	209	4	1.91%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	2%
2013	Second	Nonresident	32	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2013	First	Resident	744	162	21.77%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	22%
2013	First	Nonresident	123	18	14.63%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	15%
2012	First	Resident	98	5	5.10%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	5%
2012	First	Nonresident	5	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2011	First	Resident	79	5	6.33%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	6%
2011	First	Nonresident	5	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2010	Second	Resident	51	1	1.96%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	2%
2010	Second	Nonresident	2	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2010	First	Resident	61	5	8.20%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	8%
2010	First	Nonresident	6	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2009	Second	Resident	32	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2009	Second	Nonresident	3	1	33.33%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	33%
2009	First	Resident	102	5	4.90%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	5%
2009	First	Nonresident	9	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2008	Second	Resident	272	7	2.57%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	3%
2008	Second	Nonresident	26	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2008	First	Resident	686	201	29.30%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	29%
2008	First	Nonresident	194	22	11.34%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	11%
2007	Second	Resident	236	6	2.54%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	3%
2007	Second	Nonresident	32	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2007	First	Resident	662	201	30.36%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	30%
2007	First	Nonresident	210	22	10.48%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	10%
2006	Second	Resident	233	8	3.43%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	3%
2006	Second	Nonresident	54	3	5.56%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	6%
2006	First	Resident	739	227	30.72%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	31%
2006	First	Nonresident	226	25	11.06%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	11%
2005	Second	Resident	197	5	2.54%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	3%
2005	Second	Nonresident	47	3	6.38%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	6%
2005	First	Resident	828	227	27.42%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	27%
2005	First	Nonresident	266	25	9.40%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	9%
2004	Second	Resident	169	3	1.78%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2004	Second	Nonresident	34	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2004	First	Resident	1,027	227	22.10%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	22%
2004	First	Nonresident	302	25	8.28%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	8%
2003	First	Resident	1,034	227	21.95%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	22%
2003	First	Nonresident	338	25	7.40%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	7%
2002	First	Resident	963	181	18.80%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	18%
2002	First	Nonresident	237	13	5.49%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	5%
2001	First	Resident	988	181	18.32%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	18%
2001	First	Nonresident	250	13	5.20%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	5%
2000	First	Resident	899	136	15.13%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	15%
2000	First	Nonresident	232	8	3.45%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	3%
1999	First	Resident	177	246	—	both draw choices	100%
1999	First	Nonresident	326	360	—	both draw choices	100%
1998	First	Resident	942	135	14.33%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	14%
1998	First	Nonresident	259	15	5.79%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	5%

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

2003. IDFG states 194 permits available and 252 issued. Both are the department's own figures and neither is altered; the hunt page shows both.
IDFG printed 4 different area labels for elk hunt 2005 across the seasons it published (23-1, 27, 29, 29-1). 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

elk/2026-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2026 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2026-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2026 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2025-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2025 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2025-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2025 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2024-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2024 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2024-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2024 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2023-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2023 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2023-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2023 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2022-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2022 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2022-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2022 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2021-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2021 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2021-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2021 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2020-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2020 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2020-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2020 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2019-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2019 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2018-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2018 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2018-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2018 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2017-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2017 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2017-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2017 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2016-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2016 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2016-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2016 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2015-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2015 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2015-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2015 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2014-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2014 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2014-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2014 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2013-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2013 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2013-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2013 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2012-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2012 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2011-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2011 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2010-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2010 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2010-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2010 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2009-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2009 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2009-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2009 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2008-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2008 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2008-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2008 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2007-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2007 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2007-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2007 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2006-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2006 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2006-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2006 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2005-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2005 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2005-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2005 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2004-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2004 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2004-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2004 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2003-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2003 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2002-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2002 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2001-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2001 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2000-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2000 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/1999-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 1999 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/1998-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 1998 season, fetched 2026-09-03

Nearby hunt numbers

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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.