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Idaho · Elk · Hunt 2006

Idaho elk controlled hunt 2006

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 2006 in 2026 and issued 150 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 1,062 hunters put it first and 150 drew, 14.12%.

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.
SeasonPeriodAreaPermits availablePut it firstDrew on first choiceFirst-choice draw ratePut it secondDrew on second choicePermits issued
2026Second30548551.03%15005
2026First301501,06215014.12%4340150
2025Second30332630.92%11803
2025First3015099015015.15%3820150
2024Second30540651.23%11105
2024First3015089415016.78%3890150
2023Second30236320.55%10202
2023First3015091815016.34%3870150
2022Second30430841.30%11304
2022First3015085215017.61%3970150
2021Second30429841.34%6604
2021First3015083215018.03%3280150
2020Second30334730.86%9003
2020First3015095315015.74%4300150
2019Second30237420.53%4202
2019First301501,08115013.88%4280150
2018Second3017811.28%5901
2018First3011092611011.88%3810110
2017First3011079311013.87%3370110
2016First3075817759.18%366075
2015Second30222120.90%6902
2015First3075842758.91%310075
2014Second30431241.28%5504
2014First30757217510.40%284075
2013Second30215421.30%7102
2013First30756087512.34%297075
2012Second29318831.60%4103
2012First2918073318024.56%2910180
2011Second29939792.27%6209
2011First2918084218021.38%2360180
2010Second29316131.86%5203
2010First2922390222324.72%2980223
2009Second2911378112.91%43011
2009First2922387122325.60%2770223
2008First30-1*30567305.29%143030
2007First30-1*30521305.76%175030
2006Second30-1*17411.35%1701
2006First30-1*30482306.22%214030
2005First30-1*30510305.88%225030
2004Second30-116811.47%3601
2004First30-130412307.28%215030
2003First30-130399307.52%215030
2002First30-130336308.93%196030
2001First30-1302783010.79%217030
2000First30-130330309.09%173030
1999First29-11471,05614713.92%3260147
1998First30-1301753017.14%223030

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 30, 29, 30-1*, 30-1, 29-1. 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
2026SecondResident42140.95%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2026SecondNonresident6411.56%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2026FirstResident78713517.15%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree17%
2026FirstNonresident275155.45%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2025SecondResident25431.18%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2025SecondNonresident7200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2025FirstResident76213517.72%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree18%
2025FirstNonresident228156.58%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2024SecondResident36051.39%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2024SecondNonresident4600.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2024FirstResident71113518.99%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree19%
2024FirstNonresident183158.20%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2023SecondResident31520.63%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2023SecondNonresident4800.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2023FirstResident77313517.46%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree17%
2023FirstNonresident1451510.34%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2022SecondResident24231.24%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2022SecondNonresident6611.52%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2022FirstResident70313519.20%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree19%
2022FirstNonresident1491510.07%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2021SecondResident25731.17%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2021SecondNonresident4112.44%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2021FirstResident69613519.40%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree19%
2021FirstNonresident1361511.03%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2020SecondResident24510.41%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2020SecondNonresident10221.96%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2020FirstResident73713518.32%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree18%
2020FirstNonresident216156.94%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2019SecondResident32210.31%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2019SecondNonresident5211.92%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2019FirstResident86813515.55%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree16%
2019FirstNonresident213157.04%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2018SecondResident6111.64%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2018SecondNonresident1700.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2018FirstResident7919912.52%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree13%
2018FirstNonresident135118.15%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2017FirstResident67310014.86%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree15%
2017FirstNonresident120108.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2016FirstResident684689.94%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2016FirstNonresident13375.26%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2015SecondResident19321.04%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2015SecondNonresident2800.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2015FirstResident719689.46%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2015FirstNonresident12375.69%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2014SecondResident28931.04%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2014SecondNonresident2314.35%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2014FirstResident6306810.79%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2014FirstNonresident9177.69%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2013SecondResident13421.49%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2013SecondNonresident2000.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2013FirstResident5366812.69%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree13%
2013FirstNonresident7279.72%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2012SecondResident15931.89%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2012SecondNonresident2900.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2012FirstResident60216226.91%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree27%
2012FirstNonresident1311813.74%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree14%
2011SecondResident36292.49%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2011SecondNonresident3500.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2011FirstResident69016223.48%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree23%
2011FirstNonresident1521811.84%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree12%
2010SecondResident14532.07%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2010SecondNonresident1600.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2010FirstResident74520126.98%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree27%
2010FirstNonresident1572214.01%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree14%
2009SecondResident334102.99%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2009SecondNonresident4412.27%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2009FirstResident71220128.23%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree28%
2009FirstNonresident1592213.84%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree14%
2008FirstResident517285.42%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2008FirstNonresident5024.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2007FirstResident465275.81%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2007FirstNonresident5635.36%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2006SecondResident6711.49%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2006SecondNonresident700.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2006FirstResident419276.44%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2006FirstNonresident6334.76%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2005FirstResident466286.01%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2005FirstNonresident4424.55%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2004SecondResident6211.61%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2004SecondNonresident600.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2004FirstResident357277.56%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2004FirstNonresident5535.45%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2003FirstResident342277.89%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2003FirstNonresident5735.26%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2002FirstResident305278.85%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2002FirstNonresident3139.68%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2001FirstResident2562810.94%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2001FirstNonresident2229.09%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2000FirstResident291279.28%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2000FirstNonresident3937.69%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
1999FirstResident82513516.36%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree16%
1999FirstNonresident231125.19%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
1998FirstResident1522717.76%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree17%
1998FirstNonresident23313.04%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree13%

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.

Where Idaho's own figures disagree with each other

  • IDFG printed 5 different area labels for elk hunt 2006 across the seasons it published (29, 29-1, 30, 30-1, 30-1*). 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-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2019 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-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2017 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-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2012 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-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2011 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-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2008 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-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

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.