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Idaho elk controlled hunt 2018

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 15 permits on hunt 2018 in 2026 and issued 15 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 893 hunters put it first and 15 drew, 1.68%.

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	42	1	269	1	0.37%	81	0	1
2026	First	42	15	893	15	1.68%	427	0	15
2025	First	42	15	776	15	1.93%	325	0	15
2024	First	43	20	340	20	5.88%	249	0	20
2023	Second	43	2	339	2	0.59%	63	0	2
2023	First	43	20	381	20	5.25%	207	0	20
2022	First	43	20	317	20	6.31%	259	0	20
2021	First	43	20	304	20	6.58%	188	0	20
2020	Second	43	1	169	1	0.59%	60	0	1
2020	First	43	20	293	20	6.83%	200	0	20
2019	First	43	20	255	20	7.84%	193	0	20
2018	First	41-1	10	179	10	5.59%	123	0	10
2017	First	41-1	10	223	10	4.48%	95	0	10
2016	First	42	15	334	15	4.49%	202	0	15
2015	First	42	15	289	15	5.19%	174	0	15
2014	First	43-1	90	449	90	20.04%	249	0	90
2013	Second	43	4	235	4	1.70%	56	0	4
2013	First	43	90	525	90	17.14%	282	0	90
2012	Second	43	3	174	3	1.72%	53	0	3
2012	First	43	90	479	90	18.79%	241	0	90
2011	Second	43	2	113	2	1.77%	42	0	2
2011	First	43	90	365	90	24.66%	205	0	90
2010	First	43	10	185	10	5.41%	86	0	10
2009	Second	43	5	150	5	3.33%	39	0	5
2009	First	43	90	363	90	24.79%	210	0	90
2008	Second	44-1	1	141	1	0.71%	42	0	1
2008	First	44-1	20	638	20	3.13%	278	0	20
2007	Second	44-1	1	124	1	0.81%	43	0	1
2007	First	44-1	20	621	20	3.22%	263	0	20
2006	First	44	20	635	20	3.15%	209	0	20
2005	Second	43-1	6	60	6	10.00%	42	0	6
2005	First	43-1	125	151	125	82.78%	173	0	125
2004	Second	43-1	3	21	3	14.29%	51	0	3
2004	First	43-1	175	182	175	96.15%	249	0	175
2003	First	43	198	204	198	97.06%	245	0	198
2002	First	43	198	192	192	100.00%	274	6	198
2001	First	43	148	190	148	77.89%	212	0	148
2000	First	43	148	208	148	71.15%	202	0	148
1999	First	43-3	199	205	199	97.07%	263	0	199
1998	First	43-3	200	242	200	82.64%	248	0	200

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 42, 43, 41-1, 43-1, 44-1, 44, 43-3. 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	195	1	0.51%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2026	Second	Nonresident	74	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2026	First	Resident	679	14	2.06%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	2%
2026	First	Nonresident	214	1	0.47%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2025	First	Resident	634	14	2.21%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	2%
2025	First	Nonresident	142	1	0.70%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2024	First	Resident	280	18	6.43%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	6%
2024	First	Nonresident	60	2	3.33%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	3%
2023	Second	Resident	300	2	0.67%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2023	Second	Nonresident	39	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2023	First	Resident	313	19	6.07%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	6%
2023	First	Nonresident	68	1	1.47%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2022	First	Resident	272	18	6.62%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	7%
2022	First	Nonresident	45	2	4.44%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	4%
2021	First	Resident	262	18	6.87%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	7%
2021	First	Nonresident	42	2	4.76%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	5%
2020	Second	Resident	135	1	0.74%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2020	Second	Nonresident	34	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2020	First	Resident	258	18	6.98%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	7%
2020	First	Nonresident	35	2	5.71%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	6%
2019	First	Resident	222	18	8.11%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	8%
2019	First	Nonresident	33	2	6.06%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	6%
2018	First	Resident	157	9	5.73%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	6%
2018	First	Nonresident	22	1	4.55%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	5%
2017	First	Resident	159	9	5.66%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	6%
2017	First	Nonresident	64	1	1.56%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	2%
2016	First	Resident	283	14	4.95%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	5%
2016	First	Nonresident	51	1	1.96%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	2%
2015	First	Resident	228	14	6.14%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	6%
2015	First	Nonresident	61	1	1.64%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	2%
2014	First	Resident	392	81	20.66%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	21%
2014	First	Nonresident	57	9	15.79%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	16%
2013	Second	Resident	197	4	2.03%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	2%
2013	Second	Nonresident	38	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2013	First	Resident	453	81	17.88%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	18%
2013	First	Nonresident	72	9	12.50%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	12%
2012	Second	Resident	151	2	1.32%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2012	Second	Nonresident	23	1	4.35%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	4%
2012	First	Resident	404	81	20.05%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	20%
2012	First	Nonresident	75	9	12.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	12%
2011	Second	Resident	97	2	2.06%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	2%
2011	Second	Nonresident	16	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2011	First	Resident	310	81	26.13%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	26%
2011	First	Nonresident	55	9	16.36%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	16%
2010	First	Resident	175	9	5.14%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	5%
2010	First	Nonresident	10	1	10.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	10%
2009	Second	Resident	129	5	3.88%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	4%
2009	Second	Nonresident	21	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2009	First	Resident	302	81	26.82%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	27%
2009	First	Nonresident	61	9	14.75%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	15%
2008	Second	Resident	121	1	0.83%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2008	Second	Nonresident	20	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2008	First	Resident	536	18	3.36%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	3%
2008	First	Nonresident	102	2	1.96%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	2%
2007	Second	Resident	106	1	0.94%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2007	Second	Nonresident	18	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2007	First	Resident	538	18	3.35%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	3%
2007	First	Nonresident	83	2	2.41%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	2%
2006	First	Resident	560	18	3.21%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	3%
2006	First	Nonresident	75	2	2.67%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	3%
2005	Second	Resident	53	5	9.43%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	9%
2005	Second	Nonresident	7	1	14.29%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	14%
2005	First	Resident	130	113	86.92%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	87%
2005	First	Nonresident	21	12	57.14%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	57%
2004	Second	Resident	21	3	14.29%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	14%
2004	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2004	First	Resident	172	166	96.51%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	96%
2004	First	Nonresident	10	9	90.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	90%
2003	First	Resident	186	181	97.31%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	97%
2003	First	Nonresident	18	17	94.44%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	94%
2002	First	Resident	184	190	—	both draw choices	100%
2002	First	Nonresident	8	8	—	both draw choices	100%
2001	First	Resident	167	136	81.44%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	81%
2001	First	Nonresident	23	12	52.17%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	52%
2000	First	Resident	188	138	73.40%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	73%
2000	First	Nonresident	20	10	50.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	50%
1999	First	Resident	184	180	97.83%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	97%
1999	First	Nonresident	21	19	90.48%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	90%
1998	First	Resident	227	187	82.38%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	82%
1998	First	Nonresident	15	13	86.67%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	86%

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 7 different area labels for elk hunt 2018 across the seasons it published (41-1, 42, 43, 43-1, 43-3, 44, 44-1). 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-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2025 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-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2022 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-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-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2015 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-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-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

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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.