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Idaho elk controlled hunt 2022

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 200 permits on hunt 2022 in 2026 and issued 200 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 2,361 hunters put it first and 200 drew, 8.47%.

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	Permits issued
2026	Second	44	5	1,082	5	0.46%	309	5
2026	First	44	200	2,361	200	8.47%	1,194	200
2025	Second	44	10	1,498	10	0.67%	415	10
2025	First	44	200	2,109	200	9.48%	1,120	200
2024	Second	45	1	148	1	0.68%	93	1
2024	First	45	125	1,353	125	9.24%	516	125
2023	First	45	125	1,455	125	8.59%	671	125
2022	Second	45	1	67	1	1.49%	51	1
2022	First	45	50	313	50	15.97%	201	50
2021	Second	45	2	79	2	2.53%	67	2
2021	First	45	50	295	50	16.95%	175	50
2020	First	45	50	364	50	13.74%	271	50
2019	Second	45	1	87	1	1.15%	47	1
2019	First	45	50	407	50	12.29%	236	50
2018	First	44	10	572	10	1.75%	361	10
2017	First	44	10	559	10	1.79%	291	10
2016	Second	44	5	938	5	0.53%	201	5
2016	First	44	175	1,737	175	10.07%	881	175
2015	Second	44	4	913	4	0.44%	132	4
2015	First	44	175	1,523	175	11.49%	811	175
2014	First	46*	10	397	10	2.52%	256	10
2013	First	46*	10	361	10	2.77%	167	10
2012	First	46*	10	347	10	2.88%	182	10
2011	First	46*	10	385	10	2.60%	153	10
2010	First	45*	100	1,245	100	8.03%	540	100
2009	First	48-1	10	117	10	8.55%	96	10
2008	First	48-1	10	165	10	6.06%	91	10
2007	First	48-1	10	144	10	6.94%	98	10
2006	First	48-1	10	177	10	5.65%	92	10
2005	Second	45*	1	31	1	3.23%	41	1
2005	First	45*	50	353	50	14.16%	233	50
2004	Second	45	1	53	1	1.89%	21	1
2004	First	45	50	314	50	15.92%	255	50
2003	First	45	50	307	50	16.29%	247	50
2002	First	45	50	319	50	15.67%	268	50
2001	First	45	50	309	50	16.18%	225	50
2000	First	45	50	387	50	12.92%	209	50
1999	First	45-2	50	326	50	15.34%	282	50
1998	First	45-2	50	324	50	15.43%	271	50

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 44, 45, 46*, 45*, 48-1, 45-2. 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	953	5	0.52%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2026	Second	Nonresident	129	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2026	First	Resident	1,989	180	9.05%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	9%
2026	First	Nonresident	372	20	5.38%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	5%
2025	Second	Resident	1,346	9	0.67%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2025	Second	Nonresident	152	1	0.66%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2025	First	Resident	1,831	180	9.83%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	10%
2025	First	Nonresident	278	20	7.19%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	7%
2024	Second	Resident	126	1	0.79%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2024	Second	Nonresident	22	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2024	First	Resident	1,164	113	9.71%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	10%
2024	First	Nonresident	189	12	6.35%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	6%
2023	First	Resident	1,253	113	9.02%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	9%
2023	First	Nonresident	202	12	5.94%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	6%
2022	Second	Resident	59	1	1.69%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	2%
2022	Second	Nonresident	8	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2022	First	Resident	215	45	20.93%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	21%
2022	First	Nonresident	98	5	5.10%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	5%
2021	Second	Resident	73	2	2.74%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	3%
2021	Second	Nonresident	6	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2021	First	Resident	201	45	22.39%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	22%
2021	First	Nonresident	94	5	5.32%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	5%
2020	First	Resident	290	45	15.52%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	16%
2020	First	Nonresident	74	5	6.76%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	7%
2019	Second	Resident	75	1	1.33%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2019	Second	Nonresident	12	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2019	First	Resident	262	45	17.18%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	17%
2019	First	Nonresident	145	5	3.45%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	3%
2018	First	Resident	481	9	1.87%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	2%
2018	First	Nonresident	91	1	1.10%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2017	First	Resident	495	9	1.82%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	2%
2017	First	Nonresident	64	1	1.56%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	2%
2016	Second	Resident	841	5	0.59%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2016	Second	Nonresident	97	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2016	First	Resident	1,504	158	10.51%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	11%
2016	First	Nonresident	233	17	7.30%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	7%
2015	Second	Resident	816	4	0.49%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2015	Second	Nonresident	97	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2015	First	Resident	1,320	158	11.97%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	12%
2015	First	Nonresident	203	17	8.37%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	8%
2014	First	Resident	357	9	2.52%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	3%
2014	First	Nonresident	40	1	2.50%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	2%
2013	First	Resident	328	9	2.74%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	3%
2013	First	Nonresident	33	1	3.03%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	3%
2012	First	Resident	312	10	3.21%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	3%
2012	First	Nonresident	35	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2011	First	Resident	344	9	2.62%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	3%
2011	First	Nonresident	41	1	2.44%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	2%
2010	First	Resident	1,149	90	7.83%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	8%
2010	First	Nonresident	96	10	10.42%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	10%
2009	First	Resident	110	9	8.18%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	8%
2009	First	Nonresident	7	1	14.29%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	14%
2008	First	Resident	151	9	5.96%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	6%
2008	First	Nonresident	14	1	7.14%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	7%
2007	First	Resident	137	10	7.30%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	7%
2007	First	Nonresident	7	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2006	First	Resident	166	9	5.42%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	5%
2006	First	Nonresident	11	1	9.09%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	9%
2005	Second	Resident	30	1	3.33%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	3%
2005	Second	Nonresident	1	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2005	First	Resident	316	45	14.24%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	14%
2005	First	Nonresident	37	5	13.51%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	14%
2004	Second	Resident	48	1	2.08%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	2%
2004	Second	Nonresident	5	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2004	First	Resident	295	48	16.27%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	16%
2004	First	Nonresident	19	2	10.53%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	10%
2003	First	Resident	278	45	16.19%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	16%
2003	First	Nonresident	29	5	17.24%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	17%
2002	First	Resident	292	45	15.41%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	15%
2002	First	Nonresident	27	5	18.52%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	18%
2001	First	Resident	290	48	16.55%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	16%
2001	First	Nonresident	19	2	10.53%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	10%
2000	First	Resident	355	47	13.24%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	13%
2000	First	Nonresident	32	3	9.38%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	9%
1999	First	Resident	300	48	16.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	16%
1999	First	Nonresident	26	2	7.69%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	7%
1998	First	Resident	310	50	16.13%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	16%
1998	First	Nonresident	14	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%

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 6 different area labels for elk hunt 2022 across the seasons it published (44, 45, 45*, 45-2, 46*, 48-1). 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-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-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-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-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-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2014 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-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2010 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-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.