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Idaho elk controlled hunt 2036

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 50 permits on hunt 2036 in 2026 and issued 50 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 1,340 hunters put it first and 50 drew, 3.73%.

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	55-1	3	566	3	0.53%	102	3
2026	First	55-1	50	1,340	50	3.73%	583	50
2025	Second	55-1	1	248	1	0.40%	87	1
2025	First	55-1	50	1,361	50	3.67%	539	50
2024	Second	58-1	3	296	3	1.01%	79	3
2024	First	58-1	75	1,230	75	6.10%	542	75
2023	First	58-1	75	1,238	75	6.06%	438	75
2022	Second	52	3	256	3	1.17%	114	3
2022	First	52	50	210	50	23.81%	169	50
2021	Second	52	2	140	2	1.43%	60	2
2021	First	52	50	310	50	16.13%	204	50
2020	First	52A-1	75	1,143	75	6.56%	362	75
2019	First	52A-1	75	1,196	75	6.27%	330	75
2018	Second	52	2	25	2	8.00%	16	2
2018	First	52	50	194	50	25.77%	67	50
2017	First	52	50	177	50	28.25%	75	50
2016	First	55-1	30	812	30	3.69%	318	30
2015	First	55-1	30	830	30	3.61%	320	30
2014	First	60-1*	30	483	30	6.21%	201	30
2013	Second	60-2*	3	219	3	1.37%	72	3
2013	First	60-2*	100	1,036	100	9.65%	459	100
2012	Second	60-2*	1	112	1	0.89%	27	1
2012	First	60-2*	100	958	100	10.44%	525	100
2011	First	60-2*	100	918	100	10.89%	410	100
2010	Second	61	4	55	4	7.27%	29	4
2010	First	61	50	164	50	30.49%	135	50
2009	First	66A*	50	1,331	50	3.76%	547	50
2008	First	66A*	50	1,438	50	3.48%	540	50
2007	Second	66A*	1	104	1	0.96%	65	1
2007	First	66A*	50	1,348	50	3.71%	586	50
2006	Second	66A*	2	165	2	1.21%	95	2
2006	First	66A*	50	1,350	50	3.70%	560	50
2005	Second	60-2*	8	402	8	1.99%	86	8
2005	First	60-2*	300	2,169	300	13.83%	556	300
2004	Second	60-2	7	431	7	1.62%	108	7
2004	First	60-2	300	1,948	300	15.40%	652	300
2003	First	60-2	300	1,629	300	18.42%	513	300
2002	First	60-2	250	1,797	250	13.91%	492	250
2001	First	60A	100	824	100	12.14%	514	100
2000	First	60A	50	477	50	10.48%	335	50
1999	First	61-1	99	272	99	36.40%	220	99
1998	First	60-2	100	578	100	17.30%	317	100

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 55-1, 58-1, 52, 52A-1, 60-1*, 60-2*, 61, 66A*, 60-2, 60A, 61-1. 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.
Season	Period	Residency	Put it first	Permits	Draw rate	What the permit count covers	IDFG's own figure
2026	Second	Resident	449	2	0.45%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2026	Second	Nonresident	117	1	0.85%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2026	First	Resident	1,085	45	4.15%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	4%
2026	First	Nonresident	255	5	1.96%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	2%
2025	Second	Resident	190	1	0.53%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2025	Second	Nonresident	58	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2025	First	Resident	1,113	45	4.04%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	4%
2025	First	Nonresident	248	5	2.02%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	2%
2024	Second	Resident	268	3	1.12%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2024	Second	Nonresident	28	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2024	First	Resident	1,141	71	6.22%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	6%
2024	First	Nonresident	89	4	4.49%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	4%
2023	First	Resident	1,148	69	6.01%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	6%
2023	First	Nonresident	90	6	6.67%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	7%
2022	Second	Resident	233	3	1.29%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2022	Second	Nonresident	23	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2022	First	Resident	191	48	25.13%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	25%
2022	First	Nonresident	19	2	10.53%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	11%
2021	Second	Resident	123	2	1.63%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	2%
2021	Second	Nonresident	17	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2021	First	Resident	229	45	19.65%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	20%
2021	First	Nonresident	81	5	6.17%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	6%
2020	First	Resident	1,087	68	6.26%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	6%
2020	First	Nonresident	56	7	12.50%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	12%
2019	First	Resident	1,151	71	6.17%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	6%
2019	First	Nonresident	45	4	8.89%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	9%
2018	Second	Resident	22	1	4.55%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	5%
2018	Second	Nonresident	3	1	33.33%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	33%
2018	First	Resident	149	45	30.20%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	30%
2018	First	Nonresident	45	5	11.11%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	11%
2017	First	Resident	112	45	40.18%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	40%
2017	First	Nonresident	65	5	7.69%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	8%
2016	First	Resident	701	29	4.14%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	4%
2016	First	Nonresident	111	1	0.90%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2015	First	Resident	730	27	3.70%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	4%
2015	First	Nonresident	100	3	3.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	3%
2014	First	Resident	439	27	6.15%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	6%
2014	First	Nonresident	44	3	6.82%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	7%
2013	Second	Resident	211	3	1.42%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2013	Second	Nonresident	8	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2013	First	Resident	996	98	9.84%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	10%
2013	First	Nonresident	40	2	5.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	5%
2012	Second	Resident	104	1	0.96%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2012	Second	Nonresident	8	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2012	First	Resident	935	99	10.59%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	11%
2012	First	Nonresident	23	1	4.35%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	4%
2011	First	Resident	892	98	10.99%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	11%
2011	First	Nonresident	26	2	7.69%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	8%
2010	Second	Resident	50	4	8.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	8%
2010	Second	Nonresident	5	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2010	First	Resident	145	45	31.03%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	31%
2010	First	Nonresident	19	5	26.32%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	26%
2009	First	Resident	1,040	46	4.42%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	4%
2009	First	Nonresident	291	4	1.37%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2008	First	Resident	1,073	45	4.19%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	4%
2008	First	Nonresident	365	5	1.37%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2007	Second	Resident	87	1	1.15%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2007	Second	Nonresident	17	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2007	First	Resident	1,011	45	4.45%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	4%
2007	First	Nonresident	337	5	1.48%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2006	Second	Resident	129	1	0.78%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2006	Second	Nonresident	36	1	2.78%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	3%
2006	First	Resident	1,018	45	4.42%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	4%
2006	First	Nonresident	332	5	1.51%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	2%
2005	Second	Resident	385	8	2.08%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	2%
2005	Second	Nonresident	17	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2005	First	Resident	2,051	289	14.09%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	14%
2005	First	Nonresident	118	11	9.32%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	9%
2004	Second	Resident	411	7	1.70%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2004	Second	Nonresident	20	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2004	First	Resident	1,865	287	15.39%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	15%
2004	First	Nonresident	83	13	15.66%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	15%
2003	First	Resident	1,551	290	18.70%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	18%
2003	First	Nonresident	78	10	12.82%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	12%
2002	First	Resident	1,738	242	13.92%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	13%
2002	First	Nonresident	59	8	13.56%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	13%
2001	First	Resident	803	97	12.08%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	12%
2001	First	Nonresident	21	3	14.29%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	14%
2000	First	Resident	443	45	10.16%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	10%
2000	First	Nonresident	34	5	14.71%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	14%
1999	First	Resident	233	90	38.63%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	38%
1999	First	Nonresident	39	9	23.08%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	23%
1998	First	Resident	563	99	17.58%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	17%
1998	First	Nonresident	15	1	6.67%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	6%

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 11 different area labels for elk hunt 2036 across the seasons it published (52, 52A-1, 55-1, 58-1, 60-1*, 60-2, 60-2*, 60A, 61, 61-1, 66A*). 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-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-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-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-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-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

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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.