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Idaho elk controlled hunt 2039

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 2039 in 2026 and issued 50 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 243 hunters put it first and 50 drew, 20.58%.

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	61	3	85	3	3.53%	47	0	3
2026	First	61	50	243	50	20.58%	249	0	50
2025	Second	61	6	100	6	6.00%	93	0	6
2025	First	61	50	184	50	27.17%	235	0	50
2024	Second	61	3	45	3	6.67%	33	0	3
2024	First	61	50	187	50	26.74%	213	0	50
2023	First	61	50	170	50	29.41%	193	0	50
2022	Second	55-1	1	370	1	0.27%	80	0	1
2022	First	55-1	50	1,024	50	4.88%	437	0	50
2021	Second	55-1	1	267	1	0.37%	58	0	1
2021	First	55-1	50	1,132	50	4.42%	420	0	50
2020	First	56-1	25	395	25	6.33%	151	0	25
2019	Second	56-1	1	83	1	1.20%	11	0	1
2019	First	56-1	25	300	25	8.33%	155	0	25
2018	First	54	10	1,365	10	0.73%	696	0	10
2017	First	54	10	1,130	10	0.88%	621	0	10
2016	Second	60-2	3	463	3	0.65%	64	0	3
2016	First	60-2	100	1,588	100	6.30%	709	0	100
2015	First	60-2	100	1,558	100	6.42%	684	0	100
2014	First	66A-1*	35	995	35	3.52%	521	0	35
2013	Second	66A-1*	11	387	11	2.84%	90	0	11
2013	First	66A-1*	300	1,506	300	19.92%	783	0	300
2012	Second	66A-1*	15	493	15	3.04%	84	0	15
2012	First	66A-1*	300	1,414	300	21.22%	717	0	300
2011	Second	66A-1*	12	464	12	2.59%	90	0	12
2011	First	66A-1*	300	1,580	300	18.99%	796	0	300
2010	Second	70*	1	50	1	2.00%	23	0	1
2010	First	70*	25	425	25	5.88%	161	0	25
2009	Second	70*	8	97	8	8.25%	31	0	8
2009	First	70*	200	295	200	67.80%	341	0	200
2008	Second	70*	8	91	8	8.79%	34	0	8
2008	First	70*	200	251	200	79.68%	280	0	200
2007	Second	70*	15	136	15	11.03%	36	0	15
2007	First	70*	200	203	200	98.52%	259	0	200
2006	Second	70*	11	116	11	9.48%	20	0	11
2006	First	70*	200	190	190	100.00%	267	10	200
2005	Second	66A*	29	830	29	3.49%	234	0	29
2005	First	66A*	625	2,537	625	24.64%	1,600	0	625
2004	Second	66A	11	682	11	1.61%	287	0	11
2004	First	66A	591	2,617	591	22.58%	1,634	0	591
2003	First	66A	591	2,427	591	24.35%	1,546	0	591
2002	First	66A	591	2,301	591	25.68%	1,368	0	591
2001	First	66A	591	2,035	591	29.04%	1,339	0	591
2000	First	66A	591	1,695	591	34.87%	1,133	0	591
1999	First	67-1	10	86	10	11.63%	42	0	10
1998	First	66A-1	25	610	25	4.10%	370	0	25

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 61, 55-1, 56-1, 54, 60-2, 66A-1*, 70*, 66A*, 66A, 67-1, 66A-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	79	3	3.80%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	4%
2026	Second	Nonresident	6	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2026	First	Resident	211	45	21.33%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	21%
2026	First	Nonresident	32	5	15.63%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	16%
2025	Second	Resident	88	6	6.82%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	7%
2025	Second	Nonresident	12	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2025	First	Resident	152	45	29.61%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	30%
2025	First	Nonresident	32	5	15.63%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	16%
2024	Second	Resident	41	3	7.32%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	7%
2024	Second	Nonresident	4	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2024	First	Resident	160	48	30.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	30%
2024	First	Nonresident	27	2	7.41%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	7%
2023	First	Resident	155	46	29.68%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	30%
2023	First	Nonresident	15	4	26.67%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	27%
2022	Second	Resident	268	1	0.37%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2022	Second	Nonresident	102	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2022	First	Resident	846	45	5.32%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	5%
2022	First	Nonresident	178	5	2.81%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	3%
2021	Second	Resident	222	1	0.45%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2021	Second	Nonresident	45	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2021	First	Resident	936	45	4.81%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	5%
2021	First	Nonresident	196	5	2.55%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	3%
2020	First	Resident	326	23	7.06%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	7%
2020	First	Nonresident	69	2	2.90%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	3%
2019	Second	Resident	69	1	1.45%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2019	Second	Nonresident	14	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2019	First	Resident	259	23	8.88%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	9%
2019	First	Nonresident	41	2	4.88%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	5%
2018	First	Resident	1,118	9	0.81%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2018	First	Nonresident	247	1	0.40%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2017	First	Resident	931	9	0.97%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2017	First	Nonresident	199	1	0.50%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2016	Second	Resident	447	3	0.67%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2016	Second	Nonresident	16	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2016	First	Resident	1,549	95	6.13%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	6%
2016	First	Nonresident	39	5	12.82%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	13%
2015	First	Resident	1,514	98	6.47%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	6%
2015	First	Nonresident	44	2	4.55%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	5%
2014	First	Resident	861	32	3.72%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	4%
2014	First	Nonresident	134	3	2.24%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	2%
2013	Second	Resident	329	10	3.04%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	3%
2013	Second	Nonresident	58	1	1.72%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	2%
2013	First	Resident	1,272	270	21.23%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	21%
2013	First	Nonresident	234	30	12.82%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	13%
2012	Second	Resident	438	15	3.42%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	3%
2012	Second	Nonresident	55	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2012	First	Resident	1,217	270	22.19%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	22%
2012	First	Nonresident	197	30	15.23%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	15%
2011	Second	Resident	395	9	2.28%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	2%
2011	Second	Nonresident	69	3	4.35%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	4%
2011	First	Resident	1,366	270	19.77%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	20%
2011	First	Nonresident	214	30	14.02%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	14%
2010	Second	Resident	47	1	2.13%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	2%
2010	Second	Nonresident	3	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2010	First	Resident	408	25	6.13%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	6%
2010	First	Nonresident	17	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2009	Second	Resident	90	8	8.89%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	9%
2009	Second	Nonresident	7	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2009	First	Resident	251	180	71.71%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	72%
2009	First	Nonresident	44	20	45.45%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	45%
2008	Second	Resident	87	8	9.20%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	9%
2008	Second	Nonresident	4	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2008	First	Resident	213	180	84.51%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	85%
2008	First	Nonresident	38	20	52.63%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	53%
2007	Second	Resident	133	15	11.28%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	11%
2007	Second	Nonresident	3	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2007	First	Resident	185	183	98.92%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	99%
2007	First	Nonresident	18	17	94.44%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	94%
2006	Second	Resident	114	11	9.65%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	10%
2006	Second	Nonresident	2	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2006	First	Resident	170	180	—	both draw choices	100%
2006	First	Nonresident	20	20	—	both draw choices	100%
2005	Second	Resident	699	24	3.43%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	3%
2005	Second	Nonresident	131	5	3.82%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	4%
2005	First	Resident	2,143	563	26.27%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	26%
2005	First	Nonresident	394	62	15.74%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	16%
2004	Second	Resident	596	10	1.68%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2004	Second	Nonresident	86	1	1.16%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2004	First	Resident	2,213	532	24.04%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	24%
2004	First	Nonresident	404	59	14.60%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	14%
2003	First	Resident	2,055	532	25.89%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	25%
2003	First	Nonresident	372	59	15.86%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	15%
2002	First	Resident	1,924	541	28.12%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	28%
2002	First	Nonresident	377	50	13.26%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	13%
2001	First	Resident	1,691	541	31.99%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	32%
2001	First	Nonresident	344	50	14.53%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	14%
2000	First	Resident	1,427	541	37.91%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	37%
2000	First	Nonresident	268	50	18.66%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	18%
1999	First	Resident	85	10	11.76%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	11%
1999	First	Nonresident	1	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
1998	First	Resident	527	23	4.36%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	4%
1998	First	Nonresident	83	2	2.41%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	2%

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 11 different area labels for elk hunt 2039 across the seasons it published (54, 55-1, 56-1, 60-2, 61, 66A, 66A*, 66A-1, 66A-1*, 67-1, 70*). 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-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-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

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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.