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Idaho · Elk · Hunt 2041

Idaho elk controlled hunt 2041

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 2041 in 2026 and issued 50 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 1,368 hunters put it first and 50 drew, 3.65%.

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
2026First66A-1501,368503.65%718050
2025First66A-1501,274503.92%644050
2024Second66A-115629152.38%370015
2024First66A-13502,19935015.92%7990350
2023Second66A-1781070.86%6607
2023First66A-13502,04835017.09%7820350
2022First58-1751,275755.88%435075
2021Second58-1223420.85%8302
2021First58-1751,360755.51%461075
2020First60-130745304.03%279030
2019Second60-1115410.65%2301
2019First60-130660304.55%253030
2018Second58-1115110.66%3501
2018First58-1751,303755.76%439075
2017First58-1751,339755.60%426075
2016First66A-1351,129353.10%486035
2015First66A-1351,099353.18%528035
2014Second70*18511.18%4101
2014First70*25498255.02%189025
2013Second70*914196.38%4809
2013First70*20026620075.19%3740200
2012Second70*13139139.35%44013
2012First70*20023920083.68%3880200
2011Second70*14198147.07%61014
2011First70*20027620072.46%3580200
2010First75*25320257.81%87025
2009Second8-1*59555.56%1005
2009First8-1*505050100.00%98050
2008Second8-1*211100.00%412
2008First8-1*50675074.63%70050
2007Second8-1*34375.00%203
2007First8-1*25472553.19%76025
2006Second8-1*555100.00%1305
2006First8-1*25432558.14%85025
2005Second70*864812.50%2608
2005First70*20023220086.21%2680200
2004Second7045846.90%3104
2004First7020020720096.62%2970200
2003First70200170170100.00%27630200
2002First7020022220090.09%2700200
2001First75251872513.37%109025
2000First75251892513.23%134025
1999First70-219928719969.34%3580199
1998First67-110551018.18%30010

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 66A-1, 58-1, 60-1, 70*, 75*, 8-1*, 70, 75, 70-2, 67-1. 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
2026FirstResident1,034454.35%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2026FirstNonresident33451.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2025FirstResident1,003454.49%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2025FirstNonresident27151.85%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2024SecondResident493122.43%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2024SecondNonresident13632.21%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2024FirstResident1,69031518.64%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree19%
2024FirstNonresident509356.88%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2023SecondResident65050.77%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2023SecondNonresident16021.25%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2023FirstResident1,61331519.53%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree20%
2023FirstNonresident435358.05%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2022FirstResident1,199715.92%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2022FirstNonresident7645.26%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2021SecondResident21410.47%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2021SecondNonresident2015.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2021FirstResident1,292745.73%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2021FirstNonresident6811.47%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2020FirstResident691273.91%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2020FirstNonresident5435.56%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2019SecondResident13810.72%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2019SecondNonresident1600.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2019FirstResident630284.44%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2019FirstNonresident3026.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2018SecondResident14510.69%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2018SecondNonresident600.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2018FirstResident1,235695.59%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2018FirstNonresident6868.82%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2017FirstResident1,284705.45%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2017FirstNonresident5559.09%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2016FirstResident975323.28%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2016FirstNonresident15431.95%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2015FirstResident962323.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2015FirstNonresident13732.19%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2014SecondResident7911.27%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2014SecondNonresident600.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2014FirstResident462245.19%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2014FirstNonresident3612.78%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2013SecondResident12996.98%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2013SecondNonresident1200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2013FirstResident23918376.57%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree77%
2013FirstNonresident271762.96%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree63%
2012SecondResident133139.77%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2012SecondNonresident600.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2012FirstResident21118085.31%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree85%
2012FirstNonresident282071.43%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree71%
2011SecondResident194147.22%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2011SecondNonresident400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2011FirstResident25218171.83%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree72%
2011FirstNonresident241979.17%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree79%
2010FirstResident269238.55%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2010FirstNonresident5123.92%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2009SecondResident7571.43%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree71%
2009SecondNonresident200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2009FirstResident5050100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2009FirstNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2008SecondResident12—both draw choices100%
2008SecondNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2008FirstResident654873.85%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree74%
2008FirstNonresident22100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2007SecondResident4375.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree75%
2007SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2007FirstResident442352.27%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree52%
2007FirstNonresident3266.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree67%
2006SecondResident55100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2006SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2006FirstResident432558.14%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree58%
2006FirstNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2005SecondResident64812.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree12%
2005SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2005FirstResident21218386.32%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree86%
2005FirstNonresident201785.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree85%
2004SecondResident5747.02%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2004SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2004FirstResident181181100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2004FirstNonresident261973.08%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree73%
2003FirstResident160189—both draw choices100%
2003FirstNonresident1011—both draw choices100%
2002FirstResident18918095.24%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree95%
2002FirstNonresident332060.61%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree60%
2001FirstResident1642314.02%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree14%
2001FirstNonresident2328.70%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2000FirstResident1612314.29%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree14%
2000FirstNonresident2827.14%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
1999FirstResident24618073.17%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree73%
1999FirstNonresident411946.34%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree46%
1998FirstResident541018.52%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree18%
1998FirstNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%

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 10 different area labels for elk hunt 2041 across the seasons it published (58-1, 60-1, 66A-1, 67-1, 70, 70*, 70-2, 75, 75*, 8-1*). 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-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-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-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-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-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-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

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.