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Idaho · Elk · Hunt 2043

Idaho elk controlled hunt 2043

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 25 permits on hunt 2043 in 2026 and issued 25 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 919 hunters put it first and 25 drew, 2.72%.

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
2026Second70-1663760.94%12706
2026First70-125919252.72%428025
2025First70-125918252.72%382025
2024Second70-117543173.13%118017
2024First70-12501,08325023.08%6210250
2023Second70-1212921.55%9502
2023First70-125095025026.32%5860250
2022Second60-2361130.49%18403
2022First60-21202,0361205.89%6780120
2021Second60-2337330.80%9603
2021First60-21201,8131206.62%6550120
2020Second61213221.52%4702
2020First61502565019.53%222050
2019Second61411843.39%4804
2019First61502095023.92%211050
2018First60-21001,4841006.74%6690100
2017Second60-2120810.48%4501
2017First60-21001,5561006.43%6870100
2016First70-125655253.82%230025
2015Second70-1111510.87%4501
2015First70-125608254.11%183025
2014First75*25343257.29%106025
2013Second3-144449.09%3404
2013First3-1501105045.45%124050
2012Second5-2655610.91%1206
2012First5-2501875026.74%55050
2011Second1911981.82%409
2011First1302929100.00%4130
2010Second8-1*44548.89%1404
2010First8-1*752617528.74%94075
2009Second8-1*12314.35%1801
2009First8-1*752397531.38%132075
2008Second8-1*220210.00%302
2008First8-1*752197534.25%132075
2007Second8-1*426415.38%1304
2007First8-1*501885026.60%113050
2006Second8-1*211218.18%1302
2006First8-1*501865026.88%155050
2005Second8-1*36350.00%803
2005First8-1*25452555.56%87025
2004Second8-123266.67%402
2004First8-125692536.23%90025
2003First8-150775064.94%140050
2002First8-1501085046.30%135050
2001First8-250915054.95%175050
2000First8-2501515033.11%211050
1999First8-1751167564.66%132075
1998First70-220042220047.39%3680200

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 70-1, 60-2, 61, 75*, 3-1, 5-2, 1, 8-1*, 8-1, 8-2, 70-2. 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.
SeasonPeriodResidencyPut it firstPermitsDraw rateWhat the permit count coversIDFG's own figure
2026SecondResident58961.02%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2026SecondNonresident4800.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2026FirstResident838232.74%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2026FirstNonresident8122.47%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2025FirstResident818232.81%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2025FirstNonresident10022.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2024SecondResident502163.19%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2024SecondNonresident4112.44%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2024FirstResident92522524.32%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree24%
2024FirstNonresident1582515.82%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree16%
2023SecondResident11221.79%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2023SecondNonresident1700.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2023FirstResident79322528.37%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree28%
2023FirstNonresident1572515.92%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree16%
2022SecondResident55730.54%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2022SecondNonresident5400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2022FirstResident1,9631186.01%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2022FirstNonresident7322.74%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2021SecondResident35120.57%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2021SecondNonresident2214.55%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2021FirstResident1,7481156.58%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2021FirstNonresident6557.69%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2020SecondResident11221.79%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2020SecondNonresident2000.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2020FirstResident2204520.45%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree20%
2020FirstNonresident36513.89%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree14%
2019SecondResident10643.77%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2019SecondNonresident1200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2019FirstResident1754525.71%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree26%
2019FirstNonresident34514.71%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree15%
2018FirstResident1,436936.48%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2018FirstNonresident48714.58%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree15%
2017SecondResident19800.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2017SecondNonresident10110.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2017FirstResident1,520956.25%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2017FirstNonresident36513.89%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree14%
2016FirstResident611233.76%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2016FirstNonresident4424.55%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2015SecondResident9700.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2015SecondNonresident1815.56%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2015FirstResident562244.27%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2015FirstNonresident4612.17%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2014FirstResident285238.07%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2014FirstNonresident5823.45%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2013SecondResident4249.52%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2013SecondNonresident200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2013FirstResident1074945.79%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree46%
2013FirstNonresident3133.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree33%
2012SecondResident53611.32%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2012SecondNonresident200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2012FirstResident1844926.63%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree27%
2012FirstNonresident3133.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree33%
2011SecondResident11981.82%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree82%
2011SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2011FirstResident2829—both draw choices100%
2011FirstNonresident11—both draw choices100%
2010SecondResident4449.09%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2010SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2010FirstResident2547228.35%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree28%
2010FirstNonresident7342.86%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree43%
2009SecondResident2314.35%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2009SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2009FirstResident2347431.62%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree32%
2009FirstNonresident5120.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree20%
2008SecondResident19210.53%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2008SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2008FirstResident2117133.65%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree34%
2008FirstNonresident8450.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2007SecondResident23417.39%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree17%
2007SecondNonresident300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2007FirstResident1834826.23%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree26%
2007FirstNonresident5240.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree40%
2006SecondResident10220.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree20%
2006SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2006FirstResident1824826.37%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree26%
2006FirstNonresident4250.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2005SecondResident6350.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2005SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2005FirstResident432353.49%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree53%
2005FirstNonresident22100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2004SecondResident3266.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree66%
2004SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2004FirstResident682536.76%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree36%
2004FirstNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2003FirstResident754965.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree65%
2003FirstNonresident2150.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2002FirstResident1074945.79%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree45%
2002FirstNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2001FirstResident904954.44%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree54%
2001FirstNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2000FirstResident1505033.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree33%
2000FirstNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
1999FirstResident1157464.35%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree64%
1999FirstNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
1998FirstResident37618047.87%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree47%
1998FirstNonresident462043.48%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree43%

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 2043 across the seasons it published (1, 3-1, 5-2, 60-2, 61, 70-1, 70-2, 75*, 8-1, 8-1*, 8-2). 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-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-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-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-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-draw2.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2017 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-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-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

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.