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Idaho · Elk · Hunt 2047

Idaho elk controlled hunt 2047

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 2047 in 2026 and issued 50 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 291 hunters put it first and 50 drew, 17.18%.

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
2026Second3-1610865.56%4406
2026First3-1502915017.18%181050
2025Second3-148444.76%3204
2025First3-1502685018.66%162050
2024Second3-139633.13%3503
2024First3-1503115016.08%180050
2023Second3-125523.64%3002
2023First3-1502605019.23%177050
2022First70-125678253.69%354025
2021First70-125737253.39%274025
2020Second70-1634761.73%9006
2020First70-125089525027.93%5920250
2019Second70-1630561.97%6006
2019First70-125083525029.94%5370250
2018Second70-1112310.81%4101
2018First70-125699253.58%280025
2017First70-125759253.29%223025
2016Second3-1111310.88%5901
2016First3-115088715016.91%3490150
2015Second3-1318331.64%10103
2015First3-115086015017.44%2820150
2014Second8-1*68367.23%3006
2014First8-1*752927525.68%162075
2013Second8-2*612650.00%3906
2013First8-2*10010210098.04%2280100
2012Second8-2*37134.23%2203
2012First8-2*15047515031.58%1580150
2011Second8-2*15291551.72%33015
2011First8-2*1009292100.00%1638100
2010Second10A-134536.67%1503
2010First10A-1502625019.08%73050
2009Second11-1750714.00%2507
2009First11-120030620065.36%2680200
2008Second11-159755.15%405
2008First11-112525912548.26%2600125
2007Second11-1546510.87%2605
2007First11-112524212551.65%2990125
2006Second11-1430413.33%1404
2006First11-112521012559.52%2700125
2005Second10A648612.50%1106
2005First10A503065016.34%88050
2004Second10A44349.30%1004
2004First10A502585019.38%95050
2003First10A501925026.04%78050
2002First10A502095023.92%76050
2001First11502105023.81%244050
2000First11502045024.51%231050
1999First10A-150705507.09%112050
1998First8-312522912554.59%2080125

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 3-1, 70-1, 8-1*, 8-2*, 10A-1, 11-1, 10A, 11, 8-3. 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
2026SecondResident10865.56%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2026SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2026FirstResident2875017.42%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree17%
2026FirstNonresident400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2025SecondResident8444.76%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2025SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2025FirstResident2655018.87%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree19%
2025FirstNonresident300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2024SecondResident9533.16%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2024SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2024FirstResident3095016.18%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree16%
2024FirstNonresident200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2023SecondResident5523.64%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2023SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2023FirstResident2574818.68%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree19%
2023FirstNonresident3266.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree67%
2022FirstResident624233.69%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2022FirstNonresident5423.70%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2021FirstResident683233.37%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2021FirstNonresident5423.70%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2020SecondResident31251.60%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2020SecondNonresident3512.86%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree12%
2020FirstResident77922528.88%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree29%
2020FirstNonresident1162521.55%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree22%
2019SecondResident28451.76%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2019SecondNonresident2114.76%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2019FirstResident71422531.51%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree32%
2019FirstNonresident1212520.66%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree21%
2018SecondResident10410.96%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2018SecondNonresident1900.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2018FirstResident655233.51%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2018FirstNonresident4424.55%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2017FirstResident722243.32%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2017FirstNonresident3712.70%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2016SecondResident10810.93%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2016SecondNonresident500.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2016FirstResident86814716.94%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree17%
2016FirstNonresident19315.79%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree16%
2015SecondResident17931.68%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2015SecondNonresident400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2015FirstResident84214617.34%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree17%
2015FirstNonresident18422.22%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree22%
2014SecondResident8367.23%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2014SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2014FirstResident2847125.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree25%
2014FirstNonresident8450.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2013SecondResident12650.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2013SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2013FirstResident1019998.02%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree98%
2013FirstNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2012SecondResident7134.23%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2012SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2012FirstResident46514831.83%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree32%
2012FirstNonresident10220.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree20%
2011SecondResident291551.72%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree52%
2011SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2011FirstResident92100—both draw choices100%
2011FirstNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2010SecondResident4436.82%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2010SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2010FirstResident2615019.16%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree19%
2010FirstNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2009SecondResident49714.29%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree14%
2009SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2009FirstResident29219065.07%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree65%
2009FirstNonresident141071.43%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree71%
2008SecondResident9333.23%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2008SecondNonresident4250.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2008FirstResident25112047.81%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree48%
2008FirstNonresident8562.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree62%
2007SecondResident46510.87%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2007SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2007FirstResident23812351.68%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree52%
2007FirstNonresident4250.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2006SecondResident30413.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree13%
2006SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2006FirstResident20412159.31%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree59%
2006FirstNonresident6466.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree67%
2005SecondResident48612.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree12%
2005SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2005FirstResident3014916.28%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree16%
2005FirstNonresident5120.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree20%
2004SecondResident4249.52%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2004SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2004FirstResident2534818.97%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree19%
2004FirstNonresident5240.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree40%
2003FirstResident1905026.32%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree26%
2003FirstNonresident200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2002FirstResident2085024.04%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree24%
2002FirstNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2001FirstResident2085024.04%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree24%
2001FirstNonresident200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2000FirstResident2015024.88%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree24%
2000FirstNonresident300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
1999FirstResident691507.24%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
1999FirstNonresident1400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
1998FirstResident22812554.82%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree54%
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 9 different area labels for elk hunt 2047 across the seasons it published (10A, 10A-1, 11, 11-1, 3-1, 70-1, 8-1*, 8-2*, 8-3). 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-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-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-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-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-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-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.