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Idaho elk controlled hunt 2050

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 2050 in 2026 and issued 25 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 209 hunters put it first and 25 drew, 11.96%.

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	8-1	1	22	1	4.55%	38	0	1
2026	First	8-1	25	209	25	11.96%	175	0	25
2025	Second	8-1	1	40	1	2.50%	26	0	1
2025	First	8-1	25	194	25	12.89%	169	0	25
2024	Second	8-1	2	41	2	4.88%	33	0	2
2024	First	8-1	25	238	25	10.50%	164	0	25
2023	Second	8-1	1	51	1	1.96%	5	0	1
2023	First	8-1	25	238	25	10.50%	191	0	25
2022	Second	1-1	7	244	7	2.87%	32	0	7
2022	First	1-1	150	750	150	20.00%	253	0	150
2021	Second	1-1	4	186	4	2.15%	29	0	4
2021	First	1-1	150	729	150	20.58%	197	0	150
2020	Second	2-1	2	79	2	2.53%	45	0	2
2020	First	2-1	100	279	100	35.84%	186	0	100
2019	Second	2-1	7	71	7	9.86%	46	0	7
2019	First	2-1	100	244	100	40.98%	153	0	100
2018	Second	1-1	31	218	31	14.22%	26	0	31
2018	First	1-1	450	853	450	52.75%	84	0	450
2017	Second	1-1	28	191	28	14.66%	14	0	28
2017	First	1-1	450	931	450	48.34%	118	0	450
2016	Second	8-1	3	81	3	3.70%	28	0	3
2016	First	8-1	125	369	125	33.88%	201	0	125
2015	Second	8-1	4	44	4	9.09%	46	0	4
2015	First	8-1	125	391	125	31.97%	282	0	125
2014	First	10A*	25	106	25	23.58%	90	0	25
2013	Second	10A	3	69	3	4.35%	14	0	3
2013	First	10A	50	291	50	17.18%	143	0	50
2012	Second	11-1	1	20	1	5.00%	12	0	1
2012	First	11-1	200	354	200	56.50%	205	0	200
2011	Second	10A-1	2	49	2	4.08%	15	0	2
2011	First	10A-1	50	259	50	19.31%	92	0	50
2010	Second	11-1	4	20	4	20.00%	30	0	4
2010	First	11-1	175	171	171	100.00%	267	4	175
2009	Second	13	85	44	44	100.00%	40	34	78
2009	First	13	150	17	17	100.00%	329	62	79
2008	Second	13	24	26	24	92.31%	50	0	24
2008	First	13	100	19	19	100.00%	257	63	82
2007	Second	13	66	26	26	100.00%	51	39	65
2007	First	13	100	21	21	100.00%	210	18	39
2006	Second	11A	6	18	6	33.33%	9	0	6
2006	First	11A	75	101	75	74.26%	52	0	75
2005	Second	11A	1	2	1	50.00%	6	0	1
2005	First	11A	75	115	75	65.22%	107	0	75
2004	First	11A	75	117	75	64.10%	88	0	75
2003	First	13	75	38	38	100.00%	175	33	71
2002	First	13	75	27	27	100.00%	181	39	66
2001	First	14	50	193	50	25.91%	54	0	50
2000	First	14	50	215	50	23.26%	80	0	50
1999	First	11A	75	52	52	100.00%	48	23	75
1998	First	10A-2	50	73	50	68.49%	238	0	50

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 8-1, 1-1, 2-1, 10A*, 10A, 11-1, 10A-1, 13, 11A, 14, 10A-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.
Season	Period	Residency	Put it first	Permits	Draw rate	What the permit count covers	IDFG's own figure
2026	Second	Resident	20	1	5.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	5%
2026	Second	Nonresident	2	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2026	First	Resident	188	23	12.23%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	12%
2026	First	Nonresident	21	2	9.52%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	10%
2025	Second	Resident	40	1	2.50%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	3%
2025	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2025	First	Resident	175	23	13.14%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	13%
2025	First	Nonresident	19	2	10.53%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	11%
2024	Second	Resident	40	2	5.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	5%
2024	Second	Nonresident	1	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2024	First	Resident	214	25	11.68%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	12%
2024	First	Nonresident	24	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2023	Second	Resident	51	1	1.96%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	2%
2023	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2023	First	Resident	226	23	10.18%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	10%
2023	First	Nonresident	12	2	16.67%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	17%
2022	Second	Resident	242	7	2.89%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	3%
2022	Second	Nonresident	2	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2022	First	Resident	740	149	20.14%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	20%
2022	First	Nonresident	10	1	10.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	10%
2021	Second	Resident	179	4	2.23%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	2%
2021	Second	Nonresident	7	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2021	First	Resident	719	150	20.86%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	21%
2021	First	Nonresident	10	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2020	Second	Resident	78	2	2.56%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	3%
2020	Second	Nonresident	1	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2020	First	Resident	275	98	35.64%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	36%
2020	First	Nonresident	4	2	50.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	50%
2019	Second	Resident	71	7	9.86%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	10%
2019	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2019	First	Resident	238	99	41.60%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	42%
2019	First	Nonresident	6	1	16.67%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	17%
2018	Second	Resident	207	31	14.98%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	15%
2018	Second	Nonresident	11	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2018	First	Resident	823	437	53.10%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	53%
2018	First	Nonresident	30	13	43.33%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	43%
2017	Second	Resident	186	26	13.98%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	14%
2017	Second	Nonresident	5	2	40.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	40%
2017	First	Resident	909	437	48.07%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	48%
2017	First	Nonresident	22	13	59.09%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	59%
2016	Second	Resident	80	3	3.75%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	4%
2016	Second	Nonresident	1	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2016	First	Resident	356	118	33.15%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	33%
2016	First	Nonresident	13	7	53.85%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	54%
2015	Second	Resident	44	4	9.09%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	9%
2015	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2015	First	Resident	381	123	32.28%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	32%
2015	First	Nonresident	10	2	20.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	20%
2014	First	Resident	105	24	22.86%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	23%
2014	First	Nonresident	1	1	100.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2013	Second	Resident	68	3	4.41%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	4%
2013	Second	Nonresident	1	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2013	First	Resident	284	49	17.25%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	17%
2013	First	Nonresident	7	1	14.29%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	14%
2012	Second	Resident	19	1	5.26%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	5%
2012	Second	Nonresident	1	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2012	First	Resident	338	192	56.80%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	57%
2012	First	Nonresident	16	8	50.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	50%
2011	Second	Resident	48	2	4.17%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	4%
2011	Second	Nonresident	1	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2011	First	Resident	259	50	19.31%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	19%
2011	First	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2010	Second	Resident	18	4	22.22%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	22%
2010	Second	Nonresident	2	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2010	First	Resident	165	169	—	both draw choices	100%
2010	First	Nonresident	6	6	—	both draw choices	100%
2009	Second	Resident	37	58	—	both draw choices	100%
2009	Second	Nonresident	7	20	—	both draw choices	100%
2009	First	Resident	12	64	—	both draw choices	100%
2009	First	Nonresident	5	15	—	both draw choices	100%
2008	Second	Resident	22	20	90.91%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	91%
2008	Second	Nonresident	4	4	100.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2008	First	Resident	15	72	—	both draw choices	100%
2008	First	Nonresident	4	10	—	both draw choices	100%
2007	Second	Resident	21	46	—	both draw choices	100%
2007	Second	Nonresident	5	19	—	both draw choices	100%
2007	First	Resident	16	29	—	both draw choices	100%
2007	First	Nonresident	5	10	—	both draw choices	100%
2006	Second	Resident	18	6	33.33%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	33%
2006	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2006	First	Resident	101	75	74.26%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	74%
2006	First	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2005	Second	Resident	2	1	50.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	50%
2005	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2005	First	Resident	107	72	67.29%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	67%
2005	First	Nonresident	8	3	37.50%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	38%
2004	First	Resident	115	74	64.35%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	64%
2004	First	Nonresident	2	1	50.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	50%
2003	First	Resident	34	64	—	both draw choices	100%
2003	First	Nonresident	4	7	—	both draw choices	100%
2002	First	Resident	24	59	—	both draw choices	100%
2002	First	Nonresident	3	7	—	both draw choices	100%
2001	First	Resident	186	49	26.34%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	26%
2001	First	Nonresident	7	1	14.29%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	14%
2000	First	Resident	205	48	23.41%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	23%
2000	First	Nonresident	10	2	20.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	20%
1999	First	Resident	47	70	—	both draw choices	100%
1999	First	Nonresident	5	5	—	both draw choices	100%
1998	First	Resident	72	49	68.06%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	68%
1998	First	Nonresident	1	1	100.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%

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 2050 across the seasons it published (1-1, 10A, 10A*, 10A-1, 10A-2, 11-1, 11A, 13, 14, 2-1, 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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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.