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Idaho · Elk · Hunt 2053

Idaho elk controlled hunt 2053

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 150 permits on hunt 2053 in 2026 and issued 150 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 153 hunters put it first and 150 drew, 98.04%.

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
2026Second11A12221254.55%4012
2026First11A15015315098.04%1280150
2025Second11A18331854.55%12018
2025First11A150134134100.00%9216150
2024Second11A18391846.15%3018
2024First11A150131131100.00%9819150
2023Second11A932928.13%609
2023First11A150133133100.00%7117150
2022First3-210040610024.63%1610100
2021Second3-229322.15%4402
2021First3-210037110026.95%1760100
2020Second4-111317.69%801
2020First4-1301193025.21%82030
2019First4-1301033029.13%87030
2018Second4-1549510.20%3405
2018First4-1501285039.06%119050
2017Second4-116116.67%1801
2017First4-150915054.95%100050
2016Second10A-116411.56%1301
2016First10A-1503235015.48%171050
2015Second10A-115311.89%701
2015First10A-1503355014.93%176050
2014Second11-1932928.13%2409
2014First11-120021720092.17%2670200
2013Second11-114891415.73%42014
2013First11-117526617565.79%2510175
2012Second11A13521325.00%10013
2012First11A150108108100.00%6842150
2011Second11-2833100.00%114
2011First11-21255757100.00%8062119
2010Second1424424.55%1202
2010First14752517529.88%68075
2009Second19A17114.29%101
2009First19A25362569.44%18025
2008First19A25432558.14%24025
2007Second19A12355100.00%7611
2007First19A1502626100.00%20430
2006Second1812351234.29%25012
2006First18751007575.00%120075
2005Second1810351028.57%21010
2005First1875997575.76%113075
2004Second18728725.00%2507
2004First18751137566.37%114075
2003First19A1502121100.00%261031
2002First19A1503737100.00%291653
2001First22-1400387387100.00%11113400
2000First22-140041440096.62%1950400
1999First14-2501175042.74%47050
1998First13-1755151100.00%2162475

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 11A, 3-2, 4-1, 10A-1, 11-1, 11-2, 14, 19A, 18, 22-1, 14-2, 13-1. 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
2026SecondResident211257.14%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree57%
2026SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2026FirstResident15114898.01%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree98%
2026FirstNonresident22100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2025SecondResident331854.55%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree55%
2025SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2025FirstResident132132100.00%first choice only100%
2025FirstNonresident22100.00%first choice only100%
2024SecondResident391846.15%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree46%
2024SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2024FirstResident129129100.00%first choice only100%
2024FirstNonresident22100.00%first choice only100%
2023SecondResident32928.13%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree28%
2023SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2023FirstResident131131100.00%first choice only100%
2023FirstNonresident22100.00%first choice only100%
2022FirstResident3969824.75%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree25%
2022FirstNonresident10220.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree20%
2021SecondResident9222.17%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2021SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2021FirstResident36010027.78%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree28%
2021FirstNonresident1100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2020SecondResident1317.69%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2020SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2020FirstResident1172924.79%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree25%
2020FirstNonresident2150.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2019FirstResident1033029.13%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree29%
2019FirstNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2018SecondResident49510.20%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2018SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2018FirstResident1265039.68%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree40%
2018FirstNonresident200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2017SecondResident5120.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree20%
2017SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2017FirstResident895056.18%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree56%
2017FirstNonresident200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2016SecondResident6111.64%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2016SecondNonresident300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2016FirstResident3164714.87%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree15%
2016FirstNonresident7342.86%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree43%
2015SecondResident5211.92%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2015SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2015FirstResident3264814.72%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree15%
2015FirstNonresident9222.22%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree22%
2014SecondResident31929.03%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree29%
2014SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2014FirstResident20719292.75%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree93%
2014FirstNonresident10880.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree80%
2013SecondResident871314.94%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree15%
2013SecondNonresident2150.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2013FirstResident25316264.03%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree64%
2013FirstNonresident1313100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2012SecondResident511325.49%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree25%
2012SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2012FirstResident106147—both draw choices100%
2012FirstNonresident23—both draw choices100%
2011SecondResident34—both draw choices100%
2011SecondNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2011FirstResident57119—both draw choices100%
2011FirstNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2010SecondResident4424.55%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2010SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2010FirstResident2467329.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree30%
2010FirstNonresident5240.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree40%
2009SecondResident7114.29%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree14%
2009SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2009FirstResident342470.59%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree71%
2009FirstNonresident2150.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2008FirstResident422457.14%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree57%
2008FirstNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2007SecondResident511—both draw choices100%
2007SecondNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2007FirstResident2226—both draw choices100%
2007FirstNonresident44—both draw choices100%
2006SecondResident331133.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree33%
2006SecondNonresident2150.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2006FirstResident957174.74%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree75%
2006FirstNonresident5480.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree80%
2005SecondResident351028.57%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree29%
2005SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2005FirstResident957174.74%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree75%
2005FirstNonresident44100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2004SecondResident25728.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree28%
2004SecondNonresident300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2004FirstResident1107265.45%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree65%
2004FirstNonresident33100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2003FirstResident1929—both draw choices100%
2003FirstNonresident22—both draw choices100%
2002FirstResident3752—both draw choices100%
2002FirstNonresident01—both draw choices100%
2001FirstResident378391—both draw choices100%
2001FirstNonresident99—both draw choices100%
2000FirstResident40739396.56%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree96%
2000FirstNonresident77100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
1999FirstResident1154841.74%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree41%
1999FirstNonresident22100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
1998FirstResident4768—both draw choices100%
1998FirstNonresident47—both draw choices100%

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 12 different area labels for elk hunt 2053 across the seasons it published (10A-1, 11-1, 11-2, 11A, 13-1, 14, 14-2, 18, 19A, 22-1, 3-2, 4-1). 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-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-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-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-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.