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Idaho elk controlled hunt 2054

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 250 permits on hunt 2054 in 2026 and issued 163, so it did not fill. In the first application period, 47 hunters put it first and 47 drew, 100.00%. A further 116 permits went to hunters who had named it as their second choice.

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	13	110	15	15	100.00%	79	63	78
2026	First	13	250	47	47	100.00%	367	116	163
2025	Second	13	124	30	30	100.00%	82	75	105
2025	First	13	250	52	52	100.00%	357	98	150
2024	Second	13	134	35	35	100.00%	60	51	86
2024	First	13	250	51	51	100.00%	336	84	135
2023	Second	13	114	27	27	100.00%	60	55	82
2023	First	13	250	49	49	100.00%	368	113	162
2022	Second	5-1	1	86	1	1.16%	43	0	1
2022	First	5-1	100	438	100	22.83%	137	0	100
2021	Second	5-1	5	144	5	3.47%	20	0	5
2021	First	5-1	100	404	100	24.75%	130	0	100
2020	Second	4A-1	3	6	3	50.00%	12	0	3
2020	First	4A-1	30	49	30	61.22%	38	0	30
2019	Second	4A-1	2	6	2	33.33%	5	0	2
2019	First	4A-1	30	36	30	83.33%	43	0	30
2018	Second	4A-1	1	6	1	16.67%	4	0	1
2018	First	4A-1	30	26	26	100.00%	36	4	30
2017	Second	4A-1	8	2	2	100.00%	9	6	8
2017	First	4A-1	30	20	20	100.00%	18	6	26
2016	Second	11	1	7	1	14.29%	7	0	1
2016	First	11	150	181	150	82.87%	116	0	150
2015	Second	11	9	66	9	13.64%	15	0	9
2015	First	11	150	252	150	59.52%	111	0	150
2014	Second	11-1	9	34	9	26.47%	21	0	9
2014	First	11-1	175	190	175	92.11%	179	0	175
2013	First	11-2	125	55	55	100.00%	81	68	123
2012	Second	13	14	33	14	42.42%	71	0	14
2012	First	13	150	37	37	100.00%	382	113	150
2011	Second	11A	24	22	22	100.00%	4	2	24
2011	First	11A	150	115	115	100.00%	64	35	150
2010	Second	16	4	11	4	36.36%	2	0	4
2010	First	16	50	73	50	68.49%	42	0	50
2009	Second	22-1	17	40	17	42.50%	27	0	17
2009	First	22-1	400	363	363	100.00%	213	37	400
2008	Second	21A	1	15	1	6.67%	5	0	1
2008	First	21A	25	116	25	21.55%	58	0	25
2007	Second	21A	15	30	15	50.00%	11	0	15
2007	First	21A	150	139	139	100.00%	84	11	150
2006	Second	19A	93	8	8	100.00%	6	2	10
2006	First	19A	150	56	56	100.00%	20	8	64
2005	Second	19A	101	25	25	100.00%	2	2	27
2005	First	19A	150	49	49	100.00%	27	10	59
2004	Second	19A	103	20	20	100.00%	7	6	26
2004	First	19A	150	38	38	100.00%	38	15	53
2003	First	22-1	400	413	400	96.85%	124	0	400
2002	First	22-1	400	418	400	95.69%	248	0	400
2001	First	22-2	100	147	100	68.03%	103	0	100
2000	First	22-2	100	132	100	75.76%	86	0	100
1999	First	14-3	50	74	50	67.57%	57	0	50
1998	First	14-1	25	48	25	52.08%	26	0	25

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 13, 5-1, 4A-1, 11, 11-1, 11-2, 11A, 16, 22-1, 21A, 19A, 22-2, 14-3, 14-1. 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.
Season	Period	Residency	Put it first	Permits	Draw rate	What the permit count covers	IDFG's own figure
2026	Second	Resident	14	14	100.00%	first choice only	100%
2026	Second	Nonresident	1	1	100.00%	first choice only	100%
2026	First	Resident	28	28	100.00%	first choice only	100%
2026	First	Nonresident	19	19	100.00%	first choice only	100%
2025	Second	Resident	19	19	100.00%	first choice only	100%
2025	Second	Nonresident	11	11	100.00%	first choice only	100%
2025	First	Resident	36	36	100.00%	first choice only	100%
2025	First	Nonresident	16	16	100.00%	first choice only	100%
2024	Second	Resident	23	23	100.00%	first choice only	100%
2024	Second	Nonresident	12	12	100.00%	first choice only	100%
2024	First	Resident	33	33	100.00%	first choice only	100%
2024	First	Nonresident	18	18	100.00%	first choice only	100%
2023	Second	Resident	15	15	100.00%	first choice only	100%
2023	Second	Nonresident	12	12	100.00%	first choice only	325%
2023	First	Resident	27	27	100.00%	first choice only	100%
2023	First	Nonresident	22	22	100.00%	first choice only	100%
2022	Second	Resident	80	1	1.25%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2022	Second	Nonresident	6	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2022	First	Resident	403	92	22.83%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	23%
2022	First	Nonresident	35	8	22.86%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	23%
2021	Second	Resident	139	4	2.88%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	3%
2021	Second	Nonresident	5	1	20.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	20%
2021	First	Resident	381	95	24.93%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	25%
2021	First	Nonresident	23	5	21.74%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	22%
2020	Second	Resident	4	2	50.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	50%
2020	Second	Nonresident	2	1	50.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2020	First	Resident	47	28	59.57%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	60%
2020	First	Nonresident	2	2	100.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2019	Second	Resident	4	1	25.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	25%
2019	Second	Nonresident	2	1	50.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	50%
2019	First	Resident	29	27	93.10%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	93%
2019	First	Nonresident	7	3	42.86%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	43%
2018	Second	Resident	5	1	20.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	20%
2018	Second	Nonresident	1	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2018	First	Resident	24	27	—	both draw choices	100%
2018	First	Nonresident	2	3	—	both draw choices	100%
2017	Second	Resident	2	8	—	both draw choices	400%
2017	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	both draw choices	0%
2017	First	Resident	19	23	—	both draw choices	100%
2017	First	Nonresident	1	3	—	both draw choices	100%
2016	Second	Resident	7	1	14.29%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	14%
2016	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2016	First	Resident	170	141	82.94%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	83%
2016	First	Nonresident	11	9	81.82%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	82%
2015	Second	Resident	62	9	14.52%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	15%
2015	Second	Nonresident	4	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2015	First	Resident	219	135	61.64%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	62%
2015	First	Nonresident	33	15	45.45%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	45%
2014	Second	Resident	32	7	21.88%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	22%
2014	Second	Nonresident	2	2	100.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2014	First	Resident	182	168	92.31%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	92%
2014	First	Nonresident	8	7	87.50%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	88%
2013	First	Resident	53	119	—	both draw choices	100%
2013	First	Nonresident	2	4	—	both draw choices	100%
2012	Second	Resident	28	13	46.43%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	46%
2012	Second	Nonresident	5	1	20.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	20%
2012	First	Resident	30	135	—	both draw choices	100%
2012	First	Nonresident	7	15	—	both draw choices	100%
2011	Second	Resident	22	24	—	both draw choices	100%
2011	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	both draw choices	0%
2011	First	Resident	114	145	—	both draw choices	100%
2011	First	Nonresident	1	5	—	both draw choices	100%
2010	Second	Resident	11	4	36.36%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	36%
2010	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2010	First	Resident	72	49	68.06%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	68%
2010	First	Nonresident	1	1	100.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2009	Second	Resident	40	17	42.50%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	42%
2009	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2009	First	Resident	350	385	—	both draw choices	100%
2009	First	Nonresident	13	15	—	both draw choices	100%
2008	Second	Resident	15	1	6.67%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	7%
2008	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2008	First	Resident	115	24	20.87%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	21%
2008	First	Nonresident	1	1	100.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2007	Second	Resident	29	14	48.28%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	48%
2007	Second	Nonresident	1	1	100.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2007	First	Resident	134	142	—	both draw choices	100%
2007	First	Nonresident	5	8	—	both draw choices	100%
2006	Second	Resident	7	9	—	both draw choices	100%
2006	Second	Nonresident	1	1	—	both draw choices	100%
2006	First	Resident	51	59	—	both draw choices	100%
2006	First	Nonresident	5	5	—	both draw choices	100%
2005	Second	Resident	23	25	—	both draw choices	100%
2005	Second	Nonresident	2	2	—	both draw choices	100%
2005	First	Resident	45	55	—	both draw choices	100%
2005	First	Nonresident	4	4	—	both draw choices	100%
2004	Second	Resident	20	26	—	both draw choices	100%
2004	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	both draw choices	100%
2004	First	Resident	35	50	—	both draw choices	100%
2004	First	Nonresident	3	3	—	both draw choices	100%
2003	First	Resident	407	394	96.81%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	96%
2003	First	Nonresident	6	6	100.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2002	First	Resident	411	393	95.62%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	95%
2002	First	Nonresident	7	7	100.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2001	First	Resident	143	96	67.13%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	67%
2001	First	Nonresident	4	4	100.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2000	First	Resident	132	100	75.76%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	75%
2000	First	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
1999	First	Resident	73	49	67.12%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	67%
1999	First	Nonresident	1	1	100.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
1998	First	Resident	45	24	53.33%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	53%
1998	First	Nonresident	3	1	33.33%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	33%

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 14 different area labels for elk hunt 2054 across the seasons it published (11, 11-1, 11-2, 11A, 13, 14-1, 14-3, 16, 19A, 21A, 22-1, 22-2, 4A-1, 5-1). 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-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-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

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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.