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Idaho elk controlled hunt 2056

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 2056 in 2026 and issued 150 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 209 hunters put it first and 150 drew, 71.77%.

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	18	10	79	10	12.66%	53	0	10
2026	First	18	150	209	150	71.77%	201	0	150
2025	Second	18	4	55	4	7.27%	35	0	4
2025	First	18	150	230	150	65.22%	127	0	150
2024	Second	19A	2	3	2	66.67%	11	0	2
2024	First	19A	25	41	25	60.98%	51	0	25
2023	Second	19A	2	18	2	11.11%	5	0	2
2023	First	19A	25	50	25	50.00%	38	0	25
2022	Second	8-1	2	47	2	4.26%	39	0	2
2022	First	8-1	75	278	75	26.98%	191	0	75
2021	Second	8-1	4	71	4	5.63%	40	0	4
2021	First	8-1	75	284	75	26.41%	216	0	75
2020	Second	6-1	1	25	1	4.00%	30	0	1
2020	First	6-1	50	368	50	13.59%	135	0	50
2019	Second	6-1	1	28	1	3.57%	18	0	1
2019	First	6-1	50	244	50	20.49%	122	0	50
2018	Second	6-1	2	26	2	7.69%	21	0	2
2018	First	6-1	50	181	50	27.62%	116	0	50
2017	First	6-1	50	60	50	83.33%	74	0	50
2016	Second	11	13	39	13	33.33%	44	0	13
2016	First	11	175	150	150	100.00%	170	25	175
2015	Second	11	12	62	12	19.35%	41	0	12
2015	First	11	175	160	160	100.00%	180	15	175
2014	Second	11A	27	34	27	79.41%	9	0	27
2014	First	11A	150	109	109	100.00%	51	33	142
2013	Second	13	103	28	28	100.00%	61	50	78
2013	First	13	250	40	40	100.00%	390	131	171
2012	Second	16	3	17	3	17.65%	7	0	3
2012	First	16	50	84	50	59.52%	45	0	50
2011	Second	14	2	41	2	4.88%	21	0	2
2011	First	14	75	263	75	28.52%	73	0	75
2010	Second	19A	1	4	1	25.00%	1	0	1
2010	First	19A	25	33	25	75.76%	11	0	25
2009	Second	22-1	6	36	6	16.67%	23	0	6
2009	First	22-1	100	244	100	40.98%	122	0	100
2008	Second	22-1	83	69	69	100.00%	36	14	83
2008	First	22-1	300	178	178	100.00%	294	59	237
2007	Second	22-1	22	19	19	100.00%	22	3	22
2007	First	22-1	300	231	231	100.00%	244	64	295
2006	Second	22-1	40	53	40	75.47%	12	0	40
2006	First	22-1	400	339	339	100.00%	159	61	400
2005	Second	22-1	30	38	30	78.95%	17	0	30
2005	First	22-1	400	386	386	100.00%	164	14	400
2004	Second	22-1	44	39	39	100.00%	30	5	44
2004	First	22-1	300	176	176	100.00%	340	92	268
2003	First	22-1	100	225	100	44.44%	166	0	100
2002	First	22-1	400	388	388	100.00%	381	12	400
2001	First	22-3	100	260	100	38.46%	179	0	100
2000	First	22-3	100	262	100	38.17%	203	0	100
1999	First	15-1	75	170	75	44.12%	180	0	75
1998	First	14-3	50	50	50	100.00%	37	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 18, 19A, 8-1, 6-1, 11, 11A, 13, 16, 14, 22-1, 22-3, 15-1, 14-3. 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.
Season	Period	Residency	Put it first	Permits	Draw rate	What the permit count covers	IDFG's own figure
2026	Second	Resident	75	9	12.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	12%
2026	Second	Nonresident	4	1	25.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	25%
2026	First	Resident	183	135	73.77%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	74%
2026	First	Nonresident	26	15	57.69%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	58%
2025	Second	Resident	53	4	7.55%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	8%
2025	Second	Nonresident	2	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2025	First	Resident	203	135	66.50%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	67%
2025	First	Nonresident	27	15	55.56%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	56%
2024	Second	Resident	3	2	66.67%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	67%
2024	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2024	First	Resident	35	23	65.71%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	66%
2024	First	Nonresident	6	2	33.33%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	33%
2023	Second	Resident	15	2	13.33%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	13%
2023	Second	Nonresident	3	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2023	First	Resident	46	23	50.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	50%
2023	First	Nonresident	4	2	50.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	50%
2022	Second	Resident	45	2	4.44%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	4%
2022	Second	Nonresident	2	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2022	First	Resident	256	68	26.56%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	27%
2022	First	Nonresident	22	7	31.82%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	32%
2021	Second	Resident	68	4	5.88%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	6%
2021	Second	Nonresident	3	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2021	First	Resident	267	68	25.47%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	25%
2021	First	Nonresident	17	7	41.18%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	41%
2020	Second	Resident	23	1	4.35%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	4%
2020	Second	Nonresident	2	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2020	First	Resident	347	45	12.97%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	13%
2020	First	Nonresident	21	5	23.81%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	24%
2019	Second	Resident	28	1	3.57%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	4%
2019	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2019	First	Resident	229	45	19.65%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	20%
2019	First	Nonresident	15	5	33.33%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	33%
2018	Second	Resident	25	2	8.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	8%
2018	Second	Nonresident	1	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2018	First	Resident	175	47	26.86%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	27%
2018	First	Nonresident	6	3	50.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	50%
2017	First	Resident	59	49	83.05%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	83%
2017	First	Nonresident	1	1	100.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2016	Second	Resident	38	13	34.21%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	34%
2016	Second	Nonresident	1	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2016	First	Resident	141	161	—	both draw choices	100%
2016	First	Nonresident	9	14	—	both draw choices	100%
2015	Second	Resident	57	10	17.54%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	18%
2015	Second	Nonresident	5	2	40.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	40%
2015	First	Resident	149	163	—	both draw choices	100%
2015	First	Nonresident	11	12	—	both draw choices	100%
2014	Second	Resident	34	27	79.41%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	79%
2014	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2014	First	Resident	108	141	—	both draw choices	100%
2014	First	Nonresident	1	1	—	both draw choices	100%
2013	Second	Resident	25	56	—	both draw choices	100%
2013	Second	Nonresident	3	22	—	both draw choices	100%
2013	First	Resident	30	146	—	both draw choices	100%
2013	First	Nonresident	10	25	—	both draw choices	100%
2012	Second	Resident	17	3	17.65%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	18%
2012	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2012	First	Resident	82	50	60.98%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	61%
2012	First	Nonresident	2	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2011	Second	Resident	41	2	4.88%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	5%
2011	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2011	First	Resident	258	72	27.91%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	28%
2011	First	Nonresident	5	3	60.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	60%
2010	Second	Resident	4	1	25.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	25%
2010	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2010	First	Resident	28	23	82.14%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	82%
2010	First	Nonresident	5	2	40.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	40%
2009	Second	Resident	35	6	17.14%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	17%
2009	Second	Nonresident	1	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2009	First	Resident	229	95	41.48%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	41%
2009	First	Nonresident	15	5	33.33%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	33%
2008	Second	Resident	65	78	—	both draw choices	100%
2008	Second	Nonresident	4	5	—	both draw choices	100%
2008	First	Resident	173	232	—	both draw choices	100%
2008	First	Nonresident	5	5	—	both draw choices	100%
2007	Second	Resident	18	21	—	both draw choices	100%
2007	Second	Nonresident	1	1	—	both draw choices	100%
2007	First	Resident	225	289	—	both draw choices	100%
2007	First	Nonresident	6	6	—	both draw choices	100%
2006	Second	Resident	53	40	75.47%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	75%
2006	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2006	First	Resident	334	392	—	both draw choices	100%
2006	First	Nonresident	5	8	—	both draw choices	100%
2005	Second	Resident	38	30	78.95%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	79%
2005	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2005	First	Resident	380	394	—	both draw choices	100%
2005	First	Nonresident	6	6	—	both draw choices	100%
2004	Second	Resident	38	43	—	both draw choices	100%
2004	Second	Nonresident	1	1	—	both draw choices	100%
2004	First	Resident	170	262	—	both draw choices	100%
2004	First	Nonresident	6	6	—	both draw choices	100%
2003	First	Resident	213	91	42.72%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	42%
2003	First	Nonresident	12	9	75.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	75%
2002	First	Resident	371	383	—	both draw choices	100%
2002	First	Nonresident	17	17	—	both draw choices	100%
2001	First	Resident	259	99	38.22%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	38%
2001	First	Nonresident	1	1	100.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2000	First	Resident	262	100	38.17%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	38%
2000	First	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
1999	First	Resident	162	72	44.44%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	44%
1999	First	Nonresident	8	3	37.50%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	37%
1998	First	Resident	49	49	100.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
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 13 different area labels for elk hunt 2056 across the seasons it published (11, 11A, 13, 14, 14-3, 15-1, 16, 18, 19A, 22-1, 22-3, 6-1, 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-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

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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.