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Idaho · Elk · Hunt 2057

Idaho elk controlled hunt 2057

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 2057 in 2026 and issued 25 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 39 hunters put it first and 25 drew, 64.10%.

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
2026Second19A29222.22%202
2026First19A25392564.10%30025
2025Second19A26233.33%402
2025First19A25412560.98%36025
2024Second19A-1517529.41%005
2024First19A-130423071.43%46030
2023Second19A-1966100.00%1139
2023First19A-1301717100.00%321330
2022Second8-259755.15%3305
2022First8-220043820045.66%1910200
2021Second8-289588.42%4808
2021First8-220047920041.75%1960200
2020Second8-113712.70%3201
2020First8-1753337522.52%214075
2019Second8-124924.08%2702
2019First8-1753147523.89%248075
2018Second8-146046.67%2104
2018First8-1752727527.57%193075
2017Second8-146146.56%4304
2017First8-1753207523.44%193075
2016Second11-14533100.00%558
2016First11-11253636100.00%564581
2015First11-11254545100.00%7462107
2014Second131005454100.00%5746100
2014First132503939100.00%375133172
2013First14-115181583.33%12015
2012Second18317317.65%3503
2012First1815020315073.89%1870150
2011Second16327311.11%203
2011First1650945053.19%44050
2010Second22-120572035.09%44020
2010First22-1400374374100.00%25126400
2009Second22-218112.50%201
2009First22-210013410074.63%360100
2008Second22-110471021.28%11010
2008First22-110021510046.51%1300100
2007Second22-1939923.08%1109
2007First22-110018510054.05%1670100
2006Second22-1522020100.00%301939
2006First22-1300214214100.00%28459273
2005Second22-1321818100.00%22624
2005First22-1300201201100.00%33986287
2004Second22-1430413.33%804
2004First22-110019810050.51%1260100
2003First22-210014110070.92%470100
2002First22-310030410032.89%1990100
2001First23-210013510074.07%00100
2000First23-21009999100.00%671100
1999First15-2250235235100.00%15215250
1998First14-41005858100.00%892179

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 19A, 19A-1, 8-2, 8-1, 11-1, 13, 14-1, 18, 16, 22-1, 22-2, 22-3, 23-2, 15-2, 14-4. 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
2026SecondResident7228.57%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree29%
2026SecondNonresident200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2026FirstResident312374.19%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree74%
2026FirstNonresident8225.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree25%
2025SecondResident5240.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree40%
2025SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2025FirstResident402460.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree60%
2025FirstNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2024SecondResident12433.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree33%
2024SecondNonresident5120.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree20%
2024FirstResident392871.79%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree72%
2024FirstNonresident3266.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree67%
2023SecondResident44100.00%first choice only100%
2023SecondNonresident22100.00%first choice only150%
2023FirstResident1616100.00%first choice only100%
2023FirstNonresident11100.00%first choice only100%
2022SecondResident9655.21%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2022SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2022FirstResident42219045.02%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree45%
2022FirstNonresident161062.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree62%
2021SecondResident9388.60%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2021SecondNonresident200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2021FirstResident47019541.49%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree41%
2021FirstNonresident9555.56%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree56%
2020SecondResident3213.13%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2020SecondNonresident500.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2020FirstResident3097022.65%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree23%
2020FirstNonresident24520.83%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree21%
2019SecondResident4512.22%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2019SecondNonresident4125.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree25%
2019FirstResident2886823.61%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree24%
2019FirstNonresident26726.92%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree27%
2018SecondResident5946.78%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2018SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2018FirstResident2577328.40%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree28%
2018FirstNonresident15213.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree13%
2017SecondResident5946.78%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2017SecondNonresident200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2017FirstResident3087223.38%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree23%
2017FirstNonresident12325.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree25%
2016SecondResident38—both draw choices100%
2016SecondNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2016FirstResident3276—both draw choices100%
2016FirstNonresident45—both draw choices100%
2015FirstResident42104—both draw choices100%
2015FirstNonresident33—both draw choices100%
2014SecondResident4070—both draw choices100%
2014SecondNonresident1430—both draw choices100%
2014FirstResident29147—both draw choices100%
2014FirstNonresident1025—both draw choices100%
2013FirstResident181583.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree83%
2013FirstNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2012SecondResident17317.65%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree18%
2012SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2012FirstResident19514574.36%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree74%
2012FirstNonresident8562.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree62%
2011SecondResident2627.69%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2011SecondNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2011FirstResident904853.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree53%
2011FirstNonresident4250.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2010SecondResident561933.93%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree34%
2010SecondNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2010FirstResident357383—both draw choices100%
2010FirstNonresident1717—both draw choices100%
2009SecondResident8112.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree12%
2009SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2009FirstResident13410074.63%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree75%
2009FirstNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2008SecondResident44920.45%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree20%
2008SecondNonresident3133.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree33%
2008FirstResident2099846.89%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree47%
2008FirstNonresident6233.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree33%
2007SecondResident39923.08%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree23%
2007SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2007FirstResident1849953.80%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree54%
2007FirstNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2006SecondResident2039—both draw choices100%
2006SecondNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2006FirstResident210265—both draw choices100%
2006FirstNonresident48—both draw choices100%
2005SecondResident1824—both draw choices100%
2005SecondNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2005FirstResident193274—both draw choices100%
2005FirstNonresident813—both draw choices100%
2004SecondResident30413.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree13%
2004SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2004FirstResident1949750.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2004FirstNonresident4375.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree75%
2003FirstResident1389770.29%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree70%
2003FirstNonresident33100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2002FirstResident3019932.89%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree32%
2002FirstNonresident3133.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree33%
2001FirstResident1339974.44%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree74%
2001FirstNonresident2150.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2000FirstResident99100—both draw choices100%
2000FirstNonresident00—both draw choices100%
1999FirstResident224238—both draw choices100%
1999FirstNonresident1112—both draw choices100%
1998FirstResident5778—both draw choices100%
1998FirstNonresident11—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 15 different area labels for elk hunt 2057 across the seasons it published (11-1, 13, 14-1, 14-4, 15-2, 16, 18, 19A, 19A-1, 22-1, 22-2, 22-3, 23-2, 8-1, 8-2). 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-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

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.