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Idaho · Elk · Hunt 2058

Idaho elk controlled hunt 2058

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 30 permits on hunt 2058 in 2026 and issued 30 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 23 hunters put it first and 22 drew, 95.65%. A further 8 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.
SeasonPeriodAreaPermits availablePut it firstDrew on first choiceFirst-choice draw ratePut it secondDrew on second choicePermits issued
2026Second19A-1400—322
2026First19A-130232295.65%37830
2025Second19A-1755100.00%327
2025First19A-1301616100.00%171127
2024Second21A548510.42%505
2024First21A751707544.12%58075
2023Second21A22827.14%502
2023First21A751287558.59%34075
2022Second10A-137134.23%1103
2022First10A-1402124018.87%23040
2021Second10A-124724.26%1002
2021First10A-1402194018.26%35040
2020Second8-2611265.36%2306
2020First8-220052820037.88%2170200
2019Second8-226023.33%2602
2019First8-220051820038.61%2300200
2018Second8-2546510.87%2805
2018First8-220040520049.38%1560200
2017Second8-258555.88%2705
2017First8-220043320046.19%1760200
2016Second11A20292068.97%6020
2016First11A150111111100.00%7539150
2015Second11A527518.52%1405
2015First11A150125125100.00%8925150
2014First14-1*15271555.56%11015
2013Second14-224524.44%302
2013First14-2602836021.20%58060
2012Second19A11119.09%201
2012First19A25392564.10%20025
2011Second1812611219.67%51012
2011First1815016415091.46%1860150
2010Second22-1841048480.77%36084
2010First22-1300168168100.00%28265233
2009Second22-3510454.81%1505
2009First22-310039510025.32%1830100
2008Second22-2921942.86%509
2008First22-210013410074.63%390100
2007Second22-215120.00%601
2007First22-210015810063.29%510100
2006Second22-112241250.00%15012
2006First22-110017010058.82%1470100
2005Second22-1435411.43%1704
2005First22-110022710044.05%1830100
2004First22-210016210061.73%740100
2003First22-310025910038.61%1830100
2002First23-210017010058.82%990100
2001First23-31001919100.00%301029
2000First23-31001313100.00%171023
1999First16-11505555100.00%391671
1998First15-1751637546.01%176075

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-1, 21A, 10A-1, 8-2, 11A, 14-1*, 14-2, 19A, 18, 22-1, 22-3, 22-2, 23-2, 23-3, 16-1, 15-1. 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
2026SecondResident00—first choice only0%
2026SecondNonresident00—first choice only0%
2026FirstResident1919100.00%first choice only100%
2026FirstNonresident4375.00%first choice only75%
2025SecondResident55100.00%first choice only100%
2025SecondNonresident00—first choice only0%
2025FirstResident1616100.00%first choice only100%
2025FirstNonresident00—first choice only0%
2024SecondResident4548.89%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2024SecondNonresident3133.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree33%
2024FirstResident1567346.79%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree47%
2024FirstNonresident14214.29%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree14%
2023SecondResident2528.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2023SecondNonresident300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2023FirstResident1146859.65%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree60%
2023FirstNonresident14750.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2022SecondResident7034.29%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2022SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2022FirstResident2094019.14%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree19%
2022FirstNonresident300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2021SecondResident4524.44%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2021SecondNonresident200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2021FirstResident2114018.96%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree19%
2021FirstNonresident800.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2020SecondResident10665.66%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2020SecondNonresident600.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2020FirstResident50919037.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree37%
2020FirstNonresident191052.63%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree53%
2019SecondResident5723.51%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2019SecondNonresident300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2019FirstResident50319438.57%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree39%
2019FirstNonresident15640.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree40%
2018SecondResident46510.87%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2018SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2018FirstResident39619649.49%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree49%
2018FirstNonresident9444.44%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree44%
2017SecondResident8256.10%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2017SecondNonresident300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2017FirstResident42619746.24%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree46%
2017FirstNonresident7342.86%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree43%
2016SecondResident292068.97%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree69%
2016SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2016FirstResident106144—both draw choices100%
2016FirstNonresident56—both draw choices100%
2015SecondResident25520.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree20%
2015SecondNonresident200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2015FirstResident124149—both draw choices100%
2015FirstNonresident11—both draw choices100%
2014FirstResident271555.56%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree56%
2014FirstNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2013SecondResident4424.55%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2013SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2013FirstResident2766021.74%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree22%
2013FirstNonresident700.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2012SecondResident1119.09%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2012SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2012FirstResident392564.10%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree64%
2012FirstNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2011SecondResident591016.95%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree17%
2011SecondNonresident22100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2011FirstResident15814591.77%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree92%
2011FirstNonresident6583.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree83%
2010SecondResident1008282.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree82%
2010SecondNonresident4250.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2010FirstResident165228—both draw choices100%
2010FirstNonresident35—both draw choices100%
2009SecondResident10254.90%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2009SecondNonresident200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2009FirstResident38910025.71%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree26%
2009FirstNonresident600.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2008SecondResident21942.86%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree43%
2008SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2008FirstResident1319774.05%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree74%
2008FirstNonresident33100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2007SecondResident5120.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree20%
2007SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2007FirstResident1559963.87%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree64%
2007FirstNonresident3133.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree33%
2006SecondResident241250.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2006SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2006FirstResident1629759.88%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree60%
2006FirstNonresident8337.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree38%
2005SecondResident35411.43%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2005SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2005FirstResident2139444.13%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree44%
2005FirstNonresident14642.86%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree43%
2004FirstResident16210061.73%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree61%
2004FirstNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2003FirstResident25710038.91%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree38%
2003FirstNonresident200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2002FirstResident1659658.18%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree58%
2002FirstNonresident5480.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree80%
2001FirstResident1928—both draw choices100%
2001FirstNonresident01—both draw choices100%
2000FirstResident1323—both draw choices100%
2000FirstNonresident00—both draw choices100%
1999FirstResident5267—both draw choices100%
1999FirstNonresident34—both draw choices100%
1998FirstResident1587144.94%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree44%
1998FirstNonresident5480.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree80%

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 16 different area labels for elk hunt 2058 across the seasons it published (10A-1, 11A, 14-1*, 14-2, 15-1, 16-1, 18, 19A, 19A-1, 21A, 22-1, 22-2, 22-3, 23-2, 23-3, 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-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

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.