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Idaho · Elk · Hunt 2070

Idaho elk controlled hunt 2070

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 75 permits on hunt 2070 in 2026 and issued 75 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 183 hunters put it first and 75 drew, 40.98%.

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 27 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
2026Second24-222328.70%702
2026First24-2751837540.98%48075
2025Second24-2838821.05%1308
2025First24-2751457551.72%51075
2024Second30856814.29%4608
2024First30751457551.72%112075
2023Second3033438.82%2103
2023First30751667545.18%125075
2022Second23-312161275.00%6012
2022First23-3402424100.00%211236
2021Second23-3411100.00%112
2021First23-3402020100.00%322040
2020Second23-334375.00%1103
2020First23-340414097.56%56040
2019Second23-314125.00%201
2019First23-340464086.96%42040
2018Second18-118112.50%301
2018First18-150555090.91%70050
2017Second18-1312325.00%903
2017First18-150515098.04%84050
2016Second22-1851815.69%1808
2016First22-125032325077.40%2020250
2015Second22-122592237.29%48022
2015First22-125036125069.25%2480250
2014Second23-2*219210.53%1102
2014First23-2*301063028.30%113030
2013Second23-3241010100.00%4111
2013First23-3752222100.00%514264
2012Second24-115971515.46%24015
2012First24-115026115057.47%1140150
2011Second23-4215213.33%1102
2011First23-450955052.63%43050
2010Second2523126.45%1202
2010First25251702514.71%26025
2008Second29-2*11951111.58%32011
2008First29-2*45551845587.84%3450455
2007Second29-2*25692536.23%35025
2007First29-2*455430430100.00%27825455
2006Second28659610.17%1506
2006First2825033425074.85%1900250
2005Second30-2*10191052.63%28010
2005First30-2*16020416078.43%1890160
2003First31501195042.02%92050
2002First31501095045.87%179050
2001First31501265039.68%78050
2000First31501205041.67%206050
1999First23-5150104104100.00%5510114
1998First23-5150133133100.00%4716149

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 24-2, 30, 23-3, 18-1, 22-1, 23-2*, 24-1, 23-4, 25, 29-2*, 28, 30-2*, 31, 23-5. 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
2026SecondResident2328.70%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2026SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2026FirstResident1827541.21%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree41%
2026FirstNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2025SecondResident38821.05%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree21%
2025SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2025FirstResident1447552.08%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree52%
2025FirstNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2024SecondResident48816.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree17%
2024SecondNonresident800.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2024FirstResident1347052.24%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree52%
2024FirstNonresident11545.45%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree45%
2023SecondResident29310.34%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2023SecondNonresident500.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2023FirstResident1506845.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree45%
2023FirstNonresident16743.75%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree44%
2022SecondResident151173.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree73%
2022SecondNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2022FirstResident2323100.00%first choice only100%
2022FirstNonresident11100.00%first choice only100%
2021SecondResident11100.00%first choice only100%
2021SecondNonresident00—first choice only0%
2021FirstResident2020100.00%first choice only100%
2021FirstNonresident00—first choice only0%
2020SecondResident4375.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree75%
2020SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2020FirstResident414097.56%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree98%
2020FirstNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2019SecondResident4125.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree25%
2019SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2019FirstResident453986.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree87%
2019FirstNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2018SecondResident8112.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree12%
2018SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2018FirstResident555090.91%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree91%
2018FirstNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2017SecondResident12325.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree25%
2017SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2017FirstResident504998.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree98%
2017FirstNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2016SecondResident50816.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree16%
2016SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2016FirstResident30723777.20%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree77%
2016FirstNonresident161381.25%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree81%
2015SecondResident592237.29%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree37%
2015SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2015FirstResident34624269.94%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree70%
2015FirstNonresident15853.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree53%
2014SecondResident18211.11%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2014SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2014FirstResident1013029.70%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree30%
2014FirstNonresident500.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2013SecondResident1011—both draw choices100%
2013SecondNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2013FirstResident2263—both draw choices100%
2013FirstNonresident01—both draw choices0%
2012SecondResident931415.05%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree15%
2012SecondNonresident4125.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree25%
2012FirstResident25314758.10%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree58%
2012FirstNonresident8337.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree38%
2011SecondResident15213.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree13%
2011SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2011FirstResident955052.63%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree53%
2011FirstNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2010SecondResident3126.45%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2010SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2010FirstResident1632414.72%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree15%
2010FirstNonresident7114.29%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree14%
2008SecondResident941111.70%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree12%
2008SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2008FirstResident49243087.40%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree87%
2008FirstNonresident262596.15%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree96%
2007SecondResident682536.76%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree37%
2007SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2007FirstResident401424—both draw choices100%
2007FirstNonresident2931—both draw choices100%
2006SecondResident54611.11%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2006SecondNonresident500.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2006FirstResident31223475.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree75%
2006FirstNonresident221672.73%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree73%
2005SecondResident151066.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree67%
2005SecondNonresident400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2005FirstResident19415479.38%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree79%
2005FirstNonresident10660.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree60%
2003FirstResident1145043.86%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree43%
2003FirstNonresident500.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2002FirstResident1074945.79%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree45%
2002FirstNonresident2150.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2001FirstResident1265039.68%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree39%
2001FirstNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2000FirstResident1174941.88%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree41%
2000FirstNonresident3133.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree33%
1999FirstResident99109—both draw choices100%
1999FirstNonresident55—both draw choices100%
1998FirstResident129145—both draw choices100%
1998FirstNonresident44—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 14 different area labels for elk hunt 2070 across the seasons it published (18-1, 22-1, 23-2*, 23-3, 23-4, 23-5, 24-1, 24-2, 25, 28, 29-2*, 30, 30-2*, 31). 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-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/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/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.