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Idaho · Elk · Hunt 2076

Idaho elk controlled hunt 2076

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 100 permits on hunt 2076 in 2026 and issued 100 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 112 hunters put it first and 95 drew, 84.82%. A further 5 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 28 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
2026Second36-1626623.08%1006
2026First36-11001129584.82%575100
2025Second36-110191052.63%8010
2025First36-110010410096.15%470100
2024Second37520525.00%1605
2024First3760886068.18%76060
2023Second37324312.50%703
2023First3760946063.83%72060
2022Second30A-1412433.33%504
2022First30A-150515098.04%36050
2021Second30A-1528517.86%305
2021First30A-150845059.52%46050
2020Second30A-1212216.67%102
2020First30A-150795063.29%34050
2019Second30A-1414428.57%304
2019First30A-150785064.10%24050
2018First23-150825060.98%45050
2017Second23-124250.00%302
2017First23-150905055.56%37050
2016Second23-318112.50%201
2016First23-3403434100.00%29640
2015Second23-348450.00%1304
2015First23-340574070.18%39040
2014Second24-2*973912.33%1809
2014First24-2*751987537.88%141075
2013Second2933239.38%2003
2013First29701787039.33%201070
2012Second31-112114.76%2101
2012First31-1501475034.01%212050
2011Second31-133139.68%1703
2011First31-1501035048.54%108050
2010Second32-112621219.35%22012
2010First32-120024120082.99%1540200
2009Second32A858813.79%3708
2009First32A20032920060.79%1380200
2008Second32-111221150.00%13011
2008First32-1200182182100.00%10518200
2007Second32-119411946.34%11019
2007First32-1200187187100.00%10213200
2006Second32-1451414100.00%6014
2006First32-11004848100.00%401260
2004Second32A732721.88%707
2004First32A20029420068.03%1090200
2003First32A200143143100.00%32557200
2002First32A10048710020.53%2780100
2001First32A10052710018.98%3840100
2000First32A10054210018.45%3460100
1999First29-240040340099.26%5590400
1998First25752327532.33%62075

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 36-1, 37, 30A-1, 23-1, 23-3, 24-2*, 29, 31-1, 32-1, 32A, 29-2, 25. 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
2026SecondResident20315.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree15%
2026SecondNonresident6350.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2026FirstResident8585100.00%first choice only100%
2026FirstNonresident271037.04%first choice only37%
2025SecondResident17847.06%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree47%
2025SecondNonresident22100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2025FirstResident919098.90%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree99%
2025FirstNonresident131076.92%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree77%
2024SecondResident18527.78%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree28%
2024SecondNonresident200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2024FirstResident805467.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree68%
2024FirstNonresident8675.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree75%
2023SecondResident20315.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree15%
2023SecondNonresident400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2023FirstResident835465.06%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree65%
2023FirstNonresident11654.55%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree55%
2022SecondResident12433.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree33%
2022SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2022FirstResident504998.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree98%
2022FirstNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2021SecondResident28517.86%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree18%
2021SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2021FirstResident764559.21%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree59%
2021FirstNonresident8562.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree62%
2020SecondResident5240.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree40%
2020SecondNonresident700.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2020FirstResident614573.77%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree74%
2020FirstNonresident18527.78%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree28%
2019SecondResident10330.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree30%
2019SecondNonresident4125.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree25%
2019FirstResident684566.18%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree66%
2019FirstNonresident10550.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2018FirstResident825060.98%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree61%
2018FirstNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2017SecondResident4250.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2017SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2017FirstResident885056.82%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree57%
2017FirstNonresident200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2016SecondResident8112.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree12%
2016SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2016FirstResident3338—both draw choices100%
2016FirstNonresident12—both draw choices100%
2015SecondResident8450.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2015SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2015FirstResident563969.64%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree70%
2015FirstNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2014SecondResident72912.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree12%
2014SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2014FirstResident1967538.27%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree38%
2014FirstNonresident200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2013SecondResident3239.38%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2013SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2013FirstResident1726738.95%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree39%
2013FirstNonresident6350.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2012SecondResident2114.76%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2012SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2012FirstResident1405035.71%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree36%
2012FirstNonresident700.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2011SecondResident3139.68%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2011SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2011FirstResident1014948.51%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree49%
2011FirstNonresident2150.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2010SecondResident621219.35%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree19%
2010SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2010FirstResident24019982.92%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree83%
2010FirstNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2009SecondResident58813.79%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree14%
2009SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2009FirstResident31919260.19%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree60%
2009FirstNonresident10880.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree80%
2008SecondResident221150.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2008SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2008FirstResident179197—both draw choices100%
2008FirstNonresident33—both draw choices100%
2007SecondResident411946.34%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree46%
2007SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2007FirstResident186199—both draw choices100%
2007FirstNonresident11—both draw choices100%
2006SecondResident1414100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2006SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2006FirstResident4860—both draw choices100%
2006FirstNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2004SecondResident32721.88%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree21%
2004SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2004FirstResident28719367.25%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree67%
2004FirstNonresident77100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2003FirstResident140195—both draw choices100%
2003FirstNonresident35—both draw choices100%
2002FirstResident48610020.58%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree20%
2002FirstNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2001FirstResident5239918.93%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree18%
2001FirstNonresident4125.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree25%
2000FirstResident53910018.55%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree18%
2000FirstNonresident300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
1999FirstResident38738499.22%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree99%
1999FirstNonresident1616100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
1998FirstResident2257131.56%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree31%
1998FirstNonresident7457.14%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree57%

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 12 different area labels for elk hunt 2076 across the seasons it published (23-1, 23-3, 24-2*, 25, 29, 29-2, 30A-1, 31-1, 32-1, 32A, 36-1, 37). 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-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/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/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.