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Idaho elk controlled hunt 2080

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 45 permits on hunt 2080 in 2026 and issued 45 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 68 hunters put it first and 45 drew, 66.18%.

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	37A	4	18	4	22.22%	13	0	4
2026	First	37A	45	68	45	66.18%	62	0	45
2025	Second	37A	3	15	3	20.00%	13	0	3
2025	First	37A	45	63	45	71.43%	79	0	45
2024	Second	39-2	44	286	44	15.38%	192	0	44
2024	First	39-2	500	918	500	54.47%	665	0	500
2023	Second	39-2	18	253	18	7.11%	162	0	18
2023	First	39-2	500	909	500	55.01%	719	0	500
2022	Second	36-1	16	41	16	39.02%	12	0	16
2022	First	36-1	200	161	161	100.00%	147	39	200
2021	Second	36-1	27	37	27	72.97%	3	0	27
2021	First	36-1	200	138	138	100.00%	113	62	200
2020	Second	32A-1	4	43	4	9.30%	16	0	4
2020	First	32A-1	50	162	50	30.86%	141	0	50
2019	Second	32A-1	5	43	5	11.63%	22	0	5
2019	First	32A-1	50	204	50	24.51%	118	0	50
2018	Second	23-3	7	8	5	62.50%	5	2	7
2018	First	23-3	40	40	40	100.00%	38	0	40
2017	Second	23-3	3	7	3	42.86%	9	0	3
2017	First	23-3	40	31	31	100.00%	42	9	40
2016	Second	29	1	11	1	9.09%	9	0	1
2016	First	29	70	133	70	52.63%	146	0	70
2015	Second	29	4	23	4	17.39%	30	0	4
2015	First	29	70	163	70	42.94%	163	0	70
2014	Second	30A-1*	26	23	23	100.00%	8	2	25
2014	First	30A-1*	50	17	17	100.00%	32	15	32
2013	Second	32-1	97	14	14	100.00%	15	8	22
2013	First	32-1	150	48	48	100.00%	57	11	59
2012	Second	32A-1	19	101	19	18.81%	75	0	19
2012	First	32A-1	200	277	200	72.20%	284	0	200
2011	Second	32A-1	18	60	18	30.00%	34	0	18
2011	First	32A-1	200	256	200	78.13%	186	0	200
2010	Second	32A	4	99	4	4.04%	55	0	4
2010	First	32A	100	481	100	20.79%	385	0	100
2009	Second	36A-2*	3	8	3	37.50%	13	0	3
2009	First	36A-2*	25	41	25	60.98%	52	0	25
2008	Second	32A	3	73	3	4.11%	35	0	3
2008	First	32A	100	302	100	33.11%	240	0	100
2007	Second	32A	6	65	6	9.23%	29	0	6
2007	First	32A	100	267	100	37.45%	260	0	100
2006	Second	32A	15	35	15	42.86%	44	0	15
2006	First	32A	200	224	200	89.29%	254	0	200
2005	Second	32A	7	113	7	6.19%	48	0	7
2005	First	32A	100	564	100	17.73%	309	0	100
2004	Second	33-1	6	27	6	22.22%	2	0	6
2004	First	33-1	100	132	100	75.76%	73	0	100
2003	First	36	150	244	150	61.48%	70	0	150
2002	First	36A-2	200	62	62	100.00%	167	97	159
2001	First	36A-2	200	76	76	100.00%	176	110	186
2000	First	36A-2	500	177	177	100.00%	300	128	305
1999	First	31-3	150	200	150	75.00%	339	0	150
1998	First	31-2	200	270	200	74.07%	162	0	200

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 37A, 39-2, 36-1, 32A-1, 23-3, 29, 30A-1*, 32-1, 32A, 36A-2*, 33-1, 36, 36A-2, 31-3, 31-2. 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	15	4	26.67%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	27%
2026	Second	Nonresident	3	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2026	First	Resident	66	45	68.18%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	68%
2026	First	Nonresident	2	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2025	Second	Resident	13	2	15.38%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	15%
2025	Second	Nonresident	2	1	50.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	50%
2025	First	Resident	58	42	72.41%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	72%
2025	First	Nonresident	5	3	60.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	60%
2024	Second	Resident	283	44	15.55%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	16%
2024	Second	Nonresident	3	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2024	First	Resident	906	491	54.19%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	54%
2024	First	Nonresident	12	9	75.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	75%
2023	Second	Resident	250	18	7.20%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	7%
2023	Second	Nonresident	3	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2023	First	Resident	895	492	54.97%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	55%
2023	First	Nonresident	14	8	57.14%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	57%
2022	Second	Resident	39	16	41.03%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	41%
2022	Second	Nonresident	2	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2022	First	Resident	142	142	100.00%	first choice only	100%
2022	First	Nonresident	19	19	100.00%	first choice only	100%
2021	Second	Resident	34	25	73.53%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	74%
2021	Second	Nonresident	3	2	66.67%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	67%
2021	First	Resident	123	123	100.00%	first choice only	100%
2021	First	Nonresident	15	15	100.00%	first choice only	100%
2020	Second	Resident	40	4	10.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	10%
2020	Second	Nonresident	3	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2020	First	Resident	154	50	32.47%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	32%
2020	First	Nonresident	8	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2019	Second	Resident	43	5	11.63%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	12%
2019	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2019	First	Resident	192	48	25.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	25%
2019	First	Nonresident	12	2	16.67%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	17%
2018	Second	Resident	8	7	—	both draw choices	88%
2018	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	both draw choices	0%
2018	First	Resident	38	38	100.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2018	First	Nonresident	2	2	100.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2017	Second	Resident	7	3	42.86%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	43%
2017	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2017	First	Resident	30	38	—	both draw choices	100%
2017	First	Nonresident	1	2	—	both draw choices	100%
2016	Second	Resident	9	1	11.11%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	11%
2016	Second	Nonresident	2	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2016	First	Resident	126	68	53.97%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	54%
2016	First	Nonresident	7	2	28.57%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	29%
2015	Second	Resident	23	4	17.39%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	17%
2015	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2015	First	Resident	158	70	44.30%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	44%
2015	First	Nonresident	5	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2014	Second	Resident	22	24	—	both draw choices	100%
2014	Second	Nonresident	1	1	—	both draw choices	100%
2014	First	Resident	16	31	—	both draw choices	100%
2014	First	Nonresident	1	1	—	both draw choices	100%
2013	Second	Resident	13	21	—	both draw choices	100%
2013	Second	Nonresident	1	1	—	both draw choices	100%
2013	First	Resident	47	58	—	both draw choices	100%
2013	First	Nonresident	1	1	—	both draw choices	100%
2012	Second	Resident	98	19	19.39%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	19%
2012	Second	Nonresident	3	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2012	First	Resident	268	191	71.27%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	71%
2012	First	Nonresident	9	9	100.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2011	Second	Resident	60	18	30.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	30%
2011	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2011	First	Resident	254	198	77.95%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	78%
2011	First	Nonresident	2	2	100.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2010	Second	Resident	99	4	4.04%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	4%
2010	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2010	First	Resident	480	99	20.63%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	21%
2010	First	Nonresident	1	1	100.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2009	Second	Resident	8	3	37.50%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	38%
2009	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2009	First	Resident	39	24	61.54%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	62%
2009	First	Nonresident	2	1	50.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	50%
2008	Second	Resident	72	3	4.17%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	4%
2008	Second	Nonresident	1	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2008	First	Resident	288	93	32.29%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	32%
2008	First	Nonresident	14	7	50.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	50%
2007	Second	Resident	64	6	9.38%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	9%
2007	Second	Nonresident	1	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2007	First	Resident	255	93	36.47%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	36%
2007	First	Nonresident	12	7	58.33%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	58%
2006	Second	Resident	35	15	42.86%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	43%
2006	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2006	First	Resident	216	192	88.89%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	89%
2006	First	Nonresident	8	8	100.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2005	Second	Resident	110	7	6.36%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	6%
2005	Second	Nonresident	3	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2005	First	Resident	557	99	17.77%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	18%
2005	First	Nonresident	7	1	14.29%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	14%
2004	Second	Resident	27	6	22.22%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	22%
2004	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2004	First	Resident	132	100	75.76%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	75%
2004	First	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2003	First	Resident	234	144	61.54%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	61%
2003	First	Nonresident	10	6	60.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	60%
2002	First	Resident	62	152	—	both draw choices	100%
2002	First	Nonresident	0	7	—	both draw choices	100%
2001	First	Resident	71	171	—	both draw choices	100%
2001	First	Nonresident	5	15	—	both draw choices	100%
2000	First	Resident	170	283	—	both draw choices	100%
2000	First	Nonresident	7	22	—	both draw choices	100%
1999	First	Resident	197	147	74.62%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	74%
1999	First	Nonresident	3	3	100.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
1998	First	Resident	270	200	74.07%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	74%
1998	First	Nonresident	0	0	—	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 15 different area labels for elk hunt 2080 across the seasons it published (23-3, 29, 30A-1*, 31-2, 31-3, 32-1, 32A, 32A-1, 33-1, 36, 36-1, 36A-2, 36A-2*, 37A, 39-2). 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-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.