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Idaho elk controlled hunt 2085

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 2085 in 2026 and issued 100 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 338 hunters put it first and 100 drew, 29.59%.

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	43-1	2	62	2	3.23%	38	0	2
2026	First	43-1	100	338	100	29.59%	273	0	100
2025	Second	43-1	4	51	4	7.84%	59	0	4
2025	First	43-1	100	358	100	27.93%	298	0	100
2024	Second	46	3	41	3	7.32%	26	0	3
2024	First	46	75	166	75	45.18%	239	0	75
2023	Second	46	8	88	8	9.09%	55	0	8
2023	First	46	75	141	75	53.19%	180	0	75
2022	Second	39-1	26	703	26	3.70%	141	0	26
2022	First	39-1	650	1,810	650	35.91%	663	0	650
2021	Second	39-1	20	477	20	4.19%	177	0	20
2021	First	39-1	650	1,699	650	38.26%	700	0	650
2020	Second	37	7	11	7	63.64%	15	0	7
2020	First	37	100	85	85	100.00%	119	15	100
2019	Second	37	8	23	8	34.78%	16	0	8
2019	First	37	100	73	73	100.00%	135	27	100
2018	Second	28-1	56	11	11	100.00%	16	4	15
2018	First	28-1	100	23	23	100.00%	55	25	48
2017	Second	28-1	74	20	20	100.00%	23	8	28
2017	First	28-1	100	21	21	100.00%	56	5	26
2016	Second	31	2	50	2	4.00%	59	0	2
2016	First	31	100	207	100	48.31%	284	0	100
2015	Second	31	4	68	4	5.88%	66	0	4
2015	First	31	100	242	100	41.32%	324	0	100
2014	Second	32A-1	13	61	13	21.31%	28	0	13
2014	First	32A-1	250	369	250	67.75%	198	0	250
2013	Second	32A-1	8	182	8	4.40%	73	0	8
2013	First	32A-1	150	596	150	25.17%	433	0	150
2012	Second	36B	6	13	6	46.15%	4	0	6
2012	First	36B	20	13	13	100.00%	13	3	16
2011	Second	37	2	12	2	16.67%	16	0	2
2011	First	37	60	77	60	77.92%	109	0	60
2010	Second	37A	27	57	27	47.37%	23	0	27
2010	First	37A	220	136	136	100.00%	199	84	220
2009	Second	39-1	13	394	13	3.30%	110	0	13
2009	First	39-1	400	1,538	400	26.01%	636	0	400
2008	Second	36A-2*	2	11	2	18.18%	18	0	2
2008	First	36A-2*	100	125	100	80.00%	161	0	100
2007	Second	36A-1	57	6	6	100.00%	10	8	14
2007	First	36A-1	150	64	64	100.00%	70	46	110
2006	Second	36-2	1	20	1	5.00%	3	0	1
2006	First	36-2	50	175	50	28.57%	63	0	50
2005	Second	36A-2*	8	45	8	17.78%	25	0	8
2005	First	36A-2*	200	149	147	98.66%	251	53	200
2004	Second	36A-2	83	38	38	100.00%	46	16	54
2004	First	36A-2	250	110	110	100.00%	183	70	180
2003	First	36B	300	318	300	94.34%	183	0	300
2002	First	37	300	0	0	—	0	0	0
2001	First	37	300	201	201	100.00%	209	68	269
2000	First	39-1	100	333	100	30.03%	177	0	100
1999	First	32A-2	100	239	100	41.84%	377	0	100
1998	First	32-4	200	65	65	100.00%	150	46	111

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 43-1, 46, 39-1, 37, 28-1, 31, 32A-1, 36B, 37A, 36A-2*, 36A-1, 36-2, 36A-2, 32A-2, 32-4. 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.
Season	Period	Residency	Put it first	Permits	Draw rate	What the permit count covers	IDFG's own figure
2026	Second	Resident	53	2	3.77%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	4%
2026	Second	Nonresident	9	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2026	First	Resident	327	97	29.66%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	30%
2026	First	Nonresident	11	3	27.27%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	27%
2025	Second	Resident	43	4	9.30%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	9%
2025	Second	Nonresident	8	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2025	First	Resident	333	97	29.13%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	29%
2025	First	Nonresident	25	3	12.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	12%
2024	Second	Resident	37	3	8.11%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	8%
2024	Second	Nonresident	4	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2024	First	Resident	159	73	45.91%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	46%
2024	First	Nonresident	7	2	28.57%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	29%
2023	Second	Resident	85	7	8.24%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	8%
2023	Second	Nonresident	3	1	33.33%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2023	First	Resident	134	71	52.99%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	53%
2023	First	Nonresident	7	4	57.14%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	57%
2022	Second	Resident	667	23	3.45%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	3%
2022	Second	Nonresident	36	3	8.33%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	8%
2022	First	Resident	1,749	631	36.08%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	36%
2022	First	Nonresident	61	19	31.15%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	31%
2021	Second	Resident	461	20	4.34%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	4%
2021	Second	Nonresident	16	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2021	First	Resident	1,620	619	38.21%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	38%
2021	First	Nonresident	79	31	39.24%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	39%
2020	Second	Resident	8	6	75.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	75%
2020	Second	Nonresident	3	1	33.33%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2020	First	Resident	82	82	100.00%	first choice only	100%
2020	First	Nonresident	3	3	100.00%	first choice only	100%
2019	Second	Resident	20	6	30.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	30%
2019	Second	Nonresident	3	2	66.67%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	67%
2019	First	Resident	69	69	100.00%	first choice only	100%
2019	First	Nonresident	4	4	100.00%	first choice only	100%
2018	Second	Resident	11	15	—	both draw choices	100%
2018	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	both draw choices	0%
2018	First	Resident	22	43	—	both draw choices	100%
2018	First	Nonresident	1	5	—	both draw choices	100%
2017	Second	Resident	18	26	—	both draw choices	144%
2017	Second	Nonresident	2	2	—	both draw choices	100%
2017	First	Resident	19	24	—	both draw choices	100%
2017	First	Nonresident	2	2	—	both draw choices	100%
2016	Second	Resident	47	2	4.26%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	4%
2016	Second	Nonresident	3	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2016	First	Resident	194	94	48.45%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	48%
2016	First	Nonresident	13	6	46.15%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	46%
2015	Second	Resident	66	4	6.06%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	6%
2015	Second	Nonresident	2	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2015	First	Resident	238	97	40.76%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	41%
2015	First	Nonresident	4	3	75.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	75%
2014	Second	Resident	61	13	21.31%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	21%
2014	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2014	First	Resident	359	242	67.41%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	67%
2014	First	Nonresident	10	8	80.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	80%
2013	Second	Resident	181	8	4.42%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	4%
2013	Second	Nonresident	1	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2013	First	Resident	589	146	24.79%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	25%
2013	First	Nonresident	7	4	57.14%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	57%
2012	Second	Resident	13	6	46.15%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	46%
2012	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2012	First	Resident	11	14	—	both draw choices	100%
2012	First	Nonresident	2	2	—	both draw choices	100%
2011	Second	Resident	12	2	16.67%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	17%
2011	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2011	First	Resident	75	59	78.67%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	79%
2011	First	Nonresident	2	1	50.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	50%
2010	Second	Resident	56	26	46.43%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	46%
2010	Second	Nonresident	1	1	100.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2010	First	Resident	126	201	—	both draw choices	100%
2010	First	Nonresident	10	19	—	both draw choices	100%
2009	Second	Resident	385	12	3.12%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	3%
2009	Second	Nonresident	9	1	11.11%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	11%
2009	First	Resident	1,498	390	26.03%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	26%
2009	First	Nonresident	40	10	25.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	25%
2008	Second	Resident	10	2	20.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	20%
2008	Second	Nonresident	1	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2008	First	Resident	108	90	83.33%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	83%
2008	First	Nonresident	17	10	58.82%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	59%
2007	Second	Resident	6	14	—	both draw choices	100%
2007	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	both draw choices	0%
2007	First	Resident	52	95	—	both draw choices	100%
2007	First	Nonresident	12	15	—	both draw choices	100%
2006	Second	Resident	20	1	5.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	5%
2006	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2006	First	Resident	171	50	29.24%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	29%
2006	First	Nonresident	4	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2005	Second	Resident	38	4	10.53%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	11%
2005	Second	Nonresident	7	4	57.14%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	57%
2005	First	Resident	127	180	—	both draw choices	100%
2005	First	Nonresident	22	20	—	both draw choices	91%
2004	Second	Resident	35	50	—	both draw choices	100%
2004	Second	Nonresident	3	4	—	both draw choices	100%
2004	First	Resident	94	161	—	both draw choices	100%
2004	First	Nonresident	16	19	—	both draw choices	100%
2003	First	Resident	302	284	94.04%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	94%
2003	First	Nonresident	16	16	100.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2002	First	Resident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2002	First	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2001	First	Resident	187	251	—	both draw choices	100%
2001	First	Nonresident	14	18	—	both draw choices	100%
2000	First	Resident	329	100	30.40%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	30%
2000	First	Nonresident	4	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
1999	First	Resident	232	96	41.38%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	41%
1999	First	Nonresident	7	4	57.14%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	57%
1998	First	Resident	65	110	—	both draw choices	100%
1998	First	Nonresident	0	1	—	both draw choices	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 2085 across the seasons it published (28-1, 31, 32-4, 32A-1, 32A-2, 36-2, 36A-1, 36A-2, 36A-2*, 36B, 37, 37A, 39-1, 43-1, 46). 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.