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Idaho elk controlled hunt 2088

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 150 permits on hunt 2088 in 2026 and issued 150 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 206 hunters put it first and 150 drew, 72.82%.

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	48-2	8	57	8	14.04%	62	0	8
2026	First	48-2	150	206	150	72.82%	228	0	150
2025	Second	48-2	8	51	8	15.69%	38	0	8
2025	First	48-2	150	205	150	73.17%	229	0	150
2024	First	48-3	25	43	25	58.14%	37	0	25
2023	First	48-3	25	24	24	100.00%	28	1	25
2022	Second	41-1	12	139	12	8.63%	43	0	12
2022	First	41-1	160	122	122	100.00%	165	38	160
2021	Second	41-1	9	92	9	9.78%	34	0	9
2021	First	41-1	160	173	160	92.49%	175	0	160
2020	Second	39-2	6	241	6	2.49%	140	0	6
2020	First	39-2	400	1,158	400	34.54%	822	0	400
2019	Second	39-2	7	226	7	3.10%	192	0	7
2019	First	39-2	400	1,104	400	36.23%	836	0	400
2018	Second	30A-1	33	1	1	100.00%	2	0	1
2018	First	30A-1	50	14	14	100.00%	22	4	18
2017	Second	30A-1	33	3	3	100.00%	4	3	6
2017	First	30A-1	50	16	16	100.00%	11	2	18
2016	Second	32A	10	81	10	12.35%	33	0	10
2016	First	32A	250	334	250	74.85%	118	0	250
2015	Second	32A	18	89	18	20.22%	30	0	18
2015	First	32A	250	355	250	70.42%	167	0	250
2014	Second	32A-1	4	115	4	3.48%	68	0	4
2014	First	32A-1	150	606	150	24.75%	417	0	150
2013	Second	36A-2	1	10	1	10.00%	6	0	1
2013	First	36A-2	75	52	52	100.00%	97	23	75
2012	Second	37	6	61	6	9.84%	19	0	6
2012	First	37	60	127	60	47.24%	107	0	60
2011	Second	37A	8	48	8	16.67%	15	0	8
2011	First	37A	90	115	90	78.26%	134	0	90
2010	Second	40*	5	126	5	3.97%	17	0	5
2010	First	40*	100	258	100	38.76%	249	0	100
2009	Second	40*	6	98	6	6.12%	18	0	6
2009	First	40*	100	188	100	53.19%	231	0	100
2008	Second	37	5	16	5	31.25%	24	0	5
2008	First	37	75	69	69	100.00%	113	6	75
2007	Second	36A-2*	53	57	53	92.98%	27	0	53
2007	First	36A-2*	250	128	128	100.00%	176	92	220
2006	Second	36A-2*	41	19	19	100.00%	15	10	29
2006	First	36A-2*	200	100	100	100.00%	220	72	172
2005	Second	36B	57	25	25	100.00%	10	7	32
2005	First	36B	250	182	182	100.00%	120	34	216
2004	Second	37	1	2	1	50.00%	9	0	1
2004	First	37	50	61	50	81.97%	72	0	50
2003	First	39-1	500	233	233	100.00%	248	135	368
2002	First	39-3	500	865	500	57.80%	399	0	500
2001	First	39-3	300	762	300	39.37%	390	0	300
2000	First	39-4	600	0	0	—	0	0	0
1999	First	33-2	100	228	100	43.86%	208	0	100
1998	First	32A-2	100	250	100	40.00%	357	0	100

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 48-2, 48-3, 41-1, 39-2, 30A-1, 32A, 32A-1, 36A-2, 37, 37A, 40*, 36A-2*, 36B, 39-1, 39-3, 39-4, 33-2, 32A-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	53	7	13.21%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	13%
2026	Second	Nonresident	4	1	25.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	25%
2026	First	Resident	196	142	72.45%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	72%
2026	First	Nonresident	10	8	80.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	80%
2025	Second	Resident	50	8	16.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	16%
2025	Second	Nonresident	1	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2025	First	Resident	194	146	75.26%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	75%
2025	First	Nonresident	11	4	36.36%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	36%
2024	First	Resident	41	24	58.54%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	59%
2024	First	Nonresident	2	1	50.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	50%
2023	First	Resident	23	23	100.00%	first choice only	100%
2023	First	Nonresident	1	1	100.00%	first choice only	100%
2022	Second	Resident	126	11	8.73%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	9%
2022	Second	Nonresident	13	1	7.69%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	8%
2022	First	Resident	112	112	100.00%	first choice only	100%
2022	First	Nonresident	10	10	100.00%	first choice only	100%
2021	Second	Resident	89	9	10.11%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	10%
2021	Second	Nonresident	3	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2021	First	Resident	166	153	92.17%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	92%
2021	First	Nonresident	7	7	100.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2020	Second	Resident	238	6	2.52%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	3%
2020	Second	Nonresident	3	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2020	First	Resident	1,135	393	34.63%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	35%
2020	First	Nonresident	23	7	30.43%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	30%
2019	Second	Resident	224	7	3.13%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	3%
2019	Second	Nonresident	2	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2019	First	Resident	1,091	397	36.39%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	36%
2019	First	Nonresident	13	3	23.08%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	23%
2018	Second	Resident	1	1	100.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2018	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2018	First	Resident	14	18	—	both draw choices	100%
2018	First	Nonresident	0	0	—	both draw choices	0%
2017	Second	Resident	3	6	—	both draw choices	200%
2017	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	both draw choices	0%
2017	First	Resident	15	16	—	both draw choices	100%
2017	First	Nonresident	1	2	—	both draw choices	100%
2016	Second	Resident	78	9	11.54%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	12%
2016	Second	Nonresident	3	1	33.33%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	33%
2016	First	Resident	326	246	75.46%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	75%
2016	First	Nonresident	8	4	50.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	50%
2015	Second	Resident	87	18	20.69%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	21%
2015	Second	Nonresident	2	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2015	First	Resident	342	240	70.18%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	70%
2015	First	Nonresident	13	10	76.92%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	77%
2014	Second	Resident	113	4	3.54%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	4%
2014	Second	Nonresident	2	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2014	First	Resident	594	149	25.08%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	25%
2014	First	Nonresident	12	1	8.33%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	8%
2013	Second	Resident	10	1	10.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	10%
2013	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2013	First	Resident	51	73	—	both draw choices	100%
2013	First	Nonresident	1	2	—	both draw choices	100%
2012	Second	Resident	59	6	10.17%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	10%
2012	Second	Nonresident	2	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2012	First	Resident	122	57	46.72%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	47%
2012	First	Nonresident	5	3	60.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	60%
2011	Second	Resident	47	8	17.02%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	17%
2011	Second	Nonresident	1	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2011	First	Resident	107	85	79.44%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	79%
2011	First	Nonresident	8	5	62.50%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	62%
2010	Second	Resident	122	5	4.10%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	4%
2010	Second	Nonresident	4	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2010	First	Resident	252	99	39.29%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	39%
2010	First	Nonresident	6	1	16.67%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	17%
2009	Second	Resident	97	6	6.19%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	6%
2009	Second	Nonresident	1	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2009	First	Resident	186	98	52.69%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	53%
2009	First	Nonresident	2	2	100.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2008	Second	Resident	16	5	31.25%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	31%
2008	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2008	First	Resident	67	72	—	both draw choices	100%
2008	First	Nonresident	2	3	—	both draw choices	100%
2007	Second	Resident	55	52	94.55%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	95%
2007	Second	Nonresident	2	1	50.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	50%
2007	First	Resident	116	204	—	both draw choices	100%
2007	First	Nonresident	12	16	—	both draw choices	100%
2006	Second	Resident	19	29	—	both draw choices	100%
2006	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	both draw choices	0%
2006	First	Resident	88	152	—	both draw choices	100%
2006	First	Nonresident	12	20	—	both draw choices	100%
2005	Second	Resident	24	31	—	both draw choices	100%
2005	Second	Nonresident	1	1	—	both draw choices	100%
2005	First	Resident	168	200	—	both draw choices	100%
2005	First	Nonresident	14	16	—	both draw choices	100%
2004	Second	Resident	2	1	50.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	50%
2004	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2004	First	Resident	58	47	81.03%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	81%
2004	First	Nonresident	3	3	100.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2003	First	Resident	233	368	—	both draw choices	100%
2003	First	Nonresident	0	0	—	both draw choices	100%
2002	First	Resident	855	496	58.01%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	58%
2002	First	Nonresident	10	4	40.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	40%
2001	First	Resident	749	294	39.25%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	39%
2001	First	Nonresident	13	6	46.15%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	46%
2000	First	Resident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2000	First	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
1999	First	Resident	224	97	43.30%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	43%
1999	First	Nonresident	4	3	75.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	75%
1998	First	Resident	241	99	41.08%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	41%
1998	First	Nonresident	9	1	11.11%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	11%

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 18 different area labels for elk hunt 2088 across the seasons it published (30A-1, 32A, 32A-1, 32A-2, 33-2, 36A-2, 36A-2*, 36B, 37, 37A, 39-1, 39-2, 39-3, 39-4, 40*, 41-1, 48-2, 48-3). 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-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2024 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.