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Idaho · Elk · Hunt 2105

Idaho elk controlled hunt 2105

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 40 permits on hunt 2105 in 2026 and issued 40 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 95 hunters put it first and 40 drew, 42.11%.

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.
SeasonPeriodAreaPermits availablePut it firstDrew on first choiceFirst-choice draw ratePut it secondDrew on second choicePermits issued
2026Second67-1432412.50%304
2026First67-140954042.11%51040
2025Second67-1319315.79%403
2025First67-140954042.11%32040
2024Second76-112171270.59%24012
2024First76-11007575100.00%19225100
2023Second76-1121111100.00%28112
2023First76-11006969100.00%14631100
2022First63639358358100.00%375281639
2021First63no cap232232100.00%266194426
2020Second5655359.43%2005
2020First56501145043.86%153050
2019Second56759711.86%1507
2019First5650935053.76%170050
2018Second39-214309144.53%175014
2018First39-24001,09940036.40%7470400
2017Second39-212227125.29%191012
2017First39-24001,07940037.07%7690400
2016Second41-111516.67%2001
2016First41-135493571.43%77035
2015Second41-119111.11%1201
2015First41-1353030100.00%57535
2014Second46*12713.70%2601
2014First46*351223528.69%126035
2013First46*20472042.55%88020
2012Second50-233139.68%1503
2012First50-210017810056.18%1950100
2011Second5134237.14%1003
2011First5115020915071.77%1740150
2010Second60-2*712075.83%6407
2010First60-2*15063315023.70%5110150
2009Second60-2*48045.00%8904
2009First60-2*10050010020.00%5740100
2008Second52A*610465.77%4906
2008First52A*15032515046.15%4300150
2007Second50-31542828100.00%482856
2007First50-32002424100.00%933256
2006Second50-31554343100.00%453982
2006First50-32002525100.00%832449
2005Second511557373100.00%9255128
2005First513508787100.00%275132219
2004Second511305656100.00%512884
2004First51350119119100.00%228112231
2003First51350173173100.00%315148321
2002First5415881517.05%131015
2001First52A15020315073.89%2110150
2000First56-220682029.41%99020
1999First44-330057530052.17%4240300
1998First43-430045430066.08%4910300

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.

No cap is a hunt Idaho drew without a permit limit. Its data carries 99,999 and 999,999 as placeholders in the permits-available field and states nowhere what they mean, so no quota is shown rather than one of those figures.

The area label changes across seasons for this hunt number — Idaho printed 67-1, 76-1, 63, 56, 39-2, 41-1, 46*, 50-2, 51, 60-2*, 52A*, 50-3, 54, 52A, 56-2, 44-3, 43-4. 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.
SeasonPeriodResidencyPut it firstPermitsDraw rateWhat the permit count coversIDFG's own figure
2026SecondResident25416.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree16%
2026SecondNonresident700.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2026FirstResident723650.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2026FirstNonresident23417.39%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree17%
2025SecondResident14321.43%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree21%
2025SecondNonresident500.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2025FirstResident793645.57%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree46%
2025FirstNonresident16425.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree25%
2024SecondResident171270.59%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree71%
2024SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2024FirstResident7474100.00%first choice only100%
2024FirstNonresident11100.00%first choice only100%
2023SecondResident1111100.00%first choice only100%
2023SecondNonresident00—first choice only0%
2023FirstResident6060100.00%first choice only100%
2023FirstNonresident99100.00%first choice only100%
2022FirstResident341341100.00%first choice only100%
2022FirstNonresident1717100.00%first choice only100%
2021FirstResident226226100.00%first choice only100%
2021FirstNonresident66100.00%first choice only100%
2020SecondResident5259.62%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2020SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2020FirstResident1064845.28%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree45%
2020FirstNonresident8225.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree25%
2019SecondResident58712.07%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree12%
2019SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2019FirstResident904954.44%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree54%
2019FirstNonresident3133.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree33%
2018SecondResident304144.61%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2018SecondNonresident500.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2018FirstResident1,07639236.43%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree36%
2018FirstNonresident23834.78%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree35%
2017SecondResident221125.43%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2017SecondNonresident600.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2017FirstResident1,06639436.96%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree37%
2017FirstNonresident13646.15%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree46%
2016SecondResident1516.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2016SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2016FirstResident443272.73%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree73%
2016FirstNonresident5360.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree60%
2015SecondResident9111.11%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2015SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2015FirstResident2833—both draw choices100%
2015FirstNonresident22—both draw choices100%
2014SecondResident2713.70%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2014SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2014FirstResident1213428.10%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree28%
2014FirstNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2013FirstResident461941.30%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree41%
2013FirstNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2012SecondResident3139.68%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2012SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2012FirstResident17810056.18%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree56%
2012FirstNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2011SecondResident4137.32%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2011SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2011FirstResident20314772.41%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree72%
2011FirstNonresident6350.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2010SecondResident12075.83%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2010SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2010FirstResident62614923.80%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree24%
2010FirstNonresident7114.29%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree14%
2009SecondResident8045.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2009SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2009FirstResident49810020.08%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree20%
2009FirstNonresident200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2008SecondResident10365.83%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2008SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2008FirstResident32014545.31%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree45%
2008FirstNonresident55100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2007SecondResident2755—both draw choices100%
2007SecondNonresident11—both draw choices100%
2007FirstResident2456—both draw choices100%
2007FirstNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2006SecondResident4380—both draw choices100%
2006SecondNonresident02—both draw choices0%
2006FirstResident2549—both draw choices100%
2006FirstNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2005SecondResident71126—both draw choices100%
2005SecondNonresident22—both draw choices100%
2005FirstResident85210—both draw choices100%
2005FirstNonresident29—both draw choices100%
2004SecondResident5680—both draw choices100%
2004SecondNonresident04—both draw choices100%
2004FirstResident115225—both draw choices100%
2004FirstNonresident46—both draw choices100%
2003FirstResident168315—both draw choices100%
2003FirstNonresident56—both draw choices100%
2002FirstResident871517.24%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree17%
2002FirstNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2001FirstResident20315073.89%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree73%
2001FirstNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2000FirstResident682029.41%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree29%
2000FirstNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
1999FirstResident56729451.85%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree51%
1999FirstNonresident8675.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree75%
1998FirstResident44129165.99%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree66%
1998FirstNonresident13969.23%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree69%

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 17 different area labels for elk hunt 2105 across the seasons it published (39-2, 41-1, 43-4, 44-3, 46*, 50-2, 50-3, 51, 52A, 52A*, 54, 56, 56-2, 60-2*, 63, 67-1, 76-1). 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-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2022 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-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

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.