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Idaho · Elk · Hunt 2117

Idaho elk controlled hunt 2117

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 2117 in 2026 and issued 100 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 1,555 hunters put it first and 100 drew, 6.43%.

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
2026Second60-2218221.10%13802
2026First60-21001,5551006.43%7710100
2025Second60-2327431.09%11603
2025First60-21001,5361006.51%7620100
2024Second40-1120210.50%5201
2024First40-125818253.06%230025
2023Second40-1345930.65%4803
2023First40-125650253.85%181025
2022Second62-144848.33%2104
2022First62-1402004020.00%156040
2021First62-1401804022.22%145040
2020Second1313142139.15%12013
2020First1333564933551.62%940335
2019Second13912797.09%3409
2019First1333568233549.12%1010335
2018First46-125632539.68%58025
2017Second46-145347.55%2104
2017First46-125572543.86%52025
2016Second48-325282589.29%5025
2016First48-31509494100.00%6945139
2015First48-3150113113100.00%8537150
2014Second51542511.90%3305
2014First5115024015062.50%2710150
2013Second5417811.28%1601
2013First5420227208.81%270020
2012Second67324312.50%203
2012First6750955052.63%26050
2011Second67311327.27%503
2011First6750795063.29%57050
2010Second62-2*16261661.54%33016
2010First62-2*150142142100.00%1138150
2009First54-1*15500153.00%86015
2008Second13111021110.78%13011
2008First1326543526560.92%540265
2007Second66A-127662740.91%46027
2007First66A-1500374374100.00%472126500
2006Second66*26382668.42%11026
2006First66*300200200100.00%218100300
2005Second73X443939100.00%4039
2005First73X1006161100.00%12061
2004Second76-114311445.16%73014
2004First76-1250226226100.00%38224250
2003First6710013310075.19%1060100
2002First76250244244100.00%4596250
2001First73501919100.00%763150
2000First7615022015068.18%3230150
1999First56-335923538.04%148035
1998First52A-340046140086.77%2970400

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 60-2, 40-1, 62-1, 13, 46-1, 48-3, 51, 54, 67, 62-2*, 54-1*, 66A-1, 66*, 73X, 76-1, 76, 73, 56-3, 52A-3. 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
2026SecondResident17110.58%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2026SecondNonresident1119.09%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2026FirstResident1,498906.01%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2026FirstNonresident571017.54%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree18%
2025SecondResident26031.15%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2025SecondNonresident1400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2025FirstResident1,476946.37%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2025FirstNonresident60610.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2024SecondResident17410.57%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2024SecondNonresident2800.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2024FirstResident640233.59%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2024FirstNonresident17821.12%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2023SecondResident38830.77%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2023SecondNonresident7100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2023FirstResident506234.55%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2023FirstNonresident14421.39%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2022SecondResident4548.89%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2022SecondNonresident300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2022FirstResident1843619.57%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree20%
2022FirstNonresident16425.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree25%
2021FirstResident1643722.56%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree23%
2021FirstNonresident16318.75%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree19%
2020SecondResident6845.88%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2020SecondNonresident74912.16%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree129%
2020FirstResident50930259.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree59%
2020FirstNonresident1403323.57%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree24%
2019SecondResident7856.41%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2019SecondNonresident4948.16%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2019FirstResident54530255.41%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree55%
2019FirstNonresident1373324.09%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree24%
2018FirstResident612439.34%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree39%
2018FirstNonresident2150.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2017SecondResident4836.25%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2017SecondNonresident5120.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree20%
2017FirstResident562442.86%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree43%
2017FirstNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2016SecondResident272488.89%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree89%
2016SecondNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2016FirstResident93138—both draw choices100%
2016FirstNonresident11—both draw choices100%
2015FirstResident112148—both draw choices100%
2015FirstNonresident12—both draw choices100%
2014SecondResident42511.90%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree12%
2014SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2014FirstResident23914962.34%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree62%
2014FirstNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2013SecondResident7811.28%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2013SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2013FirstResident225208.89%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2013FirstNonresident200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2012SecondResident23313.04%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree13%
2012SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2012FirstResident854552.94%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree53%
2012FirstNonresident10550.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2011SecondResident10330.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree30%
2011SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2011FirstResident714969.01%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree69%
2011FirstNonresident8112.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree12%
2010SecondResident261661.54%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree62%
2010SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2010FirstResident140148—both draw choices100%
2010FirstNonresident22—both draw choices100%
2009FirstResident460143.04%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2009FirstNonresident4012.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2008SecondResident5459.26%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2008SecondNonresident48612.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree12%
2008FirstResident29923979.93%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree80%
2008FirstNonresident1362619.12%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree19%
2007SecondResident652640.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree40%
2007SecondNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2007FirstResident355477—both draw choices100%
2007FirstNonresident1923—both draw choices100%
2006SecondResident382668.42%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree68%
2006SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2006FirstResident194289—both draw choices100%
2006FirstNonresident611—both draw choices100%
2005SecondResident3939100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2005SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2005FirstResident6161100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2005FirstNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2004SecondResident301446.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree46%
2004SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2004FirstResident219243—both draw choices100%
2004FirstNonresident77—both draw choices100%
2003FirstResident1259374.40%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree74%
2003FirstNonresident8787.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree87%
2002FirstResident239245—both draw choices100%
2002FirstNonresident55—both draw choices100%
2001FirstResident1950—both draw choices100%
2001FirstNonresident00—both draw choices100%
2000FirstResident21514969.30%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree69%
2000FirstNonresident5120.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree20%
1999FirstResident923538.04%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree38%
1999FirstNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
1998FirstResident46140086.77%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree86%
1998FirstNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%

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 19 different area labels for elk hunt 2117 across the seasons it published (13, 40-1, 46-1, 48-3, 51, 52A-3, 54, 54-1*, 56-3, 60-2, 62-1, 62-2*, 66*, 66A-1, 67, 73, 73X, 76, 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-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-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-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-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.