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Idaho · Elk · Hunt 2119

Idaho elk controlled hunt 2119

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 666 permits on hunt 2119 in 2026 and issued 666 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 246 hunters put it first and 246 drew, 100.00%. A further 420 permits went to hunters who had named it as their second choice.

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
2026First63666246246100.00%514420666
2025First63622244244100.00%447378622
2024Second45-134836.25%2003
2024First45-1251242520.16%80025
2023Second45-113313.03%801
2023First45-1251192521.01%94025
2022First18402894013.84%66040
2021Second1835135.88%903
2021First18403224012.42%71040
2020Second39-359855.10%4505
2020First39-3752817526.69%136075
2019Second39-3710276.86%2707
2019First39-3752817526.69%109075
2018Second46-269366.45%4906
2018First46-21009393100.00%1907100
2017Second46-215120.00%1001
2017First46-21008989100.00%12911100
2016Second49651611.76%9006
2016First4920037120053.91%4780200
2015Second49812386.50%11208
2015First4920026720074.91%5260200
2014Second58-2861813.11%4408
2014First58-225027325091.58%2730250
2013First56-235453577.78%46035
2012Second76-2*111010100.00%26111
2012First76-2*1009090100.00%17410100
2011Second76-2*171414100.00%15317
2011First76-2*1007575100.00%16525100
2010Second1826223.23%902
2010First18754167518.03%53075
2009Second36A333100.00%203
2009First36A25272592.59%19025
2008Second62A68766.90%3506
2008First62A15034415043.60%2310150
2007Second76-215341544.12%37015
2007First76-2250203203100.00%33447250
2006Second76-1812378134.18%146081
2006First76-11,5001,4491,449100.00%1,054511,500
2005Second76-1191919100.00%26019
2005First76-1250226226100.00%20924250
2004Second43-2327311.11%1603
2004First43-2751437552.45%102075
2003First76-1250210210100.00%31940250
2002First43-215017615085.23%1380150
2001First1319123519181.28%540191
2000First51-3251642515.24%76025
1999First60A-235092135038.00%5710350
1998First56-3351053533.33%185035

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 63, 45-1, 18, 39-3, 46-2, 49, 58-2, 56-2, 76-2*, 36A, 62A, 76-2, 76-1, 43-2, 13, 51-3, 60A-2, 56-3. 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
2026FirstResident195195100.00%first choice only100%
2026FirstNonresident5151100.00%first choice only100%
2025FirstResident219219100.00%first choice only100%
2025FirstNonresident2525100.00%first choice only100%
2024SecondResident4424.55%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2024SecondNonresident4125.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree25%
2024FirstResident922325.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree25%
2024FirstNonresident3226.25%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2023SecondResident2713.70%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2023SecondNonresident600.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2023FirstResident842327.38%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree27%
2023FirstNonresident3525.71%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2022FirstResident2123616.98%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree17%
2022FirstNonresident7745.19%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2021SecondResident4636.52%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2021SecondNonresident500.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2021FirstResident2313615.58%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree16%
2021FirstNonresident9144.40%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2020SecondResident9755.15%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2020SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2020FirstResident2586826.36%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree26%
2020FirstNonresident23730.43%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree30%
2019SecondResident9477.45%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2019SecondNonresident800.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2019FirstResident2606826.15%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree26%
2019FirstNonresident21733.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree33%
2018SecondResident9166.59%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2018SecondNonresident200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2018FirstResident8794—both draw choices100%
2018FirstNonresident66—both draw choices100%
2017SecondResident5120.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree20%
2017SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2017FirstResident8899—both draw choices100%
2017FirstNonresident11—both draw choices100%
2016SecondResident48612.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree12%
2016SecondNonresident300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2016FirstResident35718852.66%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree53%
2016FirstNonresident141285.71%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree86%
2015SecondResident11986.72%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2015SecondNonresident400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2015FirstResident26119574.71%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree75%
2015FirstNonresident6583.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree83%
2014SecondResident61813.11%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree13%
2014SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2014FirstResident27124991.88%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree92%
2014FirstNonresident2150.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2013FirstResident433479.07%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree79%
2013FirstNonresident2150.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2012SecondResident1011—both draw choices100%
2012SecondNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2012FirstResident8696—both draw choices100%
2012FirstNonresident44—both draw choices100%
2011SecondResident1215—both draw choices100%
2011SecondNonresident22—both draw choices100%
2011FirstResident7398—both draw choices100%
2011FirstNonresident22—both draw choices100%
2010SecondResident5823.45%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2010SecondNonresident400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2010FirstResident3636818.73%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree19%
2010FirstNonresident53713.21%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree13%
2009SecondResident33100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2009SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2009FirstResident272592.59%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree93%
2009FirstNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2008SecondResident8766.90%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2008SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2008FirstResident32614143.25%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree43%
2008FirstNonresident18950.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2007SecondResident331545.45%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree45%
2007SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2007FirstResident201245—both draw choices100%
2007FirstNonresident25—both draw choices100%
2006SecondResident2348034.19%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree34%
2006SecondNonresident3133.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree33%
2006FirstResident1,3981,444—both draw choices100%
2006FirstNonresident5156—both draw choices100%
2005SecondResident1818100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2005SecondNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2005FirstResident220240—both draw choices100%
2005FirstNonresident610—both draw choices100%
2004SecondResident27311.11%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2004SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2004FirstResident1337455.64%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree55%
2004FirstNonresident10110.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2003FirstResident208248—both draw choices100%
2003FirstNonresident22—both draw choices100%
2002FirstResident16214086.42%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree86%
2002FirstNonresident141071.43%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree71%
2001FirstResident19418193.30%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree93%
2001FirstNonresident411024.39%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree24%
2000FirstResident1522415.79%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree15%
2000FirstNonresident1218.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
1999FirstResident91734737.84%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree37%
1999FirstNonresident4375.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree75%
1998FirstResident1053533.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree33%
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 18 different area labels for elk hunt 2119 across the seasons it published (13, 18, 36A, 39-3, 43-2, 45-1, 46-2, 49, 51-3, 56-2, 56-3, 58-2, 60A-2, 62A, 63, 76-1, 76-2, 76-2*). 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-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2026 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-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-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.