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Idaho · Elk · Hunt 2130

Idaho elk controlled hunt 2130

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 50 permits on hunt 2130 in 2026 and issued 50 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 141 hunters put it first and 50 drew, 35.46%.

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
2026Second30A46845.88%1104
2026First30A501415035.46%72050
2025Second30A46646.06%1304
2025First30A501455034.48%62050
2024First46-110481020.83%27010
2023Second46-112713.70%501
2023First46-110481020.83%27010
2022First33-1251852513.51%41025
2021First33-1251582515.82%39025
2020First5420961202.08%230020
2019First5420877202.28%254020
2018Second51751713.73%2807
2018First5115024715060.73%2020150
2017Second5157057.14%1805
2017First5115022415066.96%2570150
2016Second60-229522.11%9202
2016First60-215091315016.43%7880150
2015Second60-2220520.98%4202
2015First60-215099415015.09%7450150
2014Second5-115264155.68%56015
2014First5-140065740060.88%2550400
2013Second2431412.90%5404
2013First210013210075.76%2610100
2012Second37100—000
2012First37252323100.00%12225
2011Second1849244.35%1504
2011First18753167523.73%36075
2010Second22-318321856.25%13018
2010First22-31006262100.00%543193
2009Second33-2*877100.00%1918
2009First33-2*50383797.37%881350
2008Second32A332424100.00%5428
2008First32A1005151100.00%582980
2007First2525482552.08%4025
2006Second22-3221515100.00%4419
2006First22-31005050100.00%693787
2005Second4*313323.08%503
2005First4*201112018.02%10020
2004Second24-3842424100.00%5428
2004First24-3300201201100.00%7327228
2003First22-31004848100.00%673179
2002First32A1005858100.00%731674
2001First61300216216100.00%23384300
2000First18555100.00%005
1999First51-4251912513.09%97025
1998First67-2250109109100.00%19639148

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 30A, 46-1, 33-1, 54, 51, 60-2, 5-1, 2, 37, 18, 22-3, 33-2*, 32A, 25, 4*, 24-3, 61, 51-4, 67-2. 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.
SeasonPeriodResidencyPut it firstPermitsDraw rateWhat the permit count coversIDFG's own figure
2026SecondResident5435.56%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2026SecondNonresident1417.14%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2026FirstResident954547.37%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree47%
2026FirstNonresident46510.87%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2025SecondResident5347.55%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2025SecondNonresident1300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2025FirstResident1064542.45%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree42%
2025FirstNonresident39512.82%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree13%
2024FirstResident35925.71%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree26%
2024FirstNonresident1317.69%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2023SecondResident2314.35%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2023SecondNonresident400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2023FirstResident34926.47%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree26%
2023FirstNonresident1417.14%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2022FirstResident1802513.89%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree14%
2022FirstNonresident500.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2021FirstResident1542516.23%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree16%
2021FirstNonresident400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2020FirstResident646182.79%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2020FirstNonresident31520.63%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2019FirstResident624182.88%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2019FirstNonresident25320.79%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2018SecondResident49714.29%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree14%
2018SecondNonresident200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2018FirstResident24514960.82%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree61%
2018FirstNonresident2150.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2017SecondResident6857.35%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2017SecondNonresident200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2017FirstResident22014666.36%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree66%
2017FirstNonresident44100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2016SecondResident9522.11%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2016SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2016FirstResident90714816.32%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree16%
2016FirstNonresident6233.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree33%
2015SecondResident20420.98%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2015SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2015FirstResident98414915.14%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree15%
2015FirstNonresident10110.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2014SecondResident245145.71%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2014SecondNonresident1915.26%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2014FirstResident60737161.12%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree61%
2014FirstNonresident502958.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree58%
2013SecondResident30310.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2013SecondNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2013FirstResident1259475.20%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree75%
2013FirstNonresident7685.71%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree86%
2012SecondResident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2012SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2012FirstResident2123—both draw choices100%
2012FirstNonresident22—both draw choices100%
2011SecondResident7933.80%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2011SecondNonresident1317.69%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2011FirstResident2646825.76%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree26%
2011FirstNonresident52713.46%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree13%
2010SecondResident321856.25%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree56%
2010SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2010FirstResident6191—both draw choices100%
2010FirstNonresident12—both draw choices100%
2009SecondResident78—both draw choices100%
2009SecondNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2009FirstResident3245—both draw choices100%
2009FirstNonresident65—both draw choices83%
2008SecondResident2226—both draw choices100%
2008SecondNonresident22—both draw choices100%
2008FirstResident5078—both draw choices100%
2008FirstNonresident12—both draw choices100%
2007FirstResident482552.08%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree52%
2007FirstNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2006SecondResident1519—both draw choices100%
2006SecondNonresident00—both draw choices0%
2006FirstResident4885—both draw choices100%
2006FirstNonresident22—both draw choices100%
2005SecondResident13323.08%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree23%
2005SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2005FirstResident1101917.27%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree17%
2005FirstNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2004SecondResident2428—both draw choices100%
2004SecondNonresident00—both draw choices100%
2004FirstResident200227—both draw choices100%
2004FirstNonresident11—both draw choices100%
2003FirstResident4575—both draw choices100%
2003FirstNonresident34—both draw choices100%
2002FirstResident5773—both draw choices100%
2002FirstNonresident11—both draw choices100%
2001FirstResident202277—both draw choices100%
2001FirstNonresident1423—both draw choices100%
2000FirstResident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
2000FirstNonresident55100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%
1999FirstResident1832513.66%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree13%
1999FirstNonresident800.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
1998FirstResident100139—both draw choices100%
1998FirstNonresident99—both draw choices100%

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 2130 across the seasons it published (18, 2, 22-3, 24-3, 25, 30A, 32A, 33-1, 33-2*, 37, 4*, 46-1, 5-1, 51, 51-4, 54, 60-2, 61, 67-2). 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-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-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-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2020 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-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.