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Idaho elk controlled hunt 2139

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 2139 in 2026 and issued 50 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 257 hunters put it first and 50 drew, 19.46%.

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 28 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	First	50-1	50	257	50	19.46%	117	0	50
2025	Second	50-1	2	63	2	3.17%	15	0	2
2025	First	50-1	50	224	50	22.32%	92	0	50
2024	Second	70-1	18	52	18	34.62%	25	0	18
2024	First	70-1	125	85	83	97.65%	126	42	125
2023	Second	70-1	11	70	11	15.71%	19	0	11
2023	First	70-1	125	78	78	100.00%	63	47	125
2022	Second	50-1	4	60	4	6.67%	19	0	4
2022	First	50-1	100	140	100	71.43%	111	0	100
2021	Second	50-1	6	39	6	15.38%	19	0	6
2021	First	50-1	100	144	100	69.44%	70	0	100
2020	First	39	25	398	25	6.28%	191	0	25
2019	First	39	25	390	25	6.41%	189	0	25
2018	Second	59-1	11	270	11	4.07%	35	0	11
2018	First	59-1	250	795	250	31.45%	450	0	250
2017	Second	59-1	5	179	5	2.79%	39	0	5
2017	First	59-1	250	720	250	34.72%	438	0	250
2016	Second	5	14	231	14	6.06%	67	0	14
2016	First	5	450	769	450	58.52%	278	0	450
2015	Second	5	16	247	16	6.48%	69	0	16
2015	First	5	450	839	450	53.64%	260	0	450
2014	Second	44-2*	9	152	9	5.92%	12	0	9
2014	First	44-2*	150	329	150	45.59%	70	0	150
2013	First	36A	25	26	25	96.15%	12	0	25
2012	First	45*	15	119	15	12.61%	71	0	15
2011	Second	60-1*	3	4	3	75.00%	2	0	3
2011	First	60-1*	50	49	49	100.00%	27	1	50
2010	Second	64*	8	13	8	61.54%	4	0	8
2010	First	64*	50	36	36	100.00%	44	14	50
2009	First	18	9	0	0	—	0	0	0
2007	First	1X*	40	239	40	16.74%	4	0	40
2006	Second	74X*	61	7	7	100.00%	4	1	8
2006	First	74X*	100	41	41	100.00%	30	8	49
2005	First	18	6	0	0	—	1	0	0
2004	First	28	3	2	2	100.00%	0	0	2
2003	First	29-1	6	6	6	100.00%	10	2	8
2002	First	43	6	6	6	100.00%	2	0	6
2001	First	49	9	12	8	66.67%	2	1	9
2000	First	61	2	1	1	100.00%	0	0	1
1999	First	33-4	200	256	200	78.13%	137	0	200
1998	First	62	300	841	300	35.67%	283	0	300

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 50-1, 70-1, 39, 59-1, 5, 44-2*, 36A, 45*, 60-1*, 64*, 18, 1X*, 74X*, 28, 29-1, 43, 49, 61, 33-4, 62. 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	First	Resident	197	45	22.84%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	23%
2026	First	Nonresident	60	5	8.33%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	8%
2025	Second	Resident	54	2	3.70%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	4%
2025	Second	Nonresident	9	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2025	First	Resident	169	45	26.63%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	27%
2025	First	Nonresident	55	5	9.09%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	9%
2024	Second	Resident	48	17	35.42%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	35%
2024	Second	Nonresident	4	1	25.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	25%
2024	First	Resident	71	71	100.00%	first choice only	100%
2024	First	Nonresident	14	12	85.71%	first choice only	86%
2023	Second	Resident	66	11	16.67%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	17%
2023	Second	Nonresident	4	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2023	First	Resident	69	69	100.00%	first choice only	100%
2023	First	Nonresident	9	9	100.00%	first choice only	100%
2022	Second	Resident	49	4	8.16%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	8%
2022	Second	Nonresident	11	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2022	First	Resident	116	90	77.59%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	78%
2022	First	Nonresident	24	10	41.67%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	42%
2021	Second	Resident	33	5	15.15%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	15%
2021	Second	Nonresident	6	1	16.67%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	17%
2021	First	Resident	117	90	76.92%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	77%
2021	First	Nonresident	27	10	37.04%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	37%
2020	First	Resident	375	23	6.13%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	6%
2020	First	Nonresident	23	2	8.70%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	9%
2019	First	Resident	347	24	6.92%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	7%
2019	First	Nonresident	43	1	2.33%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	2%
2018	Second	Resident	267	11	4.12%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	4%
2018	Second	Nonresident	3	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2018	First	Resident	778	247	31.75%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	32%
2018	First	Nonresident	17	3	17.65%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	18%
2017	Second	Resident	172	5	2.91%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	3%
2017	Second	Nonresident	7	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2017	First	Resident	706	244	34.56%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	35%
2017	First	Nonresident	14	6	42.86%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	43%
2016	Second	Resident	208	13	6.25%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	6%
2016	Second	Nonresident	23	1	4.35%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	4%
2016	First	Resident	692	405	58.53%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	59%
2016	First	Nonresident	77	45	58.44%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	58%
2015	Second	Resident	223	11	4.93%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	5%
2015	Second	Nonresident	24	5	20.83%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	21%
2015	First	Resident	766	411	53.66%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	54%
2015	First	Nonresident	73	39	53.42%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	53%
2014	Second	Resident	151	9	5.96%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	6%
2014	Second	Nonresident	1	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2014	First	Resident	326	149	45.71%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	46%
2014	First	Nonresident	3	1	33.33%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	33%
2013	First	Resident	26	25	96.15%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	96%
2013	First	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2012	First	Resident	106	14	13.21%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	13%
2012	First	Nonresident	13	1	7.69%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	8%
2011	Second	Resident	4	3	75.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	75%
2011	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2011	First	Resident	48	49	—	both draw choices	100%
2011	First	Nonresident	1	1	—	both draw choices	100%
2010	Second	Resident	12	7	58.33%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	58%
2010	Second	Nonresident	1	1	100.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2010	First	Resident	34	46	—	both draw choices	100%
2010	First	Nonresident	2	4	—	both draw choices	100%
2009	First	Resident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2009	First	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2007	First	Resident	238	40	16.81%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	17%
2007	First	Nonresident	1	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2006	Second	Resident	7	8	—	both draw choices	100%
2006	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	both draw choices	0%
2006	First	Resident	41	49	—	both draw choices	100%
2006	First	Nonresident	0	0	—	both draw choices	0%
2005	First	Resident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2005	First	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2004	First	Resident	1	1	100.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2004	First	Nonresident	1	1	100.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2003	First	Resident	1	3	—	both draw choices	100%
2003	First	Nonresident	5	5	—	both draw choices	100%
2002	First	Resident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2002	First	Nonresident	6	6	100.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2001	First	Resident	3	2	—	both draw choices	66%
2001	First	Nonresident	9	7	—	both draw choices	77%
2000	First	Resident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2000	First	Nonresident	1	1	100.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
1999	First	Resident	253	198	78.26%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	78%
1999	First	Nonresident	3	2	66.67%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	66%
1998	First	Resident	761	272	35.74%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	35%
1998	First	Nonresident	80	28	35.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	35%

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

2003. IDFG states 6 permits available and 8 issued. Both are the department's own figures and neither is altered; the hunt page shows both.
IDFG printed 20 different area labels for elk hunt 2139 across the seasons it published (18, 1X*, 28, 29-1, 33-4, 36A, 39, 43, 44-2*, 45*, 49, 5, 50-1, 59-1, 60-1*, 61, 62, 64*, 70-1, 74X*). 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-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-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-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-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2013 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/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-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2005 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.