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Idaho elk controlled hunt 2156

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 2156 in 2026 and issued 100 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 62 hunters put it first and 62 drew, 100.00%. A further 38 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 19 of the 29 seasons Idaho offers, 2006 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	Second	31	6	18	6	33.33%	5	0	6
2026	First	31	100	62	62	100.00%	89	38	100
2025	Second	31	20	35	20	57.14%	6	0	20
2025	First	31	100	59	59	100.00%	41	32	91
2024	Second	24X	2	30	2	6.67%	9	0	2
2024	First	24X	25	69	25	36.23%	13	0	25
2023	Second	24X	1	16	1	6.25%	7	0	1
2023	First	24X	25	41	25	60.98%	8	0	25
2022	First	54	50	244	50	20.49%	62	0	50
2021	Second	54	1	7	1	14.29%	5	0	1
2021	First	54	50	213	50	23.47%	55	0	50
2020	First	29	25	32	25	78.13%	14	0	25
2019	Second	29	3	4	3	75.00%	2	0	3
2019	First	29	25	32	25	78.13%	16	0	25
2018	First	44	10	222	10	4.50%	105	0	10
2017	First	44	10	139	10	7.19%	73	0	10
2016	Second	32A-2	80	25	25	100.00%	9	7	32
2016	First	32A-2	150	42	42	100.00%	51	31	73
2015	Second	32A-2	86	23	23	100.00%	15	10	33
2015	First	32A-2	150	45	45	100.00%	55	30	75
2014	Second	32A-3*	86	26	26	100.00%	12	9	35
2014	First	32A-3*	150	42	42	100.00%	54	34	76
2013	Second	24-3	12	13	12	92.31%	1	0	12
2013	First	24-3	50	31	31	100.00%	22	11	42
2011	First	11-1	5	2	2	100.00%	0	0	2
2010	First	66A-1*	12	7	7	100.00%	4	2	9
2008	First	36A-2*	7	4	4	100.00%	0	0	4
2007	First	36A-2	7	5	5	100.00%	0	0	5
2006	First	50-1	5	5	5	100.00%	0	0	5

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 31, 24X, 54, 29, 44, 32A-2, 32A-3*, 24-3, 11-1, 66A-1*, 36A-2*, 36A-2, 50-1. 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	Second	Resident	14	5	35.71%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	36%
2026	Second	Nonresident	4	1	25.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	25%
2026	First	Resident	57	57	100.00%	first choice only	100%
2026	First	Nonresident	5	5	100.00%	first choice only	100%
2025	Second	Resident	35	20	57.14%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	57%
2025	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2025	First	Resident	56	56	100.00%	first choice only	100%
2025	First	Nonresident	3	3	100.00%	first choice only	100%
2024	Second	Resident	30	2	6.67%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	7%
2024	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2024	First	Resident	69	25	36.23%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	36%
2024	First	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2023	Second	Resident	15	1	6.67%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	7%
2023	Second	Nonresident	1	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2023	First	Resident	41	25	60.98%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	61%
2023	First	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2022	First	Resident	235	45	19.15%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	19%
2022	First	Nonresident	9	5	55.56%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	56%
2021	Second	Resident	7	1	14.29%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	14%
2021	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2021	First	Resident	206	49	23.79%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	24%
2021	First	Nonresident	7	1	14.29%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	14%
2020	First	Resident	32	25	78.13%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	78%
2020	First	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2019	Second	Resident	4	3	75.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	75%
2019	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2019	First	Resident	31	25	80.65%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	81%
2019	First	Nonresident	1	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2018	First	Resident	166	9	5.42%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	5%
2018	First	Nonresident	56	1	1.79%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	2%
2017	First	Resident	116	9	7.76%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	8%
2017	First	Nonresident	23	1	4.35%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	4%
2016	Second	Resident	22	29	—	both draw choices	100%
2016	Second	Nonresident	3	3	—	both draw choices	100%
2016	First	Resident	42	73	—	both draw choices	100%
2016	First	Nonresident	0	0	—	both draw choices	0%
2015	Second	Resident	23	33	—	both draw choices	100%
2015	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	both draw choices	0%
2015	First	Resident	45	74	—	both draw choices	100%
2015	First	Nonresident	0	1	—	both draw choices	0%
2014	Second	Resident	26	35	—	both draw choices	100%
2014	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	both draw choices	0%
2014	First	Resident	42	75	—	both draw choices	100%
2014	First	Nonresident	0	1	—	both draw choices	0%
2013	Second	Resident	13	12	92.31%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	92%
2013	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2013	First	Resident	31	42	—	both draw choices	100%
2013	First	Nonresident	0	0	—	both draw choices	0%
2011	First	Resident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2011	First	Nonresident	2	2	100.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2010	First	Resident	2	4	—	both draw choices	100%
2010	First	Nonresident	5	5	—	both draw choices	100%
2008	First	Resident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2008	First	Nonresident	4	4	100.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2007	First	Resident	1	1	100.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2007	First	Nonresident	4	4	100.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2006	First	Resident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2006	First	Nonresident	5	5	100.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%

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 13 different area labels for elk hunt 2156 across the seasons it published (11-1, 24-3, 24X, 29, 31, 32A-2, 32A-3*, 36A-2, 36A-2*, 44, 50-1, 54, 66A-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-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-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-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/2011-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2011 season, fetched 2026-09-03
elk/2010-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2010 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-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2006 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.