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Idaho elk controlled hunt 2162

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 2162 in 2026 and issued 100 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 144 hunters put it first and 100 drew, 69.44%.

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 18 of the 29 seasons Idaho offers, 2007 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	66-2	4	17	4	23.53%	6	0	4
2026	First	66-2	100	144	100	69.44%	41	0	100
2025	Second	66-2	5	24	5	20.83%	10	0	5
2025	First	66-2	100	109	100	91.74%	42	0	100
2024	Second	74X	6	32	6	18.75%	13	0	6
2024	First	74X	75	111	75	67.57%	83	0	75
2023	Second	74X	5	13	5	38.46%	13	0	5
2023	First	74X	75	65	65	100.00%	31	6	71
2022	Second	36AX	4	335	4	1.19%	17	0	4
2022	First	36AX	125	1,008	125	12.40%	33	0	125
2021	Second	36AX	7	333	7	2.10%	12	0	7
2021	First	36AX	125	926	125	13.50%	38	0	125
2020	Second	66-2	2	8	2	25.00%	4	0	2
2020	First	66-2	100	115	100	86.96%	37	0	100
2019	Second	66-2	5	13	5	38.46%	1	0	5
2019	First	66-2	100	110	100	90.91%	25	0	100
2018	Second	24	45	3	3	100.00%	2	2	5
2018	First	24	50	6	6	100.00%	8	2	8
2017	Second	24	32	1	1	100.00%	0	0	1
2017	First	24	50	8	8	100.00%	15	12	20
2016	First	54	10	305	10	3.28%	96	0	10
2015	First	54	10	346	10	2.89%	111	0	10
2014	Second	55-2*	1	31	1	3.23%	4	0	1
2014	First	55-2*	10	30	10	33.33%	44	0	10
2013	First	46*	10	186	10	5.38%	49	0	10
2012	Second	52AX	4	59	4	6.78%	0	0	4
2012	First	52AX	50	166	50	30.12%	24	0	50
2011	First	36A-2*	6	5	5	100.00%	0	0	5
2008	First	61	1	0	0	—	0	0	0
2007	First	61	1	0	0	—	0	0	0

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 66-2, 74X, 36AX, 24, 54, 55-2*, 46*, 52AX, 36A-2*, 61. 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	17	4	23.53%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	24%
2026	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2026	First	Resident	141	98	69.50%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	70%
2026	First	Nonresident	3	2	66.67%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	67%
2025	Second	Resident	24	5	20.83%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	21%
2025	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2025	First	Resident	108	99	91.67%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	92%
2025	First	Nonresident	1	1	100.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2024	Second	Resident	31	5	16.13%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	16%
2024	Second	Nonresident	1	1	100.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2024	First	Resident	110	75	68.18%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	68%
2024	First	Nonresident	1	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2023	Second	Resident	13	5	38.46%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	38%
2023	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2023	First	Resident	65	65	100.00%	first choice only	100%
2023	First	Nonresident	0	0	—	first choice only	0%
2022	Second	Resident	332	4	1.20%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2022	Second	Nonresident	3	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2022	First	Resident	994	124	12.47%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	12%
2022	First	Nonresident	14	1	7.14%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	7%
2021	Second	Resident	332	7	2.11%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	2%
2021	Second	Nonresident	1	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2021	First	Resident	910	123	13.52%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	14%
2021	First	Nonresident	16	2	12.50%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	12%
2020	Second	Resident	8	2	25.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	25%
2020	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2020	First	Resident	110	97	88.18%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	88%
2020	First	Nonresident	5	3	60.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	60%
2019	Second	Resident	11	4	36.36%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	36%
2019	Second	Nonresident	2	1	50.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	50%
2019	First	Resident	108	98	90.74%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	91%
2019	First	Nonresident	2	2	100.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2018	Second	Resident	3	5	—	both draw choices	100%
2018	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	both draw choices	0%
2018	First	Resident	4	6	—	both draw choices	100%
2018	First	Nonresident	2	2	—	both draw choices	100%
2017	Second	Resident	1	1	100.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2017	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2017	First	Resident	8	19	—	both draw choices	100%
2017	First	Nonresident	0	1	—	both draw choices	0%
2016	First	Resident	215	9	4.19%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	4%
2016	First	Nonresident	90	1	1.11%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2015	First	Resident	226	9	3.98%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	4%
2015	First	Nonresident	120	1	0.83%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	1%
2014	Second	Resident	25	1	4.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	4%
2014	Second	Nonresident	6	0	0.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2014	First	Resident	25	9	36.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	36%
2014	First	Nonresident	5	1	20.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	20%
2013	First	Resident	142	9	6.34%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	6%
2013	First	Nonresident	44	1	2.27%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	2%
2012	Second	Resident	59	4	6.78%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	7%
2012	Second	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2012	First	Resident	162	49	30.25%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	30%
2012	First	Nonresident	4	1	25.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	25%
2011	First	Resident	2	2	100.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2011	First	Nonresident	3	3	100.00%	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	100%
2008	First	Resident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2008	First	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2007	First	Resident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%
2007	First	Nonresident	0	0	—	no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree	0%

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 10 different area labels for elk hunt 2162 across the seasons it published (24, 36A-2*, 36AX, 46*, 52AX, 54, 55-2*, 61, 66-2, 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-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-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-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-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-draw1.json — Idaho Fish and Game controlled hunt drawing odds, 2011 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

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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.