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Idaho · Pronghorn · Hunt 4001

Idaho pronghorn controlled hunt 4001

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 40 permits on hunt 4001 in 2026 and issued 40 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 1,093 hunters put it first and 40 drew, 3.66%.

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
2026Second29-1268720.29%5702
2026First29-1401,093403.66%282040
2025Second29-1371830.42%5603
2025First29-140961404.16%288040
2024Second29-1233020.61%9702
2024First29-140832404.81%259040
2023First29-140820404.88%250040
2022Second29-1000—000
2022First29-140832404.81%265040
2021Second29-1232820.61%7002
2021First29-140686405.83%255040
2020First29-140783405.11%302040
2019Second29-1345630.66%3403
2019First29-140642406.23%243040
2018Second29-1112610.79%3701
2018First29-140631406.34%227040
2017First29-140541407.39%148040
2016Second29-118811.14%1501
2016First29-140592406.76%162040
2015First29-140524407.63%170040
2014Second29329231.03%2003
2014First2940439409.11%161040
2013Second29215321.31%2802
2013First2940430409.30%154040
2012Second29217221.16%1302
2012First29403114012.86%148040
2011Second2929822.04%3602
2011First29403504011.43%151040
2010Second2914712.13%901
2010First29403284012.20%134040
2009First29402904013.79%125040
2008Second2915311.89%801
2008First29402874013.94%143040
2007Second2914812.08%901
2007First29402074019.32%145040
2006Second2924924.08%2002
2006First29402074019.32%148040
2005Second2925223.85%2902
2005First29402334017.17%139040
2004Second2928422.38%1502
2004First29402364016.95%132040
2003First29401754022.86%122040
2002First29401694023.67%149040
2001First29502285021.93%111050
2000First29502125023.58%108050
1999First29501995025.13%156050
1998First29-1501355037.04%93050

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 29-1, 29. 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
2026SecondResident62520.32%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2026SecondNonresident6200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2026FirstResident998373.71%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2026FirstNonresident9533.16%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2025SecondResident65220.31%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2025SecondNonresident6611.52%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2025FirstResident864364.17%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2025FirstNonresident9744.12%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2024SecondResident30020.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2024SecondNonresident3000.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2024FirstResident742374.99%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2024FirstNonresident9033.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2023FirstResident753385.05%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2023FirstNonresident6722.99%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2022SecondResident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2022SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2022FirstResident728364.95%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2022FirstNonresident10443.85%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2021SecondResident30020.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2021SecondNonresident2800.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2021FirstResident625365.76%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2021FirstNonresident6146.56%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2020FirstResident712365.06%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2020FirstNonresident7145.63%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2019SecondResident41430.72%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2019SecondNonresident4200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2019FirstResident569376.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2019FirstNonresident7334.11%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2018SecondResident11510.87%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2018SecondNonresident1100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2018FirstResident571366.30%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2018FirstNonresident6046.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2017FirstResident502387.57%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2017FirstNonresident3925.13%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2016SecondResident8311.20%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2016SecondNonresident500.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2016FirstResident542376.83%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2016FirstNonresident5036.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2015FirstResident487377.60%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2015FirstNonresident3738.11%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2014SecondResident28031.07%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2014SecondNonresident1200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2014FirstResident394369.14%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2014FirstNonresident4548.89%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2013SecondResident15021.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2013SecondNonresident300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2013FirstResident405389.38%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2013FirstNonresident2528.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2012SecondResident16821.19%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2012SecondNonresident400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2012FirstResident2963812.84%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree13%
2012FirstNonresident15213.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree13%
2011SecondResident9022.22%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2011SecondNonresident800.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2011FirstResident3143611.46%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2011FirstNonresident36411.11%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2010SecondResident4512.22%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2010SecondNonresident200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2010FirstResident3013812.62%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree13%
2010FirstNonresident2727.41%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2009FirstResident2693613.38%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree13%
2009FirstNonresident21419.05%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree19%
2008SecondResident4900.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2008SecondNonresident4125.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree25%
2008FirstResident2693814.13%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree14%
2008FirstNonresident18211.11%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2007SecondResident4712.13%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2007SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2007FirstResident1934020.73%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree21%
2007FirstNonresident1400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2006SecondResident4924.08%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2006SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2006FirstResident1873619.25%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree19%
2006FirstNonresident20420.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree20%
2005SecondResident5123.92%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2005SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2005FirstResident2213716.74%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree17%
2005FirstNonresident12325.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree25%
2004SecondResident8222.44%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2004SecondNonresident200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2004FirstResident2243816.96%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree17%
2004FirstNonresident12216.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree16%
2003FirstResident1643621.95%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree22%
2003FirstNonresident11436.36%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree36%
2002FirstResident1613722.98%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree23%
2002FirstNonresident8337.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree37%
2001FirstResident2134822.54%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree22%
2001FirstNonresident15213.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree13%
2000FirstResident1944824.74%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree24%
2000FirstNonresident18211.11%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
1999FirstResident1905026.32%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree26%
1999FirstNonresident900.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
1998FirstResident1284736.72%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree36%
1998FirstNonresident7342.86%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree42%

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.

Where Idaho's own figures disagree with each other

  • IDFG printed 2 different area labels for pronghorn hunt 4001 across the seasons it published (29, 29-1). 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

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.