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Idaho · Pronghorn · Hunt 4004

Idaho pronghorn controlled hunt 4004

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 10 permits on hunt 4004 in 2026 and issued 10 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 261 hunters put it first and 10 drew, 3.83%.

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
2026First36B-110261103.83%184010
2025First36B-110227104.41%168010
2024Second36B-119411.06%1901
2024First36B-110217104.61%143010
2023First36B-110246104.07%150010
2022Second37-1144410.23%5701
2022First37-1601,987603.02%352060
2021Second37-1260920.33%6502
2021First37-1601,898603.16%353060
2020Second37-1148210.21%4701
2020First37-1602,093602.87%325060
2019First37-1601,921603.12%268060
2018Second37-1246220.43%3902
2018First37-1601,605603.74%259060
2017Second37-1130510.33%2401
2017First37-1601,565603.83%228060
2016Second37-1570750.71%3805
2016First37-1601,425604.21%273060
2015Second37-1457340.70%4404
2015First37-1601,422604.22%244060
2014Second37*601,132605.30%202060
2014First37*601,132605.30%202060
2013Second37*334230.88%4603
2013First37*601,017605.90%209060
2012First37*60978606.13%191060
2011Second37*434041.18%6904
2011First37*60912606.58%197060
2010Second37*18811.14%2601
2010First37*60975606.15%256060
2009Second37*323931.26%3003
2009First37*60765607.84%234060
2008First37*60843607.12%190060
2007Second37*321131.42%3003
2007First37*60785607.64%210060
2006Second37*830982.59%2108
2006First37*60683608.78%177060
2005Second37*523252.16%3905
2005First37*60650609.23%174060
2004Second3715511.82%2901
2004First3760615609.76%182060
2003First36B251182521.19%84025
2002First36B251222520.49%77025
2001First36B25942526.60%26025
2000First36A251482516.89%64025
1999First36A251712514.62%78025
1998First30A401434027.97%88040

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 36B-1, 37-1, 37*, 37, 36B, 36A, 30A. 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
2026FirstResident22594.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2026FirstNonresident3612.78%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2025FirstResident19394.66%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2025FirstNonresident3412.94%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2024SecondResident8011.25%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2024SecondNonresident1400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2024FirstResident168105.95%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2024FirstNonresident4900.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2023FirstResident225104.44%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2023FirstNonresident2100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2022SecondResident40910.24%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2022SecondNonresident3500.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2022FirstResident1,765563.17%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2022FirstNonresident22241.80%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2021SecondResident53710.19%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2021SecondNonresident7211.39%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2021FirstResident1,705543.17%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2021FirstNonresident19363.11%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2020SecondResident42910.23%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2020SecondNonresident5300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2020FirstResident1,879552.93%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2020FirstNonresident21452.34%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2019FirstResident1,710563.27%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2019FirstNonresident21141.90%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2018SecondResident43320.46%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2018SecondNonresident2900.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2018FirstResident1,496553.68%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2018FirstNonresident10954.59%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2017SecondResident28010.36%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2017SecondNonresident2500.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2017FirstResident1,451573.93%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2017FirstNonresident11432.63%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2016SecondResident66850.75%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2016SecondNonresident3900.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2016FirstResident1,285544.20%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2016FirstNonresident14064.29%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2015SecondResident53840.74%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2015SecondNonresident3500.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2015FirstResident1,309544.13%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2015FirstNonresident11365.31%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2014SecondResident1,056575.40%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2014SecondNonresident7633.95%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2014FirstResident1,056575.40%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2014FirstNonresident7633.95%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2013SecondResident32830.91%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2013SecondNonresident1400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2013FirstResident975585.95%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2013FirstNonresident4224.76%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2012FirstResident940596.28%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2012FirstNonresident3812.63%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2011SecondResident33541.19%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2011SecondNonresident500.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2011FirstResident878546.15%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2011FirstNonresident34617.65%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree18%
2010SecondResident8511.18%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2010SecondNonresident300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2010FirstResident937586.19%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2010FirstNonresident3825.26%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2009SecondResident23131.30%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2009SecondNonresident800.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2009FirstResident736567.61%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2009FirstNonresident29413.79%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree14%
2008FirstResident797556.90%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2008FirstNonresident46510.87%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2007SecondResident20431.47%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2007SecondNonresident700.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2007FirstResident729577.82%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2007FirstNonresident5635.36%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2006SecondResident29982.68%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2006SecondNonresident1000.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2006FirstResident648568.64%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2006FirstNonresident35411.43%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2005SecondResident22352.24%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2005SecondNonresident900.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2005FirstResident608599.70%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2005FirstNonresident4212.38%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2004SecondResident5411.85%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2004SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2004FirstResident589579.68%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2004FirstNonresident26311.54%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2003FirstResident1152521.74%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree21%
2003FirstNonresident300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2002FirstResident1182521.19%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree21%
2002FirstNonresident400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2001FirstResident902527.78%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree27%
2001FirstNonresident400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2000FirstResident1362417.65%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree17%
2000FirstNonresident1218.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
1999FirstResident1632314.11%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree14%
1999FirstNonresident8225.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree25%
1998FirstResident1414028.37%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree28%
1998FirstNonresident200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%

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 7 different area labels for pronghorn hunt 4004 across the seasons it published (30A, 36A, 36B, 36B-1, 37, 37*, 37-1). 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.