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Idaho · Pronghorn · Hunt 4011

Idaho pronghorn controlled hunt 4011

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 15 permits on hunt 4011 in 2026 and issued 15 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 429 hunters put it first and 15 drew, 3.50%.

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
2026First45-115429153.50%445015
2025First45-115382153.93%451015
2024Second45-118111.23%10401
2024First45-115385153.90%445015
2023First45-115427153.51%426015
2022Second46132910.30%14501
2022First46602,146602.80%658060
2021Second46128910.35%10001
2021First46602,090602.87%674060
2020First46602,389602.51%707060
2019Second46242520.47%11702
2019First46602,153602.79%700060
2018Second46360430.50%13803
2018First46601,869603.21%563060
2017First46601,708603.51%457060
2016Second4915611.79%2701
2016First4925387256.46%206025
2015Second4918911.12%4101
2015First4925371256.74%212025
2014Second49211121.80%3002
2014First4935419358.35%215035
2013Second49420641.94%4604
2013First4935395358.86%155035
2012Second4913013.33%2401
2012First49353263510.74%171035
2011First49353053511.48%191035
2010Second49312532.40%5603
2010First49352963511.82%183035
2009First49353183511.01%171035
2008First49353153511.11%188035
2007Second49411843.39%6304
2007First49353093511.33%173035
2006Second4925123.92%3702
2006First49503155015.87%253050
2005Second4913812.63%1701
2005First49504275011.71%226050
2004First49503225015.53%244050
2003First46-160961606.24%271060
2002First4660976606.15%324060
2001First44403994010.03%256040
2000First422001,91620010.44%9550200
1999First422001,69820011.78%9260200
1998First37A-225462554.35%60025

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 45-1, 46, 49, 46-1, 44, 42, 37A-2. 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
2026FirstResident383143.66%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2026FirstNonresident4612.17%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2025FirstResident348144.02%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2025FirstNonresident3412.94%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2024SecondResident7411.35%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2024SecondNonresident700.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2024FirstResident342144.09%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2024FirstNonresident4312.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2023FirstResident389143.60%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2023FirstNonresident3812.63%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2022SecondResident31410.32%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2022SecondNonresident1500.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2022FirstResident2,018572.82%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2022FirstNonresident12832.34%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2021SecondResident27210.37%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2021SecondNonresident1700.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2021FirstResident1,985562.82%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2021FirstNonresident10543.81%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2020FirstResident2,241542.41%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2020FirstNonresident14864.05%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2019SecondResident39920.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2019SecondNonresident2600.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2019FirstResident2,073552.65%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2019FirstNonresident8056.25%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2018SecondResident57830.52%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2018SecondNonresident2600.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2018FirstResident1,806583.21%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2018FirstNonresident6323.17%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2017FirstResident1,652583.51%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2017FirstNonresident5623.57%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2016SecondResident5411.85%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2016SecondNonresident200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2016FirstResident368246.52%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2016FirstNonresident1915.26%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2015SecondResident8711.15%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2015SecondNonresident200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2015FirstResident353246.80%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2015FirstNonresident1815.56%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2014SecondResident10921.83%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2014SecondNonresident200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2014FirstResident403358.68%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2014FirstNonresident1600.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2013SecondResident20042.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2013SecondNonresident600.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2013FirstResident380359.21%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2013FirstNonresident1500.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2012SecondResident3013.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2012SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2012FirstResident3053310.82%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2012FirstNonresident2129.52%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2011FirstResident2973311.11%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2011FirstNonresident8225.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree25%
2010SecondResident12232.46%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2010SecondNonresident300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2010FirstResident2893211.07%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2010FirstNonresident7342.86%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree43%
2009FirstResident3143410.83%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2009FirstNonresident4125.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree25%
2008FirstResident3083411.04%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2008FirstNonresident7114.29%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree14%
2007SecondResident10932.75%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2007SecondNonresident9111.11%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2007FirstResident2953511.86%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree12%
2007FirstNonresident1400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2006SecondResident5123.92%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2006SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2006FirstResident2984615.44%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree15%
2006FirstNonresident17423.53%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree24%
2005SecondResident3812.63%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2005SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2005FirstResident4134611.14%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2005FirstNonresident14428.57%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree29%
2004FirstResident3145015.92%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree15%
2004FirstNonresident800.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2003FirstResident939606.39%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2003FirstNonresident2200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2002FirstResident944545.72%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2002FirstNonresident32618.75%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree18%
2001FirstResident3904010.26%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2001FirstNonresident900.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2000FirstResident1,85619710.61%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
2000FirstNonresident6035.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
1999FirstResident1,62219411.96%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree12%
1999FirstNonresident7667.89%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
1998FirstResident452453.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree53%
1998FirstNonresident11100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree100%

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 4011 across the seasons it published (37A-2, 42, 44, 45-1, 46, 46-1, 49). 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.