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Idaho · Pronghorn · Hunt 4015

Idaho pronghorn controlled hunt 4015

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 75 permits on hunt 4015 in 2026 and issued 75 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 2,337 hunters put it first and 75 drew, 3.21%.

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
2026Second51157110.18%12001
2026First51752,337753.21%814075
2025Second5131,06030.28%20503
2025First51752,203753.40%682075
2024Second51-1475140.53%15304
2024First51-1751,816754.13%626075
2023First51-1751,741754.31%575075
2022First52-125521254.80%315025
2021First52-125515254.85%365025
2020Second52-1119210.52%5701
2020First52-150848505.90%443050
2019First52-150707507.07%417050
2018First52-150768506.51%369050
2017First52-150780506.41%345050
2016First52A-150975505.13%397050
2015First52A-150904505.53%481050
2014Second52A*216921.18%6102
2014First52A*25635253.94%346025
2013First52A*25580254.31%329025
2012First52A*25538254.65%376025
2011First52A*25496255.04%372025
2010Second52A*15611.79%3301
2010First52A*25413256.05%295025
2009Second52A*17611.32%3501
2009First52A*25345257.25%274025
2008Second52A*212921.55%3202
2008First52A*25371256.74%294025
2007Second52A28622.33%2802
2007First52A25277259.03%243025
2006Second52A12913.45%3401
2006First52A25266259.40%208025
2005Second52A12414.17%2701
2005First52A25292258.56%179025
2004Second52A13812.63%2801
2004First52A25286258.74%232025
2003First5220277207.22%160020
2002First51301673017.96%354030
2001First50-150660507.58%318050
2000First50-150663507.54%374050
1999First50-110091710010.91%5700100
1998First44401924020.83%175040

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 51, 51-1, 52-1, 52A-1, 52A*, 52A, 52, 50-1, 44. 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
2026SecondResident53710.19%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2026SecondNonresident3400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2026FirstResident2,211713.21%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2026FirstNonresident12643.17%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2025SecondResident1,00430.30%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2025SecondNonresident5600.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2025FirstResident2,060703.40%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2025FirstNonresident14353.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2024SecondResident71440.56%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2024SecondNonresident3700.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2024FirstResident1,690684.02%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2024FirstNonresident12675.56%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2023FirstResident1,627724.43%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2023FirstNonresident11432.63%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2022FirstResident495255.05%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2022FirstNonresident2600.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2021FirstResident481255.20%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2021FirstNonresident3400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2020SecondResident18010.56%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2020SecondNonresident1200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2020FirstResident803475.85%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2020FirstNonresident4536.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2019FirstResident673487.13%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2019FirstNonresident3425.88%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2018FirstResident735486.53%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2018FirstNonresident3326.06%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2017FirstResident749506.68%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2017FirstNonresident3100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2016FirstResident938464.90%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2016FirstNonresident37410.81%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree11%
2015FirstResident870485.52%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2015FirstNonresident3425.88%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2014SecondResident16821.19%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2014SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2014FirstResident620254.03%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2014FirstNonresident1500.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2013FirstResident567254.41%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2013FirstNonresident1300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2012FirstResident527244.55%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2012FirstNonresident1119.09%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2011FirstResident484244.96%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2011FirstNonresident1218.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2010SecondResident5611.79%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2010SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2010FirstResident402256.22%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2010FirstNonresident1100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2009SecondResident7511.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2009SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2009FirstResident341257.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2009FirstNonresident400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2008SecondResident12621.59%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2008SecondNonresident300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2008FirstResident367256.81%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2008FirstNonresident400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2007SecondResident8522.35%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2007SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2007FirstResident269248.92%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2007FirstNonresident8112.50%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree12%
2006SecondResident2813.57%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2006SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2006FirstResident256238.98%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2006FirstNonresident10220.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree20%
2005SecondResident2314.35%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2005SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2005FirstResident282258.87%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2005FirstNonresident1000.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2004SecondResident3612.78%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2004SecondNonresident200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2004FirstResident275248.73%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2004FirstNonresident1119.09%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree9%
2003FirstResident265197.17%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2003FirstNonresident1218.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2002FirstResident1562817.95%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree17%
2002FirstNonresident11218.18%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree18%
2001FirstResident639467.20%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2001FirstNonresident21419.05%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree19%
2000FirstResident635477.40%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2000FirstNonresident28310.71%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
1999FirstResident8949610.74%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree10%
1999FirstNonresident23417.39%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree17%
1998FirstResident1863920.97%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree21%
1998FirstNonresident6116.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree16%

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 9 different area labels for pronghorn hunt 4015 across the seasons it published (44, 50-1, 51, 51-1, 52, 52-1, 52A, 52A*, 52A-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.