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Idaho · Pronghorn · Hunt 4017

Idaho pronghorn controlled hunt 4017

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 50 permits on hunt 4017 in 2026 and issued 50 — the hunt filled. In the first application period, 1,504 hunters put it first and 50 drew, 3.32%.

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
2026Second52A-1133610.30%8501
2026First52A-1501,504503.32%529050
2025Second52A-1129210.34%10301
2025First52A-1501,470503.40%499050
2024Second52A-1348930.61%10903
2024First52A-1501,391503.59%476050
2023First52A-1501,253503.99%473050
2022Second54135610.28%13401
2022First54251,210252.07%621025
2021Second54133310.30%10001
2021First54251,071252.33%583025
2020First54251,326251.89%682025
2019Second54123210.43%6701
2019First54251,137252.20%631025
2018First54251,174252.13%585025
2017Second54125010.40%5301
2017First5425993252.52%508025
2016First58501,118504.47%406050
2015First58501,038504.82%508050
2014Second58112510.80%3401
2014First5850895505.59%431050
2013Second5819811.02%1901
2013First5850818506.11%415050
2012First5850840505.95%352050
2011Second5815211.92%4001
2011First5850794506.30%400050
2010Second58437741.06%4104
2010First5850776506.44%455050
2009Second58544251.13%6005
2009First5850744506.72%344050
2008Second58212021.67%2502
2008First5850744506.72%384050
2007First5850754506.63%349050
2006First5850693507.22%311050
2005Second58315731.91%6803
2005First5850670507.46%320050
2004Second58212621.59%3802
2004First5850702507.12%360050
2003First5425402256.22%138025
2002First5425347257.20%141025
2001First50-320782025.64%85020
2000First50-3301173025.64%112030
1999First50-3301413021.28%124030
1998First49504025012.44%175050

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 52A-1, 54, 58, 50-3, 49. 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
2026SecondResident29210.34%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2026SecondNonresident4400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2026FirstResident1,373493.57%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2026FirstNonresident13110.76%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2025SecondResident27410.36%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2025SecondNonresident1800.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2025FirstResident1,370453.28%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2025FirstNonresident10055.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2024SecondResident45430.66%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2024SecondNonresident3500.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2024FirstResident1,316483.65%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2024FirstNonresident7522.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2023FirstResident1,164494.21%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2023FirstNonresident8911.12%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2022SecondResident27100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2022SecondNonresident8511.18%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2022FirstResident932232.47%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2022FirstNonresident27820.72%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2021SecondResident26810.37%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2021SecondNonresident6500.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2021FirstResident860232.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2021FirstNonresident21120.95%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2020FirstResident1,063232.16%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2020FirstNonresident26320.76%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2019SecondResident17810.56%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2019SecondNonresident5400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2019FirstResident944232.44%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2019FirstNonresident19321.04%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2018FirstResident998232.30%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2018FirstNonresident17621.14%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2017SecondResident18910.53%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2017SecondNonresident6100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2017FirstResident846232.72%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2017FirstNonresident14721.36%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2016FirstResident1,090454.13%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree4%
2016FirstNonresident28517.86%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree18%
2015FirstResident1,006494.87%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree5%
2015FirstNonresident3213.13%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2014SecondResident12310.81%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2014SecondNonresident200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2014FirstResident871505.74%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2014FirstNonresident2400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2013SecondResident9511.05%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2013SecondNonresident300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2013FirstResident802496.11%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2013FirstNonresident1616.25%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2012FirstResident822506.08%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2012FirstNonresident1800.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2011SecondResident5111.96%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2011SecondNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2011FirstResident780496.28%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2011FirstNonresident1417.14%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2010SecondResident37041.08%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2010SecondNonresident700.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2010FirstResident773486.21%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2010FirstNonresident3266.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree67%
2009SecondResident43951.14%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2009SecondNonresident300.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2009FirstResident737506.78%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2009FirstNonresident700.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2008SecondResident12021.67%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2008SecondNonresident00—no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2008FirstResident730506.85%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2008FirstNonresident1400.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2007FirstResident734506.81%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2007FirstNonresident2000.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2006FirstResident680497.21%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2006FirstNonresident1317.69%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2005SecondResident15531.94%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2005SecondNonresident200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2005FirstResident661487.26%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2005FirstNonresident9222.22%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree22%
2004SecondResident12421.61%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree1%
2004SecondNonresident200.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
2004FirstResident690497.10%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2004FirstNonresident1218.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree8%
2003FirstResident370246.49%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree6%
2003FirstNonresident3213.13%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree3%
2002FirstResident306247.84%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree7%
2002FirstNonresident4112.44%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree2%
2001FirstResident761925.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree25%
2001FirstNonresident2150.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree50%
2000FirstResident1112825.23%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree25%
2000FirstNonresident6233.33%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree33%
1999FirstResident1403021.43%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree21%
1999FirstNonresident100.00%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree0%
1998FirstResident3965012.63%no permits went to second choice, so the two readings agree12%
1998FirstNonresident600.00%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 5 different area labels for pronghorn hunt 4017 across the seasons it published (49, 50-3, 52A-1, 54, 58). 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.