California Mammal Hunting Regulations
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2017-2018 CALIFORNIA MAMMAL HUNTING REGULATIONS For Mammal Hunting in California Effective July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018 ALL-TERRAIN. ALL- ELECTRIC THE ULTIMATE OFF-ROAD ELECTRIC BIKE FOR DETAILS OR DEALER INQUIRIES:970.328.2399 | .COM 22 2017-2018CALIFORNIA MAMMAL HUNTING REGULATIONS Deer Hunting Contents CDFW Contact Information ................................................. 2 What’s New ����������������������������������������������������������������������� 3 45 License and Tag Information ................................................ 4 General Provisions & Definitions .......................................... 8 Use of Lights .................................................................12 Use of Dogs ..................................................................13 Resident Small Game ........................................................ 17 Big Game ........................................................................18 Nongame Animals General Regulations ......................................................18 General Deer Tag Information .........................................21 Deer Hunting ................................................................ 22 Elk Season Summary .....................................................41 50 Pronghorn Season Summary ......................................... 42 Bighorn Sheep Season Summary .................................. 42 Bear Hunting ................................................................ 43 Wild Pig Hunting ........................................................... 44 Nongame Animals ........................................................ 45 Bobcat ������������������������������������������������������������������������ 46 Hunting and ATV’s Other Laws Related to Hunting ...........................................47 Hunting and ATVs ..........................................................50 Unlawful Actions ............................................................50 Contact wildlife.ca.gov Headquarters State of California 1416 Ninth Street, Sacramento 95814 Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. (916) 653-7664 Natural Resources Agency wildlife.ca.gov/explore/contact-us Secretary John Laird License and Revenue Branch Department of Fish and Wildlife 1740 North Market Blvd., Director Charlton H. Bonham Sacramento, CA 95834 California Fish and Game Commission Eric Sklar Russell Burns President – St. Helena Member - Napa Jacque Hostler-Carmesin Peter Silva Vice President – McKinleyville Member - Chula Vista NONDISCRIMINATION “Any person excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, or otherwise subjected to discrimination under any program of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), on the grounds of Anthony Williams Valerie Termini age, race, national origin, disability, religious or political affiliation, color, sex, ancestry, marital status or sexual Member – Huntington Beach Executive Director - Sacramento orientation should contact the nearest regional office of the Department or its headquarters in Sacramento, California, telephone (916) 322-8911. In addition, you may contact the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, D.C. or a local EEOC office listed in your phone directory under U.S. Government.” CDFW Contributors Special thanks to staff at Regulations Unit, License & Revenue Branch, Office Alternate communication format is available upon request. If reasonable accommodation is needed contact of Communications, Education & Outreach, Wildlife Branch, and Law Enforce- CDFW at (916) 322-8911 or the California Relay (Telephone) Service for the deaf or hearing-impaired from TDD phones at (800) 735-2929. ment Division. The CDFW neither endorses products or services listed nor accepts any liability arising from the use of Cover Photo: © iStock.com/Lynn Bystrom products or services listed. 2 REGIONAL OFFICES Hunting licenses are sold at most of the following CDFW offices and at authorized license agents statewide. License sales are also available online at www.ca.wildlifelicense.com/InternetSales and by telephone at (800) 565-1458. To purchase hunting items via online or telephone sales, you must already have hunter education on file in the ALDS. 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Market Boulevard, Sacramento, CA 95834 7329 Silverado Trail, Napa, CA 94558 (916) 928-5805 (707) 944-5500 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Monday - Friday 8:00 AM–4:30 PM, Monday–Friday [email protected] [email protected] Stockton Field Office STAY CONNECTED 2109 Arch Airport Road, Suite 100 Giving CDFW your e-mail address and mobile Stockton, CA 95206 number will enable us to send you information (209) 234-3420 you can use, such as license renewal and courtesy 8:00 AM–4:30 PM, Monday–Friday harvest report deadline reminders, and California hunting information. When purchasing a license from a license agent, or when you log in to the Online License Service, update your communica- tion preferences and provide your e-mail address This guide is also and mobile number. Fish and Game Code Section 1050.6 and California Government Code Section available online at 11015.5 prohibit CDFW from selling or sharing your personal information with any third party. 2017-2018 CALIFORNIA MAMMAL HUNTING REGULATIONS WHAT’S NEW 3 an outside antler spread of at least sixteen inches. In all other deer hunting zones (all X zones, all C zones, and zones D3-D9, D12, D14, D17, and WHAT’S NEW FOR 2017? D19), any deer with four or more points on either antler (excluding eye guards) or with an outside antler spread of at least twenty-two inches. 2. Any elk with five or more points on either antler (including eye guards); 3. Any pronghorn antelope with a horn that is at least fourteen inches in length; NEW LAW TO DETER POACHING OF 4. Any bighorn sheep ram defined as a male bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) having at least one horn, the tip of which extends beyond a straight line CALIFORNIA’S TROPHY CLASS WILDLIFE beginning at the front (anterior) edge of the horn base, and extending Fish and Game Code (is law that As of July 1, 2017, there is an increase in downward through the rear (posterior) edge of the visible portion of the penalties associated with poaching a trophy class deer, elk, pronghorn, eye and continuing downward through the horn. All reference points bighorn sheep or wild turkey. The law, FGC section 12013.3, increases the are based on viewing the ram directly from a 90-degree angle from punishment for a conviction of poaching the trophy while taking out of which the head is facing. season, spotlighting, baiting, waste of meat, or take without a tag. The fine 5. Any wild turkey with either a spur that is at least one inch in length, or for a poaching conviction related to trophy deer, elk, antelope, or bighorn a beard (measured by the longest strand of one or more beards) that is sheep shall be not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000), nor more than eight or more inches. forty thousand dollars ($40,000), and with wild turkey, a fine of not less than two thousand dollars ($2,000) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000),