2020 California BIG GAME HUNTING DIGEST
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2020 California BIG GAME HUNTING DIGEST BIG GAME DRAWING DEADLINE JUNE 2, 2020 HUNTING ITEMS ON SALE APRIL 15, 2020 Photo by Josh Schulgen 2020 California BIG GAME HUNTING DIGEST STATE OF CALIFORNIA Governor Gavin C. Newsom NATURAL RESOURCES AGENCY Secretary Wade Crowfoot DEPARTMENT OF FISH & WILDLIFE Director Charlton H. Bonham FISH AND GAME COMMISSION Eric Sklar, President, St. Helena Samantha Murray, Vice President, Del Mar Jacque Hostler-Carmesin, Member, McKinleyville Russell Burns, Member, Napa Peter Silva, Member, Jamul Melissa Miller-Henson, Executive Director THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 1416 9th Street, 12th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 FISH & WILDLIFE Phone: (916) 322-8911 Fax: (916) 322-8989 www.wildlife.ca.gov CDFW CONTRIBUTORS Special thanks to staff at Fish and Game Commission, Law Enforcement Branch, License and Revenue Branch, Regulations Unit and Wildlife Branch ON THE COVER Photo by Josh Schulgen Mule Deer 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 age, race, national origin, disability, religious or political affiliation, color, sex, ancestry, marital status or sexual orientation should contact the nearest regional office of the CDFW 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.” Alternate communication format is available upon request. If reasonable accommodation is needed contact CDFW at (916) 322-8911 or the California Relay (Telephone) Service for the deaf or hearing-impaired from TDD phones at (800) 735-2929. This booklet is intended to assist hunters in applying for deer and other big game license tags. It does not replace the California Hunting Regulations for Mammals and Furbearers. For more detailed information concerning regulations, consult the California hunting regulations, available at any CDFW office (see page 3 for phone numbers); or online at www.wildlife.ca.gov/ regulations. The CDFW neither endorses products or services listed nor accepts any liability arising from the use of products or services listed. Hunting licenses are sold at most of the following BAY DELTA REGION CDFW offices and at authorized license agents Serving Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, Sacramento, statewide. License sales are also available online at San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, San www.ca.wildlifelicense.com/InternetSales and by Joaquin, Solano, Sonoma and Yolo counties telephone at (800) 565-1458. To purchase items via 2825 Cordelia Road #100, Fairfield, CA 94534 online or telephone sales, you must already have (707) 428-2002 hunter education on file in the Automated License 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM, Monday - Friday Data System (ALDS). [email protected] CDFW OFFICES NO LONGER ACCEPT CASH Stockton Field Office CDFW no longer accepts cash at the License and 2109 Arch Airport Road, Stockton, CA 95206 Revenue Branch and regional license offices. Checks, (209) 234-3420 money orders, or any debit or credit card with the Visa 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM, Monday - Friday or Mastercard logo are accepted. Cash transactions SOUTH COAST REGION are available for all items sold at authorized local sales Serving Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, agents. Search for a license agent near you at Santa Barbara and Ventura counties www.ca.wildlifelicense.com/InternetSales/OutletSearch/ 3883 Ruffin Road, San Diego, CA 92123 FindOutlet. (858) 467-4201 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM, Monday - Friday NORTHERN REGION [email protected] Serving Del Norte, Humboldt, Lassen, Mendocino, Modoc, Los Alamitos Field Office Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama and Trinity counties 4665 Lampson Avenue Ste. C, Los Alamitos, CA 90720 601 Locust Street, Redding, CA 96001 (562) 342-7100 (530) 225-2300 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM, Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM, Monday - Friday [email protected] INLAND DESERTS REGION Licenses not sold at this location Eureka Field Office Serving Imperial, Inyo, Mono, Riverside and 619 Second Street, Eureka, CA 95501 San Bernardino counties (707) 445-6493 3602 Inland Empire Blvd., Suite C-220, Ontario, CA 91764 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM, Monday - Friday (909) 484-0167 NORTH CENTRAL REGION 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Monday - Friday Serving Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, El [email protected] Dorado, Glenn, Lake, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Sierra, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba counties LICENSE AND REVENUE BRANCH 1740 N. Market Boulevard, Sacramento, CA 95834 1701 Nimbus Road, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 (916) 928-5805 (916) 358-2900 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM, Monday - Friday [email protected] [email protected] CENTRAL REGION CONTACT US Serving Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Mobile www.wildlife.ca.gov/mobile Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Stanislaus, Tulare and Tuolumne counties Facebook www.facebook.com/CaliforniaDFW 1234 E. Shaw Avenue, Fresno, CA 93710 Twitter twitter.com/CaliforniaDFW (559) 243-4005 Blogs cdfgnews.wordpress.com 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM, Monday - Friday Flickr www.flickr.com/photos/CaliforniaDFG [email protected] YouTube www.youtube.com/user/CaliforniaDFG MARINE REGION Serving the entire California coast, from border to border and three nautical miles out to sea. REGS on the GO... Did you 20 Lower Ragsdale Drive, Suite 100 know you can now download the regulations to your smart Monterey, CA 93940 phone or other device? By utilizing iBooks on Apple devices (831) 649-2870 or your favorite book reader on the Android platform you 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM, Monday - Friday can download the regulations for reference at any time. Reg- [email protected] ulations can be found at www.wildlife.ca.gov/Regulations. CONTENTS Contacts .................................................................................................................................................................................................3 Hunter Education Program .............................................................................................................................................................5 Licenses and Tag Fees .......................................................................................................................................................................6 What’s New in 2020 ...........................................................................................................................................................................8 General Information ..........................................................................................................................................................................9 Big Game Drawing Worksheet .................................................................................................................................................... 11 Deer ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Big Game Drawing Information ................................................................................................................................................. 15 Random Drawing for Fund-Raising Big Game Tags ............................................................................................................ 19 How to Properly Fill Out a Tag .................................................................................................................................................... 20 Harvest Tag Reporting ................................................................................................................................................................... 22 2019 Preliminary Deer Harvest by Antler Class .................................................................................................................... 24 2019 Deer Tag Drawing Statistics .............................................................................................................................................. 26 2020 Proposed Deer Hunts .......................................................................................................................................................... 30 2020 Deer Zones Map .................................................................................................................................................................... 32 SHARE Program Hunts ................................................................................................................................................................... 41 Elk, Pronghorn and Bighorn Sheep .......................................................................................................................................... 42 Pronghorn Hunt Zones Map ....................................................................................................................................................... 43 Elk Hunt Zones Map ....................................................................................................................................................................... 44 Bighorn Sheep Hunt Zones Map ..............................................................................................................................................