US state

California (CA)

Jurisdiction shell is ready; add agency, species, unit, deadline, and application data as research comes in.

Known for Black bear

California big-game backdrop

California is widely known for black bear and deer-zone hunting.

Generated wildlife art is used as atmosphere only; official tag, season, and unit decisions stay tied to agency data below.

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researched nonresident paths

Applications

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Unit map

GIS

ArcGIS REST FeatureServer

Unit Map / Units

GIS polygon layers render here when imported. Colorado now uses official CPW GMU boundaries; other states fall back to seeded unit cards until their KML/GeoJSON/shapefile layers are converted.

6 GIS layers

California Deer Hunt Zones (Title 14 Section 360)

Official GIS source
species units
46 polygons

Species-specific hunt/tag/management boundaries.

California Deer Hunt Zones - Additional Hunts (Title 14 Section 360)

Official GIS source
special permit
44 polygons

Special hunt, limited-entry, controlled, archery, or permit-only boundary — not a general statewide hunt unit.

Late Season Buck Hunt for Zone C4 (G1)Goodale Buck Hunt (G3)Beale Either-Sex Deer Hunt (G7)Fort Hunter Liggett Antlerless Deer Hunt (G8)Camp Roberts Antlerless Deer Hunt (G9)Vandenberg Either-Sex Deer Hunt (G11)Gray Lodge Shotgun Either-Sex Deer Hunt (G12)San Diego Antlerless Deer Hunt (G13)Sutter-Yuba Wildlife Areas Either-Sex Deer Hunt (G19)Ventana Wilderness Buck Hunt (G21)Kern River Deer Herd Buck Hunt (G6)Anderson Flat Buck Hunt (G37)Camp Pendleton Either-Sex Deer Hunt (G10)X10 Late Season Buck Hunt (G38)Round Valley Late Season Buck Hunt (G39)D-7 Late Season Buck Hunt (G40)Tehama Wildlife Area Apprentice Buck Hunt (J3)Carson River Apprentice Either-Sex Deer Hunt (J7)Daugherty Hill Wildlife Area Apprentice Either-Sex Deer Hunt (J8)Little Dry Creek Apprentice Shotgun Either-Sex Deer Hunt (J9)Fort Hunter Liggett Apprentice Either-Sex Deer Hunt (J10)San Bernardino Apprentice Either-Sex Deer Hunt (J11)Los Angeles Apprentice Either-Sex Deer Hunt (J13)Riverside Apprentice Either-Sex Deer Hunt (J14)Bucks Mountain/Nevada City Apprentice Either-Sex Deer Hunt (J16)Blue Canyon Apprentice Either-Sex Deer Hunt (J17)Lake Sonoma Apprentice Either-Sex Deer Hunt (J1)Shasta-Trinity Apprentice Buck Hunt (J4)Pacific-Grizzly Flat Apprentice Either-Sex Deer Hunt (J18)Zone X7a Apprentice Either-Sex Deer Hunt (J19)Zone X7b Apprentice Either-Sex Deer Hunt (J20)East Tehama Apprentice Either-Sex Deer Hunt (J21)Round Valley Apprentice Buck Hunt (J12)Anderson Flat Apprentice Buck Hunt (J15)Doyle Muzzleloading Rifle Buck Hunt (M3)Horse Lake Muzzleloading Rifle Buck Hunt (M4)East Lassen Muzzleloading Rifle Buck Hunt (M5)Ventura Muzzleloading Rifle Either-Sex Hunt (M7)Bass Hill Muzzleloading Rifle Buck Hunt (M8)Devil's Garden Muzzleloading Rifle Buck Hunt (M9)San Luis Obispo Muzzleloading Rifle/Archery Either-Sex Deer (MA1)Santa Barbara Muzzleloading Rifle/Archery Buck Hunt (MA3)San Diego Muzzleloading Rifle Either-Sex Deer Hunt (M6)Northwestern California Muzzleloading Rifle Buck Hunt (M11)G1G3G7G8G9G11G12G13G19G21G6G37G10G38G39G40J3J7J8J9J10J11J13J14J16J17J1J4J18J19J20J21J12J15M3M4M5M7M8M9MA1MA3M6M11

California Deer Hunt Zones - Archery Hunts (Title 14 Section 361)

Official GIS source
special permit
31 polygons

Special hunt, limited-entry, controlled, archery, or permit-only boundary — not a general statewide hunt unit.

California Elk Hunt Zones

Official GIS source
species units
26 polygons

Species-specific hunt/tag/management boundaries.

California Bighorn Sheep Hunt Zones

Official GIS source
species units
13 polygons

Species-specific hunt/tag/management boundaries.

California Pronghorn Hunt Zones

Official GIS source
species units
6 polygons

Species-specific hunt/tag/management boundaries.

No units seeded yet for CA. The page is ready for a GIS/SVG boundary layer and unit records when imported.

Agency portals

Official agency, license/application, regulations, draw odds, and harvest stats.

No agency data yet. Add agency portal, regulation URL, and official-source notes when researched.

Deadlines

Application, draw, reporting, and point purchase reminders.

No deadlines seeded yet.

Unit boundary source

Official map/GIS source for the future clickable unit-level map.

machine readable
CDFW BIOS hunt zone FeatureServer layers (confirmed live 2026-05-12)
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
deer zone
deer additional hunts
deer archery hunts
elk zone
pronghorn zone
bighorn sheep zone

Format: ArcGIS REST FeatureServer

Conversion: Import confirmed live layers: biosds342_fpu/0 (Deer Hunt Zones A/B/C/D/X, 46 polygons), biosds3241_fpu/0 (Additional Hunts, 44 polygons), biosds3242_fpu/0 (Archery Hunts, 31 polygons), biosds786_fpu/0 (Elk Hunt Zones, 26 polygons), biosds784_fpu/0 (Bighorn Sheep Hunt Zones, 13 polygons), biosds787_fpu/0 (Pronghorn Hunt Zones, 6 polygons). Boundaries are approximations per Title 14 CCR — hunters responsible for exact legal descriptions.

License/source notes: Official CDFW BIOS FeatureServer services on services2.arcgis.com; source URL pattern https://services2.arcgis.com/Uq9r85Potqm3MfRV/arcgis/rest/services/biosds[ID]_fpu/FeatureServer. Confirmed live 2026-05-12.

Open boundary source

Species available

Starter list for this jurisdiction.

No species data yet.

Applications

State/province-specific plans, submitted applications, draw status, and spend.

No applications yet.