California Code of Regulations
Title 14 - Natural Resources
Division 1 - Fish and Game Commission-Department of Fish and Game
Subdivision 2 - Game, Furbearers, Nongame, and Depredators
Chapter 3 - Big Game
Section 351 - Forked-Horn Buck, Antlerless and Either-Sex Deer Defined
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) Forked-Horn Buck Defined. For the purpose of these regulations a forked-horn buck is defined as a male deer having a branched antler on either side with the branch in the upper two-thirds of the antler. Eyeguards or other bony projections on the lower one-third of the antler shall not be considered as points or branches.
(b) Antlerless Deer Defined. For the purpose of these regulations, antlerless deer are defined as female deer, fawns of either sex other than spotted fawns, and male deer with an unbranched antler on one or both sides which is not more than three inches in length.
(c) Either-Sex Deer Defined. For the purpose of these regulations, either-sex deer are defined as antlerless deer as described in Section 351 (b), or legal bucks that have two or more points in the upper two-thirds of either antler. Spike bucks may not be taken.
1. Amendment
filed 6-13-68; designated effective 7-1-68 (Register 68, No. 22).
2.
New subsections (c) and (d) filed 5-11-79; designated effective 7-1-79
(Register 79, No. 19.)
3. Renumbering and amendment of section 351
to section
365 and renumbering and amendment
of section
256 to section 351 filed 5-13-81;
designated effective tenth day thereafter (Register 81, No. 20). For history of
former section 351, see Registers 80, No. 21; 79, No. 19 and 78, No.
24.
4. Amendment of section heading and subsection (a), repealer of
subsection (b) and subsection relettering, and amendment of newly designated
subsection (c) and NOTE filed 6-23-93; operative 6-23-93 pursuant to Fish and
Game Code sections
202 and
215
(Register 93, No. 26).
5. Change without regulatory effect amending
NOTE filed 8-8-2019 pursuant to section
100, title 1, California Code of
Regulations (Register 2019, No. 32).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 200, 203 and 265, Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections 110, 200, 201, 203, 203.1 and 265, Fish and Game Code.
