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 362 - Nelson Bighorn Sheep
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 12, March 22, 2024
(a) Areas:
(b) Seasons:
(c) Bag and possession Limit: One mature ram defined as follows: a male Nelson bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni) having at least one horn, the tip of which extends beyond a point in a straight line beginning at the front (anterior) edge of the horn base, and extending downward through the rear (posterior) edge of the visible portion of the eye and continuing downward through the horn. All reference points are based on viewing the ram directly from a 90 degree angle from which the head is facing. A diagram showing the correct viewing procedure shall be distributed by the department to each successful applicant.
(d) Number of License Tags:
Nelson Bighorn Sheep Hunt Zones | Tag Allocation | |
Zone 1 -- Marble/Clipper Mountains | 1 | |
Zone 2 -- Kelso Peak/Old Dad Mountains | 1 | |
Zone 3 -- Clark/Kingston Mountain Ranges | 4 | |
Zone 4 -- Orocopia Mountains | 1 | |
Zone 5 -- San Gorgonio Wilderness | 0 | |
Zone 6 -- Sheep Hole Mountains | 0 | |
Zone 7 -- White Mountains | 6 | |
Zone 8 -- South Bristol Mountains | 2 | |
Zone 9 -- Cady Mountains | 2 | |
Zone 10 -- Newberry, Rodman, Ord Mountains | 6 | |
Open Zone Fund-Raising Tag | 1 | |
Marble/Clipper/South Bristol Mountains Fund-Raising Tag | 1 | |
Cady Mountains Fund-Raising Tag | 1 | |
Total: | 26 |
(e) Conditions:
1. New
section filed 6-22-87; operative 6-22-87 (Register 87, No. 27). For history of
former section
362, see Register 81, No.
20.
2. Amendment of subsections (d)-(f) filed 5-31-88; operative
5-31-88 (Register 88, No. 23).
3. Amendment of subsections (d) and
(e) filed 6-22-90; operative 6-22-90 pursuant to section
215,
Fish and Game Code (Register 90, No. 34).
4. Amendment filed
6-28-91; operative 6-28-91 (Register 91, No. 42).
5. Amendment of
subsections (a)-(b), (d)-(e) filed 7-8-92; operative 7-8-92 pursuant to Fish
and Game Code section
215
(Register 92, No. 28).
6. Amendment of subsections (b)(1), (d),
(e)(1), (e)(2) and (f)(2) filed 6-23-93; operative 6-23-93 pursuant to Fish and
Game Code sections
202 and
215
(Register 93, No. 26).
7. Amendment filed 7-13-94; operative 7-13-94
pursuant to sections
202 and
215,
Fish and Game Code (Register 94, No. 28).
8. Amendment of
subsections (d), (e)(1)(B), (e)(2) and NOTE filed 6-9-95; operative 6-9-95
pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4(d)
(Register 95, No. 23).
9. Amendment filed 6-26-96; operative 7-1-96
pursuant to section
11343.4(d)
(Register 96, No. 26).
10. Amendment of subsections (b)(1), (d) and
(e)(1), repealer of subsection (e)(1)(B) and amendment of subsection (e)(2)
filed 6-26-97; operative 6-26-97 pursuant to Fish and Game Code sections
202 and
215
(Register 97, No. 26).
11. Amendment filed 7-1-98; operative 7-1-98
pursuant to Fish and Game Code sections
202 and
215
(Register 98, No. 27).
12. Amendment of subsections (d), (e)(2) and
(f)(8) filed 6-2-99; operative 6-2-99 pursuant to Fish and Game Code sections
202 and
215
(Register 99, No. 23).
13. Amendment filed 6-27-2000; operative
6-27-2000 pursuant to Fish and Game Code sections
202 and
205
(Register 2000, No. 26).
14. Editorial correction of subsection
(e)(2) (Register 2001, No. 10).
15. Change without regulatory effect
amending subsection (e)(2) filed 3-7-2001 pursuant to section
100, title 1, California Code of
Regulations (Register 2001, No. 10).
16. Amendment of subsections
(d)-(e)(1)(A) filed 5-21-2001; operative 6-1-2001 pursuant to Fish and Game
Code sections
202 and
215
(Register 2001, No. 21).
17. Amendment filed 6-28-2002; operative
6-28-2002 pursuant to Fish and Game Code sections
202 and
215
(Register 2002, No. 26).
18. Amendment of subsection (d) filed
6-24-2003; operative 7-1-2003 pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4
(Register 2003, No. 26).
19. Amendment filed 7-7-2004; operative
7-7-2004 pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4
(Register 2004, No. 28).
20. New subsections (a)(7) and (b)(1)(B),
subsection relettering, new subsections (b)(1)(D) and (b)(2)(C) and amendment
of subsection (d) filed 7-19-2005; operative 7-19-2005 pursuant to Government
Code section
11343.4
(Register 2005, No. 29).
21. Amendment of subsections (b)(1)(A)-(B)
and (d) filed 6-30-2006; operative 6-30-2006 pursuant to Government Code
section
11343.4
(Register 2006, No. 26).
22. Amendment of subsection (d) filed
5-29-2007; operative 5-29-2007 pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4
(Register 2007, No. 22).
23. Amendment of subsection (b)(1)(A),
repealer of subsection (b)(1)(B), subsection relettering and amendment of
subsection (d) filed 6-20-2008; operative 6-20-2008 pursuant to Government Code
section
11343.4
(Register 2008, No. 25).
24. Amendment of subsection (d) filed
6-12-2009; operative 7-1-2009 pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4
(Register 2009, No. 24).
25. Amendment of subsection (b)(1), new
subsections (b)(2)-(b)(3)(A), subsection renumbering and amendment of
subsection (d) filed 6-24-2010; operative 6-24-2010 pursuant to Government Code
section
11343.4
(Register 2010, No. 26).
26. Amendment of subsections (a)(2)-(3),
new subsections (a)(8)-(9) and amendment of subsections (b)(1)(A),
(b)(2)-(b)(2)(A), (b)(4)(A), (d) and (e)(4) filed 7-8-2011; operative 7-8-2011
pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4
(Register 2011, No. 27).
27. Amendment of subsection (d) filed
5-29-2012; operative 7-1-2012 (Register 2012, No. 22).
28. Amendment
of subsection (d) filed 6-25-2013; operative 7-1-2013 pursuant to Fish and Game
Code section
202
(Register 2013, No. 26).
29. Amendment of subsection (d) filed
6-23-2014; operative 7-1-2014 pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4(b)(4)(A)
(Register 2014, No. 26).
30. Amendment of subsection (d) filed
6-22-2015; operative 7-1-2015 pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4(b)(4)(A)
(Register 2015, No. 26).
31. Amendment of subsection (d) filed
7-27-2016; operative 7-27-2016 pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4(b)(4)(A)
(Register 2016, No. 31).
32. Amendment of subsection (d) and NOTE
filed 7-17-2017; operative 7-17-2017 pursuant to Fish and Game Code section
265
(Register 2017, No. 29).
33. New subsection (a)(10), amendment of
subsections (b)(3)-(b)(3)(A), (b)(4)(A), (d) and (e)(4) filed 7-1-2019;
operative 7-1-2019 pursuant to Fish and Game Code section
265
(Register 2019, No. 27).
34. Amendment of subsection (d) filed
6-29-2020; operative 7-1-2020 pursuant to Fish and Game Code section
265
(Register 2020, No. 27).
35. Amendment of subsection (d) and NOTE
filed 6-22-2023; operative 7-1-2023 (Register 2023, No.
25).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 200, 203, 265, 1050 and 4902, Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections 1050, 3950 and 4902, Fish and Game Code.