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 363 - Pronghorn Antelope
Universal Citation: 14 CA Code of Regs 363
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
The Lava Beds National Monument and Federal and State Game Refuges lying within a given pronghorn hunt boundary are closed to pronghorn antelope hunting, except for the state's Hayden Hill (1S) and Blacks Mountain (1F) game refuges in Lassen County and the Clear Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Modoc County. Refer to subsection 363(b)(5) for special conditions for permission to enter and hunt pronghorn antelope in the Clear Lake National Wildlife Refuge.
(a) Zone 1 (Mount Dome):
(1) Area: That portion of Siskiyou County
within a line beginning at the junction of Interstate 5 and the
California-Oregon state line; east along the California-Oregon state line to
Ainsworth Corners-Lava Beds National Monument Road; south on Ainsworth
Corners-Lava Beds National Monument Road to Mammoth Crater-Medicine Lake Road;
southwest on Mammoth Crater-Medicine Lake Road to Medicine Lake-Telephone Flat
Road; east and south on Medicine Lake-Telephone Flat Road to Telephone
Flat-Bartle Road; southwest on Telephone Flat-Bartle Road to Highway 89; west
on Highway 89 to Interstate 5; north on Interstate 5 to the California-Oregon
state line to the point of beginning.
(2) Seasons:
(A) The general season shall open on the
Saturday following the third Wednesday in August and continue for nine
consecutive days.
(B) The archery
only season shall open 14 days prior to the general season and continue for
nine consecutive days.
(3) Bag and Possession Limit: One pronghorn
antelope in a license year.
(b) Zone 2 (Clear Lake):
(1) Area: Those portions of Modoc and
Siskiyou counties within a line beginning at the junction of the Lava Beds
National Monument Road and the California-Oregon state line at Ainsworth
Corners; east along the California-Oregon state line to Crowder Flat Road;
south on Crowder Flat Road to Modoc County Road 73; south on Modoc County Road
73 to Modoc County Road 136; west on Modoc County Road 136 to Blue
Mountain-Mowitz Road; west and south on Blue Mountain-Mowitz Road to Deadhorse
Flat-Badger Well Road; southwest on Deadhorse Flat-Badger Well Road to Badger
Well-Browns Well Road; south on Badger Well-Browns Well Road to Sorholus
Tank-Hackamore Road; southwest on Sorholus Tank-Hackamore Road to Highway 139;
southeast on Highway 139 to Modoc County Road 91; south on Modoc County Road 91
to Mud Lake-Mud Springs Road; west on Mud Lake-Mud Springs Road to North Main
Road; southwest on North Main Road to Long Bell-Iodine Prairie Road at Long
Bell Forest Service Station; northwest on Long Bell-Iodine Prairie Road to
Bartle-Telephone Flat Road; north on Bartle-Telephone Flat Road to Telephone
Flat-Medicine Lake Road; north and west on Telephone Flat-Medicine Lake Road to
Medicine Lake-Mammoth Crater Road; northeast on Medicine Lake-Mammoth Crater
Road to Lava Beds National Monument-Ainsworth Corners Road; north on Lava Beds
National Monument-Ainsworth Corners Road to the California-Oregon state line to
the point of beginning.
(2)
Seasons:
(A) The general season shall open on
the Saturday following the third Wednesday in August and continue for nine
consecutive days.
(B) The archery
only season shall open 14 days prior to the general season and continue for
nine consecutive days.
(3) Bag and Possession Limit: One pronghorn
antelope in a license year.
(4)
Special Conditions: The special regulations regarding the Peninsula "U" portion
of the Clear Lake National Wildlife Refuge are summarized as follows:
(A) The area will be open on weekends and
holidays only during the general season.
(B) Permission to enter this area must be
obtained at the gate entrance located on the Clear Lake Road. Hunters for this
area will be selected by public drawing. Persons selected for pronghorn
antelope tags for Zone 2 (Clear Lake) may apply for this drawing by submitting
an application upon receipt of their license tag to the Department of Fish and
Wildlife, 601 Locust Street, Redding, CA 96001. Applicants may apply as a party
of two. Applications shall consist of the following: a standard U.S. Postal
Service postcard with the applicant's tag number, name, address, city, zip
code, area code, telephone number, and the notation "Application for Pronghorn
Antelope Hunt Access Permit, Clear Lake Peninsula." Applications must reach the
Redding office before the close of the business day on the first Friday in
August. Successful applicants will be notified. A two-party application will
not be split. The specific number of hunters will be determined each year by
the Department. No more than five hunters will be allowed on the area at any
one time unless a party of two is drawn for the fifth place. If the fifth place
is the first member of a party, then no more than six hunters will be allowed
on the area at any time.
(C) The
gate entrance will be open from 6:00 a.m. to one hour after sunset.
(D) The fence near the gate entrance
constitutes the south boundary of the area.
(E) The specific number of pronghorn antelope
to be taken from this area is determined by the number of pronghorn antelope
present. This area will be closed once this number is reached.
(c) Zone 3 (Likely Tables):
(1) Area: Those portions of Modoc and
Lassen counties within a line beginning at the junction of the Crowder Flat
Road and the California-Oregon state line; east along the California-Oregon
state line to the crest of the Warner Mountains; south along the crest of the
Warner Mountains to the Summit Trail at Pepperdine Camp; south along the Summit
Trail to the South Warner Road near Patterson Forest Service Station; west
along the South Warner Road to Long Valley-Clarks Valley Road; south on Long
Valley-Clarks Valley Road to Clarks Valley-Madeline Road; west on Clarks
Valley-Madeline Road to Highway 395 at the town of Madeline; north on Highway
395 to Madeline-Adin Road; northwest on Madeline-Adin Road to Hunsinger
Draw-Sweagert Flat Road; east and north on Hunsinger Draw-Sweagert Flat Road to
Sweagert Flat-Hunters Ridge Road; north and west on Sweagert Flat-Hunters Ridge
Road to Highway 299 near Lower Rush Creek Recreation Site; north on Highway 299
to Canby Bridge-Cottonwood Flat Road; northwest on Canby Bridge-Cottonwood Flat
Road to Cottonwood Flat-Happy Camp Road; northwest on Cottonwood Flat-Happy
Camp Road to Modoc County Road 91; north on Modoc County Road 91 to Highway
139; north on Highway 139 to on Hackamore-Sorholus Tank Road; northeast on
Hackamore-Sorholus Tank Road to Browns Well-Badger Well Road; north on Browns
Well-Badger Well Road to Badger Well-Deadhorse Flat Road; northeast and east on
Badger Well-Deadhorse Flat Road to Mowitz-Blue Mountain Road; north and east on
Mowitz-Blue Mountain Road to Modoc County Road 136; east on Modoc County Road
136 to Modoc County Road 73; north on Modoc County Road 73 to Crowder Flat
Road; north on Crowder Flat Road to the California-Oregon state line to the
point of beginning.
(2) Seasons:
(A) Period One of the general season shall
open on the Saturday following the third Wednesday in August and continue for
nine consecutive days. Period Two of the general season shall open on the first
Saturday in September and continue for nine consecutive days.
(B) The archery only season shall open 14
days prior to the earliest general season and continue for nine consecutive
days.
(3) Bag and
Possession Limit: One pronghorn antelope in a license year.
(d) Zone 4 (Lassen):
(1) Area: Those portions of Lassen, Plumas
and Shasta counties within a line beginning at the intersection of Highway 36
and Juniper Lake Road in the town of Chester; north on Juniper Lake Road to the
Lassen National Park boundary; north and west along the Lassen National Park
boundary to Highway 89; north on Highway 89 to U.S. Forest Service Road 22 near
the Hat Creek Ranger Station; east on U.S. Forest Service Road 22 to U.S.
Forest Service Road 35N06; east and north on U.S. Forest Service Road 35N06 to
the State Game Refuge 1S boundary; northwest along the State Game Refuge 1S
boundary to Coyote Canyon-Dixie Valley Road; northwest on Coyote Canyon-Dixie
Valley Road to Dixie Valley-Boyd Hill Road; northwest on Dixie Valley-Boyd Hill
Road to Snag Hill-Hayden Hill Road; northeast and north on Snag Hill-Hayden
Hill Road to Highway 139; southeast on Highway 139 to Willow Creek-Hunsinger
Flat Road; northeast and northwest on Willow Creek-Hunsinger Flat Road to
Adin-Madeline Road; southeast on Adin-Madeline Road to Highway 395 at the town
of Madeline; south on Highway 395 to Madeline-Clarks Valley Road; east on
Madeline-Clarks Valley Road to Clarks Valley-Tuledad Road; east and southeast
on Clarks Valley-Tuledad Road to the California-Nevada state line; south along
the California-Nevada state line to the Lassen-Sierra county line; west along
the Lassen-Sierra county line to the Lassen-Plumas county line; north and west
along the Lassen-Plumas county line to Highway 36; west on Highway 36 to
Juniper Lake Road to the point of beginning.
(2) Seasons:
(A) Period One of the general season shall
open on the Saturday following the third Wednesday in August and continue for
nine consecutive days. Period Two of the general season shall open on the first
Saturday in September and continue for nine consecutive days.
(B) The archery only season shall open 14
days prior to the earliest general season and continue for nine consecutive
days.
(3) Bag and
Possession Limit: One pronghorn antelope in a license year.
(e) Zone 5 (Big Valley):
(1) Area: Those portions of Modoc, Lassen,
Shasta, and Siskiyou counties within a line beginning at the intersection of
Highways 299 and 89; north and northwest on Highway 89 to Bartle-Telephone Flat
Road; northeast on Bartle-Telephone Flat Road to Iodine Prairie-Long Bell Road;
southeast on Iodine Prairie-Long Bell Road to North Main Road at Long Bell
Forest Service Station; northeast on North Main Road and Mud Springs-Mud Lake
Road to Modoc County Road 91; south on Modoc County Road 91 to Happy
Camp-Cottonwood Flat Road; southeast on Happy Camp-Cottonwood Flat Road to
Cottonwood Flat-Canby Bridge Road; southeast on Cottonwood Flat-Canby Bridge
Road to Highway 299; south on Highway 299 to Hunters Ridge-Sweagert Flat Road
near Lower Rush Creek Recreation Site; east and south on Hunters Ridge-Sweagert
Flat Road to Sweagert Flat-Hunsinger Draw Road; south and west on Sweagert
Flat-Hunsinger Draw Road to Adin-Madeline Road; southeast on Adin-Madeline Road
to Hunsinger Flat-Willow Creek Road; southeast and southwest on Hunsinger
Flat-Willow Creek Road to Highway 139; northwest on Highway 139 to Hayden
Hill-Snag Hill Road; south and southwest on Hayden Hill-Snag Hill Road to Boyd
Hill-Dixie Valley Road; southeast on Boyd Hill-Dixie Valley Road to Dixie
Valley-Coyote Canyon Road; southeast on Dixie Valley-Coyote Canyon Road to the
State Game Refuge 1S boundary; southeast along the State Game Refuge 1S
boundary to U.S. Forest Service Road 35N06; south and west on U.S. Forest
Service Road 35N06 to U.S. Forest Service Road 22; west on U.S. Forest Service
Road 22 to Highway 89 near the Hat Creek Ranger Station; north on Highway 89 to
Highway 299 to the point of beginning.
(2) Seasons:
(A) The general season shall open on the
Saturday following the third Wednesday in August and continue for nine
consecutive days.
(B) The archery
only season shall open 14 days prior to the earliest general season and
continue for nine consecutive days.
(3) Bag and Possession Limit: One pronghorn
antelope in a license year.
(f) Zone 6 (Surprise Valley):
(1) Area: Those portions of Modoc and Lassen
counties within a line beginning at the junction of the crest of the Warner
Mountains and the California-Oregon state line; east along the
California-Oregon state line to the California-Nevada state line; south along
the California-Nevada state line to Tuledad-Clarks Valley Road; west and
northwest on Tuledad-Clarks Valley Road to Clarks Valley-Long Valley Road;
north on Clarks Valley-Long Valley Road to South Warner Road; east on South
Warner Road to the Summit Trail near Patterson Guard Station; north along the
Summit Trail to the crest of the Warner Mountains at Pepperdine Camp; north
along the crest of the Warner Mountains to the California-Oregon state line to
the point of beginning.
(2)
Seasons:
(A) The general season shall open on
the Saturday following the third Wednesday in August and continue for nine
consecutive days.
(B) The archery
only season shall open 14 days prior to the general season and continue for
nine consecutive days.
(3) Bag and Possession Limit: One pronghorn
antelope in a license year.
(g) Big Valley Pronghorn Antelope Apprentice Hunt:
(1) Area: The tag shall be valid in the
area described in subsection
363(e)(1).
(2) Season: The season shall open on the
Saturday following the third Wednesday in August and continue for nine
consecutive days.
(3) Bag and
Possession Limit: One pronghorn antelope in a license year.
(4) Special Conditions: Tagholders wishing to
hunt the Ash Creek Wildlife Area may contact Ash Creek Wildlife Area by
telephone at (530) 294-5824, and shall attend an orientation meeting before
hunting. Only persons possessing valid junior hunting licenses and apprentice
hunt license tags may hunt during the pronghorn antelope apprentice hunt season
in the Ash Creek Wildlife Area. Tagholders shall be accompanied by a
nonhunting, licensed adult chaperone 18 years of age or older while
hunting.
(h) Lassen Pronghorn Antelope Apprentice Hunt:
(1) Area:
The tag shall be valid in the area described in subsection
363(d)(1).
(2) Season: The season shall open on the
Saturday following the third Wednesday in August and continue for nine
consecutive days.
(3) Bag and
Possession Limit: One pronghorn antelope in a license year.
(4) Special Conditions: Tagholders must
possess valid junior hunting licenses and apprentice hunt license tags.
Tagholders shall be accompanied by a nonhunting, licensed adult chaperone 18
years of age or older while hunting. The Honey Lake Wildlife Area shall not be
open to antelope apprentice hunt tag holders.
(i) Surprise Valley Pronghorn Antelope Apprentice Hunt:
(1) Area: The tag shall be
valid in the area described in subsection
363(f)(1).
(2) Season: The season shall open on the
Saturday following the third Wednesday in August and continue for nine
consecutive days.
(3) Bag and
Possession Limit: One pronghorn antelope in a license year.
(4) Special Conditions: Tagholders must
possess valid junior hunting licenses and apprentice hunt license tags.
Tagholders shall be accompanied by a nonhunting, licensed adult chaperone 18
years of age or older while hunting.
(j) Likely Tables Pronghorn Antelope Apprentice Hunt
(1) Area: The tag shall be
valid in the area described in subsection
363(c)(1).
(2) Seasons: The season shall open on the
Saturday following the third Wednesday in August and continue for nine
consecutive days.
(3) Bag and
Possession Limit: One pronghorn antelope in a license year.
(4) Special Conditions: Tagholders must
possess valid junior hunting licenses and apprentice hunt license tags.
Tagholders shall be accompanied by a nonhunting, licensed adult chaperone 18
years of age or older while hunting.
(k) Fundraising Hunt:
(1) Area: Those portions of Lassen, Modoc,
Plumas, Shasta, and Siskiyou counties described as zones 1 through 6 in
subsections
363(a) through
(f).
(2) Season: The season for the Fundraising
Hunt shall open on the Saturday before the first Wednesday in August and
continue for 51 consecutive days.
(3) Bag and Possession Limit: One pronghorn
antelope in a license year.
(l) Conditions:
(1) Pronghorn antelope license tags do not
give the tagholders the right of entry onto privately-owned lands.
(2) Buck pronghorn antelope are defined as
pronghorn antelope with horns longer than the ears. Doe pronghorn antelope are
defined as pronghorn antelope with horns shorter than the ears. Either-sex
pronghorn antelope are defined as buck or doe pronghorn antelope.
(3) Shooting time shall be from one-half hour
before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset.
(4) Method of take:
(A) The holder of any archery-only pronghorn
antelope license tag may only take pronghorn antelope using archery equipment,
as defined in Section
354 of these
regulations.
(B) The holder of a
general season, fundraising hunt season, or junior hunt season license tag may
take pronghorn antelope using legal firearms and archery equipment as described
in sections
353 and
354 of these
regulations.
(5) Any
person taking any pronghorn antelope shall retain that portion of the head,
which bears the horns during the open season and for 15 days thereafter, and
shall produce it upon the demand of any officer authorized to enforce the
provisions of these regulations.
(6) No person shall at any time capture or
destroy any pronghorn antelope and detach or remove from the carcass only the
head, hide or horns; nor shall any person at any time leave through
carelessness or neglect any pronghorn antelope which is in their possession or
any portion of the flesh thereof usually eaten by humans, to go needlessly to
waste.
(7) Prior to the acceptance
or issuance of a pronghorn antelope license tag, all tagholders shall consent
in writing to the terms and conditions set forth on the license tag.
(m) Pronghorn Antelope Tag Allocations Table.
| Hunt Area | Archery-Only Season Buck | Archery-Only Season Doe | General Season Period 1 Buck | General Season Period 1 Doe | General Season Period 1 Apprentice Either-Sex | General Season Period 2 Buck | General Season Period 2 Doe | Fundraising |
| Zone 1 -- Mount Dome | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zone 2 -- Clear Lake | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zone 3 -- Likely Tables | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Zone 4 -- Lassen | 5 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| Zone 5 -- Big Valley | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zone 6 -- Surprise Valley | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zones 1-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Note: Authority cited: Sections 219, 265, 331 and 1050, Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections 331, 713 and 1050, Fish and Game Code.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 219, 265, 331 and 1050, Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections 331, 713 and 1050, Fish and Game Code.
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