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 366 - Archery Bear Hunting

Universal Citation: 14 CA Code of Regs 366

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

Bear may be taken with bow and arrow during the bear season as specified in Section 365 and as follows:

(a) Areas: Those portions of the state as described in subsection 365(a).

(b) Season: The archery bear season shall open on the third Saturday in August and extend for 23 consecutive days. There is no open season for taking bear with bow and arrow in the balance of the state.

(c) Bag and Possession Limit: One adult bear per hunting license year. Cubs and female accompanied by cubs may not be taken. (Cubs are defined as bears less than one year of age or bears weighing less than 50 pounds.)

(d) The use of dogs is prohibited during the archery season for bear.

(e) Bait. No feed, bait or other materials capable of attracting a bear to a feeding area shall be placed or used for the purpose of taking or pursuing a bear. No bear shall be taken over such bait. No person may take a bear within a 400 yard radius of a garbage dump or bait.

1. New section filed 5-13-81; designated effective tenth day thereafter (Register 81, No. 20).
2. Repealer and new section filed 6-7-82; designated effective tenth day thereafter (Register 82, No. 24).
3. Repealer filed 10-15-90 as an emergency; operative 10-15-90 (Register 90, No. 46). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 2-12-91 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
4. Reinstatement of section as it existed prior to emergency repeal filed 10-15-90 by operation of Government Code section 11346.1(f) (Register 91, No. 42).
5. Editorial correction restoring omitted HISTORY 4. (Register 92, No. 6).
6. Editorial correction deleting former HISTORY NOTE 5 and renumbering remaining HISTORY NOTES (Register 95, No. 14).
7. Amendment of subsection (c) and repealer of subsection (f) filed 7-8-2011; operative 7-8-2011 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2011, No. 27).
8. Change without regulatory effect amending first paragraph filed 3-5-2013 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2013, No. 10).
9. 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, 203, 203.1 and 265, Fish and Game Code.

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