Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 14, § 363 - Pronghorn Antelope

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

Notes

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 14, § 363

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.

1. Amendment of subsections (e)-(g) filed 5-31-88; operative 5-31-88 (Register 88, No. 23). For prior history, see Register 87, No. 27.
2. Amendment of subsections (e) and (f) filed 6-19-89; operative 6-19-89 (Register 89, No. 27).
3. Amendment filed 6-22-90; operative 6-22-90 pursuant to section 215, Fish and Game Code (Register 90, No. 34).
4. Amendment of section filed 6-28-91; operative 6-28-91 (Register 91, No. 42).
5. Amendment of subsections (a)(5), (b)-(f) and (g)(4) and Note filed 7-8-92; operative 7-8-92 pursuant to Fish and Game Code section 215 (Register 92, No. 28).
6. Amendment 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 (a)(9), (b)(2), (d), (e)(1) 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 subsection (d), table, subsection (e)(1), new subsection (e)(2) designator, subsection renumbering, and amendment of newly designated 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 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 (k)(2) (Register 2001, No. 10).
15. Change without regulatory effect amending subsections (k)(1)-(2) filed 3-7-2001 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2001, No. 10).
16. Amendment of subsections (a)(4)(A), (j)(4) -Table and (k)(2) 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 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. Amendment of subsections (a)(4)(A), (b)(4)(A), (c)(4)(A)-(B), (d)(4)(A)-(B), (e)(4)(A), (i)(4) and (l) filed 7-19-2005; operative 7-19-2005 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2005, No. 29).
21. Amendment of subsections (c)(4)(B), (e)(4)(A), (g)(4), (h)(5) and (l) filed 6-30-2006; operative 6-30-2006 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2006, No. 26).
22. Amendment of subsections (b)(5)(B), (c)(4)(A)-(B), (d)(4)(A)-(B), (f)(4)(A) and (h)(1), repealer of subsection (h)(5) and amendment of subsection (l) filed 5-29-2007; operative 5-29-2007 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2007, No. 22).
23. Amendment of subsections (c)(4)(B), (f)(4)(A), (g), (g)(5), (h), (h)(1), (i), (i)(5) and (l) filed 6-20-2008; operative 6-20-2008 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2008, No. 25).
24. Amendment of subsections (a)(4)(A), (c)(4)(A)-(B), (d)(4)(A)-(B), (e)(4)(A) and (l) filed 6-12-2009; operative 7-1-2009 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2009, No. 24).
25. Amendment filed 6-24-2010; operative 6-24-2010 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2010, No. 26).
26. Amendment of subsections (b)(4)(B), (d)(4)(A), (e)(4)(B), (f)(4)(B), (g)(4) and (m) filed 7-8-2011; operative 7-8-2011 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2011, No. 27).
27. Amendment of subsections (b)(4)(A), (c)(4)(B), (e)(4)(A) and (m) filed 5-29-2012; operative 7-1-2012 (Register 2012, No. 22).
28. Amendment of subsections (b)(4)(A), (c)(4)(A), (d)(4)(A), (d)(4)(D) and (m) filed 6-25-2013; operative 7-1-2013 pursuant to Fish and Game Code section 202 (Register 2013, No. 26).
29. Editorial correction of subsection (c)(4)(A) (Register 2014, No. 26).
30. Amendment of subsection (m) and Note filed 6-23-2014; operative 7/1/2014 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(4)(A) (Register 2014, No. 26).
31. Amendment of subsections (b)(4)(A), (c)(4)(A), (d)(4)(A)-(B), (e)(4)(A) and (m) filed 6-22-2015; operative 7/1/2015 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2015, No. 26).
32. Repealer of subsections (a)(4)-(a)(4)(B) and (b)(4)-(b)(4)(B), subsection renumbering, repealer of subsections (c)(4)-(c)(4)(B), (d)(4)-(d)(4)(B), (e)(4)-(e)(4)(B) and (f)(4)-(f)(4)(B), amendment of subsection (g)(1), repealer of subsection (g)(4), subsection renumbering, amendment of subsection (h)(1), repealer and new subsection (h)(4), amendment of subsection (i)(1), repealer of subsection (i)(4), subsection renumbering, amendment of subsection (j)(1), repealer of subsection (j)(4), subsection renumbering, repealer of subsection (k)(4) and amendment of subsection (m) filed 7-27-2016; operative 7/27/2016 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2016, No. 31).
33. Amendment of subsection (m) and Note filed 7-17-2017; operative 7/17/2017 pursuant to Fish and Game Code section 265 (Register 2017, No. 29).
34. Amendment of subsection (m) filed 4-6-2021; operative 4/6/2021 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2021, No. 15). Filing deadline specified in Government Code section 11349.3(a) extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20.
35. Amendment filed 7-1-2024; operative 7/1/2024 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(4)(A) (Register 2024, No. 27).