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 2 - Resident Small Game › Section 300 - Upland Game Birds

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
				  Resident Upland Game Birds
(1) General
				  Seasons: Shotgun; Crossbow; and Pistol/Revolver for Sooty/Ruffed Grouse Only;
				  Bag and Possession Limits and Open Areas
(see Authorized Methods of Take, Section
					 311)
Species
1.
							 Seasons
2. Daily Bag and Possession
							 Limits
(A) Pheasants
The second Saturday in November
							 extending for 44 consecutive days
Bag Limit: 2 males per day for the
							 first two days of the season; 3 males per day after the first two days of the
							 season
Possession Limit: triple the
							 daily bag limit
3. Area:
Statewide
(B) Quail [including California (valley) quail,
							 mountain quail, and Gambel's (desert) quail]
See area zone descriptions
							 for 10 details
Bag Limit: quail in any combination of species per
							 day
Mountain Quail only:
a. Early Mountain Quail
							 Season (Zone Q1) - The second Saturday in September extending through the
							 Friday prior to the third Saturday in October
triple the daily bag
							 limit
All species:
General Quail Season (Zone Q1) -
							 The third Saturday in October extending through the last Sunday in
							 January
All species:
b. Early Coastal Season (Zone
							 Q2) - The last Saturday in September extending through the last Sunday in
							 January
All species:
c. Balance of the State Season
							 (Zone Q3) - The third Saturday in October extending through the last Sunday in
							 January
All species:
d. Early Season for Hunters with
							 Junior Hunting Licenses in the Mojave National Preserve - The first Saturday in
							 October extending for two days
QUAIL HUNTING ZONE AREA DESCRIPTIONS
3. Area Zone Descriptions:
a. Zone Q1:
The early mountain quail season hunting zone includes the
					 counties of Alpine, Butte, Del Norte, Glenn, Humboldt, Inyo, Lassen, Modoc,
					 Mono, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, Trinity, and those portions of
					 Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, Nevada, Placer,
					 Tuolumne, Tulare, and Yuba counties lying east of the western boundary of the
					 national forests.
b. Zone
				  Q2:
The early coastal quail season (all species) hunting zone
					 includes the counties of Marin, Napa, Solano, Sonoma, Lake, and
					 Mendocino.
c. Zone Q3:
The balance of the state season (all species) hunting zone
					 includes the remaining land area not included in Zone Q2 (the counties of
					 Marin, Napa, Solano, Sonoma, Lake, and Mendocino).
Species
1.
							 Seasons
2. Daily Bag and Possession
							 Limits
(C) Chukar (Red-Legged Partridges)
The third
							 Saturday in October through the last Sunday in January
Bag Limit: 6
							 chukar per day Possession Limit: triple the daily bag limit
3.
							 Area
Statewide
Species
1.
							 Seasons
2. Daily Bag and Possession
							 Limits
(D) Sage Grouse
The second Saturday September
							 extending for two consecutive days
in See area open zone descriptions
							 in subsection
							 300(a)(1)(D)3.
East and Central
Lassen zones:
Bag Limit: 2 sage grouse per day,
							 2 per season
Possession Limit: 2 sage grouse
							 per season
North Mono and South Mono
							 zones:
Bag Limit: 1 sage grouse per day,
							 1 per season
Possession Limit: 1 sage grouse
							 per season
SAGE GROUSE HUNTING ZONE DESCRIPTIONS AND PERMIT
					 PROCESS