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 8 - Wildlife and Public Shooting Areas › Section 554 - Cooperative Deer Hunting Areas

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
To encourage the protection and enhancement of critical
					 deer habitat, to provide added protection to landowners from depredations of
					 trespassers and to provide greater access for the public to hunt on privately
					 owned or controlled lands, the department may establish cooperative hunting
					 areas and issue permits for the take of deer as specified subject to the
					 following conditions:
(a) Definition
				  and Scope. A cooperative deer hunting area is an area of private land located
				  within critical deer habitat as determined by the department in deer quota
				  zones (see Section
				  360) which require public
				  drawings. The cooperative hunting area shall encompass not less than a total of
				  5,000 acres, except that such area may consist of neighboring lands not less
				  than 640 acres in size under the control of one or more owners.
(b) Application Process. Application forms
				  are available from the department's headquarters and regional offices. The
				  applicant for a cooperative deer hunting area permit shall be an owner of said
				  land. The completed application form and a completed one deer tag application
				  for the appropriate deer zone shall be submitted to one of the following
				  offices of the Department of Fish and Game:
Region 1, 601 Locust Street, Redding 96001 (530)
					 225-2300
Region 2, 1701 Nimbus Road, Rancho Cordova 95670 (916)
					 358-2900
Region 3, 7329 Silverado Trail, Box 47, Yountville 94599
					 (707) 944-5500
Region 4, 1234 East Shaw Avenue, Fresno 93710 (559)
					 243-4005
Region 5, 4949 View Ridge Avenue, San Diego 92123 (858)
					 467-4201
Region 6, 4775 Bird Farm Road, Chino Hills 91709 (909)
					 597-9823
The completed applications must be received prior to the
					 first Friday in August. No individual may submit more than one cooperative deer
					 hunting area application or deer tag application per deer season nor may there
					 be more than two cooperative deer hunting area applicants for a given parcel of
					 land. The department shall review the cooperative deer hunting application,
					 verify the content thereof and certify that the lands consist of critical deer
					 habitat prior to the issuance of a cooperative deer hunting area permit and
					 deer tag.
Only those applications that are filled out completely will
					 be accepted. Incomplete applications will be returned within 15 days of receipt
					 by the department. There shall be no fee for a cooperative hunting area
					 permit.
(c) A deer tag
				  issued pursuant to the provisions of this section is valid only during the open
				  deer season for the deer zone specified on the tag and may only be used on the
				  lands specified in the landowner's application.
(d) All provisions of the Fish and Game Code
				  relating to the take of birds and mammals shall be a condition of all permits
				  and tags issued pursuant to this section.
(e) Any permit or tag issued pursuant to
				  Section 554 may be cancelled or suspended
				  at any time by the commission for cause after notice and opportunity to be
				  heard, or without a hearing upon conviction of a violation of this regulation
				  by a court of competent jurisdiction.
1. New
					 section filed 6-29-83 as an emergency; effective upon filing (Register 83, No.
					 27). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL within 120 days or
					 emergency language will be repealed on 10-27-83. For prior history, see
					 Register 81, No. 41.
2. Certificate of Compliance including
					 amendments filed 9-30-83 (Register 83, No. 40).
3. Amendment of
					 subsections (a) and (b) filed 8-9-84; effective upon filing pursuant to
					 Government Code Section
					 11346.2(d)
					 (Register 84, No. 32).
4. Editorial correction of subsection (b)
					 filed 10-29-85; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 85, No.
					 44).
5. Amendment filed 7-17-87; operative 7-17-87 (Register 87, No.
					 29).
6. Amendment of subsection (b) filed 6-27-2000; operative
					 6-27-2000 pursuant to Fish and Game Code sections
					 202 and
					 205
					 (Register 2000, No. 26).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						1572,
						Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections
						1570-
						1572,
						Fish and Game Code.
The amended version of this section by
					 Register
					 2024, No. 28, effective 7/1/2024 is not yet
					 available.