California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1 - Fish and Game Commission-Department of Fish and Game › Subdivision 3 - General Regulations › Chapter 3 - Miscellaneous › Section 708.14 - Big Game License Tag Drawing System

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) General Conditions
(1) Except as otherwise provided, the
				  department shall award license tags for premium deer, bighorn sheep, elk and
				  pronghorn antelope hunts, as described in sections
				  360(b) and (c),
				  361,
				  362,
				  364 and
				  363, using a Modified-Preference
				  Point drawing system.
(2) Except as
				  otherwise provided, the Modified-Preference Point drawing system shall award
				  proportions of hunt tag quotas, as specified for each species, using the
				  following drawing methods:
(A) Preference
				  Point Drawings. Tags are awarded based on the following order of priority: an
				  applicant's hunt choice (first choice only for deer), accumulated point totals
				  by species (highest to lowest), and computer-generated random number (lowest to
				  highest).
(B) Draw-By-Choice
				  Drawings. Tags are awarded according to an applicant's hunt choice and
				  computer-generated random number (lowest to highest), without consideration of
				  accumulated points.
(3)
				  Except as otherwise provided, applicants unsuccessful in receiving a tag for
				  premium deer (based on first choice selection), bighorn sheep, elk or pronghorn
				  antelope hunts shall earn one (1) preference point for use in future Big Game
				  Drawings.
(4) To earn and
				  accumulate a point for any species, a person shall comply with all application
				  requirements for that species as specified in sections
				  708.1,
				  708.9,
				  708.10 and
				  708.11 including the following
				  conditions:
(A) Applicants for premium deer
				  license tags, pronghorn antelope license tags, or elk license tags shall be at
				  least 12 years of age on or before July 1 of the license year for which they
				  are applying.
(B) Applicants for
				  Nelson big horn sheep license tags shall be at least 16 years of age on or
				  before July 1 of the license year for which they are applying.
(C) Applicants shall possess a valid annual
				  California hunting license valid for the hunting season requested.
(D) Applications for bighorn sheep, pronghorn
				  antelope and elk hunts shall include the appropriate nonrefundable processing
				  fees as specified in Section
				  702.
(E) Any applicant shall apply for a premium
				  deer license tag, bighorn sheep license tag, pronghorn antelope license tag and
				  elk license tag through the department's Automated License Data System
				  terminals at any department license agent or department license sales office by
				  June 2 each year.
(F) Each
				  applicant who submits a premium license tag, as noted in (E) above, through the
				  department's Automated License Data System terminals at department license
				  agents and department license sales offices shall receive a "big game drawing
				  receipt" printed from the terminal. The receipt shall contain the customer's
				  name and permanent identification number, proof of entry into the big game
				  drawing for the license year, hunt choices for each species, accumulated
				  preference points for each species, and Party Identification Number.
(G) Except for apprentice deer hunt
				  applicants, applicants shall not submit more than one drawing application for
				  each species during the same license year.