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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 5 - Furbearing Mammals › Section 465 - General Provisions for Taking Furbearers

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(a) Furbearing mammals may be taken only with
				  a firearm, bow and arrow, or with the use of dogs, or traps in accordance with
				  the provisions of Section
				  465.5 of these regulations and
				  Section
				  3003.1
				  of the Fish and Game Code. The take or attempted take of any furbearing mammal
				  with a firearm shall be in accordance with the use of nonlead projectiles and
				  ammunition pursuant to Section
				  250.1.
(b) Pursuant to Fish and Game Code Section
				  2003,
				  it is unlawful to offer any prize or other inducement as a reward for the
				  taking of furbearers in an individual contest, tournament, or derby.
1. Amendment
					 filed 5-29-69; designated effective 7-1-69 (Register 69, No. 22). For prior
					 history, see Register 67, No. 24.
2. Amendment filed 6-5-72;
					 effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 72, No. 24).
3.
					 Amendment filed 6-13-78; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 78, No.
					 24).
4. Amendment filed 5-11-79; designated effective 7-1-79
					 (Register 79, No. 19).
5. Amendment filed 5-13-81; designated
					 effective tenth day thereafter (Register 81, No. 20).
6. Amendment
					 filed 6-7-82; designated effective tenth day thereafter (Register 82, No.
					 24).
7. Amendment filed 6-17-83; designated effective tenth day
					 thereafter (Register 83, No. 25).
8. Amendment of undesignated first
					 paragraph filed 4-18-91; operative 5-18-91 (Register 91, No. 21).
9.
					 Amendment of first paragraph and NOTE filed 7-1-98; operative 7-1-98 pursuant
					 to Fish and Game Code sections
					 202 and
					 215
					 (Register 98, No. 27).
10. Amendment of section and NOTE filed
					 6-2-99; operative 6-2-99 pursuant to Fish and Game Code sections
					 202 and
					 215
					 (Register 99, No. 23).
11. Amendment of section heading, section and
					 NOTE filed 1-30-2015; operative 4-1-2015 pursuant to Government Code section
					 11343.4(b)(4)(A)
					 (Register 2015, No. 5).
12. Amendment of subsection (a) filed
					 6-26-2015; operative 7-1-2015 pursuant to Government Code section
					 11343.4(b)(4)(A)
					 (Register 2015, No. 26).
13. 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,
						265 and
						4009.5,
						Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections
						200,
						203,
						203.1,
						2003,
						3003.1,
						4000,
						4002,
						4004
						and
						4009.5,
						Fish and Game Code.
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 5 - Furbearing Mammals › Section 465.1 - Use of Dogs in Taking Furbearers. [Repealed]

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1. New
					 section filed 6-6-75; designated effective 7-1-75 (Register 75, No.
					 23).
2. Repealer filed 5-13-81; designated effective tenth day
					 thereafter (Register 81, No. 20).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						200,
						202,
						203,
						219,
						3800,
						4150
						and
						4853,
						Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections
						200-
						203.1,
						206,
						207,
						211-
						222,
						3800,
						4150,
						4756
						and
						4850-
						4854,
						Fish and Game Code.
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 5 - Furbearing Mammals › Section 466 - Hours for Taking Furbearers

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Furbearers may be hunted at any hour of the day or night
					 except that they may not be taken between one-half hour after sunset and
					 one-half hour before sunrise in the area described in Section
					 474(a) of these
					 regulations.
1. New
					 section filed 6-5-72; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 72, No.
					 24).
2. New NOTE filed 5-13-81; designated effective tenth day
					 thereafter (Register 81, No. 20).
3. Amendment filed 6-7-82;
					 designated effective tenth day thereafter (Register 82, No. 24).
4.
					 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,
						265,
						300,
						4009.5
						and
						4150,
						Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections
						110,
						200,
						201,
						203,
						203.1,
						260,
						265,
						270,
						275,
						3000,
						4000,
						4002,
						4003,
						4004,
						4005,
						4006,
						4007,
						4008,
						4009,
						4009.5,
						4010,
						4011
						and
						4012,
						Fish and Game Code.
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 5 - Furbearing Mammals › Section 467 - Trapping Reports

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
All holders of trapping licenses must submit to the
					 department a sworn statement or report by July 1 of his/her annual take of fur
					 for the preceding trapping season. Statement or report shall show the number of
					 each kind of furbearing mammals and nongame mammals taken, number sold, county
					 in which furs were taken and the names and addresses of the persons to whom
					 furs were shipped or sold. If the annual report is not received by July 1
					 following the most recent trapping year, or if it is not completely filled out,
					 the trapper's license will be suspended. The commission shall be notified of
					 any suspension and, subsequently, may revoke or reinstate applicant's license
					 renewal application after written notice is given to the applicant and after he
					 has been afforded an opportunity to be heard.
1. New
					 section filed 5-11-79; effective July 1, 1979 (Register 79, No.
					 19).
2. Amendment filed 5-13-81; designated effective tenth day
					 thereafter (Register 81, No. 20).
3. Amendment filed 6-26-97;
					 operative 6-26-97 pursuant to Fish and Game Code sections
					 202 and
					 215
					 (Register 97, No. 26).
4. 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,
						265,
						4009.5
						and
						4150,
						Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections
						110,
						200,
						201,
						203,
						203.1,
						260,
						265,
						270,
						275,
						4000,
						4002,
						4003,
						4004,
						4005,
						4006,
						4007,
						4008,
						4009,
						4009.5,
						4010,
						4011
						and
						4012,
						Fish and Game Code.
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 6 - Nongame Animals › Section 470 - Nongame Animals Defined. [Repealed]

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1. New
					 section filed 6-5-72; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 72, No.
					 24).
2. Repealer filed 5-13-81; designated effective tenth day
					 thereafter (Register 81, No. 20).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						4150,
						Fish and Game Code. Reference: Section
						4150,
						Fish and Game Code.
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 6 - Nongame Animals › Section 472 - General Provisions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Except as otherwise provided in Sections
					 478,
					 485, and subsections (a) through
					 (d) below, nongame birds and mammals may not be taken.
(a) The following nongame birds and mammals
				  may be taken at any time of the year and in any number except as prohibited in
				  Chapter 6: English sparrow, starling, domestic pigeon
(Columba
				  livia)
except as prohibited in Fish and Game Code section
				  3680,
				  coyote, weasels, skunks, opossum, moles and rodents (excluding tree and flying
				  squirrels, and those listed as furbearers, endangered or threatened
				  species).
(b) Fallow, sambar, sika,
				  and axis deer, of either sex, may be taken concurrently with the general deer
				  season and on properties where an authorized deer, elk, or pronghorn antelope
				  season is open. There is no bag or possession limit for deer taken pursuant to
				  this subsection.
(1) It shall be unlawful to
				  take any deer pursuant to this subsection without a valid hunting license in
				  possession, but no tag, stamp, or additional endorsement of any kind is
				  required.
(2) It shall be unlawful
				  to detach or remove only the head, hide, or antlers of any deer taken pursuant
				  to this subsection, or to leave through carelessness or neglect any portion of
				  the flesh normally eaten by humans to go to waste.
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 6 - Nongame Animals › Section 473 - Possession of Nongame Animals

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(a) Any nongame bird or mammal that has been
				  legally taken pursuant to this chapter may be possessed.
(b) It is unlawful to possess live nutria
				  (
Myocastor coypus
), and the Department shall not issue any
				  permit authorizing possession of any live nutria.
1. New
					 section filed 6-7-74; designated effective 7-1-74 (Register 74, No.
					 23).
2. Amendment filed 6-6-75; designated effective 7-1-75
					 (Register 75, No. 23).
3. Amendment filed 6-4-76; designated
					 effective 7-1-76 (Register 76, No. 23).
4. Amendment filed 5-11-79;
					 designated effective 7-1-79 (Register 79, No. 19).
5. Amendment
					 filed 5-19-80; designated effective 5-19-80 (Register 80, No.
					 21).
6. Amendment of NOTE filed 5-13-81; designated effective tenth
					 day thereafter (Register 81, No. 20).
7. Amendment of section and
					 NOTE filed 2-27-2020; operative 4-1-2020 (Register 2020, No.
					 9).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						4150,
						Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections
						2118,
						3005.5
						and
						4150,
						Fish and Game Code.
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 6 - Nongame Animals › Section 478 - Bobcat

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(a) It shall be
				  unlawful to pursue, take or possess any bobcat without first procuring a
				  hunting license and bobcat hunting tags. This Section shall not apply to
				  bobcats taken pursuant to Section
				  4152 of
				  the Fish and Game Code and Section
				  401 of these
				  regulations.
(b) Hunting: The
				  pursuit, take, or possession of a bobcat under the authority of a hunting
				  license and a bobcat hunting tag shall be in accordance with the provisions of
				  Section
				  3960 of
				  the Fish and Game Code, this Section, and sections
				  472,
				  473,
				  474,
				  475,
				  478.1 and
				  479 of these regulations. Bobcats
				  may be taken statewide under the authority of a hunting license and bobcat
				  hunting tags between October 15 through February 28. The bag and possession
				  limit is five bobcats per season.
(c) Trapping: It shall be unlawful to trap
				  any bobcat, or attempt to do so, or to sell or export any bobcat or part of any
				  bobcat taken in the State of California. Any holder of a trapping license who
				  traps a bobcat shall immediately release the bobcat to the wild
				  unharmed.
1. Amendment
					 filed 7-15-85; designated effective tenth day thereafter (Register 85, No. 29).
					 For prior history, see Registers 84, No. 47; 82, No. 24; 81, No. 20; 80, No.
					 21; and 72, No. 24.
2. Amendment filed 7-13-94; operative 7-13-94
					 pursuant to sections
					 202 and
					 215,
					 Fish and Game Code (Register 94, No. 28).
3. Change without
					 regulatory effect amending section and NOTE filed 3-5-2013 pursuant to section
					 100, title 1, California Code of
					 Regulations (Register 2013, No. 10).
4. Repealer and new section and
					 amendment of NOTE filed 11-13-2015; operative 11-20-2015 pursuant to Government
					 Code section
					 11343.4(b)(4)(A)
					 (Register 2015, No. 46).
5. 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,
						265,
						4150
						and
						4155,
						Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections
						3960,
						4150
						and
						4155,
						Fish and Game Code.
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 6 - Nongame Animals › Section 479 - Bobcat Pelts

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
				  Except for bobcats taken under a hunting license and tagged with a bobcat
				  hunting tag as set forth in Section
				  478.1, or as provided in
				  subsection
				  479(b), it shall
				  be unlawful for any person to possess, whether for sale, export, or personal
				  use, any bobcat pelt or part thereof taken in California without a department
				  mark or shipping tag affixed to the pelt or part. Beginning November 20, 2015,
				  the department shall not affix a department mark or shipping tag on any bobcat
				  pelt.
(b) It is unlawful for any
				  person to import, receive from out-of-state, or receive for sale, any bobcat
				  pelt, or parts thereof that is not:
(1) Marked
				  with the current export or shipping tag from the state of origin.
(2) Accompanied by an import declaration in
				  accordance with Section
				  2353 of
				  the Fish and Game Code, and specifying the number and kind of raw pelts in the
				  shipment, the state in which the bobcats were taken, the license number under
				  which they were taken and attesting that they were legally taken. Demonstration
				  of the declaration of entry, pelt ownership and proof of legal take and marking
				  is required of anyone receiving bobcat pelts from out-of-state upon the request
				  of the department.
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 6 - Nongame Animals › Section 479.1 - Bobcat Pelts. [Repealed]

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1. New
					 section filed 4-5-79 as an emergency; effective upon filing (Register 79, No.
					 14).
2. Expired by own terms 8-3-79 (Register 79, No.
					 31).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						4150,
						Fish and Game Code. Reference: Section
						4150,
						Fish and Game Code.
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 6 - Nongame Animals › Section 480 - Bobcat Depredation. [Repealed]

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1. New
					 section filed 11-9-77 as an emergency; effective upon filing (Register 77, No.
					 46).
2. Certificate of Compliance filed 1-20-78 (Register 78, No.
					 3).
3. Amendment of NOTE filed 5-13-81; designated effective tenth
					 day thereafter (Register 81, No. 20).
4. Amendment of section
					 heading filed 6-22-84 as an emergency; designated effective 7-1-84 (Register
					 84, No. 29).
5. Order of Repeal of 6-22-84 emergency order filed
					 7-2-84 by OAL pursuant to Government Code Section
					 11349.6(b)
					 (Register 84, No. 29).
6. Amendment of section heading filed
					 11-21-84; effective upon filing pursuant to Government Code Section
					 11346.2(d)
					 (Register 84, No. 47).
7. Amendment of section and NOTE filed
					 6-2-99; operative 6-2-99 pursuant to Fish and Game Code sections
					 202 and
					 215
					 (Register 99, No. 23).
8. Repealer filed 10-2-2013; operative
					 11-1-2013 pursuant to Government Code section
					 11343.4(b)(4)(A)
					 (Register 2013, No. 40).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						3003.1
						and
						4150,
						Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections
						3003.1
						and
						4150,
						Fish and Game Code.
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 6 - Nongame Animals › Section 485 - American Crow

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Shotgun,
				  Falconry, and Archery Seasons, and Bag and Possession Limits.
(1)
							 Seasons
(2) Daily Bag and Possession
							 Limits
Season:
The first Saturday in
							 December and extending for 124 consecutive days
Bag Limit: 24 crows per
							 day
Possession Limit:
							 double the daily bag limit
(3) Area:
Statewide: see closure
							 area (d) below
(b)
				  Crows may only be taken by shotguns 10 gauge or smaller using shot shells only
				  and incapable of holding more than three shells in the magazine and chamber
				  combined, bow and arrow, and falconry. The take or attempted take of any crows
				  with a firearm shall be in accordance with the use of nonlead projectiles and
				  ammunition pursuant to Section
				  250.1. Crows may not be hunted
				  from aircraft.
(c) No person shall
				  kill or cripple a crow pursuant to this section without making a reasonable
				  effort to retrieve the bird, and retain it in their actual custody at the place
				  where taken or between that place and either:
(1) their automobile or principal means of
				  land transportation; or
(2) their
				  personal abode or temporary or transient place of lodging; or
(3) a migratory bird preservation facility;
				  or
(4) a post office; or
(5) a common carrier
				  facility.
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 7 - Migratory Game Birds › Section 500 - Pigeons, Band-Tailed. [Repealed]

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1. Amendment
					 of subsection (a) filed 8-2-76; designated effective upon filing (Register 76,
					 No. 32). For prior history, see Register 75, No. 31.
2. Amendment of
					 subsection (a) filed 7-28-77; designated effective upon filing (Register 77,
					 No. 31).
3. Amendment of subsection (a) filed 8-1-78; designated
					 effective upon filing (Register 78, No. 31).
4. Amendment filed
					 8-9-79; designated effective 9-1-79 (Register 79, No. 32).
5.
					 Amendment of subsection (a) filed 8-13-80; designated effective 8-15-80
					 (Register 80, No. 33).
6. Amendment of NOTE filed 8-18-82; effective
					 upon filing pursuant to Government Code section
					 11346.2(d)
					 (Register 82, No. 34).
7. Amendment of subsections (a) and (b) filed
					 9-16-87; operative 9-16-87 pursuant to Fish and Game Code section
					 202
					 (Register 87, No. 38).
8. Amendment of subsections (a) and (b) filed
					 9-30-92; operative 9-30-92 pursuant to Fish and Game Code sections
					 202 and
					 215
					 (Register 92, No. 40).
9. Repealer filed 10-2-98; operative 10-2-98
					 pursuant to Fish and Game Code sections
					 202 and
					 215
					 (Register 98, No. 40).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						355,
						Fish and Game Code. Reference: Section
						355,
						Fish and Game Code.
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 7 - Migratory Game Birds › Section 501 - Doves. [Repealed]

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1. Amendment
					 of subsections (a) and (b) filed 7-31-75; designated effective upon filing
					 (Register 75, No. 31). For prior history, see Register 74, No.
					 31.
2. Amendment of subsections (a) and (b) filed 8-2-76; designated
					 effective upon filing (Register 76, No. 32).
3. Amendment of
					 subsections (a) and (b) filed 7-28-77; designated effective upon filing
					 (Register 77, No. 31).
4. Amendment of subsections (a) and (b)(1)
					 filed 8-1-78; designated effective upon filing (Register 78, No.
					 31).
5. Amendment filed 8-9-79; designated effective 9-1-79
					 (Register 79, No. 32).
6. Amendment filed 8-13-80; designated
					 effective 8-15-80 (Register 80, No. 33).
7. Amendment of subsections
					 (a)(1), (a)(2)(A), and (b) filed 8-18-82; effective upon filing pursuant to
					 Government Code Section
					 11346.2(d)
					 (Register 82, No. 34).
8. Amendment of subsection (a) filed 8-29-83;
					 effective upon filing (Register 83, No. 36).
9. Amendment of
					 subsections (a)(1) and (b) filed 10-17-84; effective upon filing (Register 84,
					 No. 42).
10. Amendment of subsection (b) filed 8-29-86, operative
					 8-29-86, deleting the words "to the bird prior to it being prepared for
					 consumption" and adding the words "while being moved from the place where taken
					 to a personal abode or commercial preservation facility" (Register 86, No.
					 36).
11. Amendment of subsections (a) and (b) filed 9-16-87;
					 operative 9-16-87 pursuant to Fish and Game Code Section
					 202
					 (Register 87, No. 38).
12. Amendment of subsection (a) filed 9-8-88;
					 operative 9-8-88 (Register 88, No. 38).
13. Repealer filed 10-2-98;
					 operative 10-2-98 pursuant to Fish and Game Code sections
					 202 and
					 215
					 (Register 98, No. 40).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						355,
						Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections
						355 and
						356,
						Fish and Game Code.
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 7 - Migratory Game Birds › Section 502 - Waterfowl, Migratory; American Coot and Common Moorhen (Common Gallinule)

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(a) Definitions.
(1) Dark geese. Dark geese include Canada
				  geese, cackling geese, Aleutian geese and white-fronted geese
				  ("specklebelly").
(2) Large Canada
				  geese. Large Canada geese include western Canada geese ("honker") and lesser
				  Canada geese ("lessers").
(3) Small
				  Canada geese. Small (about the size of a mallard) Canada geese include cackling
				  geese and Aleutian geese. Both are white-cheeked geese nearly identical in
				  appearance to Large Canada geese. Aleutian geese have a thin white neck ring
				  and Cackling geese have dark breasts. Both species have a high-pitched cackle
				  as opposed to the deeper "honking".
(4) White geese. White geese include Ross'
				  geese, snow geese and blue phase of both species..]
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 7 - Migratory Game Birds › Section 502.1 - North Coast Canada Goose Hunt. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. New
					 section filed 9-12-97; operative 9-12-97 pursuant to Fish and Game Code
					 sections
					 202 and
					 215
					 (Register 97, No. 37).
2. Amendment of subsection (d) filed 10-2-98;
					 operative 10-2-98 pursuant to Fish and Game Code sections
					 202 and
					 215
					 (Register 98, No. 40).
3. Amendment of subsection (d) and NOTE filed
					 9-1-2000; operative 9-1-2000 pursuant to Fish and Game Code section
					 215
					 (Register 2000, No. 35).
4. Repealer filed 9-18-2002; operative
					 9-18-2002 pursuant to Government Code section
					 11343.4
					 (Register
					 2002,
					 No. 38).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						200,
						202,
						203 and
						355,
						Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections
						200,
						355 and
						356,
						Fish and Game Code.
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 7 - Migratory Game Birds › Section 503 - Crop Damage and Nuisance Canada Geese

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
In accordance with the provisions of Section
					 355 of
					 the Fish and Game Code and pursuant to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, the Fish
					 and Game Commission does hereby approve the following federal orders and
					 permits:
(a) all orders and permits by
				  the federal government authorizing the herding or take of migratory game birds
				  to alleviate crop depredation.
(b)
				  the Airport Control Order (50 CFR 21.49) except trapping and
				  relocation of Canada geese from airports may only occur under the terms and
				  conditions of a permit issued by the Department.
(1) Requests for permits to trap and relocate
				  Canada geese from airports shall be submitted to the department at 1812 Ninth
				  Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 in writing and shall include the following
				  information:
(A) Name and address of
				  applicant
(B) Location (airport)
				  and number of geese to be trapped and relocated
(C) Location of, and proof of permission to
				  use, release site
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 7 - Migratory Game Birds › Section 504 - Possession, Transportation and Importation of Migratory Game Birds. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. Amendment
					 of subsection (b) filed 8-24-71; designated effective upon filing (Register 71,
					 No. 35). For prior history, see Register 68, No. 29.
2. Repealer and
					 new section filed 10-5-81; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 81, No.
					 41).
3. Amendment of subsection (b) and Authority and Reference
					 filed 8-29-86, operative 8-29-86, making the following changes: Subsection (b):
					 deleting the words "doves and" adding the words "Doves must have a fully
					 feathered wing attached"; Authority and reference: adding the words
					 "16 U.S.C.A., Section
					 703 et seq." (Register 86, No.
					 36).
4. Repealer filed 10-12-95; operative 10-12-95 pursuant to
					 Government Code section
					 11343.4(d)
					 (Register 95, No. 41).
Note: Authority cited and Reference:
						16 U.S.C.A., Section
						703 et seq. (Migratory Bird Treaty Act); and
						Section
						355,
						Fish and Game Code.
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 7 - Migratory Game Birds › Section 505 - Decoys

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The use of live birds as decoys is
					 prohibited.
1.
					 Renumbered from former Section
					 332 (Register 59, No. 9). For
					 history of former section, see Register 17, No. 4.
2. Amendment
					 filed 10-5-81; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 81, No.
					 41).
Note: Authority cited and Reference: Migratory Bird
						Treaty Act and Section
						355,
						Fish and Game Code.
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 7 - Migratory Game Birds › Section 506 - Shooting Hours

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The shooting hours for migratory game birds, including
					 mourning doves, white-winged doves, band-tailed pigeons, American coots, common
					 moorhens, common snipe (jacksnipe), and waterfowl for all of California shall
					 be from one-half hour before sunrise to sunset.
EXCEPTION: In areas open to hunting on, over or adjacent to
					 the waters of Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo County, the shooting time shall be
					 from 7:00 a.m. to sunset.
1. Amendment
					 filed 8-30-62 as an emergency; effective upon filing (Register 62, No. 18). For
					 prior history, see Register 61, No. 18.
2. Certificate of
					 Compliance--Section
					 11422.1,
					 Government Code, filed 10-10-62 (Register 62, No. 21).
3. Amendment
					 filed 8-29-63 as an emergency; effective upon filing (Register 63, No.
					 14).
4. Amendment filed 9-11-64; effective upon filing (Register 64,
					 No. 19).
5. Amendment of NOTE filed 10-5-81; effective thirtieth day
					 thereafter (Register 81, No. 41).
6. Amendment filed 10-7-83;
					 effective upon filing (Register 83, No. 41).
7. Amendment filed
					 10-11-85; effective upon filing) Register 85, No. 44).
8. Amendment
					 filed 10-5-88; operative 10-5-88 (Register 88, No. 41).
9. Amendment
					 filed 10-13-89; operative 10-13-89 pursuant to Fish and Game Code Section
					 355
					 (Register 89, No. 42).
10. Amendment filed 9-27-99; operative
					 9-27-99 pursuant to Fish and Game Code sections
					 202 and
					 205
					 (Register 99, No. 40).
11. Amendment of last paragraph and NOTE
					 filed 9-30-2005; operative 9-30-2005 pursuant to Fish and Game Code section
					 355
					 (Register 2005, No. 39).
12. 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
						265,
						355 and
						3000,
						Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections
						265,
						355,
						356 and
						3000,
						Fish and Game Code.
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 7 - Migratory Game Birds › Section 507 - Provisions Related to the Taking of Migratory Game Birds

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Authorized Methods. Only the following
				  methods may be used to take migratory game birds:
(1) Falconry.
(2) Bow and Arrows or Crossbows. Only arrows
				  or crossbow bolts with flu- flu fletching may be used except that
				  conventionally fletched arrows may be used to take waterfowl sitting on the
				  water from scullboats or similar watercraft.
(3) Muzzle-loading Shotguns.
(4) Shotguns 10 Gauge or Smaller. Shotguns 10
				  gauge or smaller using shot shells only and incapable of holding more than
				  three shells in the magazine and chamber combined may be used, except no
				  shotgun larger than 12 gauge shall be used in areas open to hunting on, over or
				  adjacent to the waters of Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo County. If a plug is used
				  to reduce the capacity of a magazine to fulfill the requirements of this
				  section, the plug must be of one-piece construction incapable of removal
				  without disassembling the gun. Shotgun shells may not be used or possessed that
				  contain shot size larger than T shot in steel or other nontoxic shot approved
				  by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. All shot shall be loose in the
				  shell.
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 7 - Migratory Game Birds › Section 507.1 - Nontoxic Shot Requirement for Waterfowl, American Coot and Common Moorhen Hunting

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Only bismuth-tin, steel, copper-plated steel, nickel-plated
					 steel, tin-plated steel, zinc-plated steel, zinc chloride-plated steel, zinc
					 chromate-plated steel, iron-tungsten, iron-tungsten-nickel, tungsten-bronze,
					 tungsten-iron-copper-nickel, tungsten-matrix, tungsten-polymer,
					 tungsten-tin-iron, tungsten-tin-bismuth, and tungsten-tin-iron-nickel or other
					 nontoxic shot approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service may be used or
					 possessed for waterfowl, American coot and common moorhen hunting
					 statewide.
1. New
					 section filed 10-10-86; effective upon filing (Register 86, No. 41). For
					 history of former section, see Register 85, No. 40.
2. Amendment
					 filed 10-9-87; operative 10-9-87 (Register 87, No. 42).
3. Amendment
					 of subsections (a) and (b) filed 10-5-88; operative 10-5-88 (Register 88, No.
					 41).
4. Amendment of subsections (a) and (b) filed 10-13-89;
					 operative 10-13-89 pursuant to Fish and Game Code Section
					 355
					 (Register 89, No. 42).
5. Amendment of subsections (a) and (b) filed
					 11-15-90; operative 11-15-90 pursuant to Fish and Game Code section
					 355
					 (Register 91, No. 3).
6. Amendment of section heading, and repealer
					 and new text filed 11-4-93; operative 11-4-93 pursuant to Fish and Game Code
					 sections
					 202 and
					 215
					 (Register 93, No. 45).
7. Amendment of section heading and section
					 filed 12-23-94; operative 1-23-95 (Register 94, No. 51).
8.
					 Amendment filed 10-3-2001; operative 10-6-2001 pursuant to Government Code
					 section
					 11343.4
					 (Register 2001, No. 40).
9. Change without regulatory effect
					 amending section filed 9-21-2004 pursuant to section
					 100, title 1, California Code of
					 Regulations (Register 2004, No. 39).
10. Change without regulatory
					 effect amending section and NOTE filed 7-12-2006 pursuant to section
					 100, title 1, California Code of
					 Regulations (Register 2006, No. 28).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						355,
						Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections
						355 and
						356,
						Fish and Game Code; and Part 20, Title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, as
						amended January 26, 2006 (FR Vol 71, No. 17,
						4294-4297).
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 7 - Migratory Game Birds › Section 507.5 - Scull Boats

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Migratory game birds may not be taken by a scull boat or
					 similar watercraft while under motorized power. The motor shall be removed from
					 its mountings before any take or approach is attempted.
This section shall not prohibit shooting migratory game
					 birds from scull boats or similar watercraft with motor attached if beached or
					 anchored; nor shall it prohibit the use of a motor for the sole purpose of
					 picking up dead or injured birds.
1. New
					 section filed 8-24-71, designated effective upon filing (Register 71, No.
					 35).
Note: Authority cited and Reference: Migratory Bird
						Treaty Act and Section
						355,
						Fish and Game Code.
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 7 - Migratory Game Birds › Section 508 - Feeding of Migratory Waterfowl. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. Amendment
					 of subsections (b) and (c) filed 7-28-77; effective thirtieth day thereafter
					 (Register 77, No. 31).
2. Amendment of NOTE filed 10-5-81; effective
					 thirtieth day thereafter (Register 81, No. 41).
3. Amendment filed
					 7-28-88; operative 7-28-88 (Register 88, No. 33).
4. Amendment of
					 subsection (b)(3) filed 7-11-89; operative 7-11-89 (Register 89, No.
					 28).
5. Repealer filed 9-23-96; operative 9-23-96 pursuant to Fish
					 and Game Code sections
					 202 and
					 215
					 (Register 96, No. 39).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						240,
						355 and
						3806,
						Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections
						240,
						355 and
						3806,
						Fish and Game Code.
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 7 - Migratory Game Birds › Section 510 - State Duck Stamp

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Any licensed hunter taking ducks, geese, or brant must have
					 a current state duck validation in his or her possession. Any person hunting
					 under the authority of a valid junior hunting license is exempt from this
					 section.
1. New
					 section filed 8-24-71; designated effective upon filing (Register 71, No.
					 35).
2. Repealer and new section filed 10-5-81; effective thirtieth
					 day thereafter (Register 81, No. 41).
3. Amendment filed 9-16-2013;
					 operative 9-20-2013 pursuant to Fish and Game Code section
					 355
					 (Register 2013, No. 38).
Note: Authority cited: Migratory Bird Treaty Act and
						Section
						355,
						Fish and Game Code. Reference: Migratory Bird Treaty Act and Sections
						355 and
						3700,
						Fish and Game Code.
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 540 - Neonicotinoid pesticide use is prohibited on Department lands

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The application of a neonicotinoid pesticide to department
					 lands by the department is prohibited. For purposes of this section,
					 "neonicotinoid" means a pesticide containing any of the following active
					 ingredients in the nitroguanidine insecticide class of neonicotinoids:
					 clothianidin, dinotefuran, imidacloprid, and thiamethoxam, and "department
					 land" has the same meaning as specified in subsection
					 550(b)(1), Title
					 14, California Code of Regulations.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 1526, 1580, 1581 and
						10504, Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections 1526, 1580, 1581, 1584 and
						10504, Fish and Game Code.
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 550 - General Regulations for Public Use on All Department of Fish and Wildlife Lands

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) All
				  department land, except for fishing access and public access lands, is closed
				  to visitor access and use until and unless the land is opened for a use or uses
				  through regulations adopted by the commission in sections
				  550,
				  550.5,
				  551,
				  552,
				  630, and
				  702 of these regulations. The
				  commission determines whether proposed designations and uses are consistent
				  with the authorizing and reference statutes listed at the end of this section
				  and the purposes for which the lands were acquired. Each proposed designation
				  or use is subject to review pursuant to state and federal regulatory
				  requirements prior to being authorized.
(b) Definitions.
(1) "Department land" is defined as:
(A) any state-owned real property over which
				  the department has jurisdiction and management authority;
(B) real property over which the department
				  has management authority through a current lease, memorandum of understanding,
				  management agreement, or similar document;
(C) real property designated by the
				  commission as a wildlife area (Section
				  551 of these
				  regulations);
(D) real property
				  designated by the commission as an ecological reserve (Section
				  630 of these
				  regulations);
(E) real property
				  held or administered by the department as a fishing access;
(F) real property held or administered by the
				  department as a public access;
(G)
				  real property designated by the commission as a public shooting area.
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 551.5 - Merced National Wildlife Refuge Special Closure, Merced County. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. New
					 section filed 8-18-82; effective upon filing pursuant to Government Code
					 Section
					 11346.2(d)
					 (Register 82, No. 34).
2. Amendment filed 9-16-83; effective
					 thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No. 38).
3. Repealer filed
					 10-17-84; effective upon filing pursuant to Government Code Section
					 11346.2(d)
					 (Register 84, No. 42).
Note: Authority cited and Reference: Sections
						1526,
						1528,
						1530
						and
						10504,
						Fish and Game Code, and the 1962 U.S. Statutes at Large, pg. 238, and existing
						agreements with the United States relating to the administration of federally
						owned or leased areas.
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 552 - Public Use Regulations for National Wildlife Refuges that Are Also Designated as Wildlife Areas by the Commission

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The power to control entry on the
				  National Wildlife Refuges that are also designated as wildlife areas in
				  subsections
				  551(c) and (d) is
				  at the discretion of the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The
				  hunting programs for the "Type A" areas listed below are administered by the
				  department.
(1) Colusa National Wildlife
				  Refuge, Type A.
(A) Area Firearms
				  Restrictions: Only shotguns are permitted. A hunter shall not possess more than
				  25 shot shells while in the field. It shall be unlawful to possess a loaded
				  firearm, defined as a firearm with an unexpended shell in the firing chamber
				  until hunters are in designated free roam or assigned pond areas.
(B) Hunt Days: Waterfowl, coots, moorhens,
				  and snipe: Saturdays, Sundays, and Wednesdays during open seasons. Pheasant:
				  First Monday of pheasant season and on waterfowl hunt days during the pheasant
				  season. Turkey: Waterfowl hunt days during the fall turkey season.
(C) Authorized Species to be Hunted:
				  Waterfowl, coots, moorhens, snipe, turkey, and pheasants.
(D) It shall be unlawful to retain an entry
				  permit or remain on the wildlife refuge later than one and one half hours after
				  sunset, unless participating in overnight stay in accordance with subsection
				  (a)(1)(E).
(E) Camping is
				  prohibited, except on the night before each waterfowl shoot day, when camping
				  in a vehicle, motorhome or trailer within the check station parking area is
				  allowed. Tents are prohibited. No person may build or maintain fires, except in
				  portable gas stoves.
(F) Bicycles:
				  Allowed from May 15 through August 15 on the designated auto tour
				  road.
(G) Special Restrictions:
				  When hunting from assigned hunting sites, it shall be unlawful to hunt outside
				  the assigned pond boundary or to hunt from levee roads. Pheasant, turkey and
				  snipe hunting are not permitted in the assigned pond area with the exception of
				  pheasant hunting on the first Monday of pheasant season.
(H) Day Use Hours: Day use hours are from one
				  hour before sunrise to one hour after sunset, except for those participating in
				  authorized hunting and camping opportunities.
(I) Fishing: Prohibited.
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 553 - Heenan Lake Wildlife Area. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. New
					 section filed 9-28-84; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 84, No.
					 39). For history of former section, see Registers 76, No. 35; 73, No. 34; 70,
					 No. 35; and 68, No. 33.
2. Repealer filed 8-11-2014; operative
					 8-11-2014 pursuant to Government Code section
					 11343.4(b)(4)(A)
					 (Register 2014, No. 33).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						1526,
						1528
						and
						1530,
						Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections
						1526,
						1528
						and
						1530,
						Fish and Game Code.
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 553.1 - Clifton Court Forebay Waterfowl Public Shooting Area. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. New
					 section filed 8-24-71; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 71, No.
					 35).
2. Correctory amendment of subsection (f) filed 9-15-71
					 (Register 71, No. 41).
3. Amendment of subsection (i) filed 8-28-74;
					 effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 74, No. 35).
4.
					 Repealer filed 8-27-76; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 76, No.
					 35).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						1526-
						1530
						and
						10504,
						Fish and Game Code.
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 555.1

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The adopted version of this section by
					 Register
					 2024, No. 28, effective 7/1/2024 is not yet
					 available.
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 9 - Shooting Clubs › Section 600.1 - Licensed Pheasant Clubs, Zone A. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. Amendment
					 of subsections (b)(4), (c)(4), (g)(1), and (h)(1) filed 8-2-72; effective
					 thirtieth day thereafter (Register 72, No. 32). For prior history, see Register
					 69, No. 3.
2. Amendment of NOTE filed 7-16-81; effective thirtieth
					 day thereafter (Register 81, No. 29).
3. Editorial correction of
					 NOTE filed 9-20-85; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 85, No.
					 38).
4. Repealer filed 6-30-95; operative 7-1-95 pursuant to Fish
					 and Game Code section
					 3270
					 (Register 95, No. 26).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						3270,
						3273,
						3280
						and
						3282,
						Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections
						3270-
						3291,
						Fish and Game Code.