Cal. Code Regs. tit. 14, § 551
(b) Wildlife areas owned and operated by the department (Types A, B and C as defined in Section 551(e)) are as follows:
(c) Areas owned and operated by federal agencies where public hunting opportunities are administered by the department are listed in this subsection. Additional regulations for the areas listed in this subsection are in Section 552 of these regulations.
(d) Areas operated by the department in cooperation with other state or federal agencies are:
(6) Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge, including the La Barranca Unit, Blackberry Island Unit, Mooney Unit, Ohm Unit, Flynn Unit, Heron Island Unit, and Rio Vista Unit (Tehama County); Pine Creek Unit, Dead Man's Reach Unit, North Llano Seco Island 1 & 2 Units, and Llano Seco Riparian Sanctuary Unit (Butte County); and McIntosh Landing North and South Units, Capay Unit, Phelan Island Unit, Jacinto Unit, Ord Unit, Ord Bend Unit, South Ord Unit, Hartley Island Unit, Sul Norte Unit, Codora Unit, Packer Unit, Afton Unit, North Drumheller Slough Unit, and Drumheller Slough Unit (Glenn County); Bogg's Bend Unit (Colusa County) (Type C).
(e) Types of Wildlife Areas:
(f) Shooting Hours:
(i) Wildlife Areas Authorized for Dog Training and/or Dog Trials: Dog training and/or dog trials are authorized as specified below. Dog trials require a Special Use Permit. Site-specific dog training and/or trial prohibitions are identified in subsection 551(o). General rules regarding the use of dogs for hunting, training or trials are located in subsection 550(n) of these regulations.
AREA
DOG TRAINING
DOG TRIALS
(1)
Gray Lodge Wildlife Area
Allowed with written authorization from the area manager.
Allowed.
(2)
Grizzly Island Wildlife Area
Allowed on the area but prohibited from March 1 through June 30, August 1 through the end of the tule elk season in September, and October 1 through the end of waterfowl season.
Allowed on the area but prohibited from March 1 through June 30, August 1 through the end of the tule elk season in September, and October 1 through the end of waterfowl season.
(3)
Hollenbeck Canyon Wildlife Area
Allowed only in the designated portion of the area from September 1 through February. Only male ring-necked pheasants, male bobwhite quail, either sex feral pigeons, and male mallard ducks may be used for dog training purposes. Release or possession of female ring-necked pheasant, female bobwhite quail, female mallard, or any other bird species is prohibited. It is unlawful to release or possess a male mallard duck without at least one wing clipped.
Not authorized.
(4)
Imperial Wildlife Area
Allowed with written authorization from the area manager.
Allowed only in designated areas on the Finney-Ramer Unit.
(5)
Little Panoche Reservoir Wildlife Area
Prohibited.
Allowed.
(6)
Los Banos Wildlife Area
Allowed only in the designated portion of the area from the end of waterfowl season to March 31.
Allowed only in the designated portion of the area from the end of waterfowl season to March 31.
(7)
Mendota Wildlife Area
Allowed only in the designated portion of the area from the end of waterfowl season to March 31.
Allowed.
(8)
Napa-Sonoma Marshes Wildlife Area
Allowed only in the designated portion of the area from July 1 through September 30 and from the end of waterfowl season to the last day in February.
Not authorized.
(9)
North Grasslands Wildlife Area
Allowed only in the designated portion of the area from the end of waterfowl season to March 31.
Allowed only in the designated area from the end of waterfowl season to March 31.
(10)
O'Neill Forebay Wildlife Area
Allowed from October 1 through June 15.
Allowed from October 1 through June 15.
(11)
Oroville Wildlife Area
Allowed only in the designated portion of the area from July 1 through March 15.
Allowed only in the designated portion of the area from July 1 through March 15.
(12)
San Felipe Valley Wildlife Area
Allowed only in the designated portion of the area from September 1 through the end of February.
Not authorized.
(13)
San Jacinto Wildlife Area
Allowed only on the Davis Road Unit and requires written authorization from the area manager.
Allowed only on the Davis Road Unit.
(14)
Spenceville Wildlife Area
Allowed only in the designated portion of the area from July 1 through March 15.
Allowed only in the designated portion of the area from July 1 through March 15.
(15)
Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area
Allowed with written authorization from the area manager.
Not authorized.
(j) Bicycles: Except for their use on roads or levees for transportation between parking lots and hunting areas during the waterfowl season on Type A or B wildlife areas, or as provided in this subsection, the use of bicycles by visitors is prohibited on wildlife areas (also see subsection 550(bb) of these regulations). Except where posted as allowed, electric bicycles are prohibited on all wildlife areas and ecological reserves per subsection 550(c)(4).
AREA
BICYCLES
(1)
Butte Valley Wildlife Area
Allowed only on roads open to vehicles.
(2)
Cache Creek Wildlife Area
Allowed only on the Harley Gulch Unit from the third Saturday in April through the third Saturday in November.
(3)
Daugherty Hill Wildlife Area
Allowed only on designated trails and roads from May 10 through September 15.
(4)
El Dorado Wildlife Area
Allowed only on designated trails and roads. No organized events and group size shall not exceed 8 bicycles.
(5)
Hollenbeck Canyon Wildlife Area
Allowed only on designated trails or routes.
(6)
Honey Lake Wildlife Area
Allowed only on roads open to vehicles.
(7)
Napa-Sonoma Marshes Wildlife Area
Allowed only on the designated Bay Trail (designated trail and road) on the Green Island Unit, and the posted public access easement on the Southern Crossing Unit.
(8)
Oroville Wildlife Area
Allowed only on roads open to vehicles.
(9)
San Felipe Valley Wildlife Area
Allowed only on designated trails or routes.
(10)
San Jacinto Wildlife Area (Potrero Unit)
Allowed only on designated trails.
(11)
Shasta Valley Wildlife Area
Allowed only on roads open to vehicles.
(12)
Spenceville Wildlife Area
Allowed only on designated trails and roads.
(13)
Tehama Wildlife Area
Allowed only on designated trails and roads.
(14)
Upper Butte Basin Wildlife Area
Allowed only from one week after the end of waterfowl season until two weeks prior to opening of waterfowl season.
(15)
Willow Creek Wildlife Area
Allowed only on designated trails and roads.
(16)
Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area
Allowed only in designated areas.
(k) Off-Highway Vehicles: Except as provided in this subsection, off-highway vehicles are prohibited on wildlife areas.
(1) Eel River Wildlife Area. Off-highway vehicles are allowed only for commercially licensed anglers who are utilizing the wave-slope for fishing access.
(l) Wildlife Areas with Boat and/or Horse and Pack Stock Restrictions: Per subsections 550(z) and 550(o), the use of boats or horses is allowed on wildlife areas except as restricted in this subsection. See subsection 550(z) of these regulations for additional regulations about the use of boats.
AREA
BOATS
HORSES AND PACK STOCK
(1)
Battle Creek Wildlife Area
Prohibited.
(2)
Big Lagoon Wildlife Area
Speed restricted to 5 mph for motorized vessels.
(3)
Butte Valley Wildlife Area
Prohibited from March 1 through September 1. Motors are prohibited.
(4)
Cache Creek Wildlife Area
Allowed only on the Harley Gulch Unit from the third Saturday in April through the third Saturday in November.
(5)
Clifton Court Forebay
No gas-powered motors; electric trolling type motors may be used.
(6)
Cottonwood Creek Wildlife Area
Prohibited.
(7)
Daugherty Hill Wildlife Area
Allowed only on designated trails from May 10 through September 15.
(8)
El Dorado Wildlife Area
Allowed only on designated trails and roads. No organized events and group size shall not exceed 8 horses.
Horse trailer parking is permitted within the designated parking area when space is available.
(9)
Gray Lodge Wildlife Area
Allowed only on the east side from July 1 through August 31.
(10)
Grizzly Island Wildlife Area
The use of boats is prohibited on all management units, except the Grey Goose Unit and the portion of the Goodyear Slough Unit to the south of Lake Herman Road and east of the eastern-most railroad tracks. Access to those two areas is by boat only. There is no foot access. Launching of boats at the Montezuma Slough unit for access to Montezuma Slough is allowed. Boats less than eight feet in length may be used to transport decoys and/or blind materials.
Allowed only during department-authorized dog trials.
(11)
Hallelujah Junction Wildlife Area
Prohibited.
(12)
Heenan Lake Wildlife Area
Prohibited except during controlled entry fishing events (see subsection 551(y)).
(13)
Hollenbeck Canyon Wildlife Area
Allowed only on designated trails or routes. Horse trailers are permitted within the designated parking area if space is available.
(14)
Imperial Wildlife Area (Finney-Ramer Unit)
Required for waterfowl hunting. Only non-motor driven boats or boats with electric motors may be used.
(15)
Imperial Wildlife Area (Wister Unit)
Only hand-portable boats that are non-motorized or use an electric motor are allowed.
(16)
Laguna Wildlife Area
Prohibited.
(17)
Lake Earl Wildlife Area
Only non-motorized boats or boats with electric motors may be used during waterfowl season.
Recreational boarding activities, including but not limited to windsurfing, sailboarding, paddle boarding, and kiteboarding, are prohibited year-round.
(18)
Little Panoche Reservoir Wildlife Area
Only non-motorized boats or boats with electric motors may be used.
Allowed only during department-authorized dog trials.
(19)
Los Banos Wildlife Area
Prohibited.
(20)
Mendota Wildlife Area
Boats with motors allowed in Mendota Pool year-round subject to 5 mph speed limit.
Prohibited.
During waterfowl season, only non-motorized boats allowed in flooded fields outside of Mendota Pool.
(21)
Mouth of Cottonwood Creek Wildlife Area
Prohibited.
(22)
Napa-Sonoma Marshes Wildlife Area
Prohibited.
(23)
North Grasslands Wildlife Area
No boat trailer parking within wildlife area parking lots.
Prohibited.
(24)
O'Neill Forebay Wildlife Area
Allowed only during department-authorized dog trials.
(25)
Oroville Wildlife Area
Motorized boats are subject to 5 mph speed limit except on the southern portion of the Thermalito Afterbay Unit (those portions of the water surface south of Highway 162), where motorized boat speeds may exceed 5 mph.
Allowed only on roads open to vehicles or within 25 feet of the exterior boundary fences. Horse drawn carriages are only allowed on roads open to vehicles.
(26)
Perris Reservoir State Recreation Area
Only motorized boats may be used.
(27)
Petaluma Marsh Wildlife Area
Prohibited.
(28)
Sacramento River Wildlife Area
Boat-in Only Access Units: Colusa South, Colusa North, Moulton South, Moulton North, Stegeman, Princeton South, Beehive Bend, Oxbow, Jacinto, Ord Bend, Shannon Slough, Pine Creek North, Wilson Landing, Dicus Slough, and Merrills Landing. Walk-In or Boat-In Access Units: Princeton Southeast, Princeton East, Princeton North, Site 21, Pine Creek West, Pine Creek East.
Prohibited.
(29)
San Felipe Valley Wildlife Area
Allowed only on designated trails or routes.
(30)
San Luis Reservoir Wildlife Area
Prohibited.
(31)
Shasta Valley Wildlife Area
Only non-motorized boats or boats with electric motors are allowed on Bass Lake.
Motorized boats are allowed on Trout Lake from October 1 to January 31.
Non-motorized boats or boats with electric motors are allowed on Trout Lake from the last Saturday in April through September 30 on Saturdays, Sundays, and Wednesdays only.
(32)
South Spit Wildlife Area
Allowed only on west side of South Jetty Road.
(33)
Spenceville Wildlife Area
Allowed only on designated trails and roads.
(34)
Upper Butte Basin Wildlife Area
Prohibited.
(35)
Volta Wildlife Area (US Bureau of Reclamation Lands)
Boat trailers allowed beyond the checking station only to launch boats. Vehicles may be driven past Parking Lot 1 to launch boats.
(36)
Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area
No boats or flotation devices allowed.
Prohibited.
(m) Wildlife Areas with Camping, Camp Trailers and Motorhomes as a Designated Use: Unless permitted in this subsection, camping and the use of camp trailers and motorhomes are prohibited on wildlife areas. For additional rules about camping on department lands, see subsection 550(p) of these regulations.
AREA
CAMPING
(1)
Antelope Valley Wildlife Area
No motorhomes or camp trailers permitted. Camping allowed only from May 1 through October 31.
(2)
Ash Creek Wildlife Area
Allowed.
(3)
Butte Valley Wildlife Area
Allowed.
(4)
Cache Creek Wildlife Area
No motorhomes or camp trailers permitted. No camping within ¼ mile of designated parking areas.
(5)
Cottonwood Creek Wildlife Area
Allowed only in the Upper Cottonwood Creek Unit parking lot.
(6)
Gray Lodge Wildlife Area
Allowed only during waterfowl season. Camp trailers or motorhomes may be placed in the designated camp trailer area no sooner than one week before the opening of waterfowl season and must be removed from the wildlife area no later than one week after the end of the regular waterfowl season. All campers, defined as a shell or shelter made to be mounted on a pickup truck must remain attached to a registered vehicle when on the area. All camp trailers and motorhomes must be registered at the checking station within one week of placement.
(7)
Grizzly Island Wildlife Area
Not allowed except with prior written authorization from the area manager during the tule elk season.
(8)
Honey Lake Wildlife Area (Fleming and Dakin Units)
Allowed.
(9)
Hope Valley Wildlife Area
Backpack camping allowed east of Highway 89 only.
(10)
Horseshoe Ranch Wildlife Area
Allowed.
(11)
Imperial Wildlife Area (Finney-Ramer Unit)
Allowed only in designated area at Finney Lake.
(12)
Imperial Wildlife Area (Wister Unit)
Allowed only in designated area. Campers must obtain an entry permit pursuant to subsection 551(w). No unattached trailers or tents allowed in the checking station parking lot.
(13)
Indian Valley Wildlife Area
Camping allowed, but camp trailers and motorhomes are prohibited.
(14)
Knoxville Wildlife Area
Primitive camping is allowed beyond ¼ mile from Berryessa-Knoxville Road.
(15)
Lake Sonoma Wildlife Area
Allowed only in Army Corps of Engineers-designated campgrounds.
(16)
Little Panoche Reservoir Wildlife Area
Allowed only in parking lot, except during authorized dog trials when participants must adhere to conditions of Special Use Permit issued per subsection 550(n)(2) of these regulations.
(17)
Los Banos Wildlife Area
Allowed only in the main office parking area, and only during waterfowl season.
(18)
Mendota Wildlife Area
Allowed only in checking station parking lot, and only during waterfowl season.
(19)
North Grasslands Wildlife Area
Allowed only in checking station parking lot, and only during waterfowl season.
(20)
O'Neill Forebay Wildlife Area
Allowed only in parking lot, except during authorized dog trials when participants must adhere to conditions of Special Use Permit issued per subsection 550(n)(2) of these regulations.
(21)
Oroville Wildlife Area
Allowed only in designated camping sites by permit issued from the Oroville CHP office at (530) 538-2700.
(22)
San Luis Obispo Wildlife Area
Allowed only in the parking lot and no more than 30 vehicles are allowed without a Special Use Permit (see subsection 550(d) of these regulations).
(23)
San Luis Reservoir Wildlife Area
Allowed only in parking lot.
(24)
Shasta Valley Wildlife Area
Allowed only in checking station parking lot.
(25)
Spenceville Wildlife Area
Allowed in designated campsites from September 1 through the end of spring turkey season.
(26)
Surprise Valley Wildlife Area
Allowed only in south parking area, except from April 1 through August 15 when camping is prohibited.
(27)
Tehama Wildlife Area
Allowed.
(28)
Upper Butte Basin Wildlife Area
Allowed only in the checking station parking lots on the night before a shoot day.
(29)
Volta Wildlife Area (U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Lands)
Allowed only in checking station parking lot.
(n) Additional Fire Restrictions on Wildlife Areas: The fire restrictions included below are in addition to the regulations regarding fire on department lands included in subsection 550(q) of these regulations.
(o) Designated Closures and Restrictions on Wildlife Areas:
Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the lawful possession of a concealed firearm as provided in subsection 550(cc)(1) of these regulations.
AREA
DESCRIPTION OF CLOSURE OR RESTRICTION
(1)
Antelope Valley Wildlife Area
Closed to hunting from February 1 through June 30.
(2)
Ash Creek Wildlife Area
Closed to all public uses from September 16 until the opening of waterfowl season, except for access for angling from Bassett Road through September 30. During the waterfowl and pheasant hunt seasons, the wildlife area is closed to all public use with the exception of Saturdays, Sundays, and Wednesdays for hunting only.
(3)
Baldwin Lake
A hunter shall not possess more than 25 shot shells while in the field.
(4)
Battle Creek Wildlife Area
No hunting or possession of firearms or archery equipment. Dog training and trials are prohibited.
(5)
Butte Valley Wildlife Area
Closed to boating and water-related activity from March 1 through September 1.
(6)
Cache Creek Wildlife Area
The use of dogs for wild pig hunting is prohibited.
(7)
Clifton Court Forebay
No hunting from shore. No hunting within 150 yards of the water control gates or public fishing areas/pier.
(8)
Cottonwood Creek Wildlife Area
Closed to hunting after the last Sunday in January to the opening of Zone A archery deer season. Dog training and trials are prohibited. The use of dogs for wild pig hunting is prohibited.
(9)
Crescent City Marsh Wildlife Area
No hunting or possession of firearms or archery equipment.
(10)
Daugherty Hill Wildlife Area
Closed to hunting February 1 through June 30 except for the spring turkey season when only turkeys may be hunted. Closed to all visitor entry during the first nine days of the spring turkey season except for special turkey permit holders.
The Black Swan area of the Yuba Narrows Unit is closed to hunting.
(11)
Eel River Wildlife Area
Portions of the area are closed to vehicle entry from March 1 through September 15. Cannibal Island Unit is closed to all visitor use from the Monday following the end of youth hunting day (subsection 502(e)(1)(B)(5) of these regulations) through April 1.
No dogs off leash on the wave-slope and/or in signed exclusion zones within the Ocean Ranch Unit during the snowy plover nesting season March 1 through September 15.
(12)
Elk Creek Wetlands Wildlife Area
No hunting or possession of firearms or archery equipment.
(13)
Elk River Wildlife Area
Closed to all visitor use from the Monday following the end of youth hunting day (subsection 502(e)(1)(B)(5) of these regulations) through April 1.
(14)
Fay Slough Wildlife Area
Closed to all visitor use from the Monday following the end of youth hunting day (subsection 502(e)(1)(B)(5) of these regulations) through April 1.
Entry to the wildlife area is only from the designated parking area, located off Highway 101. Boating access is prohibited.
No dogs allowed except with hunters during the designated hunting season.
Hunting from designated ponds only.
(15)
Feather River Wildlife Area
Closed to hunting February 1 through June 30 except for the spring turkey season when only turkeys may be hunted. The Shanghai Bend Unit is closed to hunting.
(16)
Fremont Weir Wildlife Area
Closed to hunting February 1 through June 30 except for the spring turkey season when only turkeys may be hunted.
(17)
Gray Lodge Wildlife Area
Closed to all non-hunting uses from two weeks prior to opening of waterfowl season through one week after end of waterfowl season except those areas designated for wildlife viewing purposes. The west side of the area is closed to falconry. Dove hunting allowed only in designated areas. Pheasant and quail hunting only allowed during the pheasant opening weekend and subsequent waterfowl shoot days occurring during the general pheasant hunt season.
(18)
Grizzly Island Wildlife Area (Goodyear Slough, Island Slough, West Family and Grey Goose units).
A hunter shall not possess more than 25 shot shells while in the field during waterfowl season. Closed to all public use from the end of waterfowl season to September 30. Access to the Grey Goose Unit and the Goodyear Slough Unit to the south of Lake Herman Road and east of the eastern most railroad tracks is by boat only. The Island Slough Unit is open to hunting on Christmas Day when Christmas falls on a Saturday, Sunday or Wednesday.
(19)
Grizzly Island Wildlife Area (Joice Island Unit)
Closed to public use except when permits are issued for waterfowl hunting, special wild pig hunts, and during the special season open to fishing from mid-May to mid-August (contact area headquarters for details).
Joice Island Unit is open to waterfowl hunting on Sundays only, starting on the first Sunday in December for the remainder of the waterfowl season, by permit only.
(20)
Grizzly Island Wildlife Area (Grizzly Island Unit)
Dogs are prohibited from March 1 to June 30, all of August, and during the tule elk hunting season in September. Dogs may be used to assist in the take of game which is in season, authorized by area regulations and in portions of the area open to such take. Dogs are otherwise prohibited during October and through the end of waterfowl season. Closed to uses other than hunting from the last Monday in July to the end of the Grizzly Island tule elk season and from October 1 through the end of waterfowl season.
(21)
Hallelujah Junction Wildlife Area
Closed to all visitor use from February 1 through June 30. Ranch House area closed to all visitor use. Dogs are prohibited except for hunting.
(22)
Hill Slough Wildlife Area
No hunting or possession of firearms or archery equipment.
(23)
Hollenbeck Canyon Wildlife Area
Hunting is allowed in designated areas only. Closed to hunting February 1 through August 31, except for crow hunting, which is allowed after January 31 until the end of the crow season in designated area(s) only.
(24)
Honey Lake Wildlife Area (Fleming and Dakin Units)
Closed to all public uses from September 16 until the opening of waterfowl season. During the waterfowl and pheasant hunt seasons, the wildlife area is closed to all public use with the exception of Saturdays, Sundays, and Wednesdays for hunting only.
(25)
Hope Valley Wildlife Area
Closed to hunting from February 1 until the opening of archery deer season.
(26)
Imperial Wildlife Area (Finney-Ramer Unit)
A hunter shall not possess more than 25 shot shells while in the field during waterfowl season. Waterfowl hunting allowed only from boats and islands. Closed to hunting from February 1 through June 30.
(27)
Imperial Wildlife Area (Wister Unit)
Closed to all non-hunting public uses from one week before the opening of waterfowl season through the end of waterfowl season, except for designated wildlife viewing sites and designated fishing areas.
(28)
Laguna Wildlife Area
The Timber Hill, Blucher Creek, and Cooper Road units are closed to hunting. Only the wetland portions of the Occidental Road Unit associated with the Laguna de Santa Rosa are open to hunting, and hunting is allowed only when the Laguna de Santa Rosa is navigable and the wetlands are accessible by boat. Foot or terrestrial access to the Occidental Road Unit is prohibited because there is no visitor right-of-way. Dogs are prohibited from March 2 through June 30.
(29)
Lake Earl Wildlife Area
No dogs off leash on the wave-slope and/or in signed exclusion zones during the snowy plover nesting season March 1 through September 15.
(30)
Lake Sonoma Wildlife Area
Closed to hunting except through special drawings. The portion of the area posted as “Critical Habitat” is closed to all visitor use and entry from February 1 through August 1. Dogs are prohibited.
(31)
Little Panoche Reservoir Wildlife Area
The use of dogs for wild pig hunting is prohibited.
(32)
Los Banos Wildlife Area
Closed to all visitor use from September 15 until the opening of waterfowl season. Closed to non-hunting uses during the waterfowl season on Saturdays, Sundays, and Wednesdays. A hunter shall not possess more than 25 shot shells while in the field during waterfowl season, except on days when only upland game may be taken, and on special “youth only” waterfowl hunt days when there shall be no restrictions on the number of shot shells taken into the field. Dogs are prohibited in the interpretive viewing area.
Closed to deer hunting except with a department-issued entry permit. Deer may be taken with shotgun and slug only (see subsection 353(d)).
(33)
Mad River Slough Wildlife Area
Closed to all visitor use from the Monday following the end of youth hunting days (subsection 502(e)(1)(B)(5) of these regulations) through April 1. Dogs are prohibited except for hunting.
(34)
Mendota Wildlife Area
Closed to all visitor use from September 16 until the opening of waterfowl season except for the designated tour route and fishing site. Closed to non-hunting uses during the waterfowl season.
(35)
Morro Bay Wildlife Area
Closed to hunting from the day after the end of waterfowl season until the opening day of brant season. A hunter shall not possess more than 25 shot shells while in the field.
(36)
Moss Landing Wildlife Area
Closed to hunting on New Year's Day. The Salt Ponds are closed to hunting.
(37)
Napa-Sonoma Marshes Wildlife Area
The following units are closed to all hunting, firearms and archery use: the White Slough Unit, the Green Island Unit, the Southern Crossing Unit and the portion of the American Canyon Unit south of the PG&E lines. Dogs are prohibited from March 2 through June 30.
(38)
North Grasslands Wildlife Area
A hunter shall not possess more than 25 shot shells while in the field during waterfowl season, except on days when only upland game may be taken and on special “youth only” waterfowl hunt days when there shall be no restrictions on the number of shot shells taken into the field.
Closed to deer hunting except with a department-issued entry permit. Deer may be taken with shotgun and slug only (see subsection 353(d)).
(39)
O'Neill Forebay Wildlife Area
Closed to all visitor use the day of and day after designated special apprentice pheasant hunts except for special apprentice pheasant hunt permit holders.
Closed to deer hunting except with a department-issued entry permit. Deer may be taken with shotgun and slug only (see subsection 353(d)).
(40)
Oroville Wildlife Area
Closed to hunting February 1 through August 31 except during the spring turkey season when only turkeys may be hunted through a special drawing. Dogs are prohibited from March 2 through June 30.
(41)
Perris Reservoir State Recreation Area
Shore hunting for waterfowl, coots, and moorhens is prohibited. Upland game may be taken only in designated areas. Fishing is permitted in the designated waterfowl hunting area only on non-shoot days.
(42)
Petaluma Marsh Wildlife Area
The Bahia, Day Island, Green Point, Novato Creek, Point Sonoma, and Rush Creek units are closed to hunting, firearms, and archery use. Dogs are prohibited on all units from March 2 through June 30.
(43)
Putah Creek Wildlife Area
Closed to hunting February 1 until the opening weekend of Zone A deer archery season which is defined in Section 360 of these regulations.
(44)
Rector Reservoir Wildlife Area
Closed to hunting from the day after spring turkey season closes to the opening of archery deer season.
(45)
Red Lake Wildlife Area
Closed to hunting February 1 through August 31 except during archery deer season.
(46)
Sacramento Bypass Wildlife Area
Closed to hunting February 1 through August 31.
(47)
Sacramento River Wildlife Area
Closed to hunting February 1 through August 31 except during the spring turkey season when only turkeys may be hunted and during archery deer season when only deer may be hunted. Boat-in Only Access Units: Colusa South, Colusa North, Moulton South, Moulton North, Stegeman, Princeton South, Beehive Bend, Oxbow, Jacinto, Ord Bend, Shannon Slough, Pine Creek North, Wilson Landing, Dicus Slough, Merrills Landing.
(48)
San Felipe Valley Wildlife Area
Closed to hunting February 1 through August 31 except during the spring turkey season when only turkeys may be hunted. D-16 general deer zone tags may not be used west of Highway S-2.
(49)
San Jacinto Wildlife Area (Davis Road Unit)
Upland game (doves, pheasants, quail, snipe, and rabbits) may be taken only in designated areas. A self-issued permit, acquired on-site, is required to enter the upland game hunting area.
(50)
San Jacinto Wildlife Area (Potrero Unit)
Only upland game birds and resident small game within designated areas may be taken, unless otherwise restricted or limited within the unit.
(51)
San Luis Obispo Wildlife Area
Closed to all visitor uses except for the shooting area/range.
(52)
San Luis Reservoir Wildlife Area
The use of dogs for wild pig hunting is prohibited. Motor vehicles are allowed in the parking lot only.
(53)
Santa Rosa Wildlife Area
Closed to hunting on the portion of the area that lies within Fish and Game Refuge 4D (see Fish and Game Code Section 10837).
(54)
Shasta Valley Wildlife Area
Only individuals possessing a Type A or Type B season pass and their guests (non-hunting guests or junior hunters) may enter the wildlife area on Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays during the waterfowl season.
(55)
Spenceville Wildlife Area
Closed to hunting February 1 through August 31 except during the spring turkey season when only turkeys may be hunted. Closed to all visitor entry during the first nine days of the spring turkey season except for special turkey permit holders. The posted area around the Spenceville Mine is closed to visitor entry.
(56)
Sutter Bypass Wildlife Area
Those portions of the east and west levees of the area adjacent to the Sutter National Wildlife Refuge (SNWR) are closed to hunting. The west levee of the area is closed to hunting from the northern boundary of the SNWR south to Oswald/Hughes Road. The east levee of the area is closed to hunting from the northern boundary of the SNWR south to the SNWR checking station parking lot. The remaining portion of the east levee from the SNWR parking lot south to the southern boundary of the SNWR is closed to hunting pursuant to Section 625 of these regulations.
(57)
Tehama Wildlife Area
The portion of the area south of Antelope Creek is closed to all visitor use and entry from the first Monday in December through the last Friday in March. The use of dogs for wild pig hunting is prohibited.
(58)
Upper Butte Basin Wildlife Area
Closed to all non-hunting uses from two weeks prior to opening of waterfowl season through one week after the end of waterfowl season. Dogs are prohibited except for hunting.
(59)
Volta Wildlife Area (U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Lands)
Closed to all visitor uses from August 15 until the opening of waterfowl season except that fishing in the Volta Wasteway Channel is allowed. Fishing is restricted to the Volta Wasteway Channel for a distance of one mile downstream from the Ingomar Grade from September 15 until the end of waterfowl season. Closed to non-hunting uses during the waterfowl season. A hunter shall not possess more than 25 shot shells while in the field during waterfowl season, except on days when only upland game may be taken and on special “youth only” waterfowl hunt days when there shall be no restrictions on the number of shot shells taken into the field.
(60)
Willow Creek Wildlife Area
Closed to all public uses from September 16 until the opening of waterfowl season. During the waterfowl and pheasant hunt seasons, the wildlife area is closed to all public use with the exception of Saturdays, Sundays, and Wednesdays for hunting only.
(61)
Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area
Closed to all non-hunting uses from two weeks prior to opening of waterfowl season through one week after the end of waterfowl season except those areas designated for wildlife viewing purposes. Pheasant hunting is prohibited in assigned blind areas.
(p) Type A or Type B Wildlife Areas with Shoot Day or Shooting Hours Restrictions During the Waterfowl Season:
AREA
DESCRIPTION OF RESTRICTION
(1)
Butte Valley Wildlife Area
Pheasant hunting is allowed only on Sundays during pheasant season. Dove may be taken daily during the September dove season, and only on waterfowl hunt days during the late dove season.
(2)
Grizzly Island Wildlife Area (Joice Island Unit)
Open to waterfowl hunting Sundays only, starting on the first Sunday in December for the remainder of the waterfowl season by permit only, and for special drawing pig hunts.
(3)
Imperial Wildlife Area (Wister Unit)
Pheasant, quail and rabbit hunting is allowed only on Mondays and Thursdays. Dove may be taken daily during the September dove season. After the September dove season, dove may be taken only on pheasant hunt days. Snipe may be taken only on waterfowl and pheasant hunt days.
(4)
Kern National Wildlife Refuge
Hunting of waterfowl, coot, moorhen, and pheasant is allowed only on Saturdays and Wednesdays. Pheasant hunting is only allowed during the pheasant season. Snipe hunting is prohibited.
(5)
Merced National Wildlife Refuge
Hunting for waterfowl, coot, and moorhen is allowed only on Saturdays and Wednesdays.
(6)
San Jacinto Wildlife Area (Davis Road Unit)
Hunting for waterfowl, coot, and moorhen is allowed only on Saturdays and Wednesdays. Pheasant hunting is allowed only on Mondays during pheasant season. All other upland game hunting is allowed only in designated areas from July 1 through January 31. A self-issued permit, acquired on-site, is required to enter the upland game hunting area.
(7)
San Jacinto Wildlife Area (Potrero Unit)
Unless otherwise restricted by the department, hunting is allowed daily only for upland game birds and resident small game in designated areas. A self-issued permit, acquired on-site, is required to enter the designated hunting area.
(8)
San Luis National Wildlife Refuge (Bear Creek Unit)
Entry permits must be returned to the checking station by 3:00 p.m. Hunting on the West Bear Creek portion is prohibited until the third Saturday in November.
(9)
Shasta Valley Wildlife Area
Pheasant hunting is allowed only on Sundays during the pheasant season. Quail and snipe may be taken only on waterfowl hunt days. Dove may be taken daily during the September dove season, and only on waterfowl hunt days during the late dove season.
(q) Type C Wildlife Areas with Shoot Day Restrictions and/or Special Drawing Requirements: Unless identified with specific shoot days, seasonal closures or special drawing requirements below, or with closures identified in subsection 551(o), Type C wildlife areas are open daily. Information about special drawings is available at www.wildlife.ca.gov.
AREA
DESCRIPTION OF RESTRICTION OR REQUIREMENT
(1)
Baldwin Lake
Hunting is allowed only during waterfowl season and only on Saturdays and Wednesdays. Hunting is allowed only from a boat. Special draw entry permits are required for the first seven hunt days of waterfowl season.
(2)
Clifton Court Forebay
Hunting is allowed only on Saturdays, Sundays, and Wednesdays and only during waterfowl season.
(3)
Cottonwood Creek Wildlife Area
Special draw entry permits are required for all visitor entry during the opening weekend of the Zone A general deer season. Self-registration required all other times of year.
(4)
Daugherty Hill Wildlife Area
Special draw entry permits are required for the first nine days of the spring turkey season.
(5)
El Dorado Wildlife Area
Special draw entry permits are required for the first nine days of the spring turkey season.
(6)
Fay Slough Wildlife Area
Hunting is allowed only on Saturdays, Sundays, and Wednesdays and only during waterfowl season.
(7)
Grizzly Island Wildlife Area (Gray Goose Unit)
Hunting is allowed only on Saturdays, Sundays, and Wednesdays and only during waterfowl season.
(8)
Imperial Wildlife Area (Finney-Ramer Unit)
A daily entry permit and self-registration are required. Entry permits are available at self-registration booths at Finney and Ramer lakes on a first-come, first-served basis.
(9)
Knoxville Wildlife Area
Special draw entry permits are required for all visitor entry during the first week of the A-Zone deer season.
(10)
Laguna Wildlife Area (Occidental Road Unit)
Hunting is allowed only on Saturdays, Sundays, and Wednesdays and only during waterfowl season.
(11)
Lake Sonoma Wildlife Area
Hunting is only allowed during department-authorized special hunts for deer, turkey and wild pigs. Deer hunting is only allowed with a J-1 or A-25 deer tag available through the big game drawing.
(12)
Little Panoche Reservoir Wildlife Area
Self-registration is required on site.
(13)
Morro Bay Wildlife Area
Shooting hours are from 7:00 a.m. until sunset.
(14)
Moss Landing Wildlife Area
Hunting is allowed only on Saturdays, Sundays, and Wednesdays and only during waterfowl season. Closed to hunting on New Year's Day.
(15)
Napa-Sonoma Marshes Wildlife Area
Hunting is allowed only on Saturdays, Sundays, and Wednesdays during open season for authorized species except that dove and rabbits may be hunted daily during the September dove season.
(16)
O'Neill Forebay Wildlife Area
Closed to deer hunting except with a department-issued entry permit. Deer may be taken with shotgun and slug only (see subsection 353(d)).
Self-registration is required at the parking lot at all times except for junior pheasant hunts, the day following junior pheasant hunts, and deer hunts when entry is controlled through special drawings.
(17)
Oroville Wildlife Area
Special draw entry permits are required for the spring turkey season.
(18)
Perris Reservoir
Hunting for waterfowl is allowed until noon on Saturdays and Wednesdays. Hunting is allowed daily for upland game from the first Saturday after Labor Day through January 31.
(19)
San Luis Reservoir Wildlife Area
Special draw entry permits are required for all visitor entry during the opening weekend of the Zone A deer season. Self-registration is required at the parking lot on Dinosaur Point Road at all other times of year.
(20)
San Pablo Bay Wildlife Area
Blinds shall be available on a first come-first served basis.
(21)
Spenceville Wildlife Area
Special draw entry permits are required for the first nine days of the spring turkey season.
(r) Firearm Restrictions on Type C Wildlife Areas: The regulations in this subsection are in addition to the regulations regarding firearms in subsection 550(cc) of these regulations. The restrictions in this subsection do not prohibit the lawful possession of a concealed firearm as provided in subsection 550(cc)(1) of these regulations.
AREA
DESCRIPTION OF CLOSURE OR RESTRICTION
(1)
Baldwin Lake
Rifles and pistols are prohibited.
(2)
Bass Hill
Only shotguns, archery equipment, or muzzle loaders may be used on the Egan Management Unit.
Wildlife Area
(3)
Battle Creek
All firearms and archery equipment are prohibited.
Wildlife Area
(4)
Big Sandy
Rifles and pistols are prohibited.
Wildlife Area
(5)
Clifton Court Forebay
Rifles and pistols are prohibited.
(6)
Collins Eddy
Rifles, pistols, and archery equipment are prohibited.
Wildlife Area
(7)
Colusa Bypass
Rifles and pistols are prohibited.
Wildlife Area
(8)
Cottonwood Creek Wildlife Area (Lower Cottonwood Creek Unit)
Only shotguns and archery equipment may be used. Only archery equipment may be used from the start of the Zone A archery deer season until the start of Zone A general deer season.
(9)
Cottonwood Creek Wildlife Area (Upper Cottonwood Creek Unit)
Firearms may be used or possessed only from the opening of the Zone A general deer season through the last Sunday in January. Only archery equipment may be used from the start of the Zone A archery deer season until the start of the Zone A general deer season.
(10)
Crescent City Marsh
All firearms and archery equipment are prohibited.
Wildlife Area
(11)
Daugherty Hill Wildlife Area
During spring turkey season, only shotguns, archery equipment, and air rifles firing pellets of a minimum 0.177 caliber and powered by compressed air or gas may be used.
(12)
Decker Island
Rifles and pistols are prohibited.
Wildlife Area
(13)
Eel River
Rifles and pistols are prohibited.
Wildlife Area
(14)
Elk Creek Wetlands
All firearms and archery equipment are prohibited.
Wildlife Area
(15)
Elk River
Rifles and pistols are prohibited.
Wildlife Area
(16)
Fay Slough
Rifles and pistols are prohibited.
Wildlife Area
(17)
Feather River
Rifles and pistols are prohibited.
Wildlife Area
(18)
Fremont Weir
Rifles and pistols are prohibited.
Wildlife Area
(19)
Grizzly Island
Rifles and pistols are prohibited.
Wildlife Area
(Grey Goose Unit)
(20)
Hill Slough
All firearms and archery equipment are prohibited.
Wildlife Area
(21)
Hollenbeck Canyon
Rifles and pistols are prohibited.
Wildlife Area
(22)
Horseshoe Ranch
During spring turkey season only shotguns and archery equipment may be used.
Wildlife Area
(23)
Imperial
Rifles and pistols are prohibited.
Wildlife Area
(Finney-Ramer Unit)
(24)
Kinsman Flat
During spring turkey season only shotguns and archery equipment may be used.
Wildlife Area
(25)
Laguna
Rifles and pistols are prohibited.
Wildlife Area
(26)
Lake Earl Wildlife Area
Rifles and pistols are prohibited. Possession of firearms or archery equipment for waterfowl hunting is permitted only during waterfowl season and only within the first 100 feet inland from the shoreline and on the water surface of Lake Earl and Lake Tolowa.
(27)
Lake Sonoma
Firearms are allowed only for special hunts.
Wildlife Area
(28)
Little Panoche Reservoir
Rifles and pistols are prohibited.
Wildlife Area
(29)
Lower Sherman Island
Rifles and pistols are prohibited.
Wildlife Area
(30)
Mad River Slough
Rifles and pistols are prohibited.
Wildlife Area
(31)
Miner Slough
Rifles and pistols are prohibited.
Wildlife Area
(32)
Morro Bay
Rifles and pistols are prohibited.
Wildlife Area
(33)
Moss Landing
Rifles and pistols are prohibited.
Wildlife Area
(34)
Mouth of Cottonwood Creek
Rifles and pistols are prohibited.
Wildlife Area
(35)
Napa-Sonoma Marshes Wildlife Area
Rifles and pistols are prohibited. All firearms and archery equipment are prohibited on the White Slough Unit, the Green Island Unit, the Southern Crossing Unit and the portion of the American Canyon Unit that is south of the PG&E lines.
(36)
O'Neill Forebay Wildlife Area
Rifles and pistols are prohibited. Shotgun slugs are prohibited except for take of deer.
(37)
Oroville
Rifles and pistols are prohibited except at the portion of the area designated as a shooting range.
Wildlife Area
(38)
Perris Reservoir
Rifles and pistols are prohibited.
(39)
Petaluma Marsh Wildlife Area
Rifles and pistols are prohibited. All firearms and archery equipment are prohibited on the Bahia, Day Island, Green Point, Novato Creek, Point Sonoma, and Rush Creek units.
(40)
Point Edith
Rifles and pistols are prohibited.
Wildlife Area
(41)
Rhode Island
Rifles and pistols are prohibited.
Wildlife Area
(42)
Sacramento Bypass Wildlife Area
Rifles, pistols, and archery equipment are prohibited. Buckshot and slugs are prohibited.
(43)
Sacramento River
Rifles and pistols are prohibited.
Wildlife Area
(44)
San Felipe Valley
Rifles and pistols are prohibited in designated areas.
Wildlife Area
(45)
San Luis Reservoir
Rifles and pistols are prohibited.
Wildlife Area
(46)
San Pablo Bay
Rifles and pistols are prohibited.
Wildlife Area
(47)
Santa Rosa Wildlife Area
All firearms, archery equipment, air and gas guns, spear guns, and other propulsive devices are prohibited on the portion of the area that lies within Fish and Game Refuge 4D (see Fish and Game Code Section 10837).
(48)
South Spit
Rifles, pistols, and archery equipment are prohibited.
Wildlife Area
(49)
Sutter Bypass
Rifles and pistols are prohibited.
Wildlife Area
(50)
Truckee River Wildlife Area
Rifles and pistols are prohibited. All firearms and archery equipment are prohibited on the Boca, Polaris and West River units.
(51)
West Hilmar
Rifles and pistols are prohibited.
Wildlife Area
(s) Additional Hunter Opportunities on Type A and Type B Wildlife Areas: Information about the special drawings and big game drawings referred to in this subsection is available at www.wildlife.ca.gov.
AREA
SPECIES
HUNT REQUIREMENTS
(1)
Ash Creek Wildlife Area
Pronghorn antelope
Allowed only with an Apprentice Zone 5 -- Big Valley tag available through the big game drawing.
(2)
Butte Valley
Pronghorn antelope Wildlife Area
Allowed only with an apprentice tag available through the big game drawing.
(3)
Gray Lodge
Deer
Allowed only with a G-12 deer tag available through
Wildlife Area
the big game drawing.
(4)
Gray Lodge Wildlife Area
Quail and rabbit
Allowed only on waterfowl shoot days during the pheasant season.
(5)
Gray Lodge
Turkey
Allowed only through a special drawing during
Wildlife
Area the spring season.
(6)
Grizzly Island
Tule elk
Allowed only with an elk tag available through
Wildlife Area
the big game drawing. Methods of take for big game are authorized per Section 353 of these regulations.
(7)
Grizzly Island Wildlife Area (Crescent and Grizzly Island Units)
Rabbit
Allowed daily in July and on waterfowl shoot days during the pheasant season.
(8)
Grizzly Island Wildlife Area
Wild pig
Allowed only with an entry permit obtained through a special drawing. Only shotguns with slugs and archery equipment are authorized. Rifles and pistols are prohibited.
(9)
Honey Lake
Quail and rabbit
Allowed only on waterfowl shoot days that occur
Wildlife Area
during the pheasant season.
(10)
Imperial
Quail
Allowed only on pheasant hunt days.
Wildlife Area
(11)
Imperial Wildlife Area (Wister Unit)
Rabbit
Allowed daily during the rabbit season except during the waterfowl season, when rabbits may be taken only on pheasant hunt days.
(12)
Imperial Wildlife Area (Wister Unit)
Raccoon
Allowed daily from August 1 through one week before opening of waterfowl season.
(13)
Los Banos Wildlife Area
Raccoon, rabbit, deer, and quail
Self-registration is required for raccoon and rabbit hunting. Raccoon may not be taken during waterfowl season.
A department-issued entry permit is required to hunt deer.
Eurasian collared dove hunting allowed during mourning dove open season.
Snipe hunting allowed only on waterfowl shoot days during the general waterfowl season.
(14)
Mendota Wildlife Area
Raccoon, rabbit, crow, and quail
Self-registration is required. Raccoon may not be taken during waterfowl season.
Eurasian collared dove hunting allowed during mourning dove open season.
Snipe hunting allowed only on waterfowl shoot days during the general waterfowl season.
(15)
North Grasslands Wildlife Area
Raccoon, rabbit, deer, and quail
Self-registration required for raccoon and rabbit. Raccoon may not be taken during waterfowl season. Rabbit may be hunted daily from July 1 through September 15 and from the day after the end of waterfowl season until the end of the rabbit season. During the waterfowl season, rabbit hunting is allowed only on waterfowl hunt days.
A department-issued entry permit is required to hunt deer.
Eurasian collared dove hunting allowed during mourning dove open season.
Snipe hunting allowed only on waterfowl shoot days during the general waterfowl season.
(16)
Shasta Valley
Quail
Self-register at area. Quail shoot days are limited to
Wildlife Area
waterfowl shoot days only.
(17)
Upper Butte Basin Wildlife Area
Rabbit, turkey and quail
Rabbit allowed only during the September dove season, and on waterfowl hunt days during the late dove season.
Turkey allowed by draw during the spring turkey season and during the fall turkey season concurrent with the pheasant season.
Quail allowed during the general season concurrent with pheasant season.
(18)
Upper Butte Basin
Deer
Allowed only with a J-9 apprentice tag
Wildlife Area
available through the big game drawing.
(Little Dry Creek Unit)
(19)
Volta Wildlife Area
Rabbit
Allowed except during waterfowl season. Self-registration required.
(t) Species Restrictions for Hunting on Type C Wildlife Areas: Only the species listed for each of the wildlife areas in the table below may be hunted on those areas.
AREA
SPECIES
(1)
Baldwin Lake
Waterfowl, coot and moorhen only.
(2)
Clifton Court Forebay
Waterfowl, coot and moorhen only.
(3)
Collins Eddy Wildlife Area
Waterfowl, coot, moorhen, and upland game only.
(4)
Eel River Wildlife Area
Waterfowl, coot, snipe, and pheasant only.
(5)
Elk River Wildlife Area
Waterfowl, coot, and snipe only.
(6)
Fay Slough Wildlife Area
Waterfowl, coot, and snipe only.
(7)
Grizzly Island Wildlife Area (Grey Goose Unit)
Waterfowl, snipe, coot, moorhen, and pheasant only on Saturdays, Sundays and Wednesdays and only during open seasons.
(8)
Hollenbeck Canyon Wildlife Area
Crow, coyote, upland game birds, and resident small game only.
(9)
Laguna Wildlife Area
Waterfowl, coot, and moorhen only.
(10)
Lake Earl Wildlife Area
Waterfowl, coot, snipe, and moorhen only.
(11)
Lake Sonoma Wildlife Area
Deer, wild pig, and turkey only. May require a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
(12)
Lower Sherman Island Wildlife Area
Waterfowl, coot, moorhen, pheasant, dove, and rabbit only.
(13)
Mad River Slough Wildlife Area
Waterfowl, coot, and snipe only.
(14)
Miner Slough Wildlife Area
Waterfowl only.
(15)
Moss Landing Wildlife Area
Waterfowl, coot, and moorhen only.
(16)
Napa-Sonoma Marshes Wildlife Area
Waterfowl, coot, moorhen, snipe, rabbit, quail, pheasant, and dove only.
(17)
O'Neill Forebay Wildlife Area
Waterfowl, pheasant, quail, dove, deer, rabbit, and crow only.
Closed to deer hunting except with a department-issued entry permit.
(18)
Perris Reservoir
Waterfowl, coot, moorhen, dove, pheasant, quail, and rabbit only.
(19)
Petaluma Marsh Wildlife Area
Waterfowl, coot, moorhen, and rabbit only.
(20)
Point Edith Wildlife Area
Waterfowl, coot, and moorhen only.
(21)
Rhode Island Wildlife Area
Waterfowl, coot, and moorhen only.
(22)
Sacramento Bypass Wildlife Area
All legal species except big game.
(23)
San Pablo Bay Wildlife Area
Waterfowl, coot, and moorhen only.
(24)
Santa Rosa Wildlife Area
Deer, rabbit, and quail only.
(25)
South Spit Wildlife Area
Waterfowl, coot, and snipe only.
(26)
Tehama Wildlife Area
All legal species, except:
(C) Wild pig only during the G-1 deer season when only persons with a G-1 deer tag and a department-issued entry permit may enter the wildlife area. No dogs permitted.
(27)
West Hilmar Wildlife Area
Waterfowl, quail, dove, pheasant, and rabbit only.
(u) Type A Wildlife Areas Which Allow Archery Equipment During Waterfowl Season per subsection 550(cc)(4):
(v) Shooting Areas. This subsection identifies wildlife areas, pursuant to subsection 550(cc) of these regulations, with designated shooting areas (i.e., ranges) and additional regulations for each designated shooting area:
(2) Oroville Wildlife Area
(3) San Luis Obispo Wildlife Area
(4) Spenceville Wildlife Area
(w) Wildlife Areas That Require a Daily or Annual Lands Pass for Authorized Uses Other than Hunting (Lands Pass): Pursuant to subsection 550(c) and 550.5(c) of these regulations, it shall be unlawful for a visitor to enter any wildlife area, or portion thereof listed in this section, without carrying a valid Lands Pass or a valid hunting, or fishing license on their person. A Lands Pass must be purchased in advance. Information on how to purchase a Lands Pass and exceptions to this requirement are provided in subsection 550.5(c).
(x) Additional Waterfowl Reservation Regulations:
Area
Number of Hunters Per Reservation
Reservation Expires
(1)
Colusa National
Four persons, but not more than two junior
One hour before shoot time.
Wildlife Refuge
hunters or non-shooters.
(2)
Delevan National
Four persons, but not more than two junior
One and one-half hours before shoot time.
Wildlife Refuge
hunters or non-shooters.
(3)
Gray Lodge
Two adults; each adult hunter may bring up
One and one-half hours before shoot time.
Wildlife Area
to two junior hunters or two non-shooters or
one of each.
(4)
Grizzly Island
Two adults; each adult hunter may bring up to
One hour before shoot time.
Wildlife Area
two junior hunters or two non-shooters or one
of each. Reservation numbers are not used at
Grizzly Island to determine the order in which
entry permits are issued.
(5)
Grizzly Island
Two adults; each adult hunter may bring up to
One hour before shoot time.
Wildlife Area
two junior hunters or two non-shooters or one
(Joice Island Unit)
of each.
(6)
Imperial Wildlife Area (Wister Unit)
Six persons, but no more than four adults. Blinds at the Union Tract and Hazard Unit are limited to four individuals. Waterfowl hunters must hunt from within 100 yards of assigned blind sites.
One and one-half hours before shoot time.
(7)
Kern
Two adults; each adult hunter may bring up
One and one-half hours before shoot time.
National Wildlife Refuge
to two junior hunters or two non-shooters or
one of each but may not exceed capacity of
spaced blinds.
(8)
Los Banos
Blinds -- Two persons. Free roam -- Two
One hour before shoot time.
Wildlife Area
adults; each adult hunter may bring up to two
junior hunters or two non-shooters or one of
each.
(9)
Mendota
Two adults; each adult hunter may bring up to
One hour before shoot time.
Wildlife Area
two junior hunters or two non-shooters or one
of each.
(10)
Merced
Two persons in the two-person blinds, three
One and one-half hours before shoot time.
National Wildlife Refuge
persons in the three-person blinds (from 1 to 3
three-person blinds available).
(11)
North Grasslands
Two adults; each adult hunter may bring up
One and one-half hours before shoot time.
Wildlife Area
to two junior hunters or two non-shooters or
(China Island Unit)
one of each. Check in at the Kesterson Unit.
(12)
North Grasslands
Two adults; each adult hunter may bring up
One and one-half hours before shoot time.
Wildlife Area
to two junior hunters or two non-shooters or
(Gadwall Unit)
one of each. Check in at the Salt Slough Unit.
(13)
North Grasslands
Free roam -- two adults; each adult may bring
One hour before shoot time.
Wildlife Area
up to two junior hunters or two non-shooters
(Salt Slough Unit)
or one of each. Zone 13 -- Four blinds; up
to four persons per blind. Field 50 -- One disabled access blind; up to three persons. One general blind -- up to three persons.
(14)
Sacramento
Four persons, but not more than two junior
One and one-half hours before shoot time.
National Wildlife Refuge
hunters or non-shooters.
(15)
San Jacinto
Two adults and two junior hunters.
3:00 a.m. or until last reservation is called.
Wildlife Area
(16)
San Luis
Two adults; each adult hunter may bring
One and one-half hours before shoot time.
National Wildlife Refuge
up to two junior hunters or two non-shooters
(Bear Creek Unit)
or one of each. For East Bear Creek, three
persons per reservation. Check in at the Salt
Slough Unit
(17)
San Luis
Three persons in the three-person blinds.
One and one-half hours before shoot time.
National Wildlife Refuge
Two persons in the two-person blinds.
(Blue Goose Unit)
(18)
San Luis
One boat with up to four people.
3:00 a.m.
National Wildlife Refuge
Check in at Kesterson Unit.
(Freitas North Unit)
(19)
San Luis
One boat with up to four people.
3:00 a.m.
National Wildlife Refuge
Check in at Salt Slough Unit.
(Freitas South Unit)
(20)
San Luis
Three persons in the three-person blinds
One and one-half hours before shoot time.
National Wildlife Refuge
(16 blinds). Two persons in the two-person
(Kesterson Unit)
blinds (15 blinds).
(21)
San Luis
Blinds -- Two persons in the two person
One hour before shoot time.
National Wildlife Refuge
blinds, three persons in the three person
(San Luis Unit)
blinds. Free roam -- two adults; each adult
hunter may bring up two junior hunters or
two non-shooters or one of each.
(22)
Sutter
Four persons, but not more than two junior
One hour before shoot time.
National Wildlife Refuge
hunters or non-shooters.
(23)
Upper Butte Basin Wildlife Area (Howard Slough Unit)
Up to three persons.
One hour before shoot time.
(24)
Upper Butte Basin
Up to three persons.
One hour before shoot time.
Wildlife Area
(Little Dry Creek Unit)
(25)
Upper Butte Basin
Up to three persons.
One and one-half hours before shoot time.
Wildlife Area
(Llano Seco Unit)
(26)
Volta
Two adults; each adult hunter may bring
One hour before shoot time.
Wildlife Area
up to two junior hunters or two non-shooters
or one of each.
(27)
Yolo Bypass
Blinds -- up to four hunters. Free
One and one-half hours before shoot time.
Wildlife Area
roam -- two adults; each adult hunter
may bring up to two junior hunters or
two non-shooters or one of each.
(y) Fishing Regulations on Wildlife Areas pursuant to subsections 550(c)(2)(C) and 550(h) of these regulations:
The property-specific fishing regulations in this subsection are in addition to the general regulations regarding fishing and the hours of operation of department lands located in Section 550 of these regulations.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 200, 203, 205, 355, 1050, 1530, 1745, 1764, 1765, 3003.1, 3039, 4001, 4004, 4150 and 10504, Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections 355, 711, 713, 1050, 1055.3, 1301, 1526, 1528, 1530, 1745, 1761, 1764, 1765, 2006 and 10504, Fish and Game Code; Sections 5003 and 5010, Public Resources Code; and Sections 25455, 26150 and 26155, Penal Code.
1. Repealer and new section filed 10-8-93; operative 10-8-93 pursuant to section 202 and 215, Fish and Game Code (Register 93, No. 41). For prior history, see Register 92, No. 43.
2. Amendment of section and Note filed 10-5-94; operative 11-4-94 (Register 94, No. 40).
3. Amendment filed 9-12-95; operative 9-12-95 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(d) (Register 95, No. 37).
4. Editorial correction adding inadvertently omitted subsection (q)(51)(B)5. (Register 96, No. 40).
5. Amendment of section and Note filed 10-1-96; operative 10-1-96 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(d) (Register 96, No. 40).
6. Amendment filed 10-3-97; operative 10-3-97 pursuant to Fish and Game Code sections 202 and 215 (Register 97, No. 40).
7. Amendment of subsection (q)(13)(D), subsection renumbering, and amendment of newly designated subsection (d)(2) filed 2-5-98; operative 3-1-98 pursuant to Fish and Game Code sections 202 and 215 (Register 98, No. 6).
8. Amendment of subsections (j)(2), (j)(4)-(5) and multiple subparts of subsection (q) filed 10-16-98; operative 10-16-98 pursuant to Fish and Game Code sections 202 and 215 (Register 98, No. 42).
9. Amendment of subsections (g)(2), (g)(4), (h)(3), (j)(4), (m) and multiple parts of subsection (q) and amendment of Note filed 10-6-99; operative 10-6-99 pursuant to Fish and Game Code sections 202 and 215 (Register 99, No. 41).
10. New subsection (l)(4), amendment of subsections (q), (q)(1)(A) and (q)(2)(D), repealer of subsections (q)(18)-(q)(18)(E), subsection renumbering, amendment of newly designated subsections (q)(25)(E) and (q)(35)(D) and new subsection (q)(38)(F) filed 9-28-2000; operative 9-28-2000 pursuant to Fish and Game Code section 215 (Register 2000, No. 39).
11. Amendment filed 10-23-2001; operative 10-23-2001 pursuant to Fish and Game Code sections 202 and 215 (Register 2001, No. 43).
12. Amendment of subsections (a)(2)(F)-(G), (f), (q), (q)(17)(D)1. and (q)(33)(E), new subsections (q)(35)-(q)(35)(E), subsection renumbering, amendment of newly designated subsections (q)(38)(D), (q)(45)(D), (q)(46)(B) and (D)-(F), (q)(60)(A)1. and 5., (q)(60)(B)1. and 6., (q)(62)(A) and (q)(63)(A)-(B) and (F)-(H), new subsection (q)(65)(F), amendment of newly designated subsections (q)(66)(A), (q)(67)(A), (q)(68)(A) and (D)-(G), and new subsections (q)(71)(A)-(G) filed 9-9-2002; operative 9-9-2002 pursuant to Fish and Game Code sections 202 and 215 (Register 2002, No. 37).
13. Amendment of subsections (h)(2), (i), (j)(5), (o)(3), (q) and (q)(10)(A), repealer of subsection (q)(10)(E), amendment of subsections (q)(11)(E), (q)(13)(E), (q)(15)(D), (q)(23)(A), (q)(23)(D)-(E) and (q)(26)(B)-(C), repealer of subsection (q)(26)(E), amendment of subsections (q)(27)(B), (q)(27)(E) and (q)(28)(D), new subsections (q)(35)-(q)(35)(C), subsection renumbering, amendment of newly designated subsections (q)(37)(C) and (q)(38)(B), repealer of newly designated subsection (q)(38)(E), amendment of newly designated subsections (q)(44)(B), (q)(44)(D)-(E), (q)(46)(D), (q)(47)(B), (q)(47)(F), (q)(61)(A)5., (q)(61)(B)6., (q)(63)(G), (q)(66)(E), (q)(67)(F), (q)(68)(F), (q)(75)(A) and (q)(75)(E), redesignation of former subsections (q)(75)(A)-(G) as new subsections (q)(76)(A)-(A)(7) and new subsections (q)(76)(B)-(B)11. and amendment of Note filed 11-4-2004; operative 11-4-2004 pursuant to Fish and Game Code section 215 (Register 2004, No. 45).
14. Change without regulatory effect amending subsections (g)(2), (g)(4) and (j)(2) filed 5-10-2005 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2005, No. 19).
15. Amendment of subsection (e), repealer and new subsections (g)-(g)(4) and (j)(2), new subsections (j)(2)(A)-(D) and amendment of subsection (q) -- San Luis Obispo Wildlife Area and (q)(59)(E) filed 8-4-2006; operative 8-4-2006 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2006, No. 31).
16. Editorial correction removing duplicate subsections (g)(2)-(4) (Register 2006, No. 44).
17. New subsections (a)(2)(F) and (a)(2)(I), subsection relettering, amendment of subsection (b)(3), new subsection (b)(4), subsection renumbering, amendment of subsection (h)(3), and amendment of subsection (q) and its subsections filed 11-7-2007; operative 12-7-2007 (Register 2007, No. 45).
18. Amendment of subsection (j)(2) filed 12-14-2007; operative 1-13-2008 (Register 2007, No. 50).
19. Amendment of subsections (q)(1)(B), (q)(5)(B) and (q)(42)(B) filed 6-20-2008; operative 6-20-2008 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2008, No. 25).
20. Change without regulatory effect amending section heading and section filed 10-29-2009 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2009, No. 44).
21. Amendment of section heading, repealer and new section and amendment of Note filed 8-11-2014; operative 8-11-2014 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(4)(A) (Register 2014, No. 33).
22. Amendment of section and Note filed 3-17-2017; operative 3-17-2017 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2017, No. 11).
23. Amendment of section and Note filed 7-10-2020; operative 7-10-2020 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2020, No. 28). (Filing deadline specified in Government Code section 11349.3(a) extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20 and an additional 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-66-20.)
24. Amendment of section and Note filed 6-7-2024; operative 7-1-2024 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2024, No. 23).