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Tehama Wildlife Area - Tehama County
The symbols above are activities permitted on this Wildlife Area. Click for more info.
Location: Tehama County, 3 miles south of the town of Payne's Creek
Phone Number: (530) 597-2201
Map: Directional Map (PDF) Hunting Map (PDF)
Description: 46,862 acres of oak woodland, grassland and chaparral. There are also rugged canyons throughout the area. This area is a winter range for black-tailed deer. Wild pigs and turkeys are also found here.
Update on Antelope Creek Bridge
Construction is scheduled to resume on the Antelope Creek Bridge on March 19, 2012.
The gate on Ishi Rd., adjacent to Hogsback Rd., will be closed at 8am March 19, 2012.
Gates located at Grecian Bend, off Hogsback Rd., Cottonwood Jeep Trail, Pelegran Jeep Trail and Grapevine Jeep trail will also remain closed.
Updates will be posted on this website. Thanks for your patience during this important project.
Access: From Red Bluff go northeast approximately 20 miles on Highway 36; at Payne's Creek turn right on Plum Creek Road; travel 3 miles to the Wildlife Area.
Description: 46,850 acres of grassland, oak woodland, and chaparral in rugged canyons throughout the area. This area is a winter range for black-tailed deer. Wild pigs and turkeys are also found here.
Recreational Use: Type C Wildlife Area
- Camping, fishing, birdwatching, and wildlife viewing are permitted. Among the birds that may be seen are bald and golden eagles, prairie and peregrine falcons, and other birds of prey.
Hunting: permitted for all legal species, except for wild pig which may only be taken during the G-1 deer season with special access permit
Facilities: Restrooms, camping
PLEASE NOTE: Area regulations are subject to change. Special restrictions on recreational uses, hunt days and methods of take are listed in the current year's issue of Hunting and Other Public Uses on State and Federal Areas, available at DFG offices and places where licenses are sold.
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