"Protecting and manging deer winter range at Antelope Valley Wildlife Area"
by Ronald. D. Rogers © 1999
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Antelope Valley Wildlife Area - Sierra County

Location: Sierra County - between Sierraville and Loyalton.

Phone Number: (916) 358-2900

Maps: Directional Map (PDF)

Topographic Maps: Antelope Valley WA    Antelope Valley Unit    Merry Go Round Unit

Description: This 5,616 acre wildlife area is largely covered by sagebrush interspersed with rabbit brush and bitterbrush. The upper slopes are populated by Jeffrey pine, juniper, mountain mahogany, and chaparral plants. It is considered prime deer winter range. Common game species include Rocky Mountain mule deer, coyote and mountain quail. Other common species include the golden mantled ground squirrel, Beechey ground squirrel, red-tailed hawk, Cooper's hawk, Stellar's jay, leopard frog and rattlesnake.

Access: Type C area
Antelope Valley Unit: County Road 855 (Antelope Valley Road) south of Highway 49.
Merry-Go-Round Unit: directly off of Highway 49, west of Antelope Valley Road.

Recreational Use

• Area is open for hiking, camping, hunting and trapping.
• Hunting is allowed only from July 1 through January 31 for all legal species.
• Camping is allowed only from May 1 through October 31.
• Trailers, off-road vehicle use and firewood cutting are prohibited.

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 Fish and Game offices and places where licenses are sold.

Facilities: None

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