Game Management Programs
Special Announcements
- Waterfowl Reservation Drawing Results
- 2009 Fund-Raising Auction Tags
- Avian Influenza
- 2008/09 Waterfowl Hunt Results on Public Hunt Areas
- Bear Harvest Number to Date
- Fire Closure Information
Other DFG Programs
- Resource Assessment
- California Endangered Species Act (CESA)
- Environmental Review & Species Take Permits
- Nongame Wildlife Program
- Biogeographic Information & Observation System (BIOS)
DFG Hunting Program
1812 9th Street
Sacramento, CA 95811
Deer Program Links
- Back to Deer Program
- Big Game Hunting Booklet
- Current Year Season Dates, Quotas, Regulations
- Zone Maps and General Zone Information
- Deer Harvest Information
- Related Links and Additional Information
- Current Issues of Concern
- Private Lands Management
- Publications
- Population Information
- Application for Cooperative Deer Hunting Area Permit (PDF)
Deer Management Program - Publications
- North American Mule Deer Conservation Plan
- Habitat Guidelines for Mule Deer - California Woodland Chaparral Ecoregion
- Habitat Guidelines for Mule Deer - Southwest Deserts Ecoregion
- A Gardener's Guide to Preventing Deer Damage. (PDF)
- A Sportsman's Guide to Improving Deer Habitat in California
- An Assessment of Mule and Black-tailed Deer Habitats and Populations in California
- California Wildlife Conservation Bulletin No. 11
- Does Deer Habitat Management Have A Place In the New Emphasis on “Ecosystem Management”?
- Guide to Hunting Deer in California (PDF)
- Tracks Magazine