Unit research / California

California zones — hunting zones map

California divides hunting into deer hunt zones; this page lists every one. All 45 zones we cover, ranked by public acres. Every number is computed from primary government data by the open pipeline — nothing is estimated and nothing is bought.

zones covered

Typical unit is

59% public

Mostly public (90%+)

5 Zones

Most public land

Zone D17 — 7,870,928 ac

With landlocked public

45 of 45

With walk-in access

40 of 45

Draw odds for Bighorn sheep, Deer, Elk and Pronghorn, plus how the California draw works.

Zone	Public	Public acres	Landlocked	Remote	Elevation
Zone D17	63%	7,870,928 ac	140,633 ac	33%	0.0–7.5k ft
Zone X9c	91%	5,054,055 ac	32,962 ac	47%	-0.3–14.0k ft
Zone D12	71%	3,775,496 ac	64,906 ac	40%	-0.2–5.7k ft
Zone A-South	20%	3,476,620 ac	86,354 ac	24%	-0.1–6.7k ft
Zone B1	48%	1,908,223 ac	13,870 ac	19%	0.0–7.4k ft
Zone B2	75%	1,850,805 ac	18,775 ac	29%	0.2–8.9k ft
Zone D8	47%	1,760,305 ac	13,459 ac	53%	0.2–14.1k ft
Zone D6	55%	1,754,714 ac	7,093 ac	45%	0.0–12.7k ft
Zone D16	50%	1,431,901 ac	15,919 ac	16%	-0.2–6.4k ft
Zone D7	57%	1,371,899 ac	2,841 ac	46%	0.2–13.8k ft
Zone X9a	96%	1,194,106 ac	2,226 ac	19%	4.1–13.5k ft
Zone A-North	20%	1,170,760 ac	49,245 ac	9%	-0.2–6.1k ft
Zone X1	63%	1,170,450 ac	15,889 ac	8%	2.7–14.1k ft
Zone D19	63%	1,087,721 ac	123,497 ac	45%	-0.2–10.7k ft
Zone D3	41%	994,187 ac	14,238 ac	2%	0.0–8.5k ft
Zone D5	31%	954,135 ac	17,744 ac	16%	0.0–10.0k ft
Zone C4	38%	940,310 ac	15,951 ac	15%	0.1–10.2k ft
Zone B6	63%	858,892 ac	7,444 ac	28%	0.5–8.2k ft
Zone D11	50%	810,178 ac	4,360 ac	16%	0.1–10.0k ft
Zone X2	75%	776,663 ac	11,321 ac	6%	4.0–6.0k ft
Zone D14	63%	682,243 ac	7,406 ac	15%	0.9–11.4k ft
Zone D13	77%	639,122 ac	4,350 ac	33%	0.4–8.8k ft
Zone X3b	63%	622,833 ac	3,067 ac	15%	4.4–9.9k ft
Zone X10	96%	578,447 ac	98 ac	55%	2.5–12.7k ft
Zone X12	87%	576,932 ac	2,586 ac	21%	5.0–12.2k ft
Zone D9	59%	546,314 ac	18,354 ac	8%	0.4–8.4k ft
Zone X3a	53%	520,384 ac	4,970 ac	6%	3.5–7.3k ft
Zone X9b	99%	467,721 ac	160 ac	32%	3.6–14.5k ft
Zone D15	22%	454,565 ac	5,343 ac	8%	0.0–5.6k ft
Zone X4	62%	441,804 ac	3,826 ac	5%	2.7–7.6k ft
Zone X5b	74%	441,429 ac	1,991 ac	34%	4.0–7.9k ft
Zone D4	28%	401,872 ac	4,602 ac	11%	0.0–8.9k ft
Zone X6a	50%	395,635 ac	2,560 ac	0%	2.9–8.3k ft
Zone X6b	77%	340,331 ac	1,684 ac	1%	3.7–8.3k ft
Zone B5	25%	326,490 ac	21,417 ac	31%	0.2–8.1k ft
Zone X8	91%	301,262 ac	887 ac	36%	4.8–11.4k ft
Zone C2	50%	297,030 ac	21,982 ac	16%	1.0–6.2k ft
Zone B3	42%	284,636 ac	2,713 ac	7%	0.1–7.3k ft
Zone X7a	59%	266,585 ac	3,034 ac	2%	4.3–9.1k ft
Zone X5a	74%	255,578 ac	369 ac	21%	4.0–7.9k ft
Zone C3	19%	158,969 ac	3,196 ac	9%	0.3–8.6k ft
Zone C1	25%	149,816 ac	11,072 ac	4%	2.1–8.2k ft
Zone X7b	65%	140,281 ac	2,927 ac	3%	4.9–8.9k ft
Zone B4	23%	138,972 ac	1,980 ac	29%	0.0–4.0k ft
Zone D10	3%	29,743 ac	8,091 ac	8%	0.3–7.9k ft