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

50% public

Mostly public (90%+)

3 Zones

Most public land

Zone D17 — 7,543,600 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	60%	7,543,600 ac	139,584 ac	32%	0.0–7.5k ft
Zone D12	55%	2,940,108 ac	64,632 ac	34%	-0.2–5.7k ft
South Unit (110) · Zone A-SouthSouth Unit (110)	13%	2,217,430 ac	77,094 ac	31%	-0.1–6.7k ft
Zone X9c	36%	2,026,849 ac	32,871 ac	23%	-0.3–14.0k ft
Zone B2	75%	1,844,383 ac	18,775 ac	29%	0.2–8.9k ft
Zone B1	44%	1,737,569 ac	13,408 ac	20%	0.0–7.4k ft
Zone D7	51%	1,239,394 ac	2,841 ac	42%	0.2–13.8k ft
Zone X9a	92%	1,143,413 ac	2,226 ac	17%	4.1–13.5k ft
Zone X1	60%	1,111,323 ac	9,382 ac	6%	2.7–14.1k ft
Zone D8	27%	989,157 ac	13,459 ac	27%	0.2–14.1k ft
Zone D6	30%	960,922 ac	7,083 ac	20%	0.0–12.7k ft
Zone D3	39%	932,403 ac	13,769 ac	2%	0.0–8.5k ft
Zone D16	31%	883,731 ac	13,398 ac	14%	-0.2–6.4k ft
Zone D5	29%	881,084 ac	17,716 ac	17%	0.0–10.0k ft
Zone B6	62%	853,439 ac	7,444 ac	28%	0.5–8.2k ft
Zone X2	75%	776,626 ac	11,321 ac	6%	4.0–6.0k ft
Zone C4	31%	771,769 ac	15,920 ac	9%	0.1–10.2k ft
Zone D11	45%	734,098 ac	4,351 ac	18%	0.1–10.0k ft
North Unit (160) · Zone A-NorthNorth Unit (160)	12%	701,767 ac	48,460 ac	12%	-0.2–6.1k ft
Zone D14	57%	626,151 ac	7,406 ac	15%	0.9–11.4k ft
Zone X3b	63%	622,674 ac	3,067 ac	15%	4.4–9.9k ft
Zone X10	96%	578,295 ac	98 ac	55%	2.5–12.7k ft
Zone X12	87%	572,301 ac	2,586 ac	21%	5.0–12.2k ft
Zone D19	32%	551,188 ac	119,796 ac	46%	-0.2–10.7k ft
Zone D13	62%	521,573 ac	4,350 ac	38%	0.4–8.8k ft
Zone X3a	53%	520,023 ac	4,970 ac	6%	3.5–7.3k ft
Zone X9b	98%	466,480 ac	160 ac	32%	3.6–14.5k ft
Zone D9	48%	449,067 ac	13,165 ac	10%	0.4–8.4k ft
Zone X4	62%	439,532 ac	3,826 ac	5%	2.7–7.6k ft
Zone X5b	73%	439,030 ac	1,991 ac	34%	4.0–7.9k ft
Zone X6a	50%	394,600 ac	2,560 ac	0%	2.9–8.3k ft
Zone D4	24%	344,089 ac	4,512 ac	12%	0.0–8.9k ft
Zone X6b	77%	340,051 ac	1,684 ac	1%	3.7–8.3k ft
Zone B5	25%	325,572 ac	21,417 ac	31%	0.2–8.1k ft
Zone X8	90%	298,650 ac	702 ac	36%	4.8–11.4k ft
Zone C2	50%	293,547 ac	21,877 ac	16%	1.0–6.2k ft
Zone B3	42%	281,638 ac	2,713 ac	7%	0.1–7.3k ft
Zone X7a	57%	255,699 ac	3,034 ac	2%	4.3–9.1k ft
Zone X5a	73%	254,832 ac	369 ac	21%	4.0–7.9k ft
Zone D15	8%	169,382 ac	5,038 ac	17%	0.0–5.6k ft
Zone C3	18%	154,674 ac	3,077 ac	9%	0.3–8.6k ft
Zone C1	24%	142,861 ac	11,072 ac	4%	2.1–8.2k ft
Zone X7b	60%	128,240 ac	2,474 ac	3%	4.9–8.9k ft
Zone B4	13%	76,567 ac	1,940 ac	28%	0.0–4.0k ft
Zone D10	3%	22,278 ac	8,091 ac	10%	0.3–7.9k ft