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Units / California / Hunt zone A16

Zone X9a Archery Hunt · Hunt zone A16 · California

Deer hunt area — its own geography, not the zone with the same number. Public land, access, and deer harvest below are computed for this boundary.

Hunt zone A16Full map — ownership, roads, wind →

Public land

96%

1,194,106 ac of 1,245,692 ac

Landlocked public

2,226 ac

public you can't legally reach

>1 mi from a road

19%

of public · 225,133 ac

Walk-in access

1,726 ac

private land opened to hunting

Deer · 2024

48.3% success

no district-level hunter estimate published

14 bucks (bucks only)

Deer hunter success · 2021–2024 · 66% → 48%

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California deer draw odds — 1 hunt here

30 tags drawn on this hunt zone last season.

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Terrain — this boundary, not the zone’s

Elevation4,080–13,550 ft
Median elevation7,260 ft
Median slope

Where the ground sits

4,080 ft13,550 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 24%
E 36%
S 20%
W 21%

Share of ground steeper than 5° — flat ground has no facing

North slopes hold shade, cover and snow; south slopes open first.

USGS 3DEP 1 arc-second (30 m), slope at native resolution in a local metric projection, sampled on a 200 m grid. See the code →

Nearby deer hunt zones

Round Valley Late Season Buck Hunt · Hunt zone G39 · 96% publicRound Valley Apprentice Buck Hunt · Hunt zone J12 · 96% publicZone X12 Archery Hunt · Hunt zone A20 · 87% publicD-7 Late Season Buck Hunt · Hunt zone G40 · 41% public

Boundaries from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife deer hunt-area layer; ownership from USGS PAD-US; access from the state walk-in program; roads from OSM + MVUM. Same open formulas as every unit page — the methodology is published and the code is open.