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Units / California / Hunt zone A17

Zone X9b Archery Hunt · Hunt zone A17 · 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 A17Full map — ownership, roads, wind →

Public land

99%

467,721 ac of 474,521 ac

Landlocked public

160 ac

public you can't legally reach

>1 mi from a road

32%

of public · 149,855 ac

Walk-in access

93 ac

private land opened to hunting

Deer · 2024

3.8% success

no district-level hunter estimate published

8 bucks (bucks only)

Deer hunter success · 2021–2024 · 8% → 4%

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California deer draw odds — 1 hunt here

210 tags drawn on this hunt zone last season.

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Terrain — this boundary, not the zone’s

Elevation3,620–14,470 ft
Median elevation6,990 ft
Median slope15°

Where the ground sits

3,620 ft14,470 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 30%
E 46%
S 15%
W 9%

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

Goodale Buck Hunt · Hunt zone G3 · 99% publicRound Valley Apprentice Buck Hunt · Hunt zone J12 · 96% publicRound Valley Late Season Buck Hunt · Hunt zone G39 · 96% publicZone X9c Archery Hunt · Hunt zone A18 · 91% 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.