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Units / California / Hunt zone A20

Zone X12 Archery Hunt · Hunt zone A20 · 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 A20Full map — ownership, roads, wind →

Public land

87%

576,932 ac of 659,893 ac

Landlocked public

2,586 ac

public you can't legally reach

>1 mi from a road

21%

of public · 119,975 ac

Walk-in access

19,077 ac

private land opened to hunting

Deer · 2024

26.3% success

no district-level hunter estimate published

10 bucks (bucks only)

Deer hunter success · 2021–2024 · 38% → 26%

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California deer draw odds — 1 hunt here

40 tags drawn on this hunt zone last season.

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Terrain — this boundary, not the zone’s

Elevation4,990–12,240 ft
Median elevation7,980 ft
Median slope13°

Where the ground sits

4,990 ft12,240 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 25%
E 29%
S 22%
W 24%

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

Carson River Apprentice Either-Sex Deer Hunt · Hunt zone J7 · 91% publicZone X8 Archery Hunt · Hunt zone A15 · 91% publicZone X9a Archery Hunt · Hunt zone A16 · 96% publicAnderson Flat Apprentice Buck Hunt · Hunt zone J15 · 94% 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.