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Units / California / Hunt zone A30

Covelo Archery Buck Hunt · Hunt zone A30 · 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 A30Full map — ownership, roads, wind →

Public land

36%

277,709 ac of 773,274 ac

Landlocked public

6,896 ac

public you can't legally reach

>1 mi from a road

14%

of public · 38,469 ac

Deer · 2024

45.9% success

no district-level hunter estimate published

17 bucks (bucks only)

Deer hunter success · 2021–2024 · 39% → 46%

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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

Elevation450–6,900 ft
Median elevation2,570 ft
Median slope18°

Where the ground sits

450 ft6,900 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 24%
E 24%
S 25%
W 28%

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

Northwestern California Muzzleloading Rifle Buck Hunt · Hunt zone M11 · 48% publicLake Sonoma Apprentice Either-Sex Deer Hunt · Hunt zone J1 · 87% publicLake Sonoma Archery Either-Sex Deer Hunt · Hunt zone A25 · 87% publicTehama Wildlife Area Apprentice Buck Hunt · Hunt zone J3 · 100% public

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