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Units / California / Hunt zone G6

Kern River Deer Herd Buck Hunt · Hunt zone G6 · 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 G6Full map — ownership, roads, wind →

Public land

95%

285,702 ac of 299,975 ac

Landlocked public

181 ac

public you can't legally reach

>1 mi from a road

14%

of public · 40,753 ac

Walk-in access

2,819 ac

private land opened to hunting

Deer · 2024

52.3% success

no district-level hunter estimate published

23 bucks (bucks only)

Deer hunter success · 2021–2024 · 39% → 52%

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California deer draw odds — 1 hunt here

50 tags drawn on this hunt zone last season.

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Terrain — this boundary, not the zone’s

Elevation2,610–9,950 ft
Median elevation5,960 ft
Median slope19°

Where the ground sits

2,610 ft9,950 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 21%
E 26%
S 26%
W 26%

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

Zone X10 Archery Hunt · Hunt zone A19 · 96% publicX10 Late Season Buck Hunt · Hunt zone G38 · 96% publicZone X9c Archery Hunt · Hunt zone A18 · 91% publicGoodale Buck Hunt · Hunt zone G3 · 99% 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.