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Units / California / Hunt zone J21

East Tehama Apprentice Either-Sex Deer Hunt · Hunt zone J21 · 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 J21Full map — ownership, roads, wind →

Public land

34%

319,469 ac of 927,861 ac

Landlocked public

8,938 ac

public you can't legally reach

>1 mi from a road

17%

of public · 53,572 ac

Walk-in access

45,738 ac

private land opened to hunting

Deer · 2024

63% success

no district-level hunter estimate published

10 bucks · 20 does

Deer hunter success · 2021–2024 · 62% → 63%

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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

Elevation140–9,110 ft
Median elevation1,760 ft
Median slope

Where the ground sits

140 ft9,110 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 25%
E 16%
S 30%
W 29%

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

Tehama Wildlife Area Apprentice Buck Hunt · Hunt zone J3 · 100% publicLate Season Buck Hunt for Zone C4 · Hunt zone G1 · 38% publicC Zones Archery Only Hunt (C1) · Hunt zone A1 · 34% publicZone X4 Archery Hunt · Hunt zone A7 · 62% 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.