California Desert Bighorns

[Huntin' Fool]

2019 BIGHORN SHEEP TAG DRAWING STATISTICS

Hunt Code	Hunt Tag Description	Tag Quota	Preference Point Quota	Random Quota	Total Applicants	Maximum Point Applicants
599	PREFERENCE POINT ONLY - SHEEP	0	0	0	5,641	263
501	ZONE 1 - MARBLE/CLIPPER MOUNTAINS - GENERAL METHOD - RAM	5	4	1	2,573	337
503	ZONE 3 - CLARK AND KINGSTON MOUNTAIN RANGES - GENERAL METHOD - RAM	4	3	1	1,582	235
504	ZONE 4 - OROCOPIA MOUNTAINS - GENERAL METHOD - RAM	1	0	1	1,123	57
507	ZONE 7 - WHITE MOUNTAINS - GENERAL METHOD - RAM	6	5	1	2,026	128
508	ZONE 8 - SOUTH BRISTOL MOUNTAINS - GENERAL METHOD - RAM	2	1	1	650	30
509	ZONE 9 - CADY MOUNTAINS - GENERAL METHOD - RAM	2	1	1	1,136	132
510	ZONE 10 - NEWBERRY, RODMAN AND ORD MOUNTAINS - GENERAL METHOD - RAM	6	5	1	2,537	593

2020 PROPOSED* BIGHORN SHEEP HUNTS
*Subject to final approval by the California Fish and Game Commission on April 16, 2020. For more information on approved tag quotas and season dates, please contact your nearest CDFW license sales office after April 20, 2020; or go online at www.wildlife.ca.gov/Hunting/Bighorn-Sheep.

Hunt Code	Hunt Name	2019 Hunter Success (%)	2020 Tag Quota	2020 Hunt Dates
599	Preference Point Only - Sheep	Enter this hunt code to earn a point only, applications must be submitted before midnight on June 2, 2020.
501	Zone 1 - Marble/Clipper Mountains	80	5	Dec 5 - Feb 7
502	Zone 2 - Old Dad/Kelso Peak Mountains	-	1	Dec 5 - Feb 7
503	Zone 3 - Clark and Kingston Mountain Ranges	100	4	Dec 5 - Feb 7
504	Zone 4 - Orocopia Mountains	100	1	Dec 5 - Feb 7
505	Zone 5 - San Gorgonio Mountains	-	0	-
506	Zone 6 - Sheep Hole Mountains	-	0	-
507	Zone 7 - White Mountains	100	6	Aug 15 - Sep 27
508	Zone 8 - South Bristol Mountains	100	2	Dec 5 - Feb 7
509	Zone 9 - Cady Mountains	100	2	Dec 5 - Feb 7
510	Zone 10 - Newberry, Rodman and Ord Mountains	100	6	Dec 5 - Feb 7
501, 502, 503, 504 Vehicle access is limited to designated routes. 505 Access extremely difficult. Travel by horseback recommended. Access fees may be required on private land. 506 Extremely rugged terrain. Vehicle access very limited. 507 Extremely rugged terrain at very high elevations. Altitude sickness has affected previous hunters. Physical condition should be above average. Vehicle access limited to none (760) 872-6585. 508, 509 and 510 Vehicle access limited to designated routes.

54 2020 CALIFORNIA BIG GAME HUNTING DIGEST

 

[Huntin' Fool]

I have max points - I'm 62, if I live long enough and they don't change the draw, I'll draw a tag. Anybody else out there have max points?

 

[bigjohn]

I think you will draw! My moto when I was at max in Arizona was, "Don't die and don't forget to apply". Come to think of it, it still is! Good luck!

 

[ZMT588]

Crazy the number applicants that have max points!

 

[Huntin' Fool]

18 years of the point system in California. It is working for the deer draws. For the once in a lifetime hunts of elk and sheep you nearly must have max points to draw a tag. First few years there were 5000 max points for sheep. Now under 2000 and dropping by about 200 a year.

 

[BucksnDucks]

Are you a non resident? I'm not sure if sheep is done differently than deer If so is it a separate draw for non res?

 

[Huntin' Fool]

Have a life time hunting license and deer tag bought when I lived in Calif. - same draw. Me and 2 partners cashed in our max points for deer and hunted G6, 4 years ago. I sold my house, lived in Colfax, and moved back to Idaho in '06. Until '07 non res couldn't put in for elk. For elk I have max points minus 1. In 10 years the max points will have all drawn then I'll have a chance at a Tule elk tag.

 

[Bigjav]

Looking at the big game drawing booklet that fish and game... excuse me fish and wildlife, puts out you’d think that CA is full of desert big horns. It looks like every successful sheep hunters pic is in the pamphlet