Hunting Articles

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is teaming up with Reed’s Indoor Range in Santa Clara to offer a Spanish-language Hunter Education Course later this month. To obtain a hunting license in California, new hunters must pass a Hunter Education Course. CDFW’s Hunter Education Program and Reed’s Indoor Range will offer a two-day course in Spanish on the weekend...
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The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW ( http://www.wildlife.ca.gov/ ) ) has suspended the lands pass requirement at some state locations in response to a request from other state agencies. The lands pass requirement is suspended indefinitely at the following CDFW properties: * Batiquitos Lagoon Ecological Reserve * Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve * Buena Vista Lagoon Ecological Reserve * Crescent City Marsh Wildlife Area * Eel River...
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Question: My son is asking me to take him out on the special youth waterfowl hunt next weekend. We have everything we need like waders, camo, shotguns and so forth. But I don’t have reservations anywhere and we don’t have access to a duck club. What are my public waterfowl hunting options? I want to make it a good experience for...
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The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is planning to capture numerous elk in northern California in late January and early February. From Jan. 31 through Feb. 4, CDFW will capture as many as 43 adult Rocky Mountain elk (nine bulls and 34 cows) in Lassen, Modoc and Siskiyou counties in northeastern California. From Feb. 6 through Feb. 8, CDFW...
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The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is offering wild pig hunting opportunities in March and April at the Grizzly Island Wildlife Area in Solano County. CDFW will be holding the limited-entry, permit-only hunts to control a small population of wild pigs on the Joice Island Unit of the Grizzly Island Wildlife Area. Joice Island is a 2,150-acre wetland area...
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