California Outdoors Q&A

Question: I went hunting with my brother-in-law recently. He was hunting for bear and I was hunting for mountain quail and gray squirrels. He had a bear tag and I didn't. Fortunately, he was lucky enough to shoot a nice one that was about 200-250 lbs. We were unable at the time to take the whole bear home so he decapitated the bear, stuffed the...
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Question: I am a resident of Northern California and have been an avid "crabber" for quite a while. For a new adventure I'd like to take up "shrimping" but need some information on where to go, when to go and how to catch shrimp. Is it legal to recreationally catch shrimp? If so, what are the seasons and bag limits? Is there still a...
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