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Heads up to our furry friends...

I typically want to know who's out shooting things when I go hiking so I thought I'd put together my understanding of the deer and bear hunting season for the San Gabriels. The accuracy of this data is limited to my limited abilities to read hunting regulations. Please correct or add to this if you want.

San Gabriel Mountains are for the most part in Zone D-11, I think.

Deer
Deer Archery Hunt: 9/3 thru 9/25
Deer Area-Specific Archery Hunt A-31: 9/24 thru 12/31

Deer General Season: 10/8 thru 11/6
Deer Additional Hunt J-13: 11/19 thru 11/27

Bear
Bear Archery: 8/20 thru 9/11

Bear General Season: 10/8 thru 12/25 or 1700 kills statewide

Year round for taggers and tree carvers.

PackerGreg wrote: ↑Year round for taggers and tree carvers.

Is there a bag limit, or is it just catch-beat 'em sensless-release?


Haven't looked at the regs in a while, but I'm pretty sure the archers' deer hunting season extends into the gun hunting season.

atomicoyote wrote: ↑Haven't looked at the regs in a while, but I'm pretty sure the archers' deer hunting season extends into the gun hunting season.

Yes, the Area-specific archery hunt A-31 extends all the way from 9/24 to 12/31. Much longer than gun hunting season.

Excellent post, HikeUp.

Zone boundary map


Maps of individual zones

Map of Zone D-11 (San Gabriel Mountains)

HJ

Thanks for adding the links HJ.

Note that if you are outside of Zone D-11 then the dates I listed may be incorrect.

HikeUp wrote: ↑ San Gabriel Mountains are for the most part in Zone D-11, I think.

Deer
Deer General Season: 10/8 thru 11/6
Deer Additional Hunt J-13: 11/19 thru 11/27

Bear
Bear General Season: 10/8 thru 12/25 or 1700 kills statewide

Yes, we're in D11.

I came up with the same dates for general (rifle) deer season. Bear general season looks like it's also upon us.

That "additional" hunt says it's an apprentice hunt. What the heck is an apprentice hunt? Is that when dad grabs junior and teaches him to hunt?

HJ