Elk Hunting

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Seasons
Zones / Hunts
Regulations
Licenses, Tags
Harvest Statistics

2018 Elk Hunting Seasons

Learn more in the Big Game Hunting Digest.

Hunt Code	Hunt Name	Tag Allocations	Season Dates
408	Marble Mountains either-sex (Apprentice Hunt)	2	9/5 - 9/16
409	Northeastern California either-sex (Apprentice Hunt)	2	9/12 - 9/23
484	Cache Creek Period 1 bull (Apprentice Hunt)	1	10/13 - 10/28
464	La Panza Period 1 antlerless (Apprentice Hunt)	1	10/13 - 11/4
466	Grizzly Island Period 1 antlerless (Apprentice Hunt)	3	8/14 - 8/17
469	Grizzly Island Period 2 spike bull (Apprentice Hunt)	2	8/16 - 8/19
353	Grizzly Island Period 3 antlerless (Apprentice Hunt)	3	8/21 - 8/24
354	Grizzly Island Period 4 spike bull (Apprentice Hunt)	2	8/23 - 8/26
411	Northeastern CA Archery either-sex	10	8/29 - 9/9
422	Owens Valley Multiple Zone Archery bull	3	8/11 - 8/19
337	Lone Pine Period 1 Archery antlerless	1	9/8 - 9/23
449	Fort Hunter Liggett Archery only either-sex	3	7/28 - 8/5
450	Fort Hunter Liggett Archery only antlerless	4	11/21 - 11/29
303	Marble Mountains Muzzleloader/Archery either-sex	5	10/27 - 11/4
326	Fort Hunter Liggett Muzzleloader bull	4	12/15 - 12/30
364	Goodale Period 1 Muzzleloader antlerless	1	9/8 - 9/23
367	Independence Period 1 Muzzleloader bull	1	9/8 - 9/23
401	Siskiyou antlerless	20	9/5 - 9/16
300	Siskiyou bull	20	9/5 - 9/16
483	Northwestern California either-sex	3	9/5 - 9/27
355	Northwestern California bull	15	9/5 - 9/27
301	Marble Mountain antlerless	10	9/5 - 9/16
302	Marble Mountain bull	35	9/5 - 9/16
328	Mendocino bull	2	9/19 - 9/30
304	Northeastern CA antlerless	10	11/14 - 11/25
305	Northeastern CA bull	15	9/12 - 9/23
406	Cache Creek Period 1 bull	2	10/13 - 10/28
416	Cache Creek Period 2 antlerless	2	10/20 - 11/4
417	La Panza Period 1 antlerless	5	10/13 - 11/4
419	La Panza Period 1 bull	6	10/13 - 11/4
418	La Panza Period 2 antlerless	6	11/10 - 12/2
420	La Panza Period 2 bull	6	11/10 - 12/2
365	Goodale Period 2 antlerless	1	10/6 - 10/14
366	Goodale Period 3 antlerless	1	10/20 - 10/28
368	Independence Period 2 antlerless	1	10/6 - 10/14
369	Independence Period 2 bull	1	10/6 - 10/14
370	Independence Period 3 antlerless	1	10/20 - 10/28
371	Independence Period 3 bull	1	10/20 - 10/28
372	Independence Period 4 antlerless	1	11/3 - 11/11
495	Lone Pine Period 2 antlerless	1	10/6 - 10/14
486	Lone Pine Period 2 bull	1	10/6 - 10/14
459	Lone Pine Period 3 antlerless	1	10/20 - 10/28
496	Lone Pine Period 3 bull	1	10/20 - 10/28
346	Whitney Period 2 antlerless	1	10/6 - 10/14
433	Grizzly Island Period 1 antlerless	6	8/14 - 8/17
436	Grizzly Island Period 2 antlerless	2	8/16 - 8/19
437	Grizzly Island Period 2 spike bull	4	8/16 - 8/19
439	Grizzly Island Period 3 antlerless	6	8/21 - 8/24
442	Grizzly Island Period 4 antlerless	4	8/23 - 8/26
350	Grizzly Island Period 4 spike bull	2	8/23 - 8/26
443	Grizzly Island Period 5 antlerless	8	8/28 - 8/31
356	Grizzly Island Period 7 antlerless	8	9/4 - 9/7
357	Grizzly Island Period 8 spike bull	6	9/6 - 9/9
358	Grizzly Island Period 9 antlerless	8	9/11 - 9/14
359	Grizzly Island Period 10 bull	3	9/13 - 9/16
360	Grizzly Island Period 11 antlerless	8	9/18 - 9/21
362	Grizzly Island Period 12 bull	3	9/20 - 9/23
363	Grizzly Island Period 13 antlerless	8	9/25 - 9/28
461	East Park Reservoir bull	2	9/1 - 9/27
463	East Park Reservoir antlerless	2	9/1 - 9/27
497	San Luis Reservoir either-sex	5	10/6 - 10/28
329	Bear Valley antlerless	1	10/13 - 10/21
330	Bear Valley bull	2	10/13 - 10/21
331	Lake Pillsbury antlerless	4	9/5 - 9/14
332	Lake Pillsbury bull	2	9/24 - 10/3
-	Multi-Zone Fund Raising bull	1	8/22 - 12/9
-	Grizzly Island Fund Raising bull	1	8/4 - 9/2
-	Owens Valley Fund Raising bull	1	7/28 - 8/26
326**	Fort Hunter Liggett Muzzleloader bull	4	12/15 - 12/30
449**	Fort Hunter Liggett Archery only either-sex	3	7/28 - 8/5
450**	Fort Hunter Liggett Archery only antlerless	4	11/21 - 11/29
	Total Tags Allocated	325

**Military-only hunts

Hunt Zones and Special Hunt Information

2018 Elk Hunt Zones

Hunt availability changes yearly.

Roosevelt Elk Hunts

Rocky Mountain Elk Hunts

Northeastern California

Tule Elk Hunts

Hunts marked with an asterisk * are Owens Valley Hunts.

Roosevelt and Tule Elk Hunts

Mendocino (PDF)

Hunting Regulations

Mammal Hunting

Regulations for taking big and small game mammals, furbearers and nongame

2018-19 Mammal Hunting Regulations
includes regulations for
• hunting small and big game mammals
• trapping furbearers (fox, badger, beaver and raccoon, etc.)
• hunting nongame animals (bobcat, coyote, weasel, etc.)

Effective July 2018

Hunting Licenses and Tags

Hunting License Information
For information on applying for the Elk Tag Drawing, see the Big Game Hunting Digest.

Elk Hunt Statistics by Year

Hunt statistics will be posted below as they become available.

Wildlife Branch - Game Management
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