Thank you for visiting CDFW's Tree Squirrel and Rabbit Harvest Survey. You have been randomly selected to complete this survey because you purchased a CDFW hunting license during the 2023-2024 license year. Please complete this survey, whether you hunted small game or not. The information you provide is kept confidential by the Department and will be used only for the purpose of estimating harvest and hunter effort for small game mammals in California.
The following small game mammal species are included in this survey:
- Tree Squirrel
- Cottontail
- Jackrabbit
Instructions
Step 1: Enter your GO ID, a unique 10-digit number printed on your hunting license. This will ensure that a single response is recorded for those participants that have been randomly selected in the survey sample. Your responses will remain anonymous.
Step 2: Did you hunt?
Tell us whether you hunted in license year 2023/2024 (July 2023 to June 2024). If you answer 'No', you'll jump to the end of the survey where you can 'Submit' your response.
Step 3: Provide your harvest information:
If you answered 'Yes' in Step 2, continue the survey. CDFW is collecting harvest information by species and county. Providing your total harvest by county allows CDFW to have a better understanding of the distribution of harvest for each species throughout the state. For each species/county combination, enter the number you harvested by county, and the number of days hunted. If you hunted a species in multiple counties, use the subsequent entries to provide the information. Include small game opportunistically harvested while on hunting trips for other types of game. Please include small game that you hunted even if you were unsuccessful; this will improve our estimation of hunter effort.
Example: If you hunted Tree Squirrel in Inyo County for 2 days, Tree Squirrel in Kern County for one day, and Jackrabbit in Kern County, you would make three entries, like so:
Species/County Entry 1
Species: Tree Squirrel
County: Inyo
Number of Days Hunted: 2
Number Harvested: 2
Species/County Entry 2
Species: Tree Squirrel
County: Kern
Number of Days Hunted: 1
Number Harvested: 1
Species/County Entry 3
Species: Wild Jackrabbit
County: Kern
Number of Days Hunted: 3
Number Harvested: 2