Thank you for visiting CDFW's Resident Upland Game Bird and Small Game Harvest Survey. You have been randomly selected to complete this survey because you purchased a CDFW upland game bird hunting validation. Please complete this survey, whether you hunted upland game birds 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 upland game birds in California.
The following upland game bird and small game species are included in this survey:
- Mountain quail
- California quail
- Gambel’s quail
- Fall Wild turkey (Fall 2023)*
- Spring Wild turkey (Spring 2024)*
- Ruffed grouse
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White-tailed ptarmigan
- Sooty grouse
- Ring-necked pheasant*
- Chukar*
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Band-tailed pigeon
- Eurasian collared-dove
- White-winged dove
- Mourning dove
- Wilson’s snipe
- Tree Squirrel
- Cottontail
- Jackrabbit
* Note: we are collecting information on wild birds; please do not include those birds harvested on licensed game bird clubs.
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 upland game birds opportunistically harvested while on hunting trips for other types of game. Please include upland game bird species which you hunted even if you were unsuccessful; this will improve our estimation of hunter effort.
Example: If you hunted California quail in Inyo County for 2 days, California quail in Kern County for one day, and wild turkey during the spring season in Kern County, you would make three entries, like so:
Species/County Entry 1
Species: California quail
County: Inyo
Number of Days Hunted: 2
Number Harvested: 2
Species/County Entry 2
Species: California quail
County: Kern
Number of Days Hunted: 1
Number Harvested: 1
Species/County Entry 3
Species: wild turkey (spring)
County: Kern
Number of Days Hunted: 3
Number Harvested: 2