News Archive Media Contact Contact an Information Officer Related News Feeds OSPR News Marine Region News Subscribe Subscribe to CDFW News releases via email or text.* Sign Up *Accredited media representatives should contact an Information Officer to be placed on CDFW's media list. Follow Us Follow on X Follow on Facebook Follow on Instagram Search News News Releases, 2022-Present Nonprofit Organizations Encouraged to Apply for Fundraising Hunting Tags September 21, 2022 The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is once again inviting nonprofit organizations to help support wildlife, wildlife habitat and scientific research by auctioning big game hunting tags for the 2023-24 hunt season. Continue reading... Categories: Big Game, Deer, Habitat Restoration, Hunting, Wildlife Tagged: Fundraising TagsNonprofitsWildlife ResearchDesert Bighorn SheepElkDeerCalifornia Hunting Mount Shasta Fish Hatchery Offering Voluntary CWD Sampling, Tag Validations on Opening Weekend of General Deer Season, Sept. 17-18 September 16, 2022 CDFW will staff a voluntary, Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) check station at its Mount Shasta Fish Hatchery on the opening weekend of the general, north state deer season Saturday, Sept. 17 and Sunday, Sept. 18 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Continue reading... Categories: Big Game, Deer, Wildlife Health Tagged: California Deer SeasonCWD TestingMount Shasta Fish HatcheryTag Validations Applications Now Available for Fall Apprentice Deer Hunt in San Luis Obispo County for Junior License Holders July 29, 2022 The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is offering a drawing for an apprentice deer hunt for junior license holders on the Chimineas Unit of the Carrizo Plains Ecological Reserve. Continue reading... Categories: Big Game, Deer, Hunting, Lands Tagged: juniorapprenticedeer huntCarrizo Plans Ecological Reserve Let Sleeping Fawns Lie: CDFW Urges Public to Leave Deer Fawns Alone April 29, 2022 Late spring and early summer is the peak time for California’s deer herds to give birth to fawns, and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is issuing a reminder to well-intentioned people to not interact with the baby deer – even if they find one that appears to be abandoned. Continue reading... Categories: Big Game, Deer, Human Wildlife Conflict, Wildlife, Wildlife Health Tagged: Deer FawnsLeave Them ThereWildlife Big Game Tag Drawing Applications Now Available April 26, 2022 California hunters can now purchase hunting licenses for the 2022-23 season, as well as apply for the Big Game Drawing online. Californians have many options to bring home wild game for their dinner table, and at this time, the current COVID-19 pandemic is not expected to lead to the closure or delay of any hunting seasons. Continue reading... Categories: Big Game, Deer, Hunting, Lands, R3, Wildlife Tagged: huntingbig game huntingdeerelktagspronghornantelopepreference points Prev...2345678Next