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    • February 21, 2023
    A lone gray wolf roams northeastern California in winter amid deep snow.

    CDFW this week initiated efforts to capture wolves, elk and deer by helicopter in northeastern California and outfit the animals with GPS collars. The capturing and collaring will continue through the end of the month as weather allows.

    Categories: Big Game, Deer, Scientific Study, Wolves
    • September 21, 2022
    A pair of mature desert bighorn sheep.

    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.

    Categories: Big Game, Deer, Habitat Restoration, Hunting, Wildlife
    • September 16, 2022
    CDFW's Mount Shasta Fish Hatchery Sign

    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.

    Categories: Big Game, Deer, Wildlife Health
    • July 29, 2022
    buck pictured in natural habitat at Carrizo Plans Ecological Reserve

    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.

    Categories: Big Game, Deer, Hunting, Lands
    • April 29, 2022
    A young deer fawn climbs  over a rocky landscape to keep up with its mother and siblings.

    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.

    Categories: Big Game, Deer, Human Wildlife Conflict, Wildlife, Wildlife Health