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DIVISION 4. BIRDS AND MAMMALS 3000-4903›PART 3. MAMMALS 3950-4903›CHAPTER 1. Game Mammals 3950-3961

§ 3950

California Fish and Game Code · 2026 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

(a) Game mammals are: deer (genus Odocoileus), elk (genus Cervus), prong-horned antelope (genus Antilocapra), black and brown or cinnamon bears (genus Euarctos), mountain lions (genus Felis), jackrabbits and varying hares (genus Lepus), cottontails, brush rabbits, and pygmy rabbits (genus Sylvilagus), and tree squirrels (genus Sciurus and Tamiasciurus).

(b) Nelson bighorn sheep (subspecies Ovis canadensis nelsoni) are game mammals only for the purposes of sport hunting described in subdivision (b) of Section 4902.

(c) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2024.

(Repealed (in Sec. 12) and added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 469, Sec. 13. (SB 856) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative July 1, 2024, by its own provisions.)

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