CALIFORNIA DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP (Open-Zone Tag)
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH & WILDLIFE
Paige Prentice
P: 916.268.2621
BOOTH #262
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has selected the Wild Sheep Foundation (WSF) to auction its Open-zone Desert Bighorn Fundraising Permit at the Reno, NV convention. This permit represents California’s premier desert bighorn hunting opportunity and provides the lucky bidder the ability to hunt in any of the approved hunt zones during the 2025-2026 season. The special desert bighorn sheep permit offered through WSF will be the only fully open zone tag auctioned in California for the 2025-2026 season. Any other fundraising desert bighorn sheep permits from California will only be valid for a single hunt zone. This permit is subject to all existing conditions required for the take of bighorn sheep in California, including the requisite hunter orientation program identified in Section 362, Title 14, and California Code of Regulations. The tag holder will be able to hunt up to one month prior to the opening of the general bighorn season and over a period of up to five months.
NOTE: Nonprofit organizations auctioning or selling fund-raising license tags shall clearly indicate in all advertisements and to potential tag recipients that such tags are subject to all existing conditions required for the take of the species, including any required hunting license and hunter orientation programs identified in Title 14, California Code of Regulations. Tags shall be nontransferable.