Fish and Game Code § 3950

CHAPTER 1. Game Mammals

Current as of September 28, 2026Fish & G. Code, § 3950Official source ↗

Repealed (in Sec. 12) and added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 469, Sec. 13.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.

(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.