Antioch Dunes NWR
Contra Costa County, CA
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
State guide · 2026–2027 season
California Wildlife Refuge Hunting
California has 41 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service refuges and stations in our database, 24 of which list hunting opportunities. The largest huntable refuge areas are Havasu NWR (38.7K ac), Lower Klamath NWR (31.3K ac) and Imperial NWR (22.4K ac).
41refuges & stations
185hunt units
133Khuntable acres
0WPAs
Map of refuges & WPAs in California
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California by the numbers
- Open21,333 ac 6%
- Special regulations111,536 ac 30%
- Closed242,210 ac 65%
45.2K
37.7K
24.4K
20.5K
17.8K
14.9K
12.6K
11.2K
10.9K
10.2K
10.1K
All refuges & stations in California
Bitter Creek NWR
Kern County, CA
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Blue Ridge NWR
Tulare County, CA
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Butte Sink Wildlife Management Area
Stanislaus County, CA
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Castle Rock NWR
Del Norte County, CA
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Cibola NWR
La Paz County, AZ · primary: AZ
!5 special✕4 closed
🦌🦆🐦🕊️🐇🎣
12.2K huntable acres
Clear Lake NWR
Modoc County, CA
✓1 open!1 special✕1 closed
🦌🦆🕊️
10K huntable acres
Coachella Valley NWR
Riverside County, CA
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Coleman NFH
Shasta County, CA
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Colusa NWR
Colusa County, CA
!3 special✕1 closed
🦆🦃🐦🕊️
1.3K huntable acres
Delevan NWR
Colusa County, CA
!5 special✕1 closed
🦆🦃🐦🕊️
2K huntable acres
Don Edwards San Francisco Bay NWR
Alameda County, CA
✓12 open!8 special✕1 closed
🦆🎣
10.4K huntable acres
Ellicott Slough NWR
Santa Cruz County, CA
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Farallon NWR
CA
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Grasslands Wildlife Management Area
Merced County, CA
!6 special✕1 closed
🦆🐦🕊️🎣
3K huntable acres
Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes NWR
San Luis Obispo County, CA
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Havasu NWR
Mohave County, AZ · primary: AZ
!9 special✕2 closed
🦌🦆🐦🕊️🐇🐗🎣
38.7K huntable acres
Hopper Mountain NWR
Ventura County, CA
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Humboldt Bay NWR
Humboldt County, CA
✓8 open!1 special✕3 closed
🦆🕊️🎣
1.7K huntable acres
Imperial NWR
La Paz County, AZ · primary: AZ
!2 special✕2 closed
🦌🦆🐦🕊️🐇🎣
22.4K huntable acres
Kern NWR
Kern County, CA
!3 special✕1 closed
🦆🐦🕊️
3.2K huntable acres
Lower Klamath NWR
Siskiyou County, CA
!3 special✕2 closed
🦆🐦🕊️
31.3K huntable acres
Marin Islands NWR
Marin County, CA
✕1 closed
🎣
Merced NWR
Merced County, CA
!2 special✕1 closed
🦆🕊️
1.9K huntable acres
Modoc NWR
Modoc County, CA
!2 special✕3 closed
🦆🐦🕊️🎣
2.3K huntable acres
North Central Valley Wildlife Management Area
Butte County, CA
!3 special✕2 closed
🦆🐦🕊️
741 huntable acres
Pixley NWR
Tulare County, CA
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Sacramento NWR
Glenn County, CA
!4 special✕1 closed
🦆🦃🐦🕊️
3.5K huntable acres
Sacramento River NWR
Tehama County, CA
!22 special✕17 closed
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐗🎣
6.1K huntable acres
Salinas River NWR
Monterey County, CA
✓1 open✕1 closed
🦆
60 huntable acres
San Diego Bay NWR
San Diego County, CA
✕1 closed
🎣
San Diego NWR
San Diego County, CA
✓1 open✕1 closed
🦌🐦🕊️🐇
161 huntable acres
San Joaquin River NWR
Stanislaus County, CA
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
San Luis NWR
Merced County, CA
!6 special✕1 closed
🦆🐦🕊️🎣
10.1K huntable acres
San Pablo Bay NWR
Sonoma County, CA
✓2 open!3 special✕12 closed
🦆🐦🎣
10.4K huntable acres
Seal Beach NWR
Orange County, CA
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Sonny Bono Salton Sea NWR
Imperial County, CA
!2 special✕3 closed
🦆🎣
827 huntable acres
Stone Lakes NWR
Sacramento County, CA
!1 special✕1 closed
🦆🎣
174 huntable acres
Sutter NWR
Sutter County, CA
!3 special✕1 closed
🦆🦃🐦🕊️
1.2K huntable acres
Tijuana Slough NWR
San Diego County, CA
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Tule Lake NWR
Siskiyou County, CA
!3 special✕1 closed
🦆🐦🕊️
20.4K huntable acres
Counties with federal public hunting land
- Alameda County 1 refuge
- Butte County 2 refuges
- Colusa County 6 refuges
- Contra Costa County 1 refuge
- Del Norte County 1 refuge
- Glenn County 2 refuges
- Humboldt County 1 refuge
- Imperial County 3 refuges
- Kern County 2 refuges
- Marin County 1 refuge
- Merced County 3 refuges
- Modoc County 3 refuges
- Monterey County 1 refuge
- Napa County 1 refuge
- Orange County 1 refuge
- Riverside County 1 refuge
- Sacramento County 1 refuge
- San Bernardino County 1 refuge
- San Diego County 3 refuges
- San Joaquin County 1 refuge
- San Luis Obispo County 1 refuge
- San Mateo County 1 refuge
- Santa Clara County 1 refuge
- Santa Cruz County 1 refuge
- Shasta County 1 refuge
- Siskiyou County 2 refuges
- Solano County 1 refuge
- Sonoma County 1 refuge
- Stanislaus County 2 refuges
- Sutter County 2 refuges
- Tehama County 2 refuges
- Tulare County 2 refuges
- Ventura County 1 refuge
Hunting in California: what to know
Licenses & seasons
Refuge hunts follow California seasons, bag limits and license requirements set by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Refuges may be more restrictive — never less — than state rules.
Refuge-specific rules
Each refuge publishes hunt regulations in 50 CFR Part 32 and in its hunt brochure. Units marked special regulations may limit species, dates, weapons, or require quota permits.
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