Qualifying Species
The Big Game Records Club recognizes Seventeen (17) big game species within the state of California.
- Black Bear
- Typical Mule Deer
- Non-Typical Mule Deer
- Typical Pacific Hybrid Deer
- Non-Typical Pacific Hybrid Deer
- Typical Blacktail Deer
- Non-Typical Blacktail Deer
- Typical American Elk
- Non-Typical American Elk
- Typical Roosevelt's Elk
- Non-Typical Roosevelt's Elk
- Typical Tule Elk
- Non-Typical Tule Elk
- Pronghorn Antelope
- Desert Bighorn Sheep
- Typical Wild Turkey
- Non-Typical Wild Turkey
- Mainland Hogs ***
- Coyote
- Bobcat ****
- Cougar **
- Island Hogs *
- Catalina Island Spanish Goat *
- Santa Cruz Island Merino Sheep *
* Island Species harvested after February 10, 1997, shall not be accepted as a record book entry.
** At Present no hunting of cougar is allowed. A moratorium enacted by the legislature in 1972 denies all hunting of mountian lions except in cases of depredation.
*** On September 12, 2002, the Mainland Hog/Island Hog species recognition was changed to Wild Hog due to the closure of Island Hunting.
**** On October 12, 2019 Governor Gavin Newsom signed bill 1251 to prohibit all Bobcat hunting in the state of California.