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.

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