California Bighorn Sheep — Zone 10
Newberry, Rodman and Ord Mountains
California Zone 10 covers 321,421 acres and lies 36 miles east of Victorville and 50 miles north-east of San Bernardino. 78% of it is public land, mostly BLM (77%) and state land (1%). In 2025, hunters took 0 bighorn sheep here. The 2025 draw put up 4 tags here for 1,297 first-choice applicants.
Your chance of drawing here
Every bighorn sheep license type on offer in Zone 10, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.
Chances are from the 2025 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.
Simple view Odds at every point level-
<1% Point builder
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<1% Point builder
| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 512 ↗ Zone 10 - Newberry, Rodman and Ord Mountains | <1% Point builder | — | 4 / 1,297 | Dec 6 – Jan 3, 2026 |
| 513 ↗ Zone 10 - Newberry, Rodman and Ord Mountains P2 | <1% Point builder | — | 4 / 1,091 | Jan 4 – Feb 1, 2026 |
What these columns mean
- Your odds —
- the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2025 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year.
- The badge —
- plain language for that number. Likely draw 75% or better · Real chance 40%+ · Long shot 15%+ · Point builder below that, so you are applying mainly to bank a point · Undersubscribed means fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
- Points needed —
- the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2025 draw, and how that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold.
- Tags / applicants —
- tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them. Under five tags we print counts instead of a percentage, because one applicant either way swings it.
What it costs to apply (2025 nonresident fees)
| License | Up front | Gone if you miss | If you draw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Per application | $227.94 | $227.94 | $2,350.69 |
Application window: opens Apr 15, closes Jun 2, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Other licenses valid in Zone 10
Not in the table above because they had no result in the 2025 draw.
The country
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Who owns the ground
- BLM 247,798 ac · 77%
- State land 3,331 ac · 1%
- Other public 425 ac · 0%
- County or city land 44 ac · 0%
- Private or other non-public land 69,821 ac · 22%
Source: California Protected Areas Database (CPAD) 2026a -- Holdings by Agency Classification
How the hunting has gone
What California Department of Fish and Wildlife publishes for this area after each season — harvest statistics for everyone who hunted it, not draw odds and not a forecast. California Department of Fish and Wildlife publishes these per hunt rather than per unit; the rows below add its own figures together, since a hunter holds one tag for the species in a season.
| Season | Harvest |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 |
Boundary: Bighorn Sheep Hunt Zones [ds784]
Harvest: Bighorn Sheep Hunting (CDFW landing page) -- 2025 Desert Bighorn Sheep Tag Drawing Statistics table
How we compute draw odds · All California bighorn sheep hunts