California Bighorn Sheep — Zone 5
San Gorgonio Mountains
California Zone 5 covers 311,421 acres and lies 25 miles east of Moreno Valley and 34 miles north-east of Menifee. 61% of it is public land, mostly national forest (31%) and BLM (18%). In 2025, hunters took 0 bighorn sheep here. The 2025 draw put up 1 tag here for 793 first-choice applicants.
Your chance of drawing here
Every bighorn sheep license type on offer in Zone 5, 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
| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 505 ↗ Zone 5 - San Gorgonio Wilderness - General Method - Ram | <1% Point builder | — | 1 / 793 | Dec 20 – Feb 15, 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.
The country
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Who owns the ground
- National Forest 97,692 ac · 31%
- BLM 56,684 ac · 18%
- Other public 25,570 ac · 8%
- County or city land 6,154 ac · 2%
- State land 3,114 ac · 1%
- Private or other non-public land 122,205 ac · 39%
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 |
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