California Bighorn Sheep · Zone 8 South Bristol Mountains
California Zone 8 covers 128,804 acres and lies 37 miles north of Twentynine Palms. 95% of it is public land, mostly BLM (91%) and state land (3%). Its most applied-for hunt, 508, put up 1 tag (all residencies) in the 2025 draw for 380 first-choice applicants (one pool for residents and nonresidents).
1 license · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
not published
96% BLM
128,804 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in Zone 8
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 508 | Zone 8 - South Bristol Mountains - General Method - Ram | <1% (small sample) | — |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2025 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file.
Draw results: CDFW 2025 Bighorn Sheep Tag Drawing Statistics, retrieved Sep 1, 2026.
If you draw (2025 nonresident fees): $2,350.69 ($227.94 to apply). Open Apr 15 – Jun 2, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 508 | — | — | 100% |
What California Department of Fish and Wildlife publishes after each season, for everyone who hunted the area: harvest statistics, not draw odds. Source: CDFW 2025 Bighorn Sheep Hunting; CDFW 2024 Bighorn Sheep Hunting; CDFW 2023 Bighorn Sheep Hunting.
The Ground
| BLM | 117,587 ac | 91% |
| State land | 3,856 ac | 3% |
| Other public | 593 ac | <1% |
| Private or other non-public land | 6,767 ac | 5% |
▸ Sources 9
- CDFW 2025 Bighorn Sheep Tag Drawing Statistics draw results, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- CDFW 2025 Big Game Hunting Digest fees, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- CDFW 2025 Bighorn Sheep Hunting harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- CDFW 2024 Bighorn Sheep Hunting harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- CDFW 2023 Bighorn Sheep Hunting harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- CDFW 2022 Bighorn Sheep Hunting harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- CDFW 2021 Bighorn Sheep Hunting harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- CDFW 2026 Bighorn Sheep Hunt Zones boundary, area description, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- GreenInfo Network 2026 Protected Areas Database a land ownership, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
About These Numbers
Odds are from the 2025 draw, the latest on file, computed from California Department of Fish and Wildlife's published results. They are what happened in that draw, not a forecast. Under five tags a percentage carries a *, because one applicant either way swings it. A dash means the agency did not publish the number, and a date marked expected is last cycle's schedule rolled forward. How we compute these.
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