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California Deer · Zone D17

California Zone D17 spans 12,515,429 acres, centered 23 miles south-west of Baker. 63% of it is public land, mostly BLM (47%) and national park (14%). In 2025, hunters took 58 deer here; hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, D17, put up 500 tags (all residencies) in the 2025 draw for 752 first-choice applicants (one pool for residents and nonresidents).

Tags, 2025
500

1 license

Applicants
752

first choice, NR

Hunter Success
12%

2025, all licenses

Public Land
63%

74% BLM

Size
19,555 mi²

12,515,429 acres

Victorville Twentynine Palms Menifee Pasadena D17
12%hunter success 2025

Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.

Best Bets at 0 Points

Ranked by your odds times how often that license type's hunters filled their tag in 2025. Nonresident, first choice, 2025 draw; licenses with at least 10 tags that anyone can buy.

D17
Standard · buck
29%
Zone D17 Archery and General Seasons - Buck
Success
12%
Season
Oct 11 – Nov 2
Tags / Apps
500 / 752
If Drawn
$588.01

Every License in Zone D17

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it
D17 29% —

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 Deer Tag Drawing Statistics, retrieved Sep 1, 2026.

If you draw (2025 nonresident fees): $588.01 ($588.01 to apply). Open Apr 15 – Jun 2, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

Harvest

Year Deer Success
2025 58 12%
2024 98 20%
2023 54 11%
2022 39 8%
2021 46 9%

What California Department of Fish and Wildlife publishes after each season, for everyone who hunted the area: harvest statistics, not draw odds. Hunter counts not published for 2025. Source: CDFW 2025 Deer Harvest Statistics; CDFW 2024 Deer Harvest Statistics; CDFW 2023 Deer Harvest Statistics.

The Ground

BLM 5,850,925 ac 47%
National Park Service 1,698,275 ac 14%
State land 297,897 ac 2%
Other public 51,776 ac <1%
County or city land 5,500 ac <1%
National Wildlife Refuge 596 ac <1%
Private or other non-public land 4,610,458 ac 37%

Source: GreenInfo Network 2026 Protected Areas Database a.

Next Door

▸ Sources 9
  1. CDFW 2025 Deer Tag Drawing Statistics draw results, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  2. CDFW 2025 Big Game Hunting Digest fees, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  3. CDFW 2025 Deer Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  4. CDFW 2024 Deer Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  5. CDFW 2023 Deer Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  6. CDFW 2022 Deer Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  7. CDFW 2021 Deer Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  8. CDFW 2014 Deer Hunt Zones boundary, area description, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  9. 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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We don't take applications: check California Department of Fish and Wildlife's site and apply there.

Prior-draw odds from California Department of Fish and Wildlife's results, not a forecast · Methodology · All California deer hunts