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California Deer · Zone X10

California Zone X10 covers 604,967 acres and lies 70 miles east of Visalia. 95% of it is public land, mostly national forest (54%) and BLM (40%). In 2025, hunters took 59 deer here; hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, X10, put up 400 tags (all residencies) in the 2025 draw for 436 first-choice applicants (one pool for residents and nonresidents).

Tags, 2025
400

1 license

Applicants
436

first choice, NR

Hunter Success
15%

2025, all licenses

Public Land
95%

56% Forest Service

Size
945 mi²

604,967 acres

Bakersfield Visalia Clovis X10
15%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.

X10
Standard · buck
88%
Zone X10 General Season - Buck
Success
15%
Season
Sep 27 – Oct 12
Tags / Apps
400 / 436
If Drawn
$588.01

Every License in Zone X10

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it
X10 88% —

First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2025 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file. Not in the table, with no 2025 result: A19.

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 59 15%
2024 39 10%
2023 33 8%
2022 29 7%
2021 49 13%

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

National Forest 324,086 ac 54%
BLM 241,749 ac 40%
National Park Service 3,501 ac <1%
State land 2,839 ac <1%
County or city land 2,186 ac <1%
Other public 554 ac <1%
Private or other non-public land 30,049 ac 5%

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.

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