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California Deer · Zone X9C

California Zone X9C spans 5,575,089 acres, centered 63 miles south-east of Big Pine. 90% of it is public land, mostly national park (41%) and BLM (34%). In 2025, hunters took 77 deer here; hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, X9C, put up 325 tags (all residencies) in the 2025 draw for 521 first-choice applicants (one pool for residents and nonresidents).

Tags, 2025
325

1 license

Applicants
521

first choice, NR

Hunter Success
24%

2025, all licenses

Public Land
90%

46% National Park Service

Size
8,711 mi²

5,575,089 acres

Big Pine Visalia Clovis Baker Bakersfield X9C
24%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.

X9C
Standard · buck
14%
Zone X9C General Season - Buck
Success
24%
Season
Oct 18 – Nov 9
Tags / Apps
325 / 521
If Drawn
$588.01

Every License in Zone X9C

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it
X9C 14% —

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: A18.

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 77 24%
2024 60 19%
2023 37 12%
2022 60 19%
2021 88 28%

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 Park Service 2,298,423 ac 41%
BLM 1,898,939 ac 34%
National Forest 545,699 ac 10%
County or city land 223,575 ac 4%
State land 75,799 ac 1%
Other public 614 ac <1%
National Wildlife Refuge 6 ac <1%
Private or other non-public land 532,031 ac 10%

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