Our blacktail deer hunts are conducted on A-zone private ranches and we will be hunting in Sonoma and Mendocino counties. A-zone deer tags are over the counter first come first served. The archery season opens in July and the general season opens the second weekend in August and continues into late September. The terrain consists of open fields, rolling hills, forests, canyons and brush. This is ideal country to glass the mountain sides and oak edges looking for that monster blacktail. We will use methods of spot and stalk to hunt the deer. There are many trophy and meat bucks on our ranches. Our success ratio is high on this hunt since all of our deer hunts are one hunter to one guide. The ranches that we hunt are private which allows us to keep hunting pressure low, allowing bucks to mature to old age. Whether you would like to hunt them with archery equipment or a rifle we can make it happen.

The season for blacktail deer opens.
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Blacktail deer tag applications are available for purchase if you are at least 12 years of age and possess a California hunting license.
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The bag limit is two deer per year.

Successful hunters must return the report card portion of the tag to the Department of Fish and Game.