MER-3

Pheasant,draw hunt

25 tags in 2025

Odds for:Nonresident · 0 pts
Answer card2025 draw · All applicants

25 tags, 291 applied, 9% drew in 2025. One of California's hardest pheasant draws: 2nd hardest of 61 in 2025.

Draw result · 2025
25 tags
Applicants · 2025
291
12 per tag
Draw results · whole hunt
YearApplicantsTags
202529125

California prints whole-hunt figures, not results by point level.

Draw history
YearDraw
2025291 applicants
2024229 applicants
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“Under a Modified Preference Point System drawing, tag quotas for each hunt are split into two portions: one portion awarded by preference point drawings; the other portion awarded in draw-by-choice drawings.”

Rules for 2026.

Source: CDFW · Updated Nov 13, 2026