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 Mar 21 2006, 02:14 PM
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Howler  Group: Admins Posts: 3,928 Joined: 12-January 06 From: Sacramento, CA Member No.: 3  |
Okay people I got a definitive answer back from Captain Mark Lucero of the California Department of Fish & Game.
The question was: "Do you need a hunting license in California to hunt ground squirrels on private property with the land owners permission?" The answer is: Yes you need a valid California hunting license under Section 700 of the California State Fish & Game code. §700. Hunting and Fishing Licenses, Possession and Display Of. ( b ) Possession of Hunting License: Every person, while engaged in taking any bird or mammal must have on their person or in their immediate possession a valid hunting license. Additionally to purchase a license as a non-resident hunter in California you must produce a valid Hunter Safety Certificate or out of state license before non-resident license is issued. |
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Mar 21 2006, 02:21 PM
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Cranky Farmer Group: Admins Posts: 13,560 Joined: 12-January 06 From: Ventura, CA Member No.: 1 |
Thanks, John. I figured as much, CA isn't into allowing things fun to happen for free.
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Mar 21 2006, 02:47 PM
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Howler Group: Admins Posts: 3,928 Joined: 12-January 06 From: Sacramento, CA Member No.: 3 |
It sounded plausible at first and then I woke up and remembered this is California. Plus it took me a day and a half to get an answer. Because they limited the size of sturgeon yesterday and that was a huge event, for them.
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Mar 21 2006, 03:51 PM
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Varmint  Group: Predator Hunters Posts: 47 Joined: 19-March 06 From: oregon coast Member No.: 55 |
yup this is why i live in Oregon...
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Mar 21 2006, 05:53 PM
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Cranky Farmer Group: Admins Posts: 13,560 Joined: 12-January 06 From: Ventura, CA Member No.: 1 |
QUOTE(TOMCAT @ Mar 21 2006, 03:51 PM)  yup this is why i live in Oregon... Your gun laws are ikely to be a lot more friendly there, too! |
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Mar 21 2006, 07:07 PM
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Howler Group: Admins Posts: 3,928 Joined: 12-January 06 From: Sacramento, CA Member No.: 3 |
QUOTE (TOMCAT @ Mar 21 2006, 03:51 PM) yup this is why i live in Oregon... But you'll have to bring your Hunter Safety Certificate or previous hunting license to California or NO non-resident license. California Laws, what a way to make money. 
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Mar 21 2006, 08:33 PM
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Barker  Group: Riverside Varmint Callers Posts: 201 Joined: 12-January 06 Member No.: 8 |
Hunt in NV it is free for CA and OR hunters with a license (squirrels and coyotes)
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Mar 21 2006, 09:00 PM
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Howler Group: Admins Posts: 3,928 Joined: 12-January 06 From: Sacramento, CA Member No.: 3 |
QUOTE(Goofy Hunter @ Mar 21 2006, 08:33 PM) Hunt in NV it is free for CA and OR hunters with a license (squirrels and coyotes) Do you know what section that might be under Ray? Just so happens we're trying to find that out because we have a squirrel shoot over in Wells, NV. We can't find the law that states it. 
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Mar 21 2006, 09:13 PM
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Howler Group: Admins Posts: 3,928 Joined: 12-January 06 From: Sacramento, CA Member No.: 3 |
Never mind Ray. I found what I needed for Nevada.
 Sorry everybody but the section below is for Nevada, a very progressive state. Maybe I should move there. License Exemptions: (NAC 503.193) A hunting license is not required to hunt unprotected wild birds (English house sparrows and European starlings) or unprotected mammals (black-tailed jackrabbits, coyote, skunk, weasel, and ground squirrel). |
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Mar 21 2006, 11:14 PM
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Cranky Farmer Group: Admins Posts: 13,560 Joined: 12-January 06 From: Ventura, CA Member No.: 1 |
QUOTE(ShooterJohn @ Mar 21 2006, 09:13 PM) Never mind Ray. I found what I needed for Nevada. Sorry everybody but the section below is for Nevada, a very progressive state. Maybe I should move there. License Exemptions: (NAC 503.193) A hunting license is not required to hunt unprotected wild birds (English house sparrows and European starlings) or unprotected mammals (black-tailed jackrabbits, coyote, skunk, weasel, and ground squirrel). Good info! John, are you going to the NV shoot? |
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Mar 22 2006, 08:46 AM
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Howler Group: Admins Posts: 3,928 Joined: 12-January 06 From: Sacramento, CA Member No.: 3 |
QUOTE(smallblockfuelie @ Mar 21 2006, 11:14 PM) Good info! John, are you going to the NV shoot? I wanted to, but the person that was going to go with me backed out now and 500 miles is a long ways. 
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Mar 22 2006, 09:44 AM
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Cranky Farmer Group: Admins Posts: 13,560 Joined: 12-January 06 From: Ventura, CA Member No.: 1 |
Yes, that is a long drive by yourself.
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Mar 22 2006, 03:33 PM
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Varmint Group: Predator Hunters Posts: 47 Joined: 19-March 06 From: oregon coast Member No.: 55 |
QUOTE(smallblockfuelie @ Mar 22 2006, 09:44 AM) Yes, that is a long drive by yourself. i was told by fish&game that i dont need one if i im told by the land owner to shoot thim and if thay are hurting his land or crops...so its a go for me...i called 2 times and the same thing .. |
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Mar 22 2006, 03:36 PM
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Cranky Farmer Group: Admins Posts: 13,560 Joined: 12-January 06 From: Ventura, CA Member No.: 1 |
Make sure you write the contacts name down along with the date and time you spoke with them.
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Mar 22 2006, 04:21 PM
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Howler Group: Admins Posts: 3,928 Joined: 12-January 06 From: Sacramento, CA Member No.: 3 |
QUOTE(TOMCAT @ Mar 22 2006, 03:33 PM) i was told by fish&game that i dont need one if i im told by the land owner to shoot thim and if thay are hurting his land or crops...so its a go for me...i called 2 times and the same thing .. You're going to do whatever you want no matter what. If I asked you what fish & game office you spoke to or who you spoke to you'd say you don't remember. Because if you really did and I doubt that, then they are giving out false information. It's one thing to be young and not know better, it's another to be just plain stupid. |
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Mar 22 2006, 09:05 PM
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Varmint Group: Predator Hunters Posts: 47 Joined: 19-March 06 From: oregon coast Member No.: 55 |
the sheriff office is fish and game right? i dont now if i called the right spot?
ShooterJohn...im not trying to be a bad kid here just trying to get sum info so i dont get in trub....and im not trying to give anyone a bad name .. |
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Mar 22 2006, 10:24 PM
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Varmint Group: Predator Hunters Posts: 47 Joined: 19-March 06 From: oregon coast Member No.: 55 |
got it all fixed thanks ...ShooterJohn
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Mar 23 2006, 08:10 AM
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Barker Group: Predator Hunters Posts: 260 Joined: 15-January 06 From: McGill Nevada Member No.: 17 |
I know I read that right , but, you really mean this old fart here would have to go and take a hunter safety course to get a non- res 3 day license to call a few coyotes or shoot a ground digger up in Cedarville? I knew I wasn't ever gonna go hunt back in your state. Won't take my state hunting license as whatever they need. Huh. Too bad, they loose out on the money it could have generated..Walt
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