using buck shot for deer hunt in Calavaras county

[virahunter]

Hi everyone, next deer season, I like to use buck shot for deer hunting. I would like to know if it is legal to use buck shot in Calavaras county, CA . Thanks in advance

[gun toting monkeyboy]

Call Fish and Game. They are your best resource for this kind of information. Pretty much the ONLY time you can use buckshot on deer in California is when you are hunting in an area that bullets or slugs are forbidden by law for hunting. Those kinds of areas are few and far between. I checked myself last month because I had a line on a property for hunting, but the owner said buckshot only. I talked with F&G, and they said it was a no-go. Land owner restrictions don't allow you to use buckshot. I had to pass. Also, I believe that where it is legal, only 0 and 00 are allowed.

-Mb

[Spyder]

CCR T-14 353. Methods Authorized for Taking Big Game.
•(a) Except for the provisions of subsections 353(b) through (h), Title 14, CCR, big game (as defined by Section 350, Title 14, CCR) may only be taken by rifles using centerfire cartridges with softnose or expanding projectiles; bow and arrow (see Section 354, Title 14, CCR, for archery equipment regulations); or wheellock, matchlock, flintlock or percussion type, including "in-line" muzzleloading rifles using black powder or equivalent black powder substitute, including pellets, with a single projectile loaded from "projectile" is defined as any bullet, ball, sabot, slug, buckshot or other device which is expelled from a firearm through a barrel by force.
•(b) Shotguns capable of holding not more than three shells firing single slugs may be used for the taking of deer, bear and wild pigs. In areas where the discharge of rifles or shotguns with slugs is prohibited by county ordinance, shotguns capable of holding not more than three shells firing size 0 or 00 buckshot may be used for the taking of deer only.

[pismopal]

Slugs

Do it right..use a slug. They are accurate even in a smooth bore. I like Truballs and the Federals from Walmart. You should not then be looking for your deer unless you miss.

[Spyder]

Deer shot with buckshot turn into a bloody mess, and you'll waste a lot of meat.