Cache creek wilderness firearm transportation into park.

[Beenhadthose]

If i park at cache creek wilderness area, what is the law about carrying my firearm for hunting purposes from my vehicle and taking it in the park? Do is need to have cased until im in? Am i allowed to have it out while on main trails?

[tony270]

You don't need it cased, in the parking lot and on established hiking trails it needs to be unloaded meaning no round in the chamber, okay to have rounds in the internal magazine or locked.

[FatCity67]

Make sure to read and understand the DFG and BLM regulations for hunting that wilderness area.

[tony270]

https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Lands/Places-to-Visit/Cache-Creek-WA

Wilson Valley:

[packnrat]

read the rules about the parking area and hunting in a wilderness area.

and bet a leo there will harass you so get it right and keep all copy's of said laws with you.

[tony270]

They (LEO's) don't hassle you if you are not breaking any laws. They check to see if your firearms are loaded (looking for a round in the chamber), sometimes they ask or physically look to see if s shotgun has a plug, maybe ask about ammo, what game you are after, where you are going, small talk, but all the time looking for violations. The parking lots have a kiosk (bulletin board) with a laminated board map, and normally they have free paper maps and other publications, they have most of the rules posted there too. Don't be afraid, the locals don't want outsiders around, so don't listen to the scaredy cats, lol, lots of bears, lions, bobcats, and rattlesnakes,

[Beenhadthose]

Thank you for the info, im gonna do some more reseach and call dfg to make sure im all legal

[lewdogg21]

Lots of people hunt that place (not that you shouldn't go). Do know that most of it burned up in a fire 2 summers ago and so it may not look like you think it does or what photos on google show (not that game can't be in there).

Not trying to dissuade you, just preparing you.

EDIT: It's probably a heck of a lot easier to get around now if chemise and chaparral burned up. Some on here speak of high water creeks flowing and being an issue to cross during periods of heavy rain.

[tony270]

I started by going and checking out the seen early morning, then went in when the sun was still down. Sometimes we would camp in the parking lot, rules change so check. The CDFW closes the North Fork access at the Red Bud Trail creek crossing, they do this for elk calving season in Wilson Valley, and they have (new) access from cowboy camp, and Yolo (I guess this is the park you mentioned) off of Highway 16, more too, get maps to figure it all out.

The place is rugged as heck, the outfitters go in there on horseback. There are trophy blacktail deer and turkey, they have squirrels, ducks and catfish, the occasional pigs. You need to be in infantry shape to get in and out of there, like a smoke jumper. The place is so nice I once ran into the supervisor for the FHL outdoor wildlife center, his name was Steve. He had rafted in and got a forked horn but his raft sprung a leak and he couldn't make it to his pickup point down on highway 16, better hunting than FHL.

On a side note I ran into a raggedy tattooed dehydrated nazi at the Ted Bud Trail creek crossing. The creek was flooding, he was driving deer up by the dam and fell into the creek. He was lost, without any safe water to drink. He miraculously made it across the flooded crerk, we chatted, I gave him a half bottle of water and pointed him to the parking lot. And another time some dudes were growing weed up in Rocky Creek and they sent a few warning shots towards some hikers, they quickly got busted. Some other stuff happened out there, not much worth mentioning.

[tony270]

Oh Steve and others shot deer off the burned areas in CCWA, I only shot them approaching the creek just past RBT ccrossing, turkey are along the creek around Rocky Creek and Wilson Valley.

[tony270]

Oh I want to add this, there was a hidden cable trolley to the left of the RBT crossing. This is the same crossing that a star high school basketball player was taken away to his death.

[tony270]

This is a view from Stemple Canyon looking from highway 120, the line in the distance is in the general location of the Red Bud Trail, to the right is towards the parking lot, the trail is about 7 miles long with it ending at the far end of Wilson Valley, the only way past that is in the water. It's a good day-hike.