Deer season officially opened September 22 and will close October 28, 2012 for General deer season in zone D-5.
Zone D-5. In the counties of Amador and Calaveras and those portions
of Alpine, El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Stanislaus and
Tuolumne counties within a line beginning at the junction of Interstate 5
and the American River in Sacramento; east along the American River to
the Middle Fork of the American River; northeast along the Middle Fork
of the American River to the Rubicon River; east along the Rubicon River
through Hell Hole Reservoir to its confluence with Miller Creek; east
along Miller Creek to its junction with the new (marked) USFS Pacific
Crest Trail; north on the Pacific Crest Trail one-quarter mile to a
junction with the McKinney-Rubicon Springs Road (Miller Lake Road); east
along the McKinney-Rubicon Springs Road to McKinney Creek (NE 1/4,
section 23, T14N, R16E, M.D.B.M.); east along McKinney Creek to the west
shoreline of Lake Tahoe near Chambers Lodge; south along the shore of
Lake Tahoe to the California-Nevada state line; southeast along the
California-Nevada state line to Highway 50; southwest on Highway 50 to
the Pacific Crest Trail at Echo Summit; south along the Pacific Crest
Trail to the township line between Townships 7 and 8 North near Wolf
Creek Pass; due west on that township line to the road connecting Lower
and Upper Highland Lakes at Lower Highland Lake; west along that road to
Highland Creek; southwest along Highland Creek to the North Fork of the
Stanislaus River; west along the North Fork of the Stanislaus River to
the Stanislaus River; west along the Stanislaus River to Highway 99;
north along Highway 99 to Interstate 80; west on Interstate 80 to
Interstate 5; north on Interstate 5 to the point of beginning.