● Ranked from real California data · 2025
Highest harvest-success Deer units in California
Where California deer hunters actually fill tags, ranked by the agency's own harvest statistics.
#1Zone X5BBest draw odds 6.8%73.2% public62% success→#2Zone X6ABest draw odds 15.2%48.7% public60% success→#3Zone X5ABest draw odds 30.3%72.8% public58% success→#4Zone X9ABest draw odds 11.2%84% public56% success→#5Zone X3ABest draw odds 36.4%52.7% public52% success→#6Zone X2Best draw odds 25%72.6% public47% success→#7Zone X6BBest draw odds 44.1%76.3% public44% success→#8Zone X12Best draw odds 16.9%86.4% public40% success→#9Zone X1Best draw odds 34.6%55.3% public39% success→#10Zone X4Best draw odds 50.2%61.3% public36% success→#11Zone X3BBest draw odds 85.4%61.8% public31% success→#12Zone X9BBest draw odds 100%86.7% public29% success→
How this list is ranked
Ranked by the best per-unit harvest success rate in the state agency's harvest reports, tie-broken by how drawable the tag is.
Data year: 2025. Each row links to its full page with every number cited to its agency source. A place missing a signal is never guessed — it simply can't rank.
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