CDFW Says New Background Checks for Ammo Means Hunters Should Get Ammo Now
This is a press release from the CDFW:
California’s 2019-20 waterfowl hunting season opens Oct. 19 throughout much of the state and waterfowl hunters are encouraged to stock up on their favorite duck and goose loads sooner rather than later so as not to miss out on any hunting opportunities.
“Waterfowl hunters tend to be very generous people, and one of the best things about the season are those special invitations to be a guest at a private duck club or a last-minute offer to join in on a waterfowl reservation at a public hunting area,” said Melanie Weaver, who oversees the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (CDFW) waterfowl program. “We don’t want any of our waterfowl hunters to miss out on these experiences because they had difficulty finding or buying ammunition the night before their hunt.”
New, more stringent ammunition purchasing regulations took effect in California July 1, 2019, requiring background checks, often multiple forms of personal identification, and a current and accurate record within the California Department of Justice’s Automated Firearms System. Hunters who haven’t purchased a shotgun or rifle in California since 2014 or had one transferred or recorded through a licensed firearm dealer in California may have difficulty purchasing ammunition. More information is available at the California Department of Justice website.
Specific opening and closing waterfowl season dates vary by zone. Detailed information about daily bag and possession limits can be found on the Fish and Game Commission website.
Quality public hunting is available on more than two dozen national wildlife refuges and state wildlife areas and ecological reserves managed by CDFW. Nontoxic shot certified by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has been required nationwide for waterfowl hunting since 1991. For more information, please see the CDFW nonlead ammunition webpage.
It is common for waterfowl hunting areas to close periodically throughout the season due to safety concerns caused by flooding. Areas that most commonly experience flood closures include Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area, Sutter National Wildlife Area, Delevan National Wildlife Refuge, and Little Dry Creek and Howard Slough Units of Upper Butte Basin Wildlife Area. Hunters should keep informed regarding potential closures on the public area status website,which will be updated throughout the season. Reservations for state-operated wildlife areas that are closed due to flooding will not be accepted at other hunting areas, and refunds will not be issued for applications submitted to areas that are closed or where reservations are not available.
A valid California hunting license, appropriate validations and a signed federal duck stamp or the electronic duck stamp must be obtained before entering the field. In addition, a wildlife area hunting pass is required to hunt on many state-operated wildlife areas. Licenses, validations and passes are not sold at wildlife areas, so hunters must purchase these items in advance.
California hunters are required to complete a hunter education training course before purchasing a hunting license for the first time in California. Approximately 30,000 students complete this requirement annually.
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Get your deer hunting ammo now too! In 2025, California law will require all hunters to use silver bullets to take wildlife in California. Stock up on your solid copper bullets now
We hunting wildlife or vapires.
What’s a vapire?
It’s a vampire that only sucks the blood of vapers, everybody knows that
Awe come on know we all know silver bullets are for wearwolfs, oh do I need a tag for that???
And then by 2030 it’ll be all gold bullets, and probably $500 a hunting license on a draw it’s all legalized racketeering in a one world government and police state I remember Montana when hunting license was $35 and you can take a two deer…. political correctness is killing the United States of America
In socialist California Newsome has made himself God among the little people. GOD please intervene
I’ll never understand why taxpaying, legal Americans still live in California. I welcome all Republicans to leave that state, but leave the leftists.
Yes! Just leave please & don’t bother to return
The Black Panther Party once marched en masse with their firearms to Sacramento before occupying the building full of criminals in suits. I’m not saying that Bill of Rights enthusiasts should do so. But then again, I’m not saying they shouldn’t either.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD3uemBXG74
Yup. There were about 8 of ’em. Screwed up California for the rest of us.
They did it in response to systemic police violence against black communities. They did it peacefully. They did it to show the criminals in Sacramento that they were done being passive about accepting the violence directed towards them. They behaved in a dramatic yet disciplined show of self-respect. I wish we had more people today willing to step up like that…It only “screwed up California” in that the rest of us did not continue to step up and carry that ball in the constant fight against ingrained corrupt politicians and their minions.
Yeah, try picking up a gun and marching to the state capital now…..!?! I’ll give you a 1/4 mile before your shot or detained as a terrorist and sent to GitMo. People forget though that is why the second amendment right WAS established! Now the government has people believing guns are to only be used in “mass shootings”. A armed society is a threat to tyranny.
Oregon’s Legislative Chaos Has Senators Fleeing to Idaho and a Militia Threatening the Capitol
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/06/oregon-legislature-climate-change-bill-chaos.html
~i was searching for the download i have of when the Washington state militia men headed to the state capital (last 24 mths. i think), all of them armed; when the doors were closed and locked. A little girl, maybe 6, went up and knocked on the door saying, “This is Liberty knocking, let me in.” But i can’t find it.
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The people of California voted those politicians into Office, now let them suffer the consequences. They voted to have their civil rights taken from them.
The over reaction by lawmakers “screwed” it up for the rest of us.
That was good ole Ronald Raygun that outlawed the right to carry arms in California
Reagan outlawed carrying a LOADED firearm because of this.
Jerry Brown outlawed open carry. Thanks for playing
Damned uppity negros. What next, they’ll want to vote?!?!
You’re thinking of Reagan…
Big deal. Buy whatever you want in Brookings.
Just pass the California state line before Reno is a giant cabelas super store, they love my California cash! 🤩😎😉. Fuk you Newsom. You are destroying small businesses in California with your stupid laws and taxes. Every week there is a new law and a new tax. Socialism is here in California. Free cheese anyone?
Are we not inherently criminals for living in this state in the first place? (((They))) treat us like that all the time.
More laws make more criminals.
Could guest 2 get another handle. I’m confused? Unless your crazy and responding to your own posts, which I have been guilty of…. anyways. Change your handle please. Thanks
~probably not gonna happen. Just consider it a glitch in the RHBB Matrix we here in the ET sail along on.
That’s how the criminal justice Enterprise makes it’s money . Use the 10% or less bad people to make their policies for everyone Passmore laws turn the average everyday good citizen into a criminal and can make a whole bunch more money
Thats right.plunty places to buy ammo.people just want to piss about any and evry thing.and its not just the ammo.its who did it.thats there whole bitch.
Hoodlums can just traffic ammo instead of drugs? may be a new black market, but seems very unsafe to have black market ammo moving around, homemade ammo bieng sold.
I hate California sometimes.
Needs to be split up 5 ways.
Sacramento and the Bay Area are not northern California in custom or culture anymore, let alone geographically.
And parts of humboldt seem just like spin offs from the Bay Area or the east coast.
Christ.
Stay put for once, people
Feel like a circus dog- JUMP THROUGH THE HOOPS for your master.
Then, show me your papersssss…
🕯🌳That starts next year.🖖👁
Trying to impeach Trump cause they’ll never beat him in 2020
The product, instead of the criminal, is once again being used as the ‘assaulter’ that needs to be ‘controlled by the criminals, so that only criminals can defend themselves from those who only use the product in self defense.
That about covers it.
I don’t remember any areas in the Constitution that declare the govt is created to protect the criminals and punish the non-criminals. It looks like I better go reread that short document again.
SHAK for president!
I’ll vote for him!
Festus, ,
I second that.
Cute, just buy your reloading supplies now, brass, primers and powder, then reload to your hearts content… screw idiocracy. I haven’t bought ammo in years… maybe even a decade… I stocked up way back when on the necessities…. I won’t sell my ammo but I’ll barter for it 😉
Too late to stock up. You need the new california license to buy. Ammo. I am a former police officer, Former military, and worked for the govt. as a contractor with a secret clearance for 35 years. Tried to buy ammo with my new license yeah right REJECTED. Currently have an e-mail into the State Attorney General asking for an explanation as to why I was rejected. This was almost a month ago still no response.
Yep. I tried to buy ammo 2 weeks ago and they denied me? New drivers license, no criminal background, no impending court cases, natural born citizen and had money in hand! WTF Gavin Newsom. U suck. I won’t be buying ammo in California. Period.
As if one is needed, another good reason to leave California to the lunatics.
It’s simple people of California, take a trip outta state for a day and buy all your ammo out of state and then come home.
~love it! Can’t get nothing by you, Bill Foster.
The govt is gradually taking your right to hunt and fish away while charging you more and more and making you do a ridiculous amount of paperwork all at your expense to fund their draconian approach. The second amendment and animus furundi rights are being unconstitutionally infringed.
I see my Home State, WA and Neighbor, Oregon, heading towards Cali and Eastern States gun laws and there is not one legal means that can reverse the trend, not one.
What is odd is that Washington State has a Constitution, one that protects Rights of gun ownership that is based upon Federal Constitution and 2nd Amendment.
No, No, No, let’s cut to chase, we hunters and gun owners that call ourselves conservate are just as guilty as liberals for loss of gun rights.
Next liberals and conservatives both have lead to one form of Government that should of been antethema to individual liberty and freedom, and that is Fascism.
A case in point, the Black Panther movement, where Black males packing guns was scary, and wishful thinking of chance to put down those uppity blacks, led to our supporting anti gun laws to limit their Rights
What were those Rights, well one was ability to petition their grievances to government, and police, with popular white support, indescrinately disarming any and all Blacks that violated their Civil Rights under the 2nd Amendment.
It was only when white males began facing discrimatory anti guns agendas did whites begin outreaches to include more Blacks and females into their heretofore white good old macho fraternity.
We let whole classes of dark pigmented peoples from outside of US become target practice sub humans by our love for military and domesticly we still see results of such behavior by both liberal and conservatives for Police that shoot and kill more unarmed Blacks than we lose to foreign terrorist yearly and kill more Americans yearly than all mass shooters total tally of last 20 years.
The lack of courage by gun owners of only concentrating upon 2nd Amendment of Constitution and forgetting rest of it made whole F’n thing useless.
We gun owners hunt disease riddendeer, Zombie Deer, and foot rotted elk, that Federal CDC says shoot but don’t recommend eating.
While for years we out west out west and in South laughed at those in eastern states as they lost Rights and sat on our smug butts saying “I got mine you bunch of “P,,,y’s” but who are the “P,,,it’s today.
Gun and hunters in general have never Bern one cohesive group, you have bow, versus, black powder and both versus modern firearms, versus shotgun bird and clays, each fighting for an advantage over the others.
We in our hubris for good paying jobs fought and still fight the environmental, “tree huggers” and watch our wildlife decline and becomes so only rich and wealthy hunt, except for diseased deer where fools can kill a half dozen and eat diseased meats, and no body of water in US where eating fish is safe for fetus of pregnant women.
The military gun owners worship have you believing the “Mythos” that you owe them for your freedoms, but when have they protected US from Domestic Tyrrany, “NEVER”.
We got the government we voted for, tough titty, it is what it is, and it ain’t pretty.
Here’s a link to a wonderful explanation of how we got here.
https://youtu.be/8_5h0aO8ZaE
All of the hunters who say that others don’t need a semi auto handgun, or an AR15….. They’re coming for you now.
Good luck hunting with that single shot break action
What can anyone do against the push to take away the rights and liberties those tough bastards fought for over 250 years ago. They are encouraging women to reproduce with beta males who will produce Lower genetically strong children because the paren’t’s will vaccinate the children’s ability to naturally fight off diseases, and feed them genetically modified food because they believe that the system is being good to them, and they should trust the state. The formula for conquering civilizations is so damn easy to see, it’s just they are constantly using distractions to keep them slaves focusing elsewhere.
It’s too late unless you have a strong desire to do the ungrateful work for the lazy, for which you will be soon forgotten.
House slaves are what we are becoming and we are too busy fighting amongst ourselves to put up any real resistance.
Enjoy your servitude on the prison planet. Stop buying shit from countries that use slave labor…oh wait,
It’s too late.
Checkmate.
California hunters..You were warned.
We only have 2nd amendment rights because the government allows us to.
That will change quick, fast and in a hurry when a natural disaster or an EMP or economy crash happens.
Go on youtube and type in Hurricane Katrina gun confiscation is a perfect example.
Abolition of private property is what it’s all about. And the group-think, collective mentality, will see to it, to the best of their ability, that the Military Industrial Complex Agenda is rolled-out right on schedule, no matter what the cost <<<not even considered. Not a part of the equation.
We're in a tight spot.
Another fine example of “common sense ” gun control!
Screw all of you gun loving nut bags! I’m so happy you may have trouble acquiring murderous ammunition esp. during animal murder season. I hope many expensive trips are canceled and not refunded due to this. Our government is trying to keep us safe and stop these mass shootings which you gun nuts are responsible for! Yes you, hunters included! You are all mutually responsible. Why? Because you all own guns!!!!!!! Now go back to killing animals because these new laws will keep Americans safe. Idiots!!!
Off hand, i’d say your handle says it all; “Vote for Democrates Against Guns”
~you’re assuming everybody who reads your diatribe is “party” oriented. Maybe even that we live in a democracy?
What part of shall not be infringed do you need explained to you?
Those protesting in Hong Kong understand the idea of the 2A.
People here are so comfortably numb against the lessons of history.
If y’all want to take away the second amendment, consider what would be a reasonable exchange. Give up the 2nd Amendment for the first born child in every household that votes to remove the right to self defense?
Hong Kong is a sobering example of how a relatively free society can lose its autonomy in 2019.
This is most important thing about everyone who thought History was a boring subject in school.
John Taylor Gatto should be a must read and listen for people with short memory of what it was like before the individual was recognized as more than just a means to another persons end.
Your “New Laws” won’t do a damn thing to prevent anything from happening. Ask the Native Americans about the “Government Keeping Them Safe.” You want to know the real reason why the Government wants to disarm the populace? Because unarmed citizens get in the rail cars without a fight. Your stance and rant are nothing but displays of total ignorance.
How many shotgun shells is a good amount to hoard?
As many as you can afford and store. They don’t expire and they’ll only appreciate in value.
UNconstitutional Background Checks violate the 2nd, 4th and 5th amendments…
most criminals don’t feel obligated to use legal means to obtain their firearms since they’ve either broken laws previously or plan to do so. Beyond theft and the black market, criminals also use straw purchases, which are illegal, to get their hands on firearms. Straw purchasers are people who can pass a background check and intentionally purchase firearms for criminals.
Marxists who infect our government plus the media prostitutes who protect them will gleefully lie, falsify, fabricate, slander, libel, deceive, delude, bribe, and treasonably betray the free citizens of the United States into becoming an unarmed population. Unarmed populations have been treated as slaves and chattel since the dawn of history.
Only dictators, tyrants, despots, totalitarians, and those who want to control and ultimately to enslave you support gun control.
No matter what any politician or hard-left mainstream media tells you concerning the statist utopian fantasy of safety and security through further gun control: They are lying. If their lips are moving, they are lying about gun control. These despots truly hate America..
These tyrants hate freedom, liberty, personal responsibility, and private property. But the reality is that our citizens’ ownership of firearms serves as a concrete deterrent against despotism. They are demanding to hold the absolute power of life and death over you and your family.
Ask the six million J ews, and the other five million murdered martyrs who perished in the N azi death camps, how being disarmed by a powerful tyranny ended any chances of fighting back. Ask the murdered martyrs of the Warsaw Ghetto about gun control.
Their single agenda is to control you after you are disarmed. When the people who want to control you hold the absolute power of life and death over your family, you have been enslaved.
American Thinker
You bunch of sheep….you can vote these assholes out of office if you get together….you let these liberal assholes do it to you, don’t cry about, fix it…….