Which Zones to buy?

[monyako]

I am going to buy a couple of deer tags. Of the regions that are available it looks like my best options are:

D8 or D10

And

D13 or D19

Are any of these regions that I should avoid? This is my first time buying tags, so any suggestions are welcome!

 

[HATCHET1]

Stay away from D13..no deer there and not many roads..my 1.5 cents

 

[HATCHET1]

A ZONE is my favorite...

 

[GUNDOGLOVER]

A ZONE is my favorite...

a zone but, which one.

 

[HATCHET1]

South of course...those Nor cal deer are wierdos..they tend to grow 3 or 4 points a side!!! Gross!!

 

[Zak]

I know the forum doesn't let you search short keywords like "D8", so here's a computer nerd tip: On Google or DuckDuckGo, query "site:schoutdoors.com D8" and you'll find references to D8 on this site. Also try it with a hyphen "D-8"

 

[Morgan1776]

I'm camping in D-8 right now. Terrain varies greatly in this unit. Bears have also know to be had around these parts. Get OnX and do your homework e-scouting.

 

[monyako]

Okay, getting D-8 and A-zone. Thanks for the suggestions! I also used Zak's method to run some searches, and that pointed me to D-8 as well. e-scouting starts early in the process.

Available deer tags in California as of the latest post

D3-5 = 24,454 D6 = 1928 D7 = 3705 D8 = 5904 D9 = 238 D10 = 475 D11 = 4607 D13 = 3140 D14 = 2074 D15 = 1363 D16 = 1029 D19 = 1087 A17 (X9B) = 50 A18 (X9C) = 230 A19 (X10) = 87 A32 = 179

schoutdoors.com

Historical data, but I assume the deer don't change as fast as we do.