§ 3001 Hunting While Intoxicated Ban

Fish and Game Code·California

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This law says you can't hunt birds or mammals with guns, BB guns, crossbows, or bows and arrows if you're drunk or high.

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•No hunting with guns, BB guns, crossbows, or bows and arrows if you're drunk or high.
•This rule is to keep people and animals safe.
•Breaking this law can get you in trouble.

Example

You go hunting with your friends and drink a few beers.

If you try to shoot a deer with a bow and arrow while drunk, you're breaking the law.

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§ 3001 Hunting While Intoxicated Ban

It is unlawful to take birds or mammals with firearms, BB devices as defined in Section 16250 of the Penal Code, crossbows, or with bow and arrow when intoxicated. (Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 178, Sec. 29. (SB 1115) Effective January 1, 2011. Operative January 1, 2012, by Sec. 107 of Ch. 178.)

Last verified: January 10, 2026

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birds mammals firearms BB devices crossbows bow and arrow intoxicated

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Fish and Game Code. Section 3001.

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