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Reese McAllister
INTRODUCING NEW BAIT AND TACKLE SHOP • Guided Trophy Trout Fishing Adventures • Fly-Fishing and Conventional Fishing Instruction • Comfortable New Guest Rooms • Relaxing Lodge with Big Screen TV • Inclusive Packages with Meals • Specializing in Groups and Special Events
LAKE ALMANOR 29615 Hwy 89 Canyon Dam, CA 95923
530-284-0861 See our website for rates: quaillodgelakealmanor.com
Featuring Lake Almanor’s Premier Fishing and Hunting Guide ALLEN SHEPHARD, Resident Guide for Plumas and Lassen Counties. Over 40 Years Experience - Licensed and Bonded
Plumas County offers a variety of challenges for hunters. Deer, bear and duck hunting are the most popular types of hunting. But hunters also can bag geese, quail, bandtailed pigeons, grouse, chukar and squirrels. The county ranks among the top five in the state for annual bear harvests. The Department of Fish and Game issues tags for California black bear by a quota system. The deer hunting spreads throughout the county in three main zones: D3, X6a-b and C4. Hunters must draw for a limited number of tags in the highly prized X zones. Both X zones are toward the eastern end of Plumas County and on into Lassen County. Bird and waterfowl hunters can have a field day as well in Plumas County. There is some tremendous mountain quail hunting, especially during the first week of opener. The season begins in fall and extends through January. Excellent duck and geese hunting is offered at the north end of Lake Almanor near Chester. Other good spots for ducks are Lake Davis, Frenchman Lake, Antelope Lake and Round Valley Reservoir. Sportsmen should check their Department of Fish and Game booklets for the boundaries of these zones and for season opening dates. Or visit DFG’s website: www.dfg.ca.gov. Visitors who might want to practice their marksmanship are invited to join local gun clubs that hold trap and target shooting events and junior trap shoots. These include the Quincy Sports Shooters Association (Gopher Hill Range), (530) 394-8390, www.quincyshooting.com; the Sierra Valley Gun Club (Beckwourth Range), 832-5959 and the Westwood Rifle and Pistol Club (Westwood-Lake Almanor Range), (530) 596-4116.
Hunting Guide Services EB Guide Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(530) 249-3825 Deadwood Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(530) 412-1615 Bob Johnson’s Guide Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(530) 283-9174 Family Outings Guide Service . . . . . . . . . . . . .(530) 249-4979 Quail Lodge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(530) 284-0861 Skip-n-Hounds Guide Service . . . . . . . . . . . . .(530) 249-3361
Sierra Valley Gun Club • Pistol range • Trap shoot • .22 rim fire/bench rest shoot • Funded by grants from the NRA • Contact Ron DePersia
530.832.6316 or 775.742.7311 cell P.O. Box 399, Portola CA
2012 - 2013 PLUMAS COUNTY VISITORS GUIDE
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