California Deer Unit X9b

Here is the teaser paragraph: X9b throws deer hunters into eastern California's most extreme escarpment: the granite east wall of the Sierra Nevada erupting straight out of the arid Owens Valley floor, more than 10,000 feet of relief packed into a short horizontal span. The valley sage flats sit near 3,900 feet while the crest climbs past 14,000, so deer shift with the season from high alpine basins down through the pinyon-juniper belt to south-facing winter slopes along the Sierra base. We map the perennial snow-fed creeks (Bishop, Big Pine, Independence, and Lone Pine drainages), the bitterbrush and mountain-mahogany forage, and the tricky checkerboard of city water-district, federal, and private ground that funnels access through a few canyon-mouth roads. Your pack includes Unit Overview and Topography, Vegetation and Hydrology, Seasonal Expectations, Logistics and Access, and a one-page Essential Recon summary. Study the unit on our interactive map, then export the points you choose to onX or your favorite hunting map.