I spent 3 years stationed in the Land of the Looney early in my Navy career. Back then, the only places it was legal to hunt does was on the military bases because they could set their own rules and didn't have to go through the state and could go by the recommendations of the base biologist.

CA hunting rules are so screwed up I wouldn't spend 2 cents to hunt there. As far as I know it is the only place in the nation where the individual counties can set regs.