Outdoor calendar

Dec. 31 marks the opener of the second white and white-fronted geese hunting season in the Northeastern Zone. (USFWS PACIFIC SOUTHWEST REGION)

DECEMBER 1-March 26 Lake Amador Resort Trout Derby (209-274-4719; lakeamador.com) 3 Most bighorn sheep hunting seasons open 3 Balance of State American crow season opens 11 Fall wild turkey season closes 15 Second Northeastern Zone scaup season opens 17-25 Southern Zone band-tailed pigeon season dates 21 Fort Hunter Liggett Period 3 tule bull elk hunt opens 25 General bear hunting season closes 25 Statewide pheasant season closes 26 Second archery-only pheasant season opens 31-Jan. 13 Second Northeastern Zonewhite and whitefronted geese season dates

JANUARY 1 Online harvest reporting begins for steelhead, sturgeon and North Coast salmon report cards 1 Mad River Steelhead Derby begins (madriversteelheadderby.com) 11 Last day of duck and scaup hunting seasons in Northeastern Zone 14-15 Northeastern Zone veterans and active military personnel waterfowl hunting days 19-23 Sacramento International Sportsman’s Exposition, Cal Expo (sportsexpos.com/attend/sacramento) 20-22 Bart Hall’s Boat Show, Pomona Fairgrounds (hallshows.com) 29 Last day for most general quail hunts 29 Last day for statewide tree squirrel, rabbit and varying hare hunting seasons 30 Opener for falconry rabbits and varying hare 31 Last day for duck season in most zones 31 Last day for falconry take of ducks (including mergansers), geese, American coots and common moorhens in most zones

For a complete list of bass tournaments statewide, go to dfg.ca.gov/FishingContests/default.aspx.

General bear season opens concurrently with general deer season in the A, B, C, D, X8, X9A, X9B, X10 and X12 deer hunting zones and extends through December 25, 2022.