This zone is located in southern California and features a smaller but healthy population of sheep. This zone features and huge collection of remote and public lands with plenty of area to search for sheep. Both the kelso Dunes and Bristol Mountain wilderness areas are found here.

The terrain in this zone is a wide range of open desert valleys, ridges and eroded canyons. The canyons and washes are deep and often extremely long, with exposed walls sloughing with erosion. Despite the harshness of the climate, you should see a wide variety of plants and animals adapted to life in the desert.

Most of the camping or lodging will be primitive remote camping. Camping outside designated camping areas is permitted in BLM and NPS areas, as long as the site has been previously used as a camping area. Firewood is scarce throughout the desert, and firewood collecting is prohibited within the Mojave National Preserve. Hunters must supply campfire material.

A large portion of this unit is designated wilderness and will only be accessible by foot or livestock. A good road system exists around the perimeter of the unit that will provide straight forward access points.